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Courtney B. Donoghue

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Media Arts

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011
    Major: Radio, Television, and Film
    Specialization: Media Studies
    Dissertation: “Lighting Up Screens Around the World”: Sony’s Local Language Production Strategy Meets Contemporary Brazilian and Spanish Cinema
  • MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
    Major: Radio, Television, and Film
    Specialization: Media Studies & Latin American Studies
    Dissertation: A retomada do cinema brasileiro: Rebirth and commercialization of the contemporary Brazilian film industry
  • BA, Texas A&M University - College Station, 2004
    Major: English Literature
    Specialization: Film Studies

Current Scheduled Teaching

MRTS 4360.001Global MediaSpring 2025
MRTS 5660.001Industry Studies TopicsSpring 2025
MRTS 4450.001Topics in Media Industry StudiesSpring 2025
INTE 3020Z.989Global Intensive OpportunityFall 8W1 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 5660.001Industry Studies TopicsFall 2024
MRTS 5660.002Industry Studies TopicsFall 2024
MRTS 4445.001Media in the 21st CenturyFall 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 4450.001Topics in Media Industry StudiesFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MRTS 4360.001Global MediaSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5660.002Industry Studies TopicsSpring 2024 SPOT
MRTS 5900.744Special ProblemsSpring 2024
MRTS 4450.002Topics in Media Industry StudiesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5660.001Industry Studies TopicsFall 2023 SPOT
MRTS 4450.001Topics in Media Industry StudiesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3615.001Understanding Media IndustriesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4450.200Topics in Media Industry StudiesSummer 5W2 2023 SPOT
MRTS 5660.003Industry Studies TopicsSpring 2023 SPOT
MRTS 4450.003Topics in Media Industry StudiesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3615.001Understanding Media IndustriesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4360.001Global MediaSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5460.001Global MediaSpring 2022 SPOT
MRTS 5900.744Special ProblemsSpring 2022
MRTS 3615.001Understanding Media IndustriesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3615.002Understanding Media IndustriesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5660.001Industry Studies TopicsSpring 2021 SPOT
MRTS 5950.744Master's ThesisSpring 2021
MRTS 4435.001Media Marketing and BrandingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5900.744Special ProblemsSpring 2021
MRTS 3615.001Understanding Media IndustriesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5950.744Master's ThesisFall 2020
MRTS 5125.001Media Industry StudiesFall 2020 SPOT
MRTS 4435.001Media Marketing and BrandingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3615.001Understanding Media IndustriesFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5660.001Industry Studies TopicsSpring 2020
MRTS 4360.001International CommunicationsSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 5460.001International Mass CommunicationSpring 2020
MRTS 4450.001Topics in Industry StudiesSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 5660.004Industry Studies TopicsFall 2019 SPOT
MRTS 4360.001International CommunicationsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5460.001International Mass CommunicationFall 2019 SPOT
MRTS 4445.001Media in the 21st CenturyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2023). The Value Gap: Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere. 368. University of Texas Press. https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477327302/the-value-gap/
  • Brannon Donoghue, C., McDonald, P., Havens, T. (2021). Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines. Collection co-editor and introductory chapter co-author. 392 pages. New York University Press (Critical Cultural Communication book series).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2017). Localising Hollywood. 194. London, British Film Institute Press.
  • Book Chapter

