Dr. Christina Hodel, PhD

Christina Hodel is an American/French Polynesian filmmaker, screenwriter, film & television scholar, and educator. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Bridgewater State University where she teaches courses in both filmmaking and film studies. She works in both Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA.

Christina holds a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the University of Kansas, an M.A. in Individualized Study (Film/Dance) from New York University, and a B.A. in Film and Electronic Arts from California State University, Long Beach.

As a practicing artist, Christina has written, directed, produced, and edited various industrials, public service announcements, commercials, event trailers, video installations, narrative films, and documentaries.

Her films have received funding, won awards, and screened at festivals including Tallgrass International Film Festival, Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival, and Lady's First International Film Festival. She has worked for Food Network, HBO, CBS, ABC, NBC, Freeform, Showtime, The CW, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, and YouTube Premium.

Christina’s current research explores issues of gender, identity, and girl power in contemporary “tween” television.

She has published in Girlhood Studies, In Media Res, the Alberta Journal of Educational Research, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism, Studies in the Humanities, and the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.