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Education

• MA, English: Media, Cinema and Digital Studies, UW-Milwaukee, 2018
• BS, Communicating Arts: Video Production, Cultural Theory, UW-Superior, 2010

Courses Taught

• Film Studies 206: History of Film II: Development of an Art, 1945-Present
• Film Studies 205: History of Film I: Development of an Art, 1895-1945
• Film Studies 111: Introduction to Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, Internet
• English 102: College Writing and Research
• English 101: Introduction to College Writing

Research Interests

• Documentary Studies,
• Archival or Found Footage Filmmaking Practices,
• Body-Worn Cameras and Police Surveillance,
• Images as Historical Evidence

Related Activities

• Chancellor’s Award, UW-Milwaukee, 2017-2018
• Communicating Arts Outstanding Scholar Award, UW-Superior, 2010

Recent Research Presentations

• “Looking at Police Body-Worn Camera Footage as Documentary Evidence.” Mass Culture Workshop, University of Chicago, IL, December 2023.
• “Found Footage in the Post-Truth Era: Re-evaluating the Evidentiary Role of Archival Images in The Dead Nation (2017).” Visible Evidence, Frankfurt, HE, December 2021.
• “Home Movies as Historical Evidence in Abigail Child’s The Future is Behind You (2004).” Migrating Archives of Reality, Prague, CZ, May 2021.
• “Unstable Historical Evidence: The Battle of the Somme (1916) and the Contested Meanings of Archival War Images.” Society for Cinema & Media Studies, Seattle, WA, March 2019.

Biographical Sketch

Academic Awards

• Distinguished Dissertator Fellowship, 2023-2024;
• James A. Sappenfield Fellowship, 2020-2021;
• Chancellor's Award, 2017-2018

Selected Publications