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Biography

Cindy Gueli is an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C. Her research and teaching fields focus on U.S. Social and Cultural History with special attention to Women and Gender, Film and Television, Popular Culture, Ethnicity, Oral History, and Urban History. Dr. Gueli has lectured at venues such as the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus, D.C. Historical Studies Conference, American Encounters Institute, Patrick Clendenen Conference, and Arena Stage. Her public history work includes projects for the famed Willard Hotel and the Historical Society of Washington.

She has also worked in television and film as a reporter and host for networks such as WTN News in New York and Discovery Communications in Maryland and as a producer and writer for broadcast news, public television, documentaries, and films.

Her current research centers on the personal impact living in Columbia, Maryland, a development of the new-town reform movement, had on its original residents. She also has two other projects in the works: examinations of the representation of working women in post-feminist media and the politics of race and gender in New York City’s early film industry.

Dr. Gueli completed her bachelor’s degree at Georgetown University and received her master’s degree in Film and Video, master’s degree in History, and doctorate in History from American University.
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