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Faculty and Staff

Chair

Faculty

Andrew Kenneth Gay

Research Interests: Theorizing Conventional and Alternative (Digital) Screenwriting Practices; Post-War Histories of Screenwriting and Motion Picture Production Practices; Theorizing Alternative Models of Creative Labor, Production Management, and Filmmaking Processes; Script Analysis for Directing the Actor; Comparative Narratological Analysis of Film and Screenplay Texts; Analysis and Criticism Through Audio/Visual Essay; Entrepreneurial Business Models, Crowd-Funding, and Social Media Marketing for Independent Film

Christopher Harris

Research Interests: Experimental Film Production, Aesthetics, Theory and History; Essay Film Production, Aesthetics, Theory and History; Experimental Documentary Film Production, Aesthetics, Theory and History

Anthony B. Major

Research Interests: Documenting the history and contributions of under served communities.

Lisa Mills

Research Interests: Documentary history and theory; Media effects; Political communication; Creative self-efficacy

Lisa C. Peterson

Research Interests: The organizational culture of the professional film crew; Production Management; Docudrama

Barry Sandler

Research Interests: Screenwriting; American Film History

Jesse Wolfe

Research Interests: American Independent Cinema; Screenwriting; Film Direction

Part-time Faculty

Jay M Boyar

Research Interests: American Film Comedy; Film Criticism; Film History/Genres; Film & Literature; Nonfiction Writing

Staff

Jon Arthur Bowen

Research Interests: Electronic Cinema; Camera Systems; Sound Recording and Reproduction; Lighting for Film and Video; Non-Linear Editing; Film Archiving and Preservation; Film and Video Projection and Exhibition

Kia Hollingsworth

Research Interests: Music licensing in film.

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