About
Amber completed her Master’s degree in the Cultural Studies stream of the Department of English at McGill University. Her thesis made a case for contemporary American television drama’s use of the tragic (rather the than melodramatic) mode to render conflicted conceptions of neoliberal and patriarchal subjectivity. Prior to pursuing doctoral research at the University of Michigan, Amber served as an Instructor for a Canadian College, and interned abroad for a project powered by the U.N.’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development initiative in collaboration with the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality). She has also held several roles in editing, copywriting, and publishing, but has always felt most at home in academia. Amber's doctoral research broadly explores the intersections and exchanges that occur across journalistic and documentary (re)mediations of sexual violence. In addition to studying how television in the “post-network” era circulates competing narratives and ideologies regarding rape and consent definition, she examines the racialized and class-based underpinnings of the news media's selection of certain trials as particularly "newsworthy" over others. In her spare time, Amber enjoys doing yoga, reading (and writing) horoscopes for spirituality zines, and watching the Food Network.
Field(s) of Study
· Television Studies
· Media Industry Studies
· Gender, Race, and Sexuality
· Documentary Studies & Journalism
· Cultural Studies
