About Me
I am an associate professor in the Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies at the University of Denver, where I teach film studies. Generally speaking, my research examines the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, and other identity markers within film and television. My current project focuses on bridging the gap between on-screen narratives of women inmates in prison dramas--such as Netflix's Orange is the New Black and Foxtel's Wentworth--and off-screen narratives from real-life inmates.
Prior to this, I had the distinct pleasure of serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas for five years.
Prior to this, I had the distinct pleasure of serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas for five years.
Me with Kevin Willmott (Oscar-winning screenwriter of BlacKkKlansman and Distinguished University of Kansas Professor) after his guest lecture titled "Film, Race, Democracy and the Resurgence of Hate" — this guest lecture was part of a two-day campus visit that I organized for the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver (April 10-11, 2019)
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Me with Geena Davis (Academy-Award winning actor and co-founder of the Bentonville Film Festival) after her speaking engagement, which I organized for the Department of Communication's Film Appreciation Society at the University of Arkansas (March 10, 2016)
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Me with Liz Spaulding (then-director of the New York Screen Actors Guild Foundation, now the Vice President of Business Development at BritBox International) before her speaking engagement—an event that I organized for the Department of Communication's Film Appreciation Society at the University of Arkansas (April 6, 2015)
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Select Publications
DeCarvalho, Lauren J., and Nadia Martínez-Carrillo. 2024. “A View from the Top (Dog): Intersections of Incarceration, Motherhood, and Trauma on Foxtel’s Wentworth.” Television & New Media, 25, no. 1: 3-18. (Published early online on May 16, 2023)
DeCarvalho, Lauren J. 2023. “‘I’m Not Weird. I’m Just Like Everybody Else’: Intersections of Embodiment, Incarceration, and Mental Illness on Wentworth and Orange Is the New Black.” Feminist Media Studies 23, no. 4: 1676-1688.
DeCarvalho, Lauren J., and Nadia Martínez-Carrillo. 2021. "Crims and Crooks: Automatization, Communicative Capitalism, Fandom, and Promotion for Wentworth." Critical Studies in Media Communication, 38 (3): 211-224.
DeCarvalho, Lauren J. 2021. “Visible Only Behind Bars: How Indigenous Australian Women Reframe and Reclaim their Experiences on Wentworth.” Women’s Studies in Communication, 44 (1): 65-80.
DeCarvalho, Lauren J. 2023. “‘I’m Not Weird. I’m Just Like Everybody Else’: Intersections of Embodiment, Incarceration, and Mental Illness on Wentworth and Orange Is the New Black.” Feminist Media Studies 23, no. 4: 1676-1688.
DeCarvalho, Lauren J., and Nadia Martínez-Carrillo. 2021. "Crims and Crooks: Automatization, Communicative Capitalism, Fandom, and Promotion for Wentworth." Critical Studies in Media Communication, 38 (3): 211-224.
DeCarvalho, Lauren J. 2021. “Visible Only Behind Bars: How Indigenous Australian Women Reframe and Reclaim their Experiences on Wentworth.” Women’s Studies in Communication, 44 (1): 65-80.
Select Awards and Fellowships•The 2022/2023 Social Sciences Marsico Visiting Scholars Program ($2,500 Grant), University of Denver, January 2023
•The 2018/2019 Social Sciences Marsico Visiting Scholars Program ($2,170 Grant), University of Denver, February 2019 • The 2016 Community Research Award ($5,200 Grant), University of Arkansas, March 2016 • Robert C. and Sandra Connor Endowed Faculty Fellowship ($2,500 Award), University of Arkansas, April 2015 |
InterviewsNegra, Diane, and Yvonne Tasker. 2014. “Interview with Diane Negra and Yvonne Tasker, Gendering the Recession.” By Lauren J. DeCarvalho. Books Aren’t Dead Monthly Podcast Series, Fembot Collective, October 15. http://fembotcollective.org/blog/category/bad/
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