Marsha Kinder, Ph.D.

University Professor

213.740.3334
mkinder@usc.edu
SCA 320
http://college.usc.edu/labyrinth/

Learning about Spanish cinema, narrative theory, children’s media culture, and digital culture, USC students benefit from the expertise of Marsha Kinder, a prolific film scholar whose works on Spanish cinema (Blood Cinema and Refiguring Spain) and children's media (Playing with Power and Kids' Media Culture ) have been particularly influential.

She is the author of more than 100 published essays and 10 books. For more than a decade, Marsha Kinder has been a leading force in determining the direction new modes of expression are taking narrative possibilities.

Dr. Kinder is also founding director of The Labyrinth Project, where she has overseen the development of DVD-ROMs, interactive installations and Websites that have taken materials traditionally expressed in films and books and transformed them into award-winning database documentaries.