Search
Gretchen D. Bisplinghoff
Gretchen Bisplinghoff received her Ph.D. in film from Northwestern University. At Northwestern she co-edited Film Reader 5 and was a founding member of the Feminist Film Seminar which organized the first national feminist film criticism conference. Her publications include the co-authorship of two books, on film directors Robert Altman and Roman Polanski. Her other publications and professional activities reflect an ongoing interest in the image of women in the media and feminist film theory. She teaches Media Studies at Northern Illinois University and is director of the Fundamentals of Oral Communication program.