Cynthia Baron

Cynthia Baron is an American film scholar and professor of Theatre and Film Studies at the Bowling [Green State University]. She is currently the editor of the Journal of Film and Video, and ''The Projector: A Journal of Film, Media, and Culture.''

Honors

Baron was honored with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Distinguished Service Award in 2023 and was recognized as the BGSU Research Scholar of Excellence from 2017 to 2020.

Publications

Baron has authored several books, including Reframing screen performance, Modern Acting: The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre, Denzel Washington, and Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance.
She has published many academic journal articles ranging from Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Velvet Light Trap, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Popular Culture Review, Cineaste, Genre and Performance, Journal of Film and Video, Women's Studies Quarterly and Screen Acting.