People

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Michael Cowan, PhD

Title/Position
Department Chair
Professor
Michael Cowan is Professor of Film Studies. He is also a film and media historian with a background in French and German Studies.
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Cate Dicharry

Title/Position
Departmental Administrator
Cate Dicharry is the Departmental Administrator for the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa.
Dana Alston

Dana Alston

Title/Position
Graduate Student - PhD in Film Studies
Dana Alston is a graduate student in the PhD program in Film Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Rick Altman, PhD

Title/Position
Emeritus Professor
Rick Altman teaches courses on film sound, film genres, and narrative theory at the University of Iowa.
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Paula Amad, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Paula Amad is an Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa.
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Zachariah Anderson, PhD

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Zachariah Anderson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Dean Bakopoulos, MFA

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Head of Screenwriting
Dean Bakopoulos is an Associate Professor of cinema and head of screenwriting arts at the University of Iowa.
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Michael Castelaz, MFA

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Michael Castelaz is Assistant Professor of Instruction for Screenwriting. He has worked as a writer for filmmakers and production companies.
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Laura Conway, MFA

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Laura Conway is an Assistant Professor in Film and Video Production.
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Corey Creekmur, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Corey Creekmur is Associate Professor of Film Studies, as well as Affiliate Faculty in English and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies.
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Geoff Daniels

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MA in Film Studies
Geoff Daniels is an MA student in Film Studies at the University of Iowa.
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Daniel Fine, MFA

Title/Position
Affiliated Faculty, Cinematic Arts
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre Arts
Daniel is an artist, scholar, and technologist working across varied environments for interactive users, audiences, and live performance.
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Caleigh Flynn

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MA in Film Studies
Caleigh Flynn is an MA student in Film Studies.
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Malik Ford

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MFA in Film & Video Production
Malik Ford is a graduate student in the MFA program in Film and Video Production at the University of Iowa.
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Laura Gede, MFA

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Head of Film and Video Production
Laura Gede is Assistant Professor of Instruction for Film and Video Production at the University of Iowa.
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Christopher Goetz, PhD

Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Christopher Goetz is Associate Professor and a film, digital media, and videogame scholar from cinema to interactive digital media.
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Humberto González Bustillo

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MFA in Film & Video Production
Humberto Gonzales Bustillo is a Graduate Student in the MFA Program in Film and Video Production
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Will Hella, PhD

Title/Position
Graduate Student - PhD in Film Studies
Will Hella, a second-year PhD student in Cinematic Arts, researches representations of government in film and television and their impact on public knowledge and discourse.
Mike Hendrickson

Mike Hendrickson

Title/Position
Computer Consultant
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Kate E Hinshaw, MFA

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Faculty Assembly Representative
Kate E Hinshaw is Assistant Professor of Film and Video Production.
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Pensée Ismael

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MFA in Film & Video Production
Pensée Ismael is a graduate student in the MFA program in Cinematic Arts.
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Jacob Kessler, MFA

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Jacob Kessler is an Assistant Professor of Instruction for Film and Video Production. He is also working in documentary and film as an artist.
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Ruedi Kuenzli, PhD

Title/Position
Emeritus Professor
Ruedi Kuenzli taught many courses such as contemporary theories, interarts, and the avant-garde at the University of Iowa.
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Jeremy Laughery

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MA in Film Studies
Jeremy Laughery (he/they), an MA student in Film Studies at the University of Iowa, also teaches introductory Rhetoric courses in the Department of Rhetoric.
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Marcus Leyton

Title/Position
Senior Academic Advisor
Marcus Leyton is the Senior Academic Advisor for the Cinematic and Theatre Arts Departments.
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Angela Looney

Title/Position
Instructional Services Manager
Angela Looney is an Instructional Services Manager at the University of Iowa.
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Campbell Mah

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MA in Film Studies
Campbell Mah is an MA student in Film Studies. His research interests include film theory, surrealist cinema, film genres, East Asian cinema, and the relationship between literature and film.
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Ariana Martinez

Title/Position
Graduate Student - MA in Film Studies
Ariana Martinez, a freelance film critic and culture writer, has contributed to outlets like Little White, TheWrap, and Little Village, focusing on 1980s cinema, gender, and sexuality.
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Franklin Miller, MFA

Title/Position
Emeritus Professor
Franklin Miller has been making films, videos, and television programs with over 100 major credits since 1961.
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Julia Anna Morrison, MFA

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Julia Anna Morrison is Associate Professor of Instruction for Screenwriting Arts & Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Iowa.