Biography
Isabelle's research repositions the blackface minstrel as an active and present monster. Her work is concerned with how the body is formed and reformed especially through play in horror video games. Using psychoanalysis, political economy, Black Critical Theory, film theory, and phenomenology as her framework, her research questions the status of the body, specifically the black body, within categories of family friendly entertainment. She received her Master's in Film and Media Studies from Chapman University.