University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography Expertise and Activities In 1993 I joined the Media and Cultural Studies area of the Comm Arts faculty, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in broadcasting history, sound studies, historiography, cultural theory, and media industry studies. Over the next 22 years I served the department in a number of positions, including Director of Undergraduate …
Biography Research My research areas include the history of the American studio system, performance, silent cinema, and film stylistics. My most recent book is John Ford at Work: Production Histories 1927-1939 (John Libbey Publishing/Indiana University Press). Based upon a decade of research utilizing the studio files of Twentieth Century-Fox, RKO and Samuel Goldwyn, it …
Biography Nietzchka Keene biography
Biography Expertise and Activities I teach and do research in the history of cinema. Much of the work I have done over the years has concerned the relationship between film and social history, considering how major films have addressed their socio-historical contexts. These interests were first sparked during my graduate education (I had the good …
Biography Office Hours: By appointment Expertise and Activities My major areas of scholarship are rhetorical criticism, social movements, and the history of American political discourse. In recent years, my thinking and writing have become increasingly intercultural as I have worked with Chinese universities in the development of English public speaking and rhetorical studies more …
Biography Office Hours: On Leave Expertise and Activities My films have been screened at numerous international film festivals, such as the New York Film Festival, Berlin, Edinburgh, Wellington, Auckland, Florence, the South Korean Experimental Film Exhibition, the Virginia Festival of American Film, and Cinema Arts Festival, Houston, Texas. My films have also screened at …
Biography Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30-10:30 AM Thursday 9:30-10:30 AM Current and Future Projects Individuals’ vulnerability to and vigilance against misinformation on social media. A meta-analysis of the selective exposure research. Changing journalism and its epistemic authority. Expertise and Activities Before joining the faculty of this department, I spent five years teaching in Hong Kong and …