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William McClain - Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA, US

William McClain

Rhetorical Arts Instructor | Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

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Biography

William McClain received his PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Southern California. Prior to that he received his MA in Critical Media Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and his BA in Theater and Film Studies from the University of Kansas. He currently teaches in the LMU Core program.

Dr. McClain's academic work focuses on textual hermeneutic methodology and interactive texts. His work has been published in Film Studies, The New Review of Film and Television Studies, The Journal of Film and Video, and The International Journal of Communication, among other places. His book Textual Hermeneutics: A User's Guide and Radical Manifesto will one day be published and you will read it and think it's great.

Education (4)

University of Southern California: PhD, Communication and Media Studies 2014

UCLA: MA, Cinema, Television, and Digital Media Studies 2008

The University of Kansas: BA, Theater and Film 2004

University of Southern California: MA, Communication and Media Studies 2012

Social

Areas of Expertise (6)

Communication

Media Theory

Textual Interpretation

Contemporary Interpretive Activities

Public Speaking

Argumentation and Debate