film Experts

Eric Haruki Swanson

Assistant Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Karen Smalley

Assistant Professor of ProductionLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Dr Benz Kotzen

Associate Professor in Landscape DesignUniversity of Greenwich

Dr Kotzen is a chartered landscape architect with more than 30 years’ experience as a consultant and a researcher.

Lynne Hartnett, PhD

Professor and Chair of History | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Lynne Hartnett, PhD, is an expert on Russian history, protest movements and refugees and political exile.

Stephen "Rob" Kutner

Senior Lecturer in Comedy WritingLoyola Marymount University

Janet Yang

SFTV Presidential Fellow and Clinical ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Beth Serlin

Professor and Chair of Screenwriting, School of Film and TelevisionLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Teresa Scassa

Full Professor in the Faculty of Law | Canada Research Chair in Information Law and PolicyUniversity of Ottawa

Information law scholar shaping privacy, data governance and AI policy as Canada Research Chair and leading voice on law and technology.

Jesse Rhodes

Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the UMass PollUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Jesse Rhodes is a leading expert in social policy, voting rights, inequality, and political behavior.

Scott Thorp

Chair and AVP for Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Art and DesignAugusta University

Scott Thorp is an artist, writer, and educator focused on creativity.