Jacqueline Johnson
- Teaching Assistant Professor
Jacqueline Johnson recently graduated with her PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from USC, where her dissertation examined Black women as the producers and subjects of romance narratives in television, novels, and podcasts. Her other research and publications also examine Black cultural production in television and new media. She teaches introductory courses in the Film & Media Studies program as well as courses in television studies.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Film
- Television Analysis
- Visual Literacy
Education & Training
- PhD in Cinema and Media Studies, University of Southern California
- MA in Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- BA in Sociology, Boston University
Representative Publications
"Lusting Out Loud: Racialized Aurality, Podcast Intimacy, and the Uses of Thirst." Communication, Culture & Critique 17, no. 1 (2024)
"These Black Kids Want Something New, I Swear It: Donald Glover's Racial Performance, Atlanta, and the New Quality Comedy" in Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy