
- ethill@ucsd.edu
- (858) 822-2239
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9500 Gilman Dr
Office: MCC 241
La Jolla , California 92093
Assistant Professor of Media and Popular Culture: Affiliated Faculty in Critical Gender Studies, Film Studies, Black Diaspora and African American Studies Major
Erin Hill worked in film development in New York and Los Angeles before undertaking study of the media industry. Her primary interest is in historical and contemporary media production in the United States, with particular focus on intersecting issues of gender, race and class in creative labor sectors. Her first book, Never Done: A History of Women’s Work in Media Production (Rutgers UP, 2016), examines the role of feminized labor in U.S. film and television production from the 1890s to the present and draws connections to the ongoing struggles of women and people of color in integrating key creative fields in contemporary Hollywood. Hill’s current research investigates the development sector, where projects are scripted, financed and planned. She continues freelance development work for Summit Entertainment, a division of Lionsgate.
Dr. Hill teaches courses on American film history, history of broadcasting, feminist production history, media industry labor, contemporary Hollywood business practices, and race, gender and labor in media production, cultures of production in creative industries, science fiction films, comedy on TV/in media, and media theory. Prior to her time at UCSD, she taught as contingent (aka “adjunct) faculty at various Southern California institutions, including UCLA, Occidental College, Santa Monica College, and CSU Long Beach, gaining experience in both pedagogy and labor precarity.
Ph.D. (December 2013). UCLA, Cinema and Media Studies.
Dissertation: “Women’s Work”: Feminization in Media Production
M.A. (2006). UCLA, Cinema and Media Studies.
B.A. with distinction (1999). University of Michigan, Film/Video Studies & Theatre and Drama.
TV Production Research