Muxin Zhang

Muxin Zhang is a PhD candidate in the Film and Moving Image Studies program. She holds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from New York University and an MA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University. Her PhD dissertation explores the career trajectories of historical border-crossing East Asian female stars, focusing on how cosmopolitan aesthetics and practices were factored into their image-making. She has also written on K-pop.

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Russell

Research Interests: Star studies; visual representation; East Asian popular culture

Teaching / TAShips: FMST 329 Women and Film; FMST 205 Approaches to Film Studies II

Selected Publications: Zhang, Muxin. 2024. "Fandom Image Making and the Fan Gaze in Transnational K-pop Fan Cam Culture." In "Fandom and Platforms," edited by Maria K. Alberto, Effie Sapuridis, and Lesley Willard, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 42. 

Email: muxinzhang516@gmail.com

Favourite Film: Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)