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Christine Becker

Internship Coordinator
Associate Professor, Television

Associate Professor, Television
Office
230D DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
574-631-7592
Email
cbecker1@nd.edu

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Research interests

media industries, television history, TV narrative and aesthetics, British television, sports and television, stardom and celebrity

Biography

Christine Becker received her B.A. in Humanities from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993 and Ph.D. in Communication Arts: Film Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. She has been in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame since 2000, specializing in film and television history, critical analysis of film and television, and media industry studies. She also teaches courses for the Sport, Media, and Culture Minor. Her current research project is focused on the history of the South Bend television show Beyond Our Control (WNDU, 1968-1986), and you can learn more about the project on the Beyong Our Control project web page. 

Research and Publications