Joanne Hershfield is an author, filmmaker, and professor. Her
expertise includes gender, feminism, and film in the United States and
Mexico.Hershfield was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1950. She
received her MA in documentary film production at Stanford University
and her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin in 1993, in radio,
television, and film.Hershfield is currently professor emerita within
the Women's and Gender Studies department at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; she has previously worked as an assistant
professor in the department of Communication Studies. She has been
employed at the university since 1994. Hershfield also participated as
a U.S. Scholar with the Telling Our Stories of Home conference in
2016. A portion of her upcoming film on Benevolence Farm, a
transitional housing project for formerly incarcerated women, was
screened at the conference.Hershfield is a producer, director, and
editor of documentaries with New Day Films. Her past works include:
expertise includes gender, feminism, and film in the United States and
Mexico.Hershfield was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1950. She
received her MA in documentary film production at Stanford University
and her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin in 1993, in radio,
television, and film.Hershfield is currently professor emerita within
the Women's and Gender Studies department at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; she has previously worked as an assistant
professor in the department of Communication Studies. She has been
employed at the university since 1994. Hershfield also participated as
a U.S. Scholar with the Telling Our Stories of Home conference in
2016. A portion of her upcoming film on Benevolence Farm, a
transitional housing project for formerly incarcerated women, was
screened at the conference.Hershfield is a producer, director, and
editor of documentaries with New Day Films. Her past works include:
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