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Chan Chao Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Chan Chao was born in Kalemyo, Burma. His family immigrated to the United States in 1978. He has published four photography books, “Burma: Something Went Wrong”,“Letter from PLF”, “Echo” and “Two Pla…
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Melissa Daoulas Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
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River Finlay Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | Film & Media Arts
Patrick Flynn Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Patrick Flynn is an award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and webseries creator based in Washington, D.C. His series I Live With This won Outstanding Series and Outstanding Wr…
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Gary Griffin Filmmaker-in-Residence SOC | General Academics & Research
Gary Griffin is a Filmmaker in Residence of Film and Media Arts. He is an award-winning producer and cinematographer whose work includes Autism is a World, a documentary co-produced with CNN …
Anuj Gupta Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
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Jon Hambacker Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Bagus Himawan Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC - School of Communication
Bagus Himawan is an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts. From New York’s high fashion runways, to a contributor for editorial magazines such as the Atlantic, Washingtonian, DC Modern Luxury, and …
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Steve Kaltenbaugh Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Max Kaplow Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Professor Kaplow is a screenwriter on the Netflix series 'The Chosen One' released in August 2023. Before that, he worked in film/tv development for QC Entertainment, producer of 'Get Out' and 'Blackk…
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Matt McNevin Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Matthew McNevin is an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts.
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Thomas Neufeld Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
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Dara Padwo-Audick Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | Film & Media Arts
Dara is a seasoned writer, producer, and director with over twenty-five years of experience across a variety of genres in the media landscape. Her genuine passion for telling impactful stories has tak…
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Nick Ray Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Nick Ray is an adjunct instructor for SOC teaching web development and user experience best practices, and was previously an instructor for SOC's Digital Media Skills graduate certificate, specializin…
Astrid Riecken Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Astrid Riecken is a 2022 Pulitzer prize-winning photographer, based in Washington, DC. Since 2016, Riecken has taught at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design of George Washington University and …
Shalom Rosenberg Adjunct Instructor SOC | Film & Media Arts
Shalom Rosenberg (he/him) is a film studies scholar whose research areas and expertise focus on culture and identity, and in particular how configurations of sexuality, gender, religion, ethnicity, an…
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Adele Schmidt Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | Film & Media Arts
Adele Schmidt is an adjunct professorial lecturer of the Film and Media Arts Division. She is a film & video producer, director and editor who has won numerous awards in both documentary and fiction f…
Shaun Schroth Adjunct Instructor SOC | Technology
Shaun oversees the Photography Labs at American. These include the darkroom, film processing, studio, and digital work areas in the Media Production Center.
Heidi Scott Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Elaine Seward Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Alexandra Silverthorne Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
Alexandra Silverthorne is an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts. She uses the camera as a means to understand and explore spatial environments and encounters. Working with both analogue and digi…
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Dave Taschler Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
Dave Taschler is an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts. After graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in 1987, he started working for CBN and the Family Channel in Virginia Beach i…
Vincent Terlizzi Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
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Elliot Wagner Adjunct Instructor SOC | General Academics & Research
A 20 year veteran of Discovery Communications, Elliot oversees Discovery's global international content sales business and manages a vast global sales and operations team. He is responsible for the co…
John Weiskopf Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SOC | General Academics & Research
John Weiskopf teaches screenwriting at American University in the SOC, where he has taught in the MFA Film program for twelve years. He received an MFA in Film Production from UCLA where he was later …
