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Caitlyn Doyle received her PhD in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University. Her research interests encompass Indigenous film, 20th-century literature, and critical theory. Her work investigates the intersection of aesthetics and politics, particularly through the lens of contemporary Indigenous cinema. She is currently engaged in two book projects: 'Dream-Image: Counter-Dreaming Indigenous Cinema' and 'Fugitive’s Politics'. The former explores the political implications of Indigenous films that challenge prevalent misconceptions within the colonial imaginary, while the latter links literary and cinematic representations to Marcel Proust's character Albertine Simonet, revealing the aesthetic politics of seemingly apolitical modernist works. Doyle's published work has appeared in journals such as Film Criticism and Symplokē. Recent subjects she has taught include 'Introduction to Film Studies', 'Literature & Existentialism', and 'Studies in Film: Indigenous Film & Television'.