Emma Lynn is a Ph.D. candidate studying film, television, and popular culture in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University.
Her research interests include feminist media studies, media industries, and representations of the #MeToo movement in popular culture.
She additionally has experience in film and radio production, film festivals, embroidery art, and has been a guitarist and vocalist in a variety of music groups.
Emma smiles at the camera. Photo by Kels Rood.
Emma presenting at a conference.
Research
Emma is currently writing her dissertation on the #MeToo movement’s impact on the representations of sexual violence in popular film and television. She regularly presents her research on fan communities, feminist rhetoric, and representations of sexual violence in popular culture at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies, the National Communication Association, and other conferences.
YouTube
Emma runs the YouTube channel emmaspacelynn which specializes in accessible media and cultural studies education and video essay content.
A logo for Emma’s YouTube channel "emmaspacelynn.”
A still from a short film Emma produced called "Gather." A father and daughter are small in the frame and look onto a snow covered landscape.
Film
Emma has film production experience working as a producer, production designer, unit production designer, and editor on a variety of productions.
Embroidery
In 2016, Emma opened her Etsy shop Emma Space Embroidery, where she specializes in custom order album cover embroidery hoops.
An embroidery hoop depicting the cover of Phoebe Bridger's album "Stranger in the Alps."
The logo for Emma's podcast "In the Mood for Film."
Podcast
Emma is the co-host of the podcast In the Mood for Film In the Mood for Film is a film podcast hosted by Emma Lynn and Chad Merrell. We are the wannabe film experts giving you our hot takes on what to watch.
Music
Emma has released two EPs with the bands Peach Dream and Mister Hansen Is Dead.
The four members of the band Peach Dream lean against a trailer and look at the camera.