Emma Johnson

Ph.D. Student

Area of Study

PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies

Bio

My research focuses primarily on regional film movements and their relationship to local individuals, institutions, and industries. In particular, I examine the material and cultural conditions out of which independent, avant-garde filmmaking emerged in Pittsburgh in the 1970s.

Education

B.A. in English and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020

Research

avant-garde film, independent film, local history, archival studies, genre studies, popular culture