Faculty Profile
Courtney Donoghue
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Media Arts
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts228
- Courtney.Donoghue@unt.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011.
Major: Radio, Television, and Film
Degree Specialization: Media Studies
Dissertation Title: “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
Degree Specialization: Media Studies & Latin American Studies
Dissertation Title: 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
Degree Specialization: Film Studies
Current Scheduled Teaching*
MRTS 4360.001, Global Media, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 5660.002, Industry Studies Topics, Spring 2024
MRTS 5900.744, Special Problems, Spring 2024
MRTS 4450.002, Topics in Media Industry Studies, Spring 2024 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching*
MRTS 5660.001, Industry Studies Topics, Fall 2023 SPOT
MRTS 4450.200, Topics in Media Industry Studies, Summer 5W2 2023 SPOT
MRTS 5460.001, Global Media, Spring 2022 SPOT
MRTS 5900.744, Special Problems, Spring 2022
MRTS 5660.001, Industry Studies Topics, Spring 2021 SPOT
MRTS 5950.744, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021
MRTS 5900.744, Special Problems, Spring 2021
MRTS 5950.744, Master's Thesis, Fall 2020
MRTS 5660.001, Industry Studies Topics, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 4360.001, International Communications, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 5460.001, International Mass Communication, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 4450.001, Topics in Industry Studies, Spring 2020 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Publications
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. (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), .
Awarded Grants
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. (January 2022 – December 2022).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Fellowship," Sponsored by Oakland University, State, $10000.00 Funded. (December 2016 – August 2017).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Fellowship," Sponsored by Oakland University, State, $10000.00 Funded. (December 2012 – August 2013).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Graduate Continuing Fellowship," Sponsored by University of Texas - Austin, Graduate School, State, $19000 Funded. (August 2010 – July 2011).
Grant - Research
Brannon Donoghue, C. B. (Principal), "CREATE Conference Support," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (March 2022 – July 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. (September 2021 – July 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. (January 2021 – September 2021).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant," Sponsored by Faculty Success, Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (May 2020 – August 2020).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "University Research Council Faculty Research Award," Sponsored by Oakland University, State, $1500.00 Funded. (December 2013 – August 2014).
Brannon Donoghue, C. (Principal), "Dissertation Field Grant," Sponsored by Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Other, $1500 Funded. (2007 – 2007).
| Overall Summative Rating |
Challenge and Engagement Index |
Response Rate |
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out of 5 |
out of 7 |
% of students responded |
- Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
- Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was