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David Kociemba
Part Time Faculty (2000)
B.A., Bates College; M.S., Boston University

Currently serving as the president of the Affiliated Faculty of Emerson College union, David Kociemba has taught at Emerson and at four other area colleges and universities for the past seven years. Past courses include introductory media history classes and seminars devoted to exploring topics like American film censorship, the representation of physical disability, video art, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In addition, he has taught talented 4th-12th grade students the principles and practice of parliamentary debate at College Academy and the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. His writing focuses on the work of Todd Haynes, Joss Whedon, and Jane Espenson. David has previously written for Slayage, Charming and Crafty (forthcoming), At Sixes and Sevens: Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the UPN Years (forthcoming), and Post Much?: Research and Writings on the Buffyverse Internet Fandom (forthcoming). He won the 2007 Short Mr. Pointy Award for his article, "'Actually, it explains a lot': Reading the Opening Title Sequences of BtVS."


Full Time Faculty

Eric Schaefer, Interim Chair and Associate Professor

Sarah Kernochan, Jane and Terry Semel Chair in Screenwriting

Joseph Ketner, Lois and Henry Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice

Tom Kingdon, Associate Chair and Associate Professor

Robert Sabal, Associate Professor and Director of the BFA Program

James Sheldon, Associate Professor and Director of Media Production

Shujen Wang, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the School of the Arts

Jan Roberts-Breslin, Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor

Claire Andrade-Watkins, Associate Professor

Pierre Archambault, Associate Professor

Miranda Banks, Assistant Professor

Anya Belkina, Assistant Professor

Harlan Bosmajian, Assistant Professor

Martie Cook, Associate Professor

Thomas Cooper, Professor

Kenneth Feil, Scholar-In-Residence

Marc Fields, Associate Professor
On Leave

John Craig Freeman, Associate Professor

Donald Fry, Associate Professor

Daniel Gaucher, Assistant Professor


John Gianvito, Assistant Professor

Eric Gordon, Assistant Professor

Amy Grill, Producer-in-Residence

Hassan Ildari, Assistant Professor

Brooke Knight, Associate Professor

Cristina Kotz Cornejo, Associate Professor

Cher Krause Knight, Associate Professor

Diane Lake, Assistant Professor

James Macak, Assistant Professor

Maurice Methot, Associate Professor

Robert Patton-Spruill, Artist-In-Residence

Kathryn Ramey, Assistant Professor

Michael Selig, Associate Professor

Jane Shattuc, Professor

Lauren Shaw, Associate Professor

Stephen Shipps, Associate Professor

Jean Stawarz, Associate Professor

Robert Todd, Associate Professor
On Leave

Paul Turano, Artist-In-Residence

Marc Weinberg, Screenwriter-In-Residence

Part Time Faculty
David Akiba
Jane Akiba
Margaret Aloi
William Anderson
Christopher Belden
Jack Casey
Mark Chesak
Gautam Chopra
Frank Coleman
Rosemary Corbin-Cummings
Leslie Cormier
Clarence Courtney
Owen Curtin
Lynn d'Angona
Henry Dane
David Doms
William Dreyfus
Alison Dunn
Jean Dunoyer
Kenneth Eisenstein
Ginger Elliott Smith
James Finn
Alan Foucault
Ari Frankel
Eric Fuerschbach
Douglas Goodwin
Jared Gordon
Julia Goryuchkina
Jo-Anne Green
Laurel Greenberg
Steven Grossman
Julie Gustafson
Judith Hull
Jeanne Jo
Hannah Johnston
David Kelleher
Robert Knight
David Kociemba
Joseph Kolbe
John Krivit
Adam Lampton
Dennis Lanson
Pamela Larson
Evan Leek
Jonelle Lonergan
Barry Marshall
Travis Maruska
Brian McKeever
Brian McNamee
Brian McNeil
Roberto Mighty
Loren Miller
Matthew Mosher
Robert Nesson
Matthew Newman
Matthew Noferi
Kurt Odenwald
Diane Pansen
Andre Puca
Emily Putnam
Camilo Ramirez
Nancy Salzer
Henry Santoro
Ryan Tebo
Ronald Tippe
Thomas Todisco
Rex Trailer
F. Ashley Triffletti
Mark van Bork
Maruta Vitols
Timothy Wright
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