Dr. Virginia Bonner

Education

Ph.D. in Women's Studies and Film Studies, Emory University, 2003

M.A. in Art History, University of Florida, 1993

B.S. in Psychology, University of Florida, 1991

Teaching

In Spring 2025, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100), African American Cinema (FILM 3350), and Film Analysis & Criticism (FILM 4310).

In Summer 2025, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100).

In Fall 2025, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100) and Deconstructing Disney (FILM 3360).

Research

I have published articles and anthology chapters on films by Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais, Lizzie Borden, and L.A. Rebellion filmmakers Alile Sharon Larkin and Barbara McCullough, as well as the television series Stranger Things and Fleabag. Current projects include articles on Sally Potter's Yes (2005), on Jonathan Caouette's Tarnation (2004), and on Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009). Ongoing research studies race, sexuality, and gender represenation in independent cinemas and the experimental documentary cinema of Paris' Left Bank Group; key directors for this study include Chris Marker, Agnès Varda, and Alain Resnais. 

Service

I serve as co-chair of the Dean's Diversity Initiatives Committee (DDIC), as chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committees for the Visual and Performing Arts Department, and as Secretary and Treasurer for Clayton State's chapter of The American Association of University Professors (AAUP). I am also a fellow with the Intensive Colloquium on Inclusive Education (ICIE), a member of the University Committee on Inclusion and Equity (UCIE), and a member of the College of Arts & Sciences Full Professor Promotion and Tenure Committee.