The mission of the Media Studies Program is to enable students to become astute scholars, producers, and consumers of visual media. From film to TV to digital and social media, our worlds are saturated with and mediated by visual communications. Media Studies courses equip students with: 1) critical tools for critiquing visual media, 2) creative capabilities for producing digital art, and 3) practical communication skills for participating in globalized media networks.
Interdisciplinary by design, the Media Studies Program is supported by faculty from three divisions, Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Media courses stress several key components of a liberal arts education, with strong emphases on critical thinking, effective and engaging writing, informed research and analysis across disciplines, and an appreciation of diverse ideas and interpretive methodologies. Moreover, they provide students an expansive understanding of the human experience by encouraging cross-cultural explorations of media aesthetics and institutions.
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Faculty & Staff
Associate Professor of Music, Director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music
Professor of English
Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Studies
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Professor, Section Head-Chinese, Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures
Instructor, Media Studies
Director of the Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center
Associate Professor - Head of Section, Russian
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies; On Sabbatical
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Associate Professor of Media Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Professor of Art and Art History, Chair
Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology
Professor of English, Chair of Media Studies
Associate Professor and Chair, Philosophy
Professor of Sociology; Chair, Anthropology/Sociology
Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies; On Leave
Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Chair of Asian Studies
Mertie Buckman Chair, Professor of International Studies
Professor of History
