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David Trend is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Art at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine. He previously served as Dean of Creative Arts at De Anza College and Graduate Program Coordinator at San Francisco State University's Inter-Arts Center. Trend specializes in visual culture, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy, teaching courses like Language and Vision in Everyday Life and Media, Art, and Technology . His research bridges media analysis, education policy, and radical democracy. He has authored over 200 articles and 16 books, including Elsewhere in America and Reading Digital Culture . As a Getty Scholar, his work explores cultural belonging, digital media impacts, and educational innovation. He advises on state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. His academic contributions span visual arts education, media literacy, and the sociopolitical role of art. Education: - MFA in Photography, Visual Studies Workshop Program, SUNY Buffalo - PhD in Curriculum Theory, Miami University Research Interests: Trend's work examines cultural crises of meaning, digital media's societal impact, and the intersection of art with education and activism. He critiques gentrification's artistic drivers, explores identity formation in digital spaces, and advocates for culturally democratic pedagogical frameworks. Publications Trends: Recent works focus on gentrification's artistic dimensions ( 2022 ), creativity crises ( 2020 ), and belonging in fragmented cultures ( 2016 ). Earlier work addressed media violence myths ( 2007 ), digital literacy ( 2001 ), and radical democracy ( 1996 ). His writing spans academic critiques to practical pedagogical solutions. Awards: Getty Scholar Grants & Consulting: Extensive NEA collaborations, foundation advising, and state arts council consultations. His work emphasizes bridging educational institutions with Silicon Valley corporations through multimedia partnerships. Labs/Teams: Affiliated with UCI's University Art Galleries, Institute and Museum of California Art, and Electronic Art + Design programs.

• Cultural Studies
• Media Analysis
• Critical Pedagogy
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Carlos Jáuregui is Professor of Spanish at the University of Notre Dame, with concurrent appointments in Anthropology and faculty fellowships at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Institute of Latino Studies. His research focuses on colonial Latin American cultural studies, biopolitics, and visual culture, bridging literary analysis with historical anthropology. Education includes: Ph.D. Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh (2001) Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (2000) M.A. Spanish American Literature, West Virginia University (1997) Law Degree, Universidad Externado de Colombia (1993) Research explores colonial power dynamics through frameworks like biopolitics and postcolonial theory, examining how historical narratives conceal violence while invoking spectral 'returns' of suppressed alterity. Recent work analyzes visual sovereignty in revolutionary iconography (e.g., Emiliano Zapata) and theological justifications of Spanish colonialism. Publications consistently engage with paradoxes of memory, resistance, and representation across 500 years of Latin American cultural production. Awards highlight transnational recognition: 2024 Emiliano Zapata Catedra distinction 2023 Dolores Huerta Book Award Premio Casa de las Américas (2005) Multiple Fulbright and NEH fellowships Advising includes doctoral students now faculty at University of Florida, Concordia College, Carleton College, and Furman University. Current book projects examine colonial renegades in Yucatán and monumental forgetting of Hernán Cortés in Mexico (1524-2024).

• Colonial Studies
• Biopolitics
• Latin American Cultural Studies
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Sohl Lee serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Criticism at Stony Brook University, specializing in Contemporary East Asian Art and Visual Culture, Critical Theory and Globalization, and Curatorial Studies. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester since 2014, she contributes significantly to the academic community through teaching and research. Her educational background features: Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester (2014) Professor Lee's research explores modern and contemporary East Asian art through interdisciplinary lenses including aesthetics of politics, activist art, vernacular modernism, postcolonial theory, and historiography. Her scholarship appears in prominent journals such as Yishu: Journal for Contemporary Chinese Art , Art Journal , and InVisible Culture , establishing her as a leading voice in global art discourse. Her publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with democracy, ecological consciousness, and Cold War legacies across East Asian contexts. Key thematic threads include the intersection of art and political movements, ecological thinking in Korean contemporary art, and visual representations of national division—demonstrating how artistic practices navigate complex socio-political landscapes. Dr. Lee's scholarly contributions have been recognized through competitive fellowships: Social Sciences Research Council Fellowship Korea Foundation Fellowship Susan B. Anthony Institute of Gender and Women Studies Fellowship She actively shapes student learning through undergraduate courses including 'Art and the City,' 'Modern and Contemporary Korean Art,' and 'Social Engagement and Publicness in East Asia.' Her curatorial practice extends academic work into public spheres through exhibitions mounted in both the United States and South Korea, bridging theoretical frameworks with tangible cultural production.

