Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936), a film historian, is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of The Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. _She_ is also a Trustee of the American Film Institute (which awarded her an honorary degree, a Doctorate of Humane Letters, on June 7, 2006 ), a member of the Steering Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation, and one of the Board of Advisors for the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. <sep>, Pronoun: She <sep>, A: Jeanine Basinger <sep>, B: Trustee