Sloane Ebbay

Sloane Ebbay is a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, specializing in film and visual culture studies.

Education:

• B.A. from University of Washington Seattle
• M.A. from Columbia University

Research Focus: Ebbay's work critically examines cinematic narratives and visual media's role in cultural discourse, with emphasis on foundational film theory and pedagogical approaches to visual literacy. Their scholarship bridges rhetorical analysis with media studies.

Honors:

• Melman Fellowship 2023
• Melman Fellowship 2024

Teaching: Ebbay instructs core undergraduate courses including Rhetoric 105 and Engl/MACS 104: Introduction to Film, shaping curriculum in rhetoric and media studies within the English department.