by Bob Branciforte

Assistant professor Jennifer M. Proffitt and  doctoral student Nicole Cox of the School of Communication won first place in the Cultural and Critical Studies Division poster competition during the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s (AEJMC) 94th annual conference, August 4–7, Denver.

Their research, “Mimicking Bollywood in Slumdog Millionaire: A Political Economic Analysis,” examined Hollywood’s involvement in a film mimicking the Bollywood film genre to better understand the global factors driving today’s film industry.