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Ricky Herbst is a Term Teaching Professor of Film and Cinema Program Director at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame. He holds a JD from Yale Law School and an MPhil in Criminological Research from the University of Cambridge as a Fox Fellow. His professional roles include board memberships with Uzima! Drum and Dance Company, the South Bend Human Rights Commission, the Policing and Criminal Justice Reform Task Force of MAARPR, and the Yale Law School Executive Committee.
- Education:
- Yale Law School (JD with focus on labor, law, censorship, and film)
- University of Cambridge (MPhil in Criminological Research: Dissertation on censorship of spectacles)
His research interests span film exhibition, entertainment law, censorship, and socially engaged cinema. Notable thematic focuses include international queer cinema, New Jack cinema, historical labor depictions, capital punishment narratives, MENAT cinema, and forced migration documentation. He teaches film theory, gender studies, and documentary cinema across institutions including Notre Dame, John Cabot University, and Yale.
No academic articles were explicitly listed in the provided text, though his research themes suggest engagement with film law and socio-political cinema. His professional service includes corrections education via the Moreau College Initiative/Westville Correctional Facility and collaborative work with interdisciplinary academic teams.