• Contemporary East Asian Art
• Visual Culture
• Critical Theory
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Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University. He holds a joint PhD in Anthropology and Education from the University of Pennsylvania (2015) and a B.A. in Economics and Finance from George Mason University (1997). His research focuses on media consumption, production, and circulation in relation to migration, gender, race, and urban space. He co-edits the Multimodal Section of the American Anthropological Association's flagship journal, American Anthropologist. His first book, *The Globally Familiar: Digital hip hop, masculinity and urban space in Delhi* (Duke UP, 2020), examines how Delhi’s youth utilize hip hop aesthetics through digital platforms. His forthcoming co-authored book *Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media* (NYU Press) critiques corporate social media’s colonial legacies. Current projects include ethnographic work on African communities in India and a study of Angolan anthropologist Augusto Zita N’Gonguenho’s anticolonial methodologies. He previously served as Senior Lecturer and co-director of the Centre for Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research employs collaborative, multimodal approaches to explore decoloniality, digital media’s socio-political impacts, and urban cultural dynamics.

• Media Studies
• Urban Anthropology
• Digital Cultures
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Wu Hung is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, affiliated with The College , the Department of Art History , and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations . He serves as Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia and Consulting Curator at the Smart Museum of Art .

• Traditional Chinese Art
• Modern/Contemporary Chinese Art
• Art History
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Michael Mascuch is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the documentary functions of photographic images and narrative discourse. His research spans autobiography, visual culture, and the political uses of photography in modern Cambodia. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge. He co-edits the Brill series Egodocuments and History and teaches courses on narrative genres, orality/literacy, material culture, and critical theory. His current project examines the photographic representation of Cambodia's modernization failures through S-21 prisoner photos and cinema. Office: 7313 Dwinelle Hall. Education: PhD in History, University of Cambridge Research Interests: Autobiography and egodocuments Visual culture and photography's political role Documentation practices Early Modern British society Recent Work Trends: Combines historical analysis with visual/media studies to critique how cultural artifacts obscure socioeconomic realities. Explores intersections between personal narrative and national identity. Awards: No awards explicitly listed in text. Advising/Grants: No advisees or grants mentioned, though his editorial work suggests collaborative projects. Labs/Teams: Collaborates with Brill on academic series; no dedicated lab described.

• Autobiography
• Narrative and Culture
• Visual Discourse and Photography
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Susan Smith-Peter is a Professor of History at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, specializing in Russian history beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg. Her research focuses on regional identity, civil society development, and imperial governance in 19th-century Russia, with particular attention to Siberia and provincial dynamics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. from Ohio University. Her work analyzes how Tsarist administrative frameworks fostered subnational identities through statistical bureaus, agricultural societies, and provincial newspapers. Notable contributions include *Imagining Russian Regions* (2018), which argues that autocracy’s civil society initiatives inadvertently fueled revolutionary movements. Her research has been supported by grants from the Fulbright Program, American Historical Association, and IREX. Professor Smith-Peter’s publications span journals like *Slavic Review* and *Kritika*, exploring topics from sugar beet industries to colonial Alaska. She has translated key texts into Russian and edited historical documents such as *The Great Republic Tested by the Touch of Truth*. She serves on campus committees and previously chaired Columbia University’s Seminar on Slavic History and Culture. Key Awards: Fulbright Fellowship, American Historical Association Grant, IREX Grant Grants: Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, University of Illinois Grant, CUNY Grant Her interdisciplinary approach bridges economic, cultural, and political history, emphasizing regional agency within imperial contexts. Ongoing projects explore Siberian historiography and the legacy of 19th-century provincial activism.

