Teaching and Learning

I’ve had the privilege to teach trends in film, television, gaming, and online video culture, tracing the digital transformation of media industries. I enjoy teaching because I see it as a way to promote dialogue and share perspectives

Classes and Seminars

“Hollywood 3.0: Entertainment in the Digital Age” (Summer Workshop) University of California – Los Angeles, 2015

“American Television History” (TA) University of California – Los Angeles, 2014

“History of the American Motion Picture” (TA) University of California – Los Angeles, 2012

Invited Guest Lectures (Selected)

“Programming Visual Analysis: App-Based Film Studies,” Course: Film Authors. Instructor: Dr. Stephen Mamber. University of California – Los Angeles, 2015

“Virtual Rendering: On the Convergence of Cinema and Video Games,” Course: Games as Art. Instructor: Dr. Julia Raz. New York Film Academy – Los Angeles, 2015

“Superheroes, Converge – The Evolution of a Transmedia Genre,” Media Studies Symposium. University of California – Los Angeles, 2014

“Transmedia Television – Marketing Glee as Social Spectacle,” Course: American Television History. Instructor: Dr. John Caldwell. University of California – Los Angeles, 2014

“Cinema Aesthetics,” ASC Lecture with Cinematographer John Bailey. University of California – Los Angeles, 2014

“The Aesthetic Logic of Perspective – Shutter Island‘s Impressionist Style,” Course: Film Authors. Instructor: Dr. Stephen Mamber. University of California – Los Angeles, 2013

“Shattered Screens – Experiencing the Action Blockbuster,” Cinema and Media Studies Colloquium. University of California – Los Angeles, 2013

Conference Presentations (Selected)

“Hollywood Gone Viral: Play-Marketing Superheroes,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, Seattle, 2014

Workshop Participant: “Visualizing Media Studies,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, Seattle, 2014

“Mapping the Aesthetics of City Space in Video Games,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, Chicago, 2013

“The Aesthetics of the Modern Action Film,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, Boston, 2012

Workshop Participant: “Visual Film Scholarship,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, Boston, 2012