Violaine Roussel is professor of sociology at the University of Paris VIII and affiliated faculty at the University of Southern California. She is coeditor of Brokerage and Production in the Americ

Patrick Ward Gainer (1904–1981) was one of the leading scholars of Appalachian folk music in the mid-twentieth century. A member of the English faculty at West Virginia University, he taught an imm

Amy Cook  is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor in English.  Cook  specializes in the intersection of cognitive science and theatre with particular attention to

Roger Ebert was an American film critic. His career began in 1966, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times' Sunday magazine. In 1975, he became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. That

Dr. Emily Wilcox joined the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at William & Mary as tenured Associate Professor of Chinese Studies in January 2021. Wilcox was formerly a Visiting As

Dr. Meredith C. Ward is a historian of film and media, and a specialist in the joint areas of media historiography and sound studies.

Her first book, Static in the System: Noise and the Sound

I'm Associate Professor in Department of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. 

I’m interested in the art and industry of cinema and media. More specifically, my research and teach

David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Professor Bordwell has written several books focusing on the history o

Marc Myers is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, where he writes about rock, soul, and jazz, as well as the arts. He also posts daily at JazzWax.com, winner of the 2015 Jazz Journal

Dr. Megan Feeney is an independent scholar and was previously a visiting assistant professor of history and film studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She earned her Ph.D. in the Departmen

Jonathan Kirshner is Professor of Political Science and International Studies. His research and teaching interests focus on international relations, political economy (especially macroeconomics and

Kiril Tomoff joined the faculty at UCR in 2001 after completing with distinction his Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet History at the University of Chicago. He completed his undergraduate work summa cum

A cultural historian with a special interest in Hollywood cinema, Thomas Doherty is a professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. He is an associate editor for the film magazine Cineaste

Eithne is the author of two books, Nuthin' but a G Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap (Columbia University Press, 2005) and A Piece of the Action: Race and Labor in Post-Civil Rights Ho

Born in 1957 in Natrona Heights, PA, Ed Sikov is a 1974 graduate of Highlands High School, where he was a maladjusted loner. Escaping from his misery, Ed plunged into more of the same as a disaffec

Virginia Wright Wexman's specialty is film studies. She teaches courses on film history, film genres, film authorship, and national cinemas. Her books include Creating The Couple: Love, Marriage, A

Ned Sublette, author of the widely read Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo (Chicago Review Press, 2004), first traveled to Cuba in January 1990. He co-founded the record label Qb

I am Professor of Literature and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics. My teaching at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics includes literary interpretation and

Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna. She is author of Docu-Fictions of War: US Interventionism in Fil

As a sociocultural anthropologist, I am interested in art, urban poverty, social inequality, migration, and the lived experience of violence in Latin America. My research explores how people summon