Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Sar has taught a variety of small and large-lecture courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels: Background Sar is an advertising professor. His teaching and research area concentrate on affect, advertising and consumer behavior. He is a senior associate editor of the International Journal of Advertising. He was Head of Advertising […]
Associate Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Dr. Oh is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher, and consultant for societal- and individual-levels of wellbeing via innovative communications and media strategies. Her research investigates the realms of emerging media effects and scrutinizes the dissemination of health and risk misinformation. She explores how digital technologies can be leveraged for […]
Professor Emerita Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Professor Valdivia served as the Inaugural Head of the Media and Cinema Studies Department. As well, she served as the Interim Director of the Institute of Communications Research for five years, 2009-2014. Within communications research, Valdivia combines the areas of gender studies with ethnic studies and Latin American […]
ProfessorDirector, Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies Affiliations Education Course Specialties Awards Research and Creative Endeavor Books: The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism (University of Texas Press, 2022). Plastic Reality: Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics (Columbia University Press, 2015). Selected Articles: “Jurassic Park’s […]
Associate Professor Emerita Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Dr. Ann Reisner is an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, the Institute of Communications Research and an affiliate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Her primary research interests are in the areas of environmental communications and the sociology […]
Professor Emeritus Affiliations Education Background Ehrlich is a winner of the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the University of Illinois’ highest teaching honor. Previously he was an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is also a former reporter, producer, editor and anchor for WILL-AM, Urbana; KANU-FM, Lawrence, Kan.; KCUR-FM, Kansas City; […]
Professor and Head Affiliations Education Course Specialties Nelson has taught a variety of small and large-lecture courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Graduate Courses Background Nelson studies and teaches advertising and consumer research. She has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is associate editor of the International Journal of Advertising. She […]
Associate Professor Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background My research explores the history of film style and craft, Franco-American cinema and its transnational intersections, the musical genre, movement and the body on screen, the relationship between dance and film history, methods for movement analysis, and videographic criticism. My first book, Storytelling in Motion: Cinematic Choreography and […]
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ProfessorAssociate Head of Graduate Studies Affiliations Education Course Specialties Background Dr. Ham joined Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising in 2010 as a tenure-track faculty. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Ham worked in the advertising industry for ten years as an account executive, account planner, and Internet marketing consultant at LG AD (HS AD), a […]