| Cynthia Baron | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Ph.D. in Film, Literature, and Culture, University of Southern California |
| Occupation: | Academic |
| Employer: | Bowling Green State University, Ohio |
| Website: | https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/theatre-and-film/faculty-staff.html |
Cynthia Baron is an American film scholar and professor of Theatre and Film Studies at the Bowling Green State University.[1] [2] [3] She is currently the editor of the Journal of Film and Video, and The Projector: A Journal of Film, Media, and Culture.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Baron was honored with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Distinguished Service Award in 2023 and was recognized as the BGSU Research Scholar of Excellence from 2017 to 2020.[8] [9]
Baron has authored several books, including Reframing screen performance (co-authored with Sharon Marie Carnicke), Modern Acting: The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre, Denzel Washington, and Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance (co-authored with Yannis Tzioumakis).
She has published many academic journal articles ranging from Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Velvet Light Trap, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Popular Culture Review, Cineaste, Genre and Performance, Journal of Film and Video, Women's Studies Quarterly and Screen Acting.