Professor and Chair of Performing and Media Arts
Amy Villarejo is professor and chair of the Department of Performing and Media Arts, and she also holds an appointment in the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She has written widely in cinema and media studies, as well as queer and feminist theory. Her books include Queen Christina (1995), Keyframes: Popular Film and Cultural Studies (2001), Lesbian Rule (2003), Film Studies: The Basics (2007), and Ethereal Queer (2014). Turning her attention to questions of global cinema, she is coauthor of the forthcoming volume Film Studies: A Global Introduction and has written articles on Brazilian cinema and South Asian media culture.
Contact: (607) 254-2700
av45@cornell.edu