Gabrielle Berry is a PhD candidate in Cinema and Media studies at the University of British Columbia. She holds a BA (Honors) in Film and English from Queen’s University, Ontario, and an MA in Film Studies from UBC. Her research focuses on the intersections of sound and disability studies, her dissertation examining the sonic resonances and frictions of closed captions in film and media. 

Gabrielle is a recipient of the SSHRC and Killam doctoral awards, and the Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award. She is a member of the Public Scholars Initiative Program at UBC. Her work appears in The Soundtrack; Music, Sound and the Moving Image, and Cinephile.