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Cynthia Fuchs (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is the Director of Film and Video Studies (CVPA), Director of the , and Professor. She is an Executive Committee member for  (AAAS) and  (WGST), and a faculty member for .

She is the creator and curator of the . She is the .

In 2020, Professor Fuchs was awarded the  presented to a faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions to advancing diversity and inclusion within the Â鶹ÊÓƵ 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 and , 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 many organizations, journals, and magazines, including the , Philadelphia Citypaper, Screenit.com, NPR, and Common Sense Media. She is a frequent jurist for the Gotham Independent Film Awards. 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:

 Edited by Cynthia Fuchs and Joe Lockard, Peter Lang Publishers 2011.

 (Conversations with Filmmakers). Edited by Cynthia Fuchs. University Press of Mississippi 2002.

 (Visible Evidence). Edited by Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs. University Of Minnesota Press 1997.

"'A Few Brief Moments': Truth and Image in Sports Documentaries." . Edited by Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera. Scarecrow Press 2012. 

 In Media Res. 2009.

"'Did anyone ever explain to you what "secret identity" means?': Race and Displacement in Buffy and Dark Angel." . Edited by Lisa Parks and Elana Levine. Duke University Press 2007.

"'I'm from rags to riches': The Death of Jay-Z."  Edited by Roger Beebe and Jason Mittel. Duke University Press 2007.

In Media Res 2007. 

 Guernica 2005. 

"Taxi Driver: "I got some bad ideas in my head." . WW Norton & Company. Edited by Randy Rutsky. Norton 2005. 

"'The whole fucking world warped around me': bad kids and contexts." . 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, University of Connecticut
• PhD, University of Pennsylvania