University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anya Williams

Anya Williams

Film

Fellow | Career Advisor: Communications, Media, & the Arts

akwilliams7@wisc.edu

608-263-2039

2153 Vilas Hall

Anya Williams

Biography

Career Advisor: Communications, Media, & the Arts
SuccessWorks at the College of Letters and Science
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Anya Williams (AKA Anya Ekaterina) is a Ph.D. candidate in Film. Her research focuses on aesthetics, feminist historiography, and child-centric cinema. With a doctoral minor in the History of Childhood, she has served as a teaching assistant for Communication Arts, History, and Education Policy Studies courses at UW-Madison. As a Career Advisor at SuccessWorks, she draws on her background in filmmaking and photography to support students interested in careers in Communications, Media, & the Arts.
 
Research Interests:
Feminist Film Historiography, Nontheatrical Cinema, Avant-garde and Experimental Cinema, Public History, History of Childhood and Education, Childhood and Cinema, Child Filmmaking, Essay Films, World Cinema, French and Francophone Cinema, Central and Eastern European Cinema, Transnational Cinema
 
Education
  • M.A. Film Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2022
  • B.A.  Film Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2020  
 
Courses Taught at UW-Madison
  • CA357: History of the Animated Film (Lecturer)
  • CA466: Writing for Television and Film (TA)
  • CA350: Introduction to Film (TA)
  • CA355: Introduction to Media Production (TA)
  • History/Education Policy Studies 412:  History of Education (TA)  
 
Courses Taught at UNCW
  • Film Studies 205: Introduction to World Cinema (Lecturer)
  • Film Studies 375: Child-Centric Cinema (Lecturer)
  • Film Studies 389: The Essay Film in World Cinema (Lecturer)
  • Film Studies 496: The Modern Woman in 1960s World Cinema (Lecturer) /
  • Film Studies 381: Russian & Soviet Cinema (TA)  

Service

  • Editorial Board Member for Velvet Light Trap, 2023 – present  
 
Awards
  • Early Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024-2025
  • Sharon Sites Scholarship in Radio, Television, and Film, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Communication Arts, Spring 2024
  • Excellence in Critical Studies, UNCW Department of Film Studies, 2020