Kyle William Bishop
Professor of English · Southern Utah University
Specializing in British Gothic literature, film and television studies, cinematic adaptation, and pop culture
Video Games Visual Literacy Saxophone American Studies Music
James Kendrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Film & Digital Media · Baylor University
Expert on film theory/aesthetics, the history of motion pictures, media and society, violence in the media, and horror film
Steven Spielberg Film History Film and Media Theory Violence in the media Media censorship and regulation
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Black Representation in Film and Television afrofuturism SciFi Film Prince comics
Christopher Hansen, M.F.A.
Chair of the Department of Film and Digital Media · Baylor University
Digital media expert and filmmaker, working on new feature and short projects
Mass Communication Screenwriting Postproduction Film & Video Directing Field Production
Tricia Jenkins
Professor · Texas Christian University
Tricia Jenkins is an expert in the US government's relationship to Hollywood, critical media theories, and media genres.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Television and Film Genres Hollywood and the CIA Russian Trolls International Film Festivals
Barbara Mennel
Professor/Chair/Director · University of Florida
Barbara Mennel’s research interests are transnational cinematic practices and the intersection of urban studies and film studies.
Urban Studies and Film Feminist Theory Humanities Film Studies German Studies
Carl Rollyson
Professor of Journalism · Baruch College, The City University of New York
Professor of Journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York
Marketing Quality Work
Matthew Hughey, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology · University of Connecticut
A scholar of racism and racial inequality in identity formation, organizations, media, politics, science, religion, and public advocacy.
Religion Fraternities and Sororities Organizations Whiteness Media
Amir Hussain
Professor and Chair of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Interfaith Dialogue Islam and Muslim Lives in the United States; Muslim Communities in North America Religion on Film and Television
Craig D. Forrest
Owner-Producer · Windsock Films
TV & Film Director/Speaker/Author at CraigForrest.com
Digital Media Short Films Tv Production Documentaries Production Management
Paula M. Uruburu
Professor of English · Hofstra University
Professor Uruburu researches the Gothic and the Grotesque, the Gilded Age, and film history (genre, auteur, adaptation).
Zombies Evelyn Nesbit Horror films Gender Studies Film History
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD
Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD, is an expert in film analysis and commentary, particularly in regard to pop culture.
Communication Political Rhetoric Gender, Media and Pop Culture American Film
Kylo-Patrick Hart
Professor and Chair of Film, Television and Digital Media · Texas Christian University
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart teaches courses in film and television history, theory and criticism; film screenwriting; and queer media studies.
Masculinity and Sexual Orientation in Film and Entertainment Queer Media Studies Media Representations of HIV/AIDS Stardom Popular Culture
Dallas King
Lecturer of Production · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Teaching Editing Producing Film Directing Screenwriting
Kevin Stein
Director MAPC Program/Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University
Specializing in the rhetoric of attack, apology, and responses to apology as well as political campaign communication.
Antapologia Strategies Political Campaign Messages Film Rhetoric of Defense Apologia
Mark Litwak
Attorney at Law · Law Offices of Mark Litwak & Associates
Author and Attorney that addresses Entertainment Law issues s
Risky Business Financing and Distributing Independent Films Protecting Film Investors Film Finance
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko, Ph.D., A.M., B.M.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography; College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
An interdisciplinary scholar, Ndaliko studies arts interventions in conflict regions of Africa.
Ethnomusicology Black Atlantic Culture Social Engagement Sociopolitical Transformation Cultural Theory
Shane Acker
Associate Professor of Animation · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Animation Feature Films Short Films Visual Effects Storyboarding
Áine O'Healy
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - Italian · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Italian Cinema Italian Cultural Studies Transnational Film Studies
Karen Shackleford, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Media violence; Fandom and the construction of meaning from media; Media, race and gender.
Media Psychology Media Effects Social Psychology Gender Race