Dr. Sarah Kessler

Biography

Sarah Kessler’s interdisciplinary research spans the fields of comparative media studies, critical race theory, queer gender studies, voice sound studies, and television studies. Her scholarly articles and essays have appeared in publications such as Camera Obscura, Film Quarterly, Public Books, Theory & Event, and Women's Studies Quarterly. Kessler serves as a TV section editor for Public Books and is currently working on a book titled 'Anachronism Effects: Ventriloquism in Popular Media'. She has presented her research at various conferences, discussing topics such as the cultural phenomenon of ventriloquism and its implications for understanding racialization and gendering in Western contexts. Kessler has held teaching positions at the University of Southern California, where she contributed to the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, and she has participated in several multidisciplinary research groups.

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