Dr. Leah Aldridge

Assistant Professor, Artistic Faculty

Film Studies

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Education:: University of Southern California, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Fine Arts
University of Southern California, Ph.D.

Biography

Aldridge received her PhD in Cinema & Media Studies from USC School of Cinematic Arts with interests in: Representation, Race, Gender and Genre; Culture Industry, Distribution and Circulation; Diaspora, Globalization and Cultural Exchange; and Documentary, Independent, and Experimental Forms and Circuits. Her main research is in the relationship between international distribution and domestic production of Black film and television and has published on the brands of cinematic Blackness. She received her BA in English from USC and an MFA in screenwriting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Aldridge, L. (2024). “Your Children Will Soon be Forgotten:”: 12 Years a Slave and the ‘Seeding’ of Black Motherhood. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, 14(2), 16. Retrieved from https://jarm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jarm/article/view/40699; Eriksen, S., Chib, S., Katz, J., Cortez-Barba, Y., Rayburn, P., & Aldridge, L. (2022). The best of times, the worst of times: “Best practices” for survivor support and gender violence prevention education on college campuses. Women & Therapy, 45(1), 7–30.; Aldridge, L., “Mastering Moments,” Film Commentary, for Garrett Bradley’s “Time” (2020), Docalogue https://docalogue.com/time/ 2021; Aldridge, L., “Preparing Chapman Filmmakers to Reshape Hollywood Culture,” Chapman Magazine, February 12, 2021

Dr. Leah Aldridge

Biography

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

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