Christina Wright
Film Studies Professor | Film Curator | Screenwriter | Character Educator & Leadership Development Coach | Social Emotional Arts Facilitator
- Role
- Instructor, Film Studies, Film Television Dept, Creative Arts Division at De Anza College
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christina Wright
I have over 30 years of experience in the media and performing arts. As an educator, I…
Experience
Instructor, Film Studies, Film Television Dept, Creative Arts Division
Sep 2019 — Present · Cupertino, CA, US
PT Representative, Part Time Advisory Council, 2025-presentWorking with the Vice President of Instruction to represent and address the needs of Part Time Faculty.PT Representative, Resource Allocation and Program Planning Committee, 2025-presentMaking recommendations on behalf of Part Time Faculty concerning programs and resource allocation, including planning and evaluation processes.PT Representative, Academic Senate, 2024Making recommendations on behalf of Part Time Faculty with respect to academic and professional matters, namely, policy development and implementation matters.Film/TV Faculty Representative, Cupertino Library Foundation, 20••••24Working with the Cupertino Library as a representative of the Film/Television Dept to provide an annual film screening series to families.Judge, Student Film & Video Show, 2020-presentServing on the Judging Panel for the annual Student Film & Video Show, reviewing submitted films and offering feedback.Courses:F/TV 1: Introduction to Cinematic Arts: This course examines broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology and critical analysis.F/TV 2A: History of Cinema (18••••50) and F/TV 2B: History of Cinema (1950-Present): This course offers a survey of the international development of the motion picture as a distinct form of artistic expression, through classic films, notable artists, and key events; investigates the aesthetic, technological, economic, and social factors that contributed to the evolution of film; and examines the value systems reflected in and shaped by these works from diverse cultures.F/TV 3A: American Cultures in Film: This course examines how mainstream and independent cinema construct depictions of race, gender, sexuality, class and ability with an emphasis on stereotyping, otherness, and marginalization.
Education
UCLArts&Healing
Certificate, Social Emotional Arts
2021 — 2021
Trinity College Dublin
M.Phil, Film Theory & History
2007 — 2009
Co-Active Training Institute
Certificate, Leadership Development
2017 — 2017
University of San Diego: Professional and Continuing Education
Specialist Certificate, Character Education
2012 — 2013
San Francisco State University
B.A., Drama
1999 — 2001
Foothill College
A.A., Speech Communications
1995 — 1999
Foothill Theatre Conservatory
Certificate, Performance Theatre
1997 — 1999
Skills
- Video
- Music
- Editing
- Sound
- Film
- Video Production
- Drama
- Video Editing
- Public Relations
- Theatre
- Writing
- Program Management
- Program Development
- Newsletters
- Fundraising
- Teaching
- Blogging
- Social Media
- International Development
- Community Outreach
- Poetry
- Singing
- Nonprofits
- Strategic Communications
- Public Speaking
- Education
- Books
- Copy Editing
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