Thomas Cohen joined the Rhodes English department as Assistant Professor of English in 2001. He teaches courses in film theory and history. His research and writing focus on the relation between music and the moving image.

Professor Cohen′s Vita (PDF)


Education

2001, Ph.D., English, film studies and literary theory, University of Florida
1994, M.A., English, University of Florida
1992, B.A., English Literature, New York University


Courses
  • English 202 - INTRODUCTION TO THE CINEMA
  • English 241 - AMERICAN CINEMA:HISTORY & CRIT
  • English 242 - WORLD FILM
  • English 245 - FILM TOPICS:DOCUMENTARY CINEMA
  • English 245 - NON-FICTION FILM
  • English 245 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM
  • English 381 - ACTING IN THE CINEMA
  • English 381 - ADV FILM TOPICS:EXPERMNTL FILM
  • English 381 - TOPIC:SOUND IN FILM/VIDEO
  • English 382 - FILM THEORY


Selected Publications

“The Film and Photo League,” “Lewis Jacobs.” The Encyclopedia of Documentary Film.  ed. Ian Aitken. New York, Routledge, 2005

“Broadcasting Wagner: Transmission, Dissemination, Translation." Sound Matters: Essays on the Acoustics of German Culture, ed. Lutz Koepnick and Nora Alter. Oxford: Berghahn Press, 2004

“The Business of Time: Metronomes, Movie Scores, and Mickey Mousing.” The Continuum Companion for Sound in Film and Video, ed. Graeme Harper. London: Continuum. (forthcoming)