Race and Independent Media Project

Principal Investigator : Chon Noriega (Film and Television) and Eve Oishi (Women's Studies, CSU Long Beach).
Graduate Research Assistants : Hye Seung Chung, Jun Okada, María Muñoz, and Alison Hoffman (Film and Television).
Graduate Participants : Rita González and Azadeh Farahmand (Film and Television)

Description : This project challenges two tendencies in scholarly research on race in film and television studies: (1) racial groups tend to be studied either in isolation or on the basis of a one-to-one relationship with the dominant culture; (2) Hollywood often serves as the critical framework and object of study. The project started in 2001 and involves ten scholars from across the United States committed to developing a comparative analysis focused on independent media. To date, participants have produced several reports and are working on a book publication.
Faculty participants include: Richard E. Espinoza, Assistant Professor, Chicana/o Studies, Loyola Marymount University; Anna Everett, Professor, Film Studies, UC Santa Barbara; Peter X. Feng, Associate Professor, English, University of Delaware; L.S. Kim, Assistant Professor, Film and Digital Media, UC Santa Cruz; Kathleen McHugh, Associate Professor, English, UCLA; Eve Oishi, Associate Professor, Women's Studies, CSU Long Beach; Michelle Raheja, Assistant Professor, English, UC Riverside; Yeidy Rivero, Assistant Professor, Latino Studies, Indiana University; Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, UC Santa Barbara; and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Associate Professor, English, University of Chicago.

Publications:

Minority Filmmakers, Media Institutions, and Press Discourse: A Comparative Analysis by Hye Seung Chung and Jun Okada, with assistance by Maja Manojlovic. CSRC Research Report  (No. 5 January 2005)

Looking For Latino Regulars on Prime-Time T elevision: The Fall 2004 Season by Alison R. Hoffman and Chon A. Noriega. CSRC Research Report  (No. 4. December 2004)

Looking For Latino Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2003 Season by Alison R. Hoffman and Chon A. Noriega. CSRC Research Report  (No. 3. April 2004)

Looking for Latino Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2002 Season by Alison Hoffman. CSRC Research Report  (No. 1 March 2003)

Ready For Prime Time: Minorities on Network Entertainment Television by Dr. Chon A. Noriega  Latino Policy & Issues Brief (No. 2. May 2002)