Department of Media Culture

Center for the Arts (1P)

Cindy Wong, Chairperson and Associate Professor

Professors: Mirella Affron, Sherry Millner. Associate Professors: Cynthia Chris, David Gerstner, Edward Miller, Jason Simon, Matthew Solomon, Valerie Tevere, Ying Zhu. Assistant Professors: Yesil Bilge, Michael Mandiberg. Higher Education Associate: Jeanine Corbet.

The department offers Bachelor's degrees in Cinema Studies and in Communications and a Master's degree in Cinema and Media Studies. Programs in this department focus on the principles of media, interactions with the media, and the cultures dependent upon communications technologies. The department serves students interested in the history and theory of film and various electronic and computer-related media, and in producing works with these media. The program in Communications is offered in collaboration with the Department of English. A minor is also awarded in the Baccalaureate programs. The Master's degree program in Cinema and Media Studies is coordinated by Associate Professor Matthew Solomon. The Co-Coordinator of Modern China Studies is Associate Professor Ying Zhu.