Shelley Stamp

About

I am a film historian and curator, author of the award-winning books Lois Weber in Early Hollywood and Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture after the Nickelodeon, curator of the award-winning 6-disc set Pioneers:  First Women Filmmakers, and author of many articles on women’s filmmaking and moviegoing.  I am Founding Editor of the journal Feminist Media Histories, published quarterly by the University of California Press, and currently edit the Feminist Media Histories book series for UC Press.  My research has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a University of California President’s Fellowship.  

I am Professor of FIlm + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I have taught for almost 30 years and have twice won the Excellence in Teaching Award.  From 2018-21 I served as campus Presidential Chair.