The following is a list of my current and recent courses I've taught at either City University of New York, Queens College, at New York University, at Pratt Institute, or at Fordham University, Lincoln Center.
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A survey of nine contemporary media institutions including their technical, economic, social, political and cultural implications. We will also examine the social and individual effects of these media, the policies that govern them, and their role in globalization.
An overview of media technologies, including early writing and the printing press, the rise of mass culture and electronic media, and the digital revolution.
An historical survey of US radio and television through an examination of their technologies, their institutions, and their programming forms and a study of their impacts on American culture and society. The course begins with the advent of broadcasting in the post–World War I era, the introduction of television in the post–World War II years, and the evolution of broadcasting in the post-network era at the turn of the twenty-first century.
An historical survey of film from the advent of commercial motion pictures in the 1890s, the proliferation of national cinema movements throughout the 20th century, and the influence of each in the formation of a global film culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
This course will survey some and fundamental theories about mass media and culture. We will aggressively summarize, evaluate, and compare these writings and critical approaches for the purpose of questioning contemporary media as popular culture, a communications technology, a representational device, a commercial industry, a site for audience engagement, and a territory for cultural citizenship.
Experimental Film surveys the major avant-garde film movements of the twentieth century. We will closely examine the films and theories of the film and filmmakers that challenge the dominant commercial cinemas of Europe and the United States.
Ways of Seeing covers the six elements of film style and introduces students to identify and to analyze those elements in narrative and non-narrative film.
A survey of film produced in Latin America nations since the mid-20th century. The course focuses on production on Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, and Brazil and the relationship between film, politics, and culture therein.
This course examines the cultural impact of digital communications media, including nature of digital communication, the Internet, and with contemporary scholarship on new media and the institutions that impact it.
An examination of radio and television from cultural, aesthetic and historical perspectives, including the impact of digital media.
An overview of the history, technology, and policy of mass media industries, including print, electronic, and digital media.
A survey of international film history from the beginnings of public film exhibition to the coming of sound.
This course surveys the key concepts and contemporary criticisms of digital technology and the Internet, including access, privacy, and political economy.
A survey of film history from the beginnings of public film exhibition to the aftermath of World War II.
This course traces the development of new cinema movements from around the world, from 1970 to the present.
An economic history of American film, including the Trust, studio system and modern conglomerates.
A study of international film from the beginnings of the cinema to fall of US studio system and rise of new waves.
A close examination of some of biggest changes to the US television industry and culture since the end of network dominance.
A cultural history of independent film production in New York City throughout the last fifty years.