Carolyn Condon Jacobs

Carolyn Condon Jacobs is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Communication Department at Central Connecticut State University. Her research focuses on the cultural history of media, especially in relation to medicine, science, and public health. Her current book project, Dirty Movies: Infectious Disease and the Emergence of American Cinema, 1896-1920, is under contract with Columbia University Press. The book considers the effects of health emergencies on the development of movies in the United States. Her work has been published in Feminist Media Histories, the Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, In Media Res, and the Women Film Pioneers Project. She is the co-chair of the Silent Cinema Special Interest Group and the co-chair of the Standing Committee on Teaching and Pedagogy for the Society of Cinema and Media Studies.

Carolyn teaches courses in media history and analysis, media literacy, and film history at Central. She also serves as the faculty advisor of the Tau Mu Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta (LPH), the honor society of the National Communication Association. 

Carolyn holds a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies and American Studies from Yale University, an MA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University, and a BA in Film and Media Studies from Connecticut College.