| Amy Corbin | Director of Film Studies Professor of Film Studies and Media & Communication B.A., College of William and Mary M.A., University of California, Berkeley Ph. D., Univsity of California, Berkeley |
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| Francesca Coppa | Professor of English and Film Studies B.A., Columbia University M.A., Ph.D., New York University. (1997) |
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| Paul McEwan | Professor of Film Studies and Department Chair of Media & Communication B.A., University of Guelph B.Ed., University of Western Ontario M.A., Wilfrid Laurier University Ph.D., Northwestern University |
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| David Romberg | Assistant Professor of Media & Communication and Film Studies B.F.A., fine arts, Temple University M.F.A., film and media arts, Temple University |
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| David I. Tafler | Professor of Media & Communication and Film Studies B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison M.F.A., Ph.D., Columbia University |
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Emeriti Faculty
| Franz A. Birgel | Professor of German & Film Studies Director of the German Studies Program B.A., La Salle College A.M., Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania |
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| Thomas Cartelli | Professor of English & NEH Professor of Humanities B.A., Bennington College M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. (1980) |
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Dr. Cartelli got into teaching film through his Shakespeare Reproduced course, but over the years he expanded his range, teaching courses including “New Asian Cinemas”; “Film Cultures of North Africa and the Middle East”; “Cinema of New Europe”; and “Indiewood, USA.” Dr. Cartelli’s passion for artistically adventurous films from around the world was a model for all of us and expanded our students’ knowledge of global aesthetics and cultures. He loved developing new courses, even piloting a brand new Cinema of Latin American course the year before he retired.
Dr. Birgel taught German literature and culture courses but was also a true cinephile. Some of Dr. Birgel’s longstanding courses were Film Noir, The Western, German Cinema, and Major Filmmakers: Quentin Tarantino. Dr. Birgel is famous for having an encyclopedic knowledge of the genres he specialized in, and he delighted in showing students the connections between films from different countries, such as German, Italian, and Japanese versions of the Western genre. In his Tarantino course, he screened numerous other films that inspired Tarantino (think everything from the film noir Kiss Me Deadly to the Blaxploitation film Coffy), in effect providing a miniature film history course along with study of a major director.
Dr. Birgel passed away in 2022. Read more about him here - In Memoriam
We also fondly remember their support of Film Studies and Film majors in myriad other ways, including organizing or attending numerous events with visiting filmmakers and scholars, and judging student films at the Muhlies awards ceremonies.
