Department of Cinema {College of Liberal & Creative Arts}

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Jennifer Hammett

A photo of Jennifer Hammett
Associate Professor; Internship Coordinator
Office & Hours: 
FA 535; Fridays 2-4 and by appointment
Phone: 
(415) 338-6194
E-mail: 
hammettjb@aol.com
Education: 
  • B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • M.A., University of California, Berkeley
  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Bio: 

Professor Hammett earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and a M.A., J.D. and Ph.D from U.C. Berkeley. Her research focuses on the history of film theory, feminist film studies and criticism, and American film history. She also specializes in critical writing, having developed the Departments “writing across the curriculum” course (CINE 303). Hammett has not only written about film, but also produced with Camille Seaman “habits of faith,” a experimental documentary about an 86 year old woman print artist.

Selected Publications & Filmography: 

Filmography

  1. “Habits of Faith” (22min, with Camille Seaman), 2000

Articles

  1. “‘You Never Had a Camera Inside My Head’: The Masculine Subject of the Postmodern Sublime”
  2. “The Ideological Impediment: Feminism and Film Theory”
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