Kristina Brüning

Graduate Student Representative, 2023 – 2025

Kristina Brüning

Biography

Kristina Brüning is a Media Studies PhD Student in the Radio-Television-Film Department at University of Texas at Austin. She holds an MA in American Studies from Freie Universität Berlin and an MA in German Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests include feminist media studies, television studies, and media industry studies. In her doctoral work, Kristina focuses on representational shifts and creative labor in the context of changing industrial practices in the post-#MeToo streaming era. She has published articles in Feminist Media Studies, Television & New Media, and Media Industries Journal.

Degrees

M.A., German Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A., American Studies, John F. Kennedy Institute at Freie Universität Berlin
B.A., American Studies, John F. Kennedy Institute at Freie Universität Berlin

Teaching & Research Interests

actors, representation, affect, rewatch podcasts, feminism, teen TV, production culture

Selected Publications & Works

Brüning, K. (2022). "The Case of Deutschland 83: Global Internet-Distributed Television and its Effects on Local Viewing Behavior and Industry Practices." Media Industries Journal. https://doi.org/10.3998/mij.393

Brüning, K. (2022). "'I'm Neither a Slut, Nor Am I Gonna Be Shamed': Sexual Violence, Feminist Anger, and Teen TV's New Heroine." Television & New Media, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 667-682. https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764211015307

Brüning, K. (2019). "Olivia Pope: A Black Post-feminist Subject? Analyzing Scandal's Intersecting Post-feminist and Colorblind Discourses." Feminist Media Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 463-478. doi:10.1080/14680777.2018.1508049

Other Activities & Awards

Board Member, RTF Graduate Student Organization at UT Austin, since 2022
Graduate Fellow, UT Austin Center for Media and Entertainment Industries, 2021/22
Willi-Paul-Adams Prize For the best MA Thesis in American Studies at FU Berlin, 2020/21