Robert B. Ray

Robert B. Ray is Professor of English at the University of Florida, holding advanced degrees from Indiana University (Ph.D.), Harvard (MBA), University of Virginia (JD), and Princeton (AB).

His scholarship examines film history and aesthetics, with books including A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema (1985) and The ABCs of Classic Hollywood (2008). Ray explores intersections between film, philosophy, and experimental critical practices.

Teaching areas encompass film studies, contemporary criticism, and intellectual history. His recent work includes All the President's Men (2023), analyzing the film's examination of journalism and power.