Dr. Priya Jaikumar is Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema and Media Studies at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She is the author of Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space (Duke, 2019), winner of the prestigious BAFTSS (British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies) best book of the year award, and of Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India (Duke, 2006), among other award-winning publications in film and imperial history, media globalization, feminism, and the study of European and Indian cinemas. Priya has taught and mentored B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. students placed across a range of positions in the global media industry and at leading universities and cultural centers world-wide. She received the USC Mellon graduate mentoring award (2018) and the Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Award (2020). Priya has a Ph.D. in Film and Television from Northwestern University, an M.A. in Communication Studies from The Ohio State University, a postgraduate degree in Advertising from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, and a B.A. Honors in English Literature from St. Stephens College, Delhi. Prior to her career in higher education, Priya was a print and TV correspondent in India.