Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Feminist Scholar | Screenwriter

Dr. Aviva Dove-Viebahn is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University, as well as a public scholar, a Contributing Editor to Ms. magazine for their Scholars Writing Program, and a screenwriter (with co-author Brittany K. Fonte). Formerly, she was Web Content Manager for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and an ex-officio member of their Board of Directors. She has a PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester and an MA in Art History from the University of Virginia. Her ASU faculty bio can be found here and her Women’s Media Center SheSource profile is available here.

As an academic researcher and teacher, Dr. Dove-Viebahn’s specializations include representations of gender, race, and sexuality in popular culture, film and television. Her peer-reviewed articles and chapters include discussions of white feminism in Captain Marvel, lesbian romance on cult television, the queer femme performances of Julianne Moore, Mad Men and nostalgia, and ecstatic revenge in the film Serenity (you can find a complete list here). Her book exploring the representation of gendered forms of power and knowledge in serial media entitled There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises was recently published with Rutgers University Press.