PhD, English-Media, Cinema, Digital Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MA, English-Film Studies, North Carolina State University
BA, Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Courses Taught
English/Film Studies/Art History 111: Introduction to Film, TV, and the Internet
English/Film Studies 290: Introduction to Film
English/Film Studies 380: Media and the Environment
English/Film Studies 212: Introduction to the Fantasy Film
English/Film Studies 212: The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock and Beyond
English 101: Introduction to College Writing
English 102: College Writing and Research
Research and Teaching Interests
Scottish cinema and culture
British cinema and culture
U.S. cinema and culture
Short films
Film genres and genre theory
Film authorship and directors
Publications
Finch, Zach. "The Walking Dead and Gendering Zombie Austerity." Gender and Austerity in Popular Culture: Femininity, Masculinity, & Recession in Film & Television, edited by Helen Davies and Claire O'Callaghan, I.B. Tauris, 2017.
Finch, Zach. "Fast Times with Clueless Losers: Lessons on Sex and Gender in Amy Heckerling's Teen Films." Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling, edited by Frances Smith and Timothy Shary, Edinburgh University Press, 2016, pp. 36-52.
Finch, Zach. Review of Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema, by Cecelia Sayad. Journal of Film and Video, vol. 68, no. 1, 2016, pp. 58-59.
Finch, Zach. Review of Maya Deren: Incomplete Control, by Sarah Keller. Film Criticism, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016.
Nowlan, Bob and Zach Finch, editors. Directory of World Cinema: Scotland. Intellect, 2015.