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Book Reads

The guide will accompany the Fall 2023 Book Read

Session Information for October 23, 2023

Speaker Information

Dr. Allison Whitney 

Allison Whitney is an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of English at Texas Tech University. As a film and media scholar, much of her work incorporates intersectional feminist approaches, particularly in discourses of film genre, reception studies, film and technology, film and media pedagogy, sound studies, and local film culture. She directs the Interdisciplinary Minor in Film and Media Studies, and co-directs the “Expanding the Circle” initiative, funded by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, to support Indigenous and Native American Studies at Texas Tech.