Julie Lobalzo Wright holds a BA in English with an emphasis on Film Studies from the University of Colorado at Denver, MA in Film Studies from Queen Mary, University of London and a PhD in Film Studies from King’s College London. She has published extensively on stardom, including the co-edited book Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure (Palgrave) and her own monograph, Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars in American Cinema (Bloomsbury); musicals, including the co-edited book Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Cannons (Bloomsbury); and animation, including a journal article on The Rock in Moana. Her most recent publications are book chapters on: Diane Keaton and the character of Annie Hall, stardom in the A Star is Born Musical films and the concert tour depicted in A Star is Born (1976) and The Rose (1979).
In addition to publishing, she has appeared on various BBC radio stations and on TRT World TV.
Experience
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2021–presentAssistant Professor in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
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2016–2021Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
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2015–2016Teaching Fellow in Film, University of Surrey
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2008–2015Teaching Assistant , Queen Mary, University of London
Education
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2011King's College London, PhD
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2006Queen Mary, University of London, MA
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2004University of Colorado at Denver, BA in English with an emphasis in Film
Publications
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2020Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons, co-editor
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2019Animation and the Star Body, Film Philosophy Journal
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2017Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars in American Cinema,
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2016The all-American golden boy: Robert Redford, blond hair and masculinity in Hollywood, Celebrity Studies
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2016Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure, Co-editor
Professional Memberships
- BAFTSS
- SCMS
- Leamington Spa, UK
- Website
- @dr_jlw
- Article Feed
- Joined