• Russian History
• Regional Identity Studies
• Civil Society Development
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Sunny Stalter-Pace serves as the Hargis Professor of American Literature in Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts, English Department. A specialist in modernist performance, literature, and urban space, she authored Imitation Artist: Gertrude Hoffmann's Life in Vaudeville and Dance (2020) and is currently completing a cultural history of the New York Hippodrome. Her work bridges academic research with public engagement through blogs, interviews, and collaborations with institutions like the Library of Congress. Her educational foundation includes: Ph.D. in English, Rutgers University (2007) M.A. in English, Rutgers University (2003) B.A. in English and French, Loyola University Chicago (1997), magna cum laude Stalter-Pace's research interrogates intersections of mobility, gender, and performance in 20th-century American culture. She examines how vaudeville, subway systems, and theatrical spectacles shaped public identity, with particular attention to women's experiences and spatial politics. Her methodology combines literary analysis, archival research, and visual studies to reveal how imitation and movement function as cultural forces. Current projects explore aquatic performances at the New York Hippodrome and the legacy of vaudeville producer Gertrude Hoffmann. Her 15 most recent publications demonstrate an evolving trajectory from subway systems ( Underground Movements , 2013) toward aquatic spectacles and vaudeville legacies, consistently centered on New York City's infrastructure. This body of work establishes mobility studies as a critical lens for understanding modernism, revealing how transportation networks and performance venues structured social interactions. Her interdisciplinary approach connects theater history, gender studies, and urban theory to uncover marginalized narratives in American cultural production. Key recognitions include: Harry Ransom Center Fellowship (2020) New York Public Library Short-Term Research Fellowship (2020) Alabama Humanities Foundation Grant (2014) College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award nomination (2011) Multiple research fellowships from 2003-2017 Stalter-Pace has secured substantial funding for archival research through fellowships from the NEH, MLA, and university grants. She serves on Biographer’s International Organization's program committee and curated the 'Common Grounds' exhibition at Auburn's Jule Collins Smith Museum. Her teaching innovations include the first-year seminar 'Thinking Through the Arts' and courses on contemporary drama that integrate Hamilton into American literature pedagogy. As Book Review Editor for Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies , she shaped scholarly discourse in mobility studies. Through her Hippodrome research blog and collaborations with the New York Public Library, Stalter-Pace transforms specialized scholarship into accessible public history. Her Library of Congress presentation on Albertina Rasch and the Hippodrome exemplifies her commitment to bridging academic research with community engagement, while ongoing interviews and blog posts extend her work beyond traditional academic boundaries.

• American Literature
• American Modernism
• Performance Studies
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Karen Redrobe is the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Professor and Undergraduate Chair in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. She has held leadership roles as Department Chair of History of Art, Director of the Wolf Humanities Center, and Director of the Program in Cinema and Media Studies. Research Focus Her scholarship explores intersections of film theory, war and academia, violence in media, animation theory, feminist critique, death penalty photography, and the relationship between cinema and contemporary art. She emphasizes intermediality, experimental cinema, and critical pedagogy. Awards Society of Cinema and Media Studies’ 2025 Distinguished Pedagogy Award Collaborations and Service She co-chairs the Scribe Video Center Board of Directors and serves on the editorial board of MIT's Grey Room . She is actively involved in graduate groups across Comparative Literature, English, FIGS, and History of Art.

• Film theory
• War and the academy
• Violence and media
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Ariella Aïsha Azoulay is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. Her work interrogates the intersections of photography, political philosophy, and decolonial praxis. She holds a PhD from Tel Aviv University (1997) and an MA from Université Paris VIII Saint Denis (1986). Her research focuses on photography’s political ontology, colonialism, and human rights discourses. Key works include Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism (2019), Civil Imagination: The Political Ontology of Photography (2012), and The Civil Contract of Photography (2008). She has curated exhibitions such as The Natural History of Rape (2022) and Enough! The Natural Violence of the New World Order (2016). Research Interests: Colonial archives, visual politics, decolonial methodologies, Palestinian liberation, and anti-imperial frameworks. Awards: Infinity Award (2002). Her teaching spans courses on colonialism, migration, and anti-colonial thought, including COLT 1815J: 1492 – Unlearning Single World Order and MCM 2100R: Potential History of Photography . She also directs film essays like Un-Documented: Undoing Imperial Plunder (2019) and The World Like a Jewel in the Hand (2022).

• Photography Studies
• Political Theory
• Colonialism and Decoloniality
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Gabriel P. Weisberg is a distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota, specializing in 19th and Early 20th Century European Art with particular expertise in graphic art, design history, and visual culture from 1780-1920. His career spans over forty years, during which he has curated major international exhibitions, published extensively, and mentored numerous PhD students who have gone on to academic positions. Professor Weisberg's research focuses primarily on Art Nouveau, Japonisme (Japanese influence on Western art), Naturalist painting, and the intersection of photography and painting. His scholarly work has significantly contributed to the reappraisal of late 19th century art historical issues, particularly through his examination of artists like Jules Adler, Albert Besnard, and Art Nouveau figures. His recent work includes major exhibitions such as 'Illusions of Reality: Naturalist Painting, Photography and Cinema, 1875-1918' and 'The Orient Expressed: Japanese Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918.' His publications reveal consistent engagement with Japonisme, Art Nouveau, and Naturalist painting across decades. The trend shows deepening specialization in Japanese influence on Western art, with numerous publications on Japonisme from 2014-2021, including serving as managing editor of the Journal of Japonisme. His work bridges art historical scholarship with museum practice through major exhibition catalogues. Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Senior Fellowship at CASVA (National Gallery of Art) Regents Professor, National Museum of American Art Van Gogh Museum and University of Amsterdam Visiting Fellow (2010) Professor Weisberg has mentored numerous PhD students who have contributed to exhibition catalogues and scholarly publications. His research has been supported by major institutions including the Van Gogh Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and National Gallery of Art. He has organized international symposia and study programs, including a notable two-week course in Dutch museums for University of Minnesota students. As Reviews Editor for Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide and co-founder of the Journal of Japonisme, he continues to shape scholarly discourse in his fields of expertise.

