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.
In addition to publishing, she has appeared on various BBC radio stations and on TRT World TV.
Experience
2021–present
Assistant Professor in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
2016–2021
Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
2015–2016
Teaching Fellow in Film, University of Surrey
2008–2015
Teaching Assistant , Queen Mary, University of London
Education
2011
King's College London, PhD
2006
Queen Mary, University of London, MA
2004
University of Colorado at Denver, BA in English with an emphasis in Film
Publications
2020
Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons, co-editor
2019
Animation and the Star Body, Film Philosophy Journal
2017
Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars in American Cinema,
2016
The all-American golden boy: Robert Redford, blond hair and masculinity in Hollywood, Celebrity Studies
2016
Lasting Screen Stars: Images that Fade and Personas that Endure, Co-editor