Department of Visual and Media Arts
Meet the Faculty
To get a sense of the diverse range of talent and creative energy percolating throughout Emerson, look no further than our exceptional faculty who, in addition to leading students inside the classroom and studio, are also active award-winning media professionals.
Faculty Profiles
- Jonathan Wacks, Chair, filmmaker
- Jan Roberts-Breslin, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, independent media artist
- John Craig Freeman, Associate Professor, computer animation
- Eric Gordon, Associate Professor, new media scholar
- Cristina Kotz Cornejo, Associate Professor, independent filmmaker
- Lauren Shaw, Associate Professor, documentary filmmaker
Faculty Bios & Work
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Media Art (MFA) AT A GLANCE
Full-time, three-year program
64 credits
Class size: 30 incoming students each year
AREAS OF STUDY
Computer Animation
Documentary
Experimental Media
Fiction Narrative
Installation
Interactive Art
Sound Design
ADMISSION
Fall admission only
Deadline: January 15
Meet the Graduate Program Director
Jan Roberts-Breslin, Media Art (MFA) Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor, is an independent media artist whose work has been broadcast on PBS and has received national and international festival awards. She is also the author of Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production. Learn more »
At Emerson, when there’s a will, there’s a way. Some inventive Visual and Media Arts students have found a new means to raise funds to film and produce their work. It’s something called crowdfunding, through the online platform Kickstarter.com.
