Department Contacts

  • Chair

  • Mark Sample
    Chair of Film and Media Studies
  • Departmental Coordinator

  • Mark Riley
    Departmental Coordinator for Film and Media Studies

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Faculty

The faculty of the film and media studies is dedicated to increasing your insight into one of the principal forms of art and communication in the contemporary era.

Neil Lerner

  • Professor of Music

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • History of film music, television music, and video game music
  • Music in science fiction and horror films
  • Music and disability studies

nelerner@davidson.edu

704-894-2850

Sloan Music Center 108

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Amanda Martinez

  • Chair & Associate Professor of Communication Studies | Associate Professor of Sociology | Speaking Center Director

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Media Effects
  • Race & Stereotypes
  • Culture & Health Communication
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Maggie McCarthy

  • Professor of German Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Contemporary German Literature and Film
  • Feminism
  • Film Studies
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Alan Michael Parker

  • Chair & Douglas Houchens Professor of English

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Contemporary Literature
  • The Arts
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Luis Pe帽a

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies
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Mark Sample

  • Chair & Professor of Digital Studies
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Vivian Shen

  • Professor of Chinese Studies
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