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Dr. Jean Bruce
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Professor
EducationPh.D., Concordia University; M.A., Theory & Criticism, University of Western Ontario; B.A.(Honours), Film Studies, Brock University
Dr. Jean Bruce is a professor of film, cultural studies and new media in the School of Image Arts where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. She is the Associate Dean, Graduate Education for the Creative School. Her research and publication explore melodrama and affect with specific analyses of sexuality and subjectivity in Canadian cinema; early cinema in Quebec; ethnographic cinema; reality television in Canadian and trans/national contexts; and advertising and consumer culture. Jean is the recipient of internal and tri-council grants, which support this work.
- Consumer culture. Television studies
- Women in film and television
- Canadian documentary cinema
- Book on Canadian documentary Forbidden Love and numerous scholarly articles on the subject sexuality and cinema
- Articles and special issue editorship of reality television and property television
- Articles on popular music, Canadian culture and food culture
- SSHRC ITST Grant
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant
- Dean's Service Award