Visual & Media Arts Faculty
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- Professor and Chair
B.A. Essex University; M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: jonathan_wacks@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Associate Chair
B.A. Webster University; M.A. University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: eric_schaefer@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of New Hampshire; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: daniel_gaucher@emerson.edu
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
B.A. University of Delaware; M.F.A. Temple University
E-Mail: jan_roberts_breslin@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Cornell University; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: james_sheldon@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Simmons College; M.A. Boston University; Ph.D. Boston University
E-Mail: c_andrade_watkins@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
E-Mail: pierre_archambault@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: miranda_banks@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: anya_belkina@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Western Washington University; M.A. New York University
E-Mail: harlan_bosmajian@emerson.edu
- Executive Artist-In-Residence
B.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: kevin_bright@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Emerson College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: martie_cook@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Harvard University; M.A. University of Toronto; Ph.D. University of Toronto
E-Mail: thomas_cooper@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.S. Emerson College; M.A. Emerson College; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: ken_feil@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
A.B. Princeton University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: l_marc_fields@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.A. Dublin City University; M.A. University College, Dublin; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: peter_flynn@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, San Diego; M.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
E-Mail: john_craig_freeman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Bowling Green State University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
E-Mail: donald_fry@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: john_gianvito@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. University of Southern California
E-Mail: eric_gordon@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. University of Bridgeport
E-Mail: hassan_ildari@emerson.edu
- Lois and Henry Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice and Distinguished Curator-in-Residence
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. Indiana University
E-Mail: joseph_ketner@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. University of Birmingham, England
E-Mail: tom_kingdon@emerson.edu
- Visiting Screenwriter-in-Residence
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: walter_klenhard@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Davidson College; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts
E-Mail: brooke_knight@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Rutgers University; M.A. City University of New York; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: cheryl_knight@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Southern California; M.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: c_kotz_cornejo@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Drake University; M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: diane_lake@emerson.edu
De-nin LeeAssistant ProfessorB.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Williams College; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-mail: denin_lee@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Director in Residence
B.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: theodore_life@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Akron; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
E-Mail: james_macak@emerson.edu
- David MageeJane and Terry Semel Chair in Screenwriting
B.A. Michigan State University; M.F.A. University of Illinois
E-mail: david_magee@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. Brown University
E-Mail: maurice_methot@emerson.edu
- Senior Director-In-Residence
B.A. Boston University; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: r_patton_spruill@emerson.edu
- Visiting Faculty in Civic Media
B.A. Santa Clara University; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: jessica_philippi@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Director of the BFA Program
B.A. Evergreen State College; M.F.A. Temple University; Graduate Certificate Temple University; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: kathryn_ramey@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Producer-in-Residence
B.F.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
E-Mail: linda_reisman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Northwestern University; M.F.A. Northwestern University
E-Mail: robert_sabal@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. University of Texas; M.A. University of Texas; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: michael_selig@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
E-Mail: jane_shattuc@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.V.A. Georgia State University; M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
E-Mail: lauren_shaw@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Boston University; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: jean_stawarz@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Tufts University; B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.F.A. Tufts University
E-Mail: robert_todd@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Hampshire College; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: paul_turano@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. The Chinese Culture University, Taiwan; M.S. Indiana University; Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
E-Mail: shujen_wang@emerson.edu
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Visual & Media Arts Assistant Professor Diane Lake has written screenplays for Columbia, Disney, Miramax, Paramount, and many independent producers.
