Film Studies Program

Faculty

As an interdepartmental program, film studies draws upon faculty from seven departments in order to cover broad areas such as film criticism, theory, and history.

Gennady Barabtarlo
Professor of Russian, Department of German and Russian Studies

Film Studies 2865: The Art of Soviet and Russian Cinema
Film Studies 3005: Russian and Soviet Cinema
Film Studies/Russian 4965:Distorted Picture: Post-War Cinema in a Police State

Michael Barnes
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Classical Studies

Film Studies 2005: Ancient World in Film

Heather Carver
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre

Film Studies 4935/7935: Adaptation of Literature for Film

Roger Cook
Professor of German, Department of German and Russian Studies
Director, Film Studies Program

Film Studies 3830: History of German Cinema
Film Studies 3840: German Film After 1945
Film Studies 4005: Neuroscience and Cinema
Film Studies 4005/7005: Post-Unification German Cinema

Leslie Dickinson
Resident Instructor, Department of Computer Science

Information Technology 2610: Audio/Video I
Information Technology 3610: Audio/Video II

Rebecca Dingo
Associate Professor of English

Film Studies 2840: American Film History 1950 to present
Film Studies 3855: Documentary Film: From International to Transnational

Jack Draper
Associate Professor of Portugese, Department of Romance Languages

Portuguese 3005: Favelas in Film
Portuguese/Spanish 3005: Contemporary Cone Cinema
Portuguese 3875: Brazilian Cinema

Chip Gubera
Instructor, Department of Computer Science

Information Technology 1610: Introduction to Entertainment Media
Information Technology 3640: Digital Effects
Information Technology 4640: Digital Effects II

Joanna Hearne
Associate Professor, Department of English

English 1810: Introduction to Film: The Beginnings to 1945
English 1820: Introduction to Film: 1945-present
Film Studies 2810: Introduction to Film Analysis
Film Studies 3855: History of the Documentary
Film Studies 4005: Native American Film
Film Studies 4006/4810: Film Theory
Film Studies 8005: Indigenous Media
Film Studies 8005: Introduction to Film Research and Pedagogy

Elizabeth Hornbeck
Assistant Teaching Professor, Art History and Archaeology, Architectural Studies, and English

Film Studies 3005: Artists' Lives on Film
Film Studies 3780: Architecture on Film
Film Studies 3785: Art and Artists on Film

Sean Ireton
Associate Professor of German, Department of German and Russian Studies

German 3830: History of German Film
German 3840: German Film After 1945

Robert Johnson
Professor of Philosophy

Film Studies 2010: Philosophy in Film

Valerie Kaussen
Associate Professor of French, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

French 2005: Introduction to French Cinema
Film Studies 2820: Trends in World Cinema
French 3001: Post-Colonial Cinema

William Kerwin
Associate Professor of English, Department of English

English 4167: Shakespeare on Film

Kristin Kopp
Associate Professor of German and Director of Graduate Studies in German, Department of German and Russian Studies

German 3005: Contemporary German Film

Brian Maurer
Instructor

Film Studies 2520: Introduction to Production

James M. Miller
Professor, Theatre Department

Theatre 4720: American Musicals

Nicole Monnier
Associate Teaching Professor of Russian, Department of German and Russian

Russian/Women and Gender Studies 3870: Russian Women and Film.

Etti Naveh-Benjamin
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Film Studies 3845: Modern Israeli Film

Bradley Prager
Associate Professor of German, Department of German and Russian Studies

German 3830: History of German Film
German 2810: Introduction to Film Analysis
Film Studies 3865: Holocaust on Screen

Sw. Anand Prahlad
Professor, Department of English

Film Studies 2005: Blackness and Gender in American Film
Film Studies 2005: The City
Film Studies 4005: Science Fiction Film and the Black Narrative

LuAnne Roth
Instructor, Department of English

Film Studies 2830: American Film History I
Film Studies 2840: American Film History II
Film Studies 2860: Zombies 'R Us
Film Studies 3005: Urban Legends and Film
Film Studies 3005: Food and Culture in Film
Film Studies 3005: Contemporary Legend and Film

Carsten Strathausen
Associate Professor of German, Department of German and Russian Studies

Film Studies 2820: Trends in World Cinema
German 3830: History of German Film
Film Studies 2810: Introduction to Film Analysis
German 3005: Nazi Film and Aesthetics

Roberta Tabanelli
Assistant Professor of Italian, Department of Romance Languages

Italian 2005: Love Italian Style
Italian 2850: Italian Cinema

Michael Volz
Assistant Teaching Professor, Coordinator of Chinese

Chinese 3880: Contemporary Chinese Film

Nancy West
Professor, Department of English

English 1810: Introduction to Film: The Beginnings to 1945
English 1820: Introduction to Film: 1945-present
English 2005, Crime Film and American Culture, 1930-present
English 4250: Nineteenth-Century Novels and Film Adaptations
English 4110: Film Noir

Erin Wilson
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of English

Film Studies 2830: American Film History I: 1895-1950
Film Studies 2840: American Film History II: 1950-Present
Film Studies 2860: Film Themes and Genres: Horror

Ramsay Wise
Instructor, Department of German and Russian Studies

Film Studies 2810: Introduction to Film Analysis
Film Studies 2820: Trends in World Cinema
Film Studies 3005: Films of Hitchcock
Film Studies 3005: The Films of Woody Allen
Film Studies 3005: The Films of Stanley Kubrick

 


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