Dr Desirée de Jesus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC. She holds a PhD from Concordia University and an MA (with Distinction) from Kings College London. Dr de Jesus is also a video essayist and moving images curator. Her videographic work analyzes films centering girls, women, and folks of colour. Her previous curatorial work supported the Visual Collections Repository (Concordia University) and the Toronto International Film Festival. Dr de Jesus’ research and teaching explore the intersections of race, gender, aesthetics, and technology in narrative film and media through traditional, creative, and curatorial methodologies. She is currently a co-investigator for a Connection Grant participatory filmmaking project about racialized girls, their futures, and experiences of COVID-19 inequalities. Her previous research was supported through various awards.
Research keywords: Black cultural and feminist Studies; phenomenological approaches to film and media; community-based