Dr Jessica Ford
Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science
- Email:jessica.ford@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4041 5175
Career Summary
Biography
Jessica Ford is a Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a co-founder of the Sydney Screen Studies Network and a Contributing Editor of MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture. Jessica’s research examines women and feminism on television and she has published on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roseanne, and Girls.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Cultural Studies
- Feminism
- Film Studies
- Gender
- Media Studies
- Television
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 200104 | Media Studies | 25 |
| 200205 | Culture, Gender, Sexuality | 25 |
| 190204 | Film and Television | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Teaching appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2016 - 31/12/2016 | Postgraduate Teaching Fellow | UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Australia |
| 1/08/2012 - 1/12/2017 | Casual Academic | UNSW School of the Arts & Media Australia |
Teaching
| Code | Course | Role | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMCS2200 |
Popular Culture and Society School of Humanities and Social Science - Faculty of Education and Arts - The University of Newcastle |
Course Covener | 26/02/2018 - 30/06/2018 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (3 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ford JA, 'Negotiating Creative Feminine Labor on Family Television: Are Jane By Design and Bunheads Riding a New Feminist Wave?', ABC Family to Freeform TV: Essays on the Millennial-Focused Network and its Programs, McFarland, Durham 84-98 (2018) | ||
| 2014 | Ford JA, 'Feminist and Postfeminist Discourses: Reading the Britta Problem', A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and its Fandom, McFarland, Durham 82-97 (2014) | ||
| 2012 | Ford JA, 'Coming Out of the Broom Closet: Willow¿s Sexuality & Empowerment in Buffy', Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, Titan Books, London 97-102 (2012) |
Journal article (3 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ford J, 'Feminist cinematic television: Authorship, aesthetics and gender in Pamela Adlon¿s Better Things', fusion, 14 16-29 (2018) [C1] | |||||||
| 2018 | Ford J, 'Rebooting Roseanne: Feminist Voice across Decades', M/C Journal, 21 (2018) | |||||||
| 2016 |
Ford J, 'The ¿smart¿ body politics of Lena Dunham¿s Girls', Feminist Media Studies, 16 1029-1042 (2016) © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Since its 2012 debut Girls has received an extraordinary amount of attention and criticism from both academic c... [more] © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Since its 2012 debut Girls has received an extraordinary amount of attention and criticism from both academic circles and popular culture critics. It has been critiqued for its depiction of female nudity and its portrayal of female sexual subjecthood. At the center of these debates is how author¿star Lena Dunham¿s body is positioned and utilized aesthetically and politically. This essay examines the brand of body politics and mode of female sexual subjecthood that the series creates and performs. In order to track how Girls produces this body politics and female sexual subjecthood I position it in relation to earlier feminist television series and indie cinema. This essay argues that Girls¿ particular brand of body politics and the mode of female sexual subjecthood it depicts is characterized by emotional intimacy, irony and reflexivity. Furthermore I contend that Girls¿ gender politics is enabled by the series¿ utilization of a low-key aesthetic and the ¿smart¿ tendency, more commonly discussed in relation to American indie cinema.
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Dr Jessica Ford
Position
Lecturer
SLEW
School of Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Education and Arts
Contact Details
| jessica.ford@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4041 5175 |
| Link |
Office
| Room | MC122 |
|---|---|
| Building | McMulllin |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
