Research Interests: Afrofuturism, black feminist theory, television studies, remakes and adaptations as cultural artefacts
Cohort Year:
2017
Research Interests:
The specter of the Hollywood Production Code over present-day representations of race and so-called racial harmony in mainstream film and network television; manifestations of Black liberation ideologies through media
Education:
MA in Writing Studies, Saint Joseph's University; BA in Film and Media Arts, Temple University
Biography
Ashley’s research attempts to define the modern-day, de facto version of the Hollywood Production code as it pertains to intersecting identities that fall under the umbrella of blackness in contemporary films and television. Her work also examines how black artists and media makers navigate within or sidestep this Hollywood system while working to address these same intersections, as black liberation ideologies morph and collide over time. More broadly, Ashley is also interested in Afrofuturism, black feminist theory, television studies, as well as remakes and adaptations as cultural artefacts.
Teaching Experience
- Introduction to Film, CA - Autumn 2021
- History of International Cinema, Part III: 1960 to Present, CA - Spring 2021
- History of International Cinema, Part I: The Silent Era, CA - Autumn 2019