Photo by Marianne Hassoun, 2021.
I write on and research transnational cinema, global media streams, and the subserve potential of race and sexuality within US cultural productions.
I am currently an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and am at work on my first book manuscript, Give Me Color: Forgotten Fictions of Interraciality, 1950-1967. I received my Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown University in Providence, RI, USA in 2019. I was born and raised in the Netherlands, where I completed a B.A. and M.A. in American Studies at the University of Groningen. From 2019-2022, I was an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS), Feminist Formations, Journal of Transnational American Studies, and Verge: Studies in Global Asias. I also write regularly on (media) culture, representation, and the U.S. social landscape and its global impact for a range of public-facing outlets.
Finally, I am currently managing editor (with Jennifer Alpert) of Teaching Media for the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, where I oversee the JCMS Teaching Dossier section.
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