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
Film History Film and Media Theory Violence in the media Media censorship and regulation Horror film
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
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
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Astro-Blackness American Pop Culture Race Film comics
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 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
Deke Simon
Lecturer in Production · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Producing for Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing for Non-Fiction/Documentary
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD
Associate 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
Tricia Jenkins
Associate Professor · Texas Christian University
Tricia Jenkins is an expert in digital media, international film festivals and how Hollywood and the CIA shape film and television.
Big Data and Media Television and Film Genres Hollywood and the CIA Russian Trolls International Film Festivals
Leena Pendharkar
Assistant Professor, School of Film and Television · Loyola Marymount University
Leena Pendharkar is an award-winning writer/director/producer working in new media and traditional film
Directing/Producing Independent Film Directing/Producing Digital Media Web TV Film/Media Financing Asian American Cinema
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
Kylo-Patrick Hart
Chair of Film, Television, and Digital Media and Professor 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.
Stardom Popular Culture International Cinemas Masculinity and Sexual Orientation in Film and Entertainment Media Representations of HIV/AIDS
Dallas King
Adjunct Professor, Film and TV Production · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Teaching Editing Producing Film Directing Screenwriting
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
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.
Assistant Professor, Department of Music; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Communication; College of Arts and Sciences · UNC at Chapel Hill
An interdisciplinary scholar, Ndaliko studies arts interventions in conflict regions of Africa.
Ethnomusicology Black Atlantic Culture Social Engagement Sociopolitical Transformation Cultural Theory
Kevin Stein
Director MAPC Program/Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University
The rhetoric of political campaign messages and communication strategies of politicians
Antapologia Strategies Political Campaign Messages Film Rhetoric of Defense Apologia
Shane Acker
Assistant Professor of Animation · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Animation Feature Films Short Films Visual Effects Storyboarding
Carla Marcantonio
Associate Professor and Chair of Film, Television, and Media Studies · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Transnational/Global Cinema Film Melodrama and Genre Studies Film Theory and History Cinema and Biopolitics