UCLA PI Name: Alex Franklin

E-Mail: alexfranklin@g.ucla.edu

Expected time commitment: 4-6 hours per week

In the past, it seemed as if most of Hollywood’s coming of age films centered on young men. Female characters played secondary roles. But in the last few years, films like Booksmart, Bottoms and Blockers have centered on young women from a variety of racial, ethnic and class backgrounds.

For this research project, I would like to explore the history of Hollywood’s coming of age films centered on female characters. I would like to explore how representations of female characters have changed and evolved over the years, and how Hollywood has adapted to the times in which we live.

Responsibilities: Reviewing online materials to identify potential course films, screening films and doing write ups to get diversity of viewpoints, and crafting write ups and analysis of different movies from different eras.

Application instructions: Please submit a Resume and a short paragraph about whether you’ve participated in other research projects to alexfranklin@g.ucla.edu.