Prof. Allison de Fren

Allison de Fren is a media maker and scholar based in Los Angeles and Shanghai. Her documentaries and audiovisual essays have been screened internationally at film festivals, galleries and museums, and academic settings. Her work focuses on the intersection of gender, media, and technology, often tracing a line from the tropes and themes around gendered technologies within popular culture to earlier histories of science, medicine, and technology. She is currently a Visiting Associate Professor in the Interactive Media Arts Program at NYU Shanghai and is an Associate Professor in the Media Arts & Culture Department at Occidental College in Los Angeles.