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Distinguished Professor Concordia News

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Education

PhD Cinema Studies (New York University)

MA cinema Studies (New York University)

Areas of expertise

Film theory and criticism, Japanese cinema, experimental cinema, ethnographic film, women and film, cultural studies, American cinema, melodrama, Walter Benjamin.

Dr. Russell has been awarded multiple research grants from Concordia University, the Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).