Lauren S. Berliner

Ph.D Student, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego                                                  

M.A., Visual and Media Art, Emerson College      
Master’s Thesis Film: All in One Basket, a documentary that follows egg donors through the process as it explores the physical and emotional risks to donating. www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/443_aiob.php

B.A., Cultural Anthropology and English Literature, Wesleyan University
Senior Thesis: Can You Afford to Be Queer?: Target Marketing and The Commodification of Difference.

• The intertwining of multiple forms of reproductive technology (from invitro fertilization to the camcorder) and their influence on gender, sexuality and kinship

• The history of the home video and its impact on subjectivity formation

• Infertility as disability in popular and medical discourse

I am invested in exploring my areas of inquiry on the page and through the lens. Please visit http://www.berlinerfilms.com for complete information about my film work, screenings, press and awards.

(1.07-1.08) with Professor David Serlin
(6.06-12.06) with Professor Boatema Boateng

• Introduction to Media Production/Professor Zeinabu irene Davis (2008)
• Introduction to Media Production/Professor Brian Goldfarb (2008)
• Science Fiction/Professor Nitin Govil (2007)
• The Politics of Bodies/Professor David Serlin (2007)
• Introduction to Media Methods: Theory/Professor Brian Goldfarb (2007)
• The Film Industry/Professor Nitin Govil (2007)
• How to Read a Film: Film of the 1970s/Professor Zeinabu Irene Davis (2006)
• Introduction to Communication and Culture/Professor Valerie Hartouni (2006)
• Practicum in Child Development/Professor Olga Vasquez (2005)

(upcoming 11.08)
National Communication Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
“Generation Loss: Reproducing the Family on VHS” as part of “Modernities’ Remainders: Another Look at the Afterlife of Cultural Objects” panel moderated by Dilip P. Gaonkar and Toby Miller.

(10.08)
American Studies Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. “Reproduction in Cyberspace: The Digital Intersection of Donors and Recipients on Fertility Clinic Websites” as part of Reproductions at the Crossroads panel, moderated by Elena Gutierrez. 

(2.08)
Ethics, Public Health and the Environment, The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, San Antonio, Texas. Screening of All in One Basket.

(1.08)
Harvard Medical School. Screening of All in One Basket and discussion of excerpts of  “Reproducing the Donor, Materiality and Signification in Fertility Clinic Websites,” presented by Ellen Glazer.

(10.07)
McGill University. Bio-ethics Discussion Group. Screening and discussion of All in One Basket.

Mills College. Screening of All in One Basket at training seminar for Choice USA leaders.  Film to be used nationwide in Choice USA leadership trainings.

(8.07)
American Psychological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. Screening and discussion panel devoted to All in One Basket. 

(5.07)
Disability Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington.  Presentation of “Free Movement”as part of a panel entitled Disability Experience across Theory-Method-Practice Divides.

Nobody's Child, Everybody's Children: International Conference on New Reproductive & Genetic Technologies, British Columbia, Canada. Screening and discussion panel devoted to All in One Basket.

Partners for Perinatal Health Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. Screening of All in One Basket.

(9.06)
International Forum: Envisioning the Human Rights of Women in the Age of Biotechnology and Science, Seoul, Korea. Screening and discussion of All in One Basket.

(9.05)
"The Future of Donor Conception: Where Do We Go From Here? " Toronto, Canada.  Screening and discussion of All in One Basket.