About
Jennifer Lynn Jones, Ph.D., is a feminist media scholar who focuses on issues of media and identity, particularly in relation to gender, sexuality, race and body size. Jones also has a background in documentary production and teaches introductory production courses in narrative filmmaking.
Awards and Honors
- Historical Trauma and Transformation (H2T) program fellow, 2025
- Oklahoma Center for the Humanities fellow, 2022-2023
Education
- Ph.D., Indiana University
- Dissertation: “Huge Stars: Corpulence, Celebrity, and Convergence in Twenty-First Century American Media Culture”
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Film studies
- Media studies
- Cinema
- Television
- Celebrity
- Gender studies
- Sexuality studies
- Fat studies
- Body positivity
