Kathleen A. McHugh’s scholarly interests are generally located where film, media, gender and cultural studies critiques converge. She is the author of "American Domesticity: From How-to Manual to Hollywood Melodrama" and "Jane Campion." From 2005-2014, Kathleen directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. She has also been active in campus equity, climate and diversity issues as the School of Theater, Film and Television’s first associate dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the chair of the Department Film, Television and Digital Media.