2017-Commencement-Morning-Ceremony

Research Faculty Excellence Award Kristin Hole, Ph.D. KRISTIN HOLE, instructor of Film Studies, has served Portland State University since joining its faculty in December 2015. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Stony Brook Universiry. In her short time with Portland States Film Program, Professor Hole has elevated the programt research profile through her own publications and through her acrive solicirariorr of research from other faculty in the program. Her astute research in transnational cinema, feminist fi1m, and film theory constiture imporrant contributions to fi1m curriculum internationally while profoundly informing the campus discourse among Portland State's faculty and students. ProFessor Hole's dedicarion to research and writing. and ro integrating both in her faculry role, has been exemplary, both for her colleagues and her students, who benefit from her research work in the courses she teaches on New Cerman cinema and feminist film theory. Frequently engaging in lively conversations about film and culture beyond the classroom, Professor Hole has shown herself to be an important mentor to PSU students, particularly women considering Ph.D. Progfams. Professor Hole has already published several peer-reviewed essays in journals and collections, on par with what might be expected ofa tenure-track faculry member at her stage. Her work has appeared tn Angelahi and in the edited volume Fashion and Film (Indiana Universiry Press, 2011). In the last yeaq she published a monograph, Touards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics: Claire Denis, Emmanue/ Leuinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, with the well-respected Edinburgh Universiry Press, and she co-edited The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gencler, published by the equally well-respected Routledge press. She has also co-written rhe texrbook, Film Feminisms: A Global Introduction, rc be published in 20iB through Routledge press. Additionally, Professor Hole has written several reviews and presented at numerous conferences in the course of her career. The Research Faculry Research Excellence Award is given annually to a distinguished non-tenure track faculty member in recognition of the importance, originality, quality, volume, and impact of the individual's research and scholarship. This award also recognizes the recipientt extraordinary success engaging PSU's students in rigorous research and academic discourse.

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