Christine Delp

Christine Delp is an Assistant Professor in Gaylord College, specializing in Creative Media Production. As a media sociologist and documentary filmmaker, her work bridges theory and practice through teaching, research, and creative production within the nonfiction media industries.

Her research interests include media industries, documentary film, streaming video, production cultures, and media ethics. Her current research examines how the rise of streaming video services and platforms is reshaping the U.S. documentary film industry. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, where she held an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and a B.A. from Duke University. Passionate about public and applied research, she also collaborates with documentary funding organizations on research and evaluation related to documentary distribution and ethics. 

Christine is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Most recently, she produced the Critics Choice, News & Documentary Emmy, and International Documentary Association-nominated documentary series BURDEN OF PROOF (HBO), as well as the documentary feature MAGIC & MONSTERS, which was named a runner-up for the Library of Congress Ken Burns/Lavine Prize for Film. She also directed and produced the documentary short SANTUARIO (PBS, Al Jazeera) and the fiction short PICKUP, which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival. Other producing credits include the Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning series A CHEF’S LIFE (PBS) and ROAD TO RACE (Complex Networks). Her documentary work has been supported by Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, Women in Film Los Angeles, the Producers Guild of America, and others.