Patricia Aufderheide
University Professor
SOC | Communication Studies
Patricia Aufderheide is University Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C. She founded the School's Center for Media & Social Impac…
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paufder@american.edu
(202) 885-2069
Kyle Brannon
Assistant Professor (Continuing)
SOC | Film & Media Arts
For over a decade Kyle “Kylos” Brannon has performed as a VJ, or live video artist, at clubs, crafting live video mash ups for DJs including Moby, MSTRKRFT, Nadastrom, Jesse Tittsworth and Will Eastma…
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kbrannon@american.edu
(202) 885-2162
Larry Engel
Associate Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
With nearly 50 years of teaching and filmmaking, and 350 projects, his documentaries appear on PBS, the Discovery Channels, and National Geographic, among many other outlets. Awards include a Daytime …
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engel@american.edu
(202) 885-2688
Bill Gentile
Journalist in Residence
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Bill Gentile is the author of, “Wait for Me: True Stories of War, Love and Rock & Roll,” his memoir and crown jewel of a career as independent journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work spans fou…
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gentile@american.edu
(202) 885-2663
Laura Hinson
Assistant Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Laura Waters Hinson is an award-winning filmmaker and Assistant Professor in the Film and Media Arts Division of the School of Communication. Laura serves as the director of the Community Voice Lab an…
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Leena Jayaswal
Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Leena Jayaswal is a documentary filmmaker, award-winning photographer and Professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington DC, where she is the director of the new BA in P…
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ljayasw@american.edu
(202) 885-2662
Maya Livio
Assistant Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Dr. Maya Livio is assistant professor of climate, environmental justice, media and communication and an associate director of the center for environmental filmmaking. Her work probes at the contact zo…
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Brigid Maher
Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Brigid Maher is a tenured full professor in the School of Communication. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Community Voice Lab at American University and Founder and Creative Director of the Anacosti…
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bmaher@american.edu
(202) 885-2664
Sarah Menke-Fish
Assistant Professor and Senior Director of Experiential Learning
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Sarah Menke-Fish is a full-time professor of Film and Media Arts. She serves as Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning and Associate Director for the Center for Environmental Filmmaking. Menke-Fish l…
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smenke@american.edu
(202) 885-2026
Claudia Myers
Associate Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Claudia Myers was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch" by IndependentMagazine in 2015. She has written and directed four features, won multipleawards, was twice a finalist for the Sundance Screenwrit…
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myers@american.edu
(202) 885-2152
Andy Phelps
Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Dr. Andrew "Andy" Phelps is a Professor in the Film & Media Arts division of the School of Communication at American University, and the Director of the AU Game Center, a multidisciplinary effort that…
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Krzysztof Pietroszek
Associate Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
I am on sabbatical as of end of May 2024.I am an Associate Professor in the Film and Media Arts Division of the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., where I explore the …
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Jamie Sisley
Assistant Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Jamie Sisley is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who recently wrote and directed "Stay Awake," a narrative feature film that premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the AG Kino Gilde A…
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Maggie Stogner
Professor
SOC | Film & Media Arts
Maggie Burnette Stogner is the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking (www.environmentalfilm.org) and a professor of Film and Media Arts. She brings over 30 years of filmmaking …
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stogner@american.edu
(202) 885-2160