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Miriam J. Petty earned her PhD from Emory University's Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts and previously taught at Rutgers University and Princeton University. Her research focuses on race, stardom, performance, reception, adaptation, and genre, with a strong interest in the history of African American representation in Hollywood film. Petty's book, 'Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood', published by the University of California Press, explores the complex relationships between black audiences and black performers during the classical Hollywood era. This work was awarded the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Book Award for 2016-2017. Petty has received several honors, including the Alice Kaplan Institute Faculty Fellowship and the Junior Faculty Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. She is committed to public scholarship and has produced various public programs, including symposia and film series that engage with African American cinema. Currently, she is working on a manuscript examining media mogul Tyler Perry's productions and their cultural significance for African American audiences.
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