Course Highlight: WOMEN AND THE MEDIA

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Janell Hobson is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2005).

Hobson's research focuses on literary and popular representations of women of African descent. Her work addresses both black women and other women of color's representations in popular film, literature, music, digital and other popular media. Much of this focus is on issues of embodiment. Overall, Hobson uses a transnational lens to highlight women's iconography and experiences in global or black diasporic perspective.

Beyond her research, Hobson's teaching interests concern innovative approaches to bringing digital media into the classroom and engaging such tools in the study of gender, race, and class issues.

CONTACT INFO.

Janell Hobson is available for lectures.

1400 Washington Avenue, SS 353, Albany, NY 12222. Phone: (518) 442-5575; Fax: (518) 442-4419; E-Mail: jhobson@albany.edu.