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2022). TV Globo: Global Expansions and Cross-media Convergence from Broadcast to Streaming. From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels, Second Edition. 69-78. Routledge.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2021). Methodological Approaches to Women's Work in Hollywood. Routledge Companion to Media Industries, edited by Paul McDonald. 172-181. Routledge.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C., Havens, T., McDonald, P. (2021). Media Distribution Today. introductory chapter to the edited collection: Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines. 1-24. New York University Press.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2020). Hollywood and Gender Equity Debates in the #metoo Time’s Up era. Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power. 235-252. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2019). Shop, Makeover, Love: Female-driven Franchises and Consumer Fandom in Conglomerate Hollywood. Point of Sale: Analyzing Media Retail (Edited by Daniel Herbert and Derek Johnson). 142-159. Rutgers University Press.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2018). Rede Globo: Global Expansions and Cross-Media Extensions in the Digital Era. From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels, edited by Derek Johnson. 45-53. Routledge.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2015). Adapting Lisbeth for Hollywood: The Industrial Logic and Franchising of Sony’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Remake. Future Texts: Subversive Performance and Feminist Bodies, edited by Virginia Kuhn and Vicki Callahan. 91-109. Parlor Press.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2014). Brazilian Cultures of Production: The Power of the Producer in a Contemporary Trans/national Cinema. Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries (edited by Derek Johnson, Derek Kompare, and Avi Santo). 165-187. New York University Press.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2011). Importing and Translating Betty: Contemporary Telenovela Format Flow within the United States Television Industry. Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age (edited by Diana Rio and Mari Castaneda). 257-274. Peter Lang.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2010). Globo Filmes, Sony and Franchise Filmmaking: (Trans)national Commercial Industry in the Brazilian pós-retomada. New Trends in Argentine/Brazilian Cinema (edited by Cacilda Rêgo and Carolina Rocha). 51-66. Intellect.
  • Book Review

  • Donoghue, C. (2017). Review of Gillian Doyle, Philip Schlesinger, Raymond Boyle, and Lisa W. Kelly, The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council. Media, Culture & Society. 446-448.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2009). Review of Paul Grainge, Branding Hollywood. The Velvet Light Trap. 63 75-77.
  • Journal Article

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2024). Ryan Gosling Brings the Kenergy, Or Barbie’s Night Out at the Oscars. FlowTV. (30.05) University of Texas at Austin. https://www.flowjournal.org/2024/04/ryan-gosling-brings-the-kenergy/
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2023). “Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic”: Barbie, Gendered Expectations, and the Female-Driven Blockbuster. FlowTV. (30.02) https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/life-in-plastic-its-fantastic/
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2019). Gendered Expectations for Female-Drive Films: Risk and Rescue Narratives Around Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman. Feminist Media Studies. 22 (3) 485-501.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2014). Death of the DVD Market and the Rise of Digital Piracy: Industrial Shifts in the Spanish Film Market Since the 2000s. Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 31 (4) 350-363.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2014). Sony and Local-Language Productions: How Conglomerate Hollywood Is Changing Localization Strategies and Its Approach to the Global Film M. Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 53 (4) 3-27.
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2014). The Rise of the Brazilian Blockbuster: How Ideas of Scale, Exceptionality, and Neoliberal Logic Shape a Booming Cinema. Media, Culture & Society. 36 (4) 536-550.
  • Published roundtable

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2022). Distribution in the Streaming Era: A Scholarly Roundtable. The Velvet Light Trap. 00 (90)
  • Special issue of a journal

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (2014). Creative Industries Journal (Special Issue: Media Industries). Creative Industries Journal. 7 (1)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "How Female-Driven Films are Valued from Pitch to Premiere," sponsored by National Endowment of the Humanities, Award for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Federal, $55000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Fellowship," sponsored by Oakland University, State, $10000.00 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Fellowship," sponsored by Oakland University, State, $10000.00 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Graduate Continuing Fellowship," sponsored by University of Texas - Austin, Graduate School, State, $19000 Funded. (2010 - 2011).
  • Grant - Research

  • Brannon Donoghue, C.B. (Principal), "CREATE Conference Support," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Co-Principal), Porst, J. (Co-Principal), "Team Grant - Mentoring Program," sponsored by Faculty Success, Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "CLASS Small Grant," sponsored by CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award ($4,700)," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $4700 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant," sponsored by Faculty Success, Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Award," sponsored by Oakland University, State, $1500.00 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "Dissertation Field Grant," sponsored by Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Other, $1500 Funded. (2007 - 2007).
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