Research Interests
Global and Transnational Cinema; Digital Media Production; Stylistics; Dance in Film; Digital Humanities; Contemporary Cinema; French Cinema; Industry Studies; Videographic Criticism; Movement in Media; Genre Studies; Performative Research
Education
Ph.D. in Communication Arts (Film), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
M.A. in Communication Arts (Film), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
C.M.A. (Certified Movement Analyst), Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, 2014
B.A. in English, Carleton College, 2008
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
Assistant Professor, Institute of Communications Research
External Links
Recent Publications
Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny "Danceploitation, Musical Disruption, and Synergy in Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, and Breakin’". and Wright, Julie Lobalzo Shearer, Martha (ed.). Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons. Bloomsbury Academic. 2021, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501357084.0007
Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny et al. "Moving cinematic history: Filmic analysis through performative research". Digital Humanities Quarterly. 2021. 15(1).
Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny Storytelling in Motion: Meaning and choreography in the film musical Oxford University Press. 2021.
Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny, Michael J. Junokas and Dora Valkanova. "Moving Cinematic History: Filmic Analysis through Performative Research". Digital Humanities Quarterly. 2020.
Oyallon-Koloski, Jenny, Maya and Mia At La La Land, Screenworks, Digital or Visual Products, 2019, http://screenworks.org.uk/archive/volume-10-1/maya-and-mia-at-la-la-landhttps://doi.org/10.37186/swrks/10.1/3