Biography: Barbara Klinger is Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University. Barbara received her Ph.D. from the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa in 1986.

Contact:

Department of Communication and Culture
Classroom/Office Building
800 E. 3^rd Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Office Phone: (812)-855-1796

Fax: (812)-855-6014

Email: Klinger[at]Indiana[dot]edu

Degree(s):

Ph.D., Film Studies, Division of Broadcasting and Film, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa

M.A., Film Studies, School of Film, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University

B.A., Department of English, Bucknell University

Teaching and Research Interests:

US Cinema, History, and Culture; Reception, Audience, and Fan Studies; Cinema and New Media; Film Exhibition and Circulation; Gender Studies; Film and Media Theory and Criticism

 
Selected Publications:

Books:

Beyond the Multiplex: Cinema, New Technologies, and the Home (University of California Press, 2006).

Melodrama and Meaning: History, Culture, and the Films of Douglas Sirk (Indiana University Press, 1994)

Articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as: Screen,Cinema Journal, The Velvet Light Trap, Particip@tions: International Journal of Audience Research, and Wide Angle

Other Activities and Awards:

SCMS Katherine Singer Kovacs Essay Award, 1997 and 2011

Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Film, Ohio University, 2009

Interim Chair, Department of Communication and Culture, 2006-07

Director, Film and Media Studies, 1999-2006

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Dept. of Communication and Culture, 1998 and 2000

Member, IU Cinema Program Advisory Board, 2010-

Member, Board of Trustees, Kinsey Institute, 2005-2009

Member, Black Film Center/Archive Advisory Committee, 1994-2005