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Media, Cinema and Digital Studies

UWM’s joint MA/PhD program in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies starts from the assumption that media in the 21st century must be studied comparatively. Cinema has been intermedial since its inception in its rich intersections with the literary, performing, and visual arts, as well as with science and popular culture. With the advent of digital technologies, the interrelation of all media has only intensified.

Students in our interdisciplinary program work across major media forms such as film, television, video games, and tactical and social media. Our faculty and students employ rigorous historical, theoretical, and political methodologies to develop innovative research projects both within and across media, cinema, and digital studies.

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Contact Person

 Professor Stuart Moulthrop
moulthro@uwm.edu
Curtin Hall 439


 

Media, Cinema and Digital Studies Faculty

Blasini, GilbertoAssociate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Director
gblasini@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 417
Grusin, RichardProfessor and Director, Center 21st Century Studies
grusin@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 929
Hall, LaneProfessor, and Department Chair
lanehall@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 427
Levine, ElanaProfessor
Englishehlevine@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 483
Moulthrop, StuartDistinguished Professor, Media, Cinema & Digital Studies Coordinator
moulthro@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 596
Newman, MichaelProfessor
Englishmznewman@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 483
Szczepaniak-Gillece, JocelynAssociate Professor
English and Film Studiesszczepan@uwm.eduCurtin 493
Williams, TamiAssociate Professor
tamiw@uwm.eduCurtin Hall 474

Affiliated Faculty

Thomas Haigh, Associate Professor of History
History of computing, media archaeology, science fiction and futurology, internet history, digital platforms

Jennifer Johung, Associate Professor of Art History
Digital culture, media art, performance studies

Thomas Malaby, Professor of Anthropology
Philosophy and social theory, performance and practice, game studies, anthropology of institutions

Christine Evans, Associate Professor of History
Socialist and post-socialist television, transnational media history, and media infrastructures.

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