I am a professor of film studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato.  Our program in film and media balances coursework in Film Studies with practical experience in film production, and is devoted to placing students in competitive internships and work opportunities in Mankato (which is about an hour and change south of Minneapolis-St. Paul) and the surrounding area.  At Minnesota State I teach and have taught a number of courses, some of which include:

• FILM 114: Introduction to Film
• FILM 210W: Film Genres
• FILM 214: Topics in Film Studies (Hollywood Cinema of the 1980s; Analyzing Camera Movement)
• FILM 216W: Writing About Film
• FILM 334W: International Cinema
• FILM 342: Film Performance Analysis
• FILM 416/416: Film Theory & Criticism
• FILM 472/572: Film Authorship (courses on Alan Rudolph, Michael Mann)
• FILM 493: Advanced Topics in Film Studies (Horror cinema)

If you are interested in more information about Minnesota State’s Film and Media Studies major, please visit our university web page.

At my previous institutions, other courses I have taught include

• Film Authorship: Alfred Hitchcock
• Michael Mann and the Crime Film
• Love and Genre: Screwball Comedy, Film Noir, and the Family Melodrama
• Introduction to the Arts: Arts and Society