Biography
Emma C. Roberts is a Ph.D. student in Film & Media Studies and the History of Art & Architecture. Her research interests include dialogic practices, art and labor, live event documentation, critical psychology, and therapeutic rhetoric. Her current research project explores and critiques the historical evolution of “intensive group experiences” across popular culture, industry, and avant-garde practices. In 2021-22, she was a Critical Studies Fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program. She holds a B.A. in Art History with a minor in Screen Studies from Temple University.
Education Details
Ph.D., Film & Media Studies with a concentration in the History of Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, in progress
Whitney Independent Study Program, Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellow, 2021-22
B.A., Art History, minor in Screen Studies, Temple University, 2019
Selected Presentations
“There-and-Then: Watching Leigh Ledare’s The Task.” Paper presented at Annual Critical Studies Symposium, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, June 2022.
Selected Awards
Jeffrey and Sandra Lyons Canadian Film Scholarship, Film Reference Library, Toronto International Film Festival, 2024
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Summer Research Grant, 2024