James Kendrick, Ph.D.
Professor, Film & Digital Media, Undergraduate Program Director · Baylor University
Expert on Spielberg films, cult and horror films, post-Classical Hollywood film history, and new cinema technologies.
Horror film Cult film Steven Spielberg Violence in Film Film Criticism
Christopher (Chris) Hansen, M.F.A.
Chairman and Professor for Film & 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
Kyle William Bishop
Chair and Professor of English Department · 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
Professor Robert Shail
Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University
Professor Robert Shail's research interests cover postwar British cinema, gender identity in film, comics books, and children's cinema.
Children's Film Foundation British Cinema Film Art Critical Practice Children's Media
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 International Film Festivals Critical Media Analysis
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
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
Craig D. Forrest
Owner-Producer · Windsock Films
TV & Film Director/Speaker/Author at CraigForrest.com
Digital Media Short Films Tv Production Documentaries Production Management
Amir Hussain
Professor 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
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
Jon Smith
Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University
Specializing in public land issues, television news, and documentary film production
Communication Professional Communication in Mass Media Digital Photojournalism Documentary Film Making Television News
Jeff Wray
Associate professor of film studies and African American literature and culture · Michigan State University
Expert in Third World and Black U.S. Cinema
Filmmaking Film Studies Screenwriting Third World and Black U.S. Cinema Gay Cinema
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
Paula M. Uruburu
Professor Emerita of English · Hofstra University
Professor Uruburu researches the Gothic and the Grotesque, the Gilded Age, and film history (genre, auteur, adaptation).
Film Anniversaries Celebrity Culture Pop Culture Film History Gender Studies
Christof Wolf
Professor in Residence of Film and Television Production · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
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
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
Shane Acker
Associate Professor and Chair of Animation · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Animation Feature Films Short Films Visual Effects Storyboarding
Aashish Kumar
Professor of Radio, Television, Film · Hofstra University
Prof. Kumar is a social action scholar and a documentary filmmaker.
Filmmaking democratic discourse Civic Engagement grassroots advocacy