Barbara J Selznick
- Associate Professor, School of Theatre/Film and Television
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-5528
- Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg., Rm. 231
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- selznick@arizona.edu
Biography
Dr. Barbara Selznick, Associate Professor, focuses on research that situates films and television series in the industrial, social, and cultural contexts of their production. Dr. Selznick's book on art film exhibition, Sure Seaters: The Emergence of Art House Cinema, was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2001 (published under her maiden name of Wilinsky). Global Television: Co-Producing Culture was published by Temple University Press in 2008. Her latest book TV's American Dream: U.S. Television after the Great Recession will be published by Bloomsbury in February 2025. Dr. Selznick has also researched the importance of branding for understanding U.S. television, looking at how business practices have impacted television content (such as Doctor Who, Broadchurch, and Ozark) as well as television networks (SyFy, Freeform, and FX). Her work has appeared in anthologies including From Networks to Netflix and Very Special Episodes and the journals TV/Series, MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, and Journal of Science Fiction Film & Television.Degrees
- Ph.D.
- Northwestern University
- M.A.
- Northwestern University
- B.S.
- Cornell University
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona, Department of Media Arts (2005 - Ongoing)
- The University of Arizona, Department of Media Arts (2000 - 2005)
- The University of Arizona, Department of Media Arts (1998 - 2000)
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Department of Communication, Program of Radio-Television-Film (1997 - 1998)
Awards
- Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship
- University of Arizona, Spring 2022
- Charles and Irene Putnam Excellence in Teaching
- Spring 2009
- Wakonse Fellowship
- Summer 2007
- Student Faculty Interaction Grant
- Fall 2006
- Foreign Travel Grant
- Spring 2006
- Spring 2005
- Outstanding Academic Title
- Spring 2002
- NATPE Faculty Fellowship
- Spring 2001
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Fall 2025) -
Topics in Film + TV Studies
FTV 335 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2025) -
U.S. Film + TV Now
FTV 370 (Spring 2025) -
Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2024) -
Practicum
FTV 394 (Fall 2024) -
Screen Narratives
FTV 460 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2024) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2024) -
Film Styles and Genres
FTV 465 (Fall 2023) -
Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2023) -
Practicum
FTV 294 (Fall 2023) -
Practicum
FTV 394 (Fall 2023) -
Practicum
FTV 494 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2023) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2023) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2022) -
Screen Narratives
FTV 460 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2022) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2022) -
Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2021) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2021) -
Screen Narratives
FTV 460 (Spring 2021) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Fall 2020) -
Topics in Film + TV Studies
FTV 335 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2019) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Honors Thesis
FTV 498H (Spring 2019) -
Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2019) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
FTV 498H (Fall 2018) -
Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2018) -
TV and U.S. Culture
FTV 375 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2018) -
Topics in Film + TV Studies
FTV 335 (Spring 2018) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Fall 2017) -
TV and U.S. Culture
FTV 375 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2017) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2017) -
Issues Film + TV Industries
FTV 434 (Fall 2016) -
TV and U.S. Culture
FTV 375 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Intro Film and TV Industries
FTV 270 (Spring 2016) -
Senior Seminar: Film & TV
FTV 496C (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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Creative Works
- Whose Stories Matter?: AMC's Post-Network Brand; On-line portal; October 2010; In Media Res; As part of the "Branding" theme week, this post explores the ways that original programming is shaping the AMC brand.
- The Complete Story: Religion and Race in Global Non-Fiction Programming; University of Minnesota Press; March; The Persistence of Whiteness: Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
- "Television's 'Bad' Mothers: Putting the 'Anti' in the Anti-Heroine"; On-line; Media Commons; February 2015; In Media Res; Examined the representation of the "anti-heroine" on television in relation to their balance of work and family life.
- Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls; Media Commons; February 2008; In Media Res; This is a short essay designed to spark on-line discussion. My essay was part of a week-long series on "Guilty Pleasures."
- “‘The Worst Thing That Happened to Me Happened in My Own Front Yard:’ The Meaning of Home in Post-Recession Television Comedy.”; April 2023; Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference
