teaching.

Courses I regularly teach:

I regularly teach courses on film aesthetics, global film history, women filmmakers, and documentary and nonfiction storytelling.

Courses I’ve previously taught:

I’ve developed more than a dozen distinct courses during my decade of teaching. This includes courses on the blockbuster phenomenon, Netflix and media disruption, travel cinemas, feminist film theory and history, American ‘indie’ film, adaptation, race and ethnicity in U.S. media, and an assortment of film genres (action, horror, sci-fi, etc.).

Special topics courses I’m especially eager to teach:

I’m always game to design new courses! In the future, I plan to develop more specialized courses on documentary, useful cinema, media historiography, and histories of media access and technology. I’d also love to teach a course on global film noir! Inspired by the success of the Barbie movie in 2023, I’d also relish the opportunity to teach an interdisciplinary seminar that surveys the history, politics, and reception of the doll as media icon from the 1950s to the present.

Where I’ve taught:

I am currently Assistant Professor of Film in the Department of Communication, Media, Journalism, and Film at Missouri State University. I have previously taught courses at Bowdoin College, Brooklyn College, Hofstra University, Hunter College, New York University, and Sarah Lawrence College.