Program Director and Associate Professor,听Film and Video Studies, CVPA听
Director, Visiting Filmmakers Series
Contact Information
Email: cfuchs@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-6198
Campus: Fairfax
Office: College Hall, C113
Mail Stop: 5D8
Spring 2024
Summer 2024
Fall 2024
Classes Taught
Biography
Cynthia Fuchs (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is the Director of Film at Mason (CVPA), Director of the , and Associate Professor. She is an Executive Committee member for听听(AAAS) 补苍诲听听(WGST), and a faculty member for听.
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In 2020, Professor Fuchs was awarded the听听presented to a faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions to advancing diversity and inclusion within the Mason community and beyond. Cynthia Fuchs has worked in the areas of antiracism and inclusion for decades, and continues to do so as a member of CVPA's Antiracist and Inclusive Excellence Advisory Team 补苍诲听, as well as the Stearns Center ARIE Curriculum and Pedagogy Working Group.
Professor Fuchs has written reviews and essays, and served as an editor for the international cultural studies magazine. She has written reviews for听many organizations, journals, and magazines, including the听, Philadelphia Citypaper, Screenit.com, NPR,听补苍诲听Common Sense Media. She is a frequent jurist for the听Gotham Independent Film Awards.听She has spoken at AFI Docs, Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC's Cinema Club, the Rosebud Independent Film Festival, and the Goethe-Institut in DC.
Professor Fuchs has published many articles on film and media, including music and sports media. Selected titles include:
听Edited by Cynthia Fuchs and Joe Lockard, Peter Lang Publishers 2011.
听(Conversations with Filmmakers). Edited by Cynthia Fuchs.听University Press of Mississippi 2002.
听(Visible Evidence). Edited by Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs. University Of Minnesota Press 1997.
"'A Few Brief Moments': Truth and Image in Sports Documentaries."听. Edited by Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera. Scarecrow Press 2012.听
听In Media Res. 2009.
"'Did anyone ever explain to you what "secret identity" means?': Race and Displacement in听Buffy听补苍诲听Dark Angel."听. Edited by Lisa Parks and Elana Levine. Duke University Press 2007.
"'I'm from rags to riches': The Death of Jay-Z."听听Edited by Roger Beebe and Jason Mittel. Duke University Press 2007.
In Media Res听2007.听
听Guernica听2005.听
"Taxi Driver: "I got some bad ideas in my head."听.听WW Norton & Company. Edited by Randy Rutsky. Norton 2005.听
"'The whole fucking world warped around me': bad kids and contexts."听. Edited by Murray Pomerance. SUNY Press 2003.
In the News
- Four faculty members honored with 2020 Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence
Published on May 13, 2020
Degrees
- BA,听University of Connecticut
- PhD,听University of Pennsylvania