Jessica (Jess) Dickson, Ph.D.

Mentor: Meredith A.B. Ellis, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Anthropology

Jessica (Jess) Dickson, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, is an anthropologist of film, media, and technology. Her current research explores the changing social worlds of international film and television production, with a focus on global Hollywood's’ expansion in South Africa. Her broader interests include the social impact of new visual technologies, the production of science fiction cinema, postcolonial urbanism, and imaginaries of the future.