• 19th Century European Art
• Early 20th Century European Art
• Graphic Art History
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Kathryn Babayan is a Professor at the University of Michigan , affiliated with the Middle East Studies department. Her research focuses on the cultural, social, and political histories of the Persianate world, particularly Iran, Iraq, Anatolia, and Central Asia. Her work integrates gender and sexuality studies , Safavid dynasty analysis , and material culture approaches to explore historical narratives. She is currently researching literacy practices in early modern Isfahan through her book The City as Anthology , examining how anthologies (majmu'a/muraqqa') reshaped urban experience and individual sovereignty. Collaborations include co-authoring Slaves of the Shah with Susan Babaie, Massumeh Farhad, and Ena Baghdiantz-McCabe, and co-editing Islamicate Sexualities with Afsaneh Najmabadi. Her publications bridge historiography , religion , and visual culture .

• Iranian History
• Persianate World
• Cultural Studies
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Francesco Casetti is the Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies at Yale University, affiliated with the Yale School of Architecture. His academic journey spans teaching at institutions like the University of Genova, Harvard, and the University of Iowa. Casetti specializes in semiotics, film and media theories, post-cinema, and the interplay between media and spatial environments. His research explores the evolution of cinematic experience in modernity, audience negotiations, and the relocation of media in technological spaces. Notable works include Eye of the Century (2008) and The Lumière Galaxy (2015), which analyze cinema’s role in cultural and technological shifts. He co-founded the Permanent Seminar on Histories of Film Theories, fostering international scholarship in media studies. Casetti’s contributions extend to editorial roles in academic journals and prestigious fellowships at institutions like Bauhaus University Weimar. His current research investigates historical media anxieties and optical-spatial arrangements. Education: Taught at multiple Italian and international universities without explicit degree details provided. Research focuses on semiotic analysis, ethnographic audience studies, and media ecology. Awards include accolades for his books but specific prizes are not named. Grants and advisory roles are tied to his academic leadership and editorial activities. Labs/teams affiliation includes the Permanent Seminar and collaborations with global media scholars.

• Film and Media Studies
• Semiotics
• Cinema Theory
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Serguei A. Oushakine is a Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, and Program Director of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REEES) at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University (2005). His research focuses on transitional cultural processes in post-Soviet societies, combining anthropological methods with postcolonial, materialist, and visual studies frameworks. Education: PhD in Anthropology (Columbia University, 2005) with distinction. Notable fieldwork locations include Siberia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan. Research Interests: Oushakine explores the intersection of emotion, memory, and power in transitional societies. His work analyzes how new national cultures emerged post-Soviet collapse, and investigates postcolonial legacies of communism. Current projects include: Early Soviet media’s role in shaping spectatorship (1920s-1930s) Comparative postcolonial frameworks for postcommunist studies Awards: Recipient of prestigious fellowships including Guggenheim (201?), ACLS Burkhardt Residential Fellowship, and Institute for Advanced Study membership (Princeton). Advising & Grants: While specific advising/grant details aren’t listed, his program director role suggests leadership in shaping academic initiatives. His publications indicate engagement with interdisciplinary collaborations. Labs/Teams: Active in Princeton’s REEES program, fostering collaboration between social sciences and humanities scholars studying Eurasia.

• Anthropology of emotions
• Transitional states
• Nationalism
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Sudhir Mahadevan is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington in the departments of Comparative History of Ideas and Cinema & Media Studies . He holds a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies and is affiliated with the Jackson School of International Studies , Social Sciences , and South Asia Center . Education: PhD in Cinema and Media Studies His research explores the origins of Indian cinema, focusing on intermediality between photography, print, and film, and the commercial practices that shaped its development. He is working on a project titled Iconic Images , analyzing thematic and formal elements in post-Independence Hindi cinema. Recent publications address topics such as queer cinema in India, the interplay between Hindi novels and films, and the legal history of cinema as an art form. His work spans journals like Framework , Screen , and TransAsia Photography , with a focus on visual culture, medium specificity, and historical analysis.

• Cinema Studies
• Media Studies
• Indian History
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