Primary Faculty
CLAIRE SISCO KING
Professor, Communication Studies
Chair, Cinema and Media Arts
Chair, Theatre
Email: claire.s.king@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick 003B
Specializations:
- Critical Cultural Studies
- Rhetoric
- Intersectional Feminism
- Celebrity
- Trauma
JONATHAN WATERS
Principal Senior Lecturer of Cinema & Media Arts
Curator of International Lens (iLens)
Associate Chair of Cinema & Media Arts
Email: j.waters@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick 003E
Specializations:
- Production
- Film
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Screenwriting
MARIAH KRAMER
Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Faculty Advisor of POINT OF VU Student Film Festival
Cinema & Media Arts
Email: mariah.kramer@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick 003A
Specializations
- Film Festivals
- Festival programming
- Documentaries
- Production
- Independent Film
Jad Abumrad
Distinguished Research Professor of Cinema & Media Arts and Communication of Science and Technology
Email: jad.abumrad@vanderbilt.edu
Specializations:
- Creative writing
- Music composition
- Broadcast journalism
- Audio storytelling
- Podcasts
JAY CLAYTON
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Cinema & Media Arts
Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy
Email: jay.clayton@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Curb Center
Specializations:
- Game Studies
- Video Gaming
- Transmedia
- Remediation
- Communication of Science
Sasha Crawford-Holland
Assistant Professor of Cinema & Media Arts
Email: sasha.crawford-holland@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick 003C
Specializations:
- Film and Media Theory
- Digital Media
- Environmental Humanities
- Documentary Film and Activist Media
- Social Justice and Technology
Brian delevie
Senior Lecturer of Cinema & Media Arts
Assistant Director of AdvancED
Email: brian.delevie@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Baker Building 805
Specializations:
- Gamification and Experiential Visual Storytelling
- Remediation of Cultural Practices and Historical Narratives
- Transmedia Storytelling, Memory and Identity
- Design Thinking, Change Readiness and Organizational Change
JENNIFER FAY
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Cinema & Media Arts
Professor of English and German Studies
Coordinator of Film Theory and Visual Culture Seminar
Email: j.fay@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Benson 332
Specializations:
- Transatlantic Film and Media Theory
- Media Aesthetics and Politics
- Environmental Humanities
- Comparative Film Histories
KRISTA KNIGHT
Writer in Residence for Cinema & Media Arts and Theatre
Email: krista.knight@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Neely 206
Specializations:
- Playwriting and screenwriting
- Stage and Screen
- Storytelling
- Media for Young Audiences
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Machinima
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Libretto
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Virtual Reality
LUTZ KOEPNICK
Professor of Cinema & Media Arts
Chair of the Department of German, Russian, and East European Studies
Director of the Program in Comparative Media Analysis and Practice (CMAP)
Max Kade Foundation Chair of German Studies
Email: lutz.koepnick@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman 121A
Specializations:
- Media Art
- Art Cinema
- Sound and Video Installation Art
- Aesthetic Theory
- Media Theory
- German Film History
James mcfarland
Associate Professor of German, Russian, and East European Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies for German, Russian, and East European Studies
Email: james.mcfarland@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman 119
Specializations:
- Idealist Philosophy
- Nietzsche
- Critical Theory
- Film
- Modernism
ANDREA MIRABILE
Associate Professor of Italian and Cinema & Media Arts
Email: andrea.mirabile@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman 224
Specializations:
- Italian Cinema
- French Cinema
- Visual Theory
- Word and Image
- Ekphrasis
OLE MOLVIG
Assistant Professor of History, Communications of Science and Technology, and Physics
Founder of the emergent technology lab at the Wond’ry
Curator of the Garland Historical Scientific Instruments Collection
Email: ole.molvig@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Benson Hall 121
Specializations:
- History of science, with an emphasis on the physical sciences
- History of technology
- Intellectual & cultural history
- Communication of science and technology
Lynn ramey
Professor of French and Cinema and Media Arts
Chair of the Department of French and Italian
Email: lynn.ramey@vanderbilt.edu
Office: FM 201
Specializations:
- Computing applications for the humanities
- Expertise in French film, digital humanities, and digital media
JONATHAN RATTNER
Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Arts and Art
Email: jonathan.l.rattner@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Buttrick 003D
Specializations:
- Documentaries
- 16mm
- Art Cinema
- Cinematography
- Experimental Filmmaking