Faculty

Blasini, Gilberto M., Associate Professor of English and Director of Film Studies
Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
Third Cinemas, Latin American and Caribbean Cinemas, Contemporary Film Theory, Post-1967 U.S. Cinema
email gblasini@uwm.edu

Gorfinkel, Elena , Assistant Professor of Art History and Film Studies
Ph.D., New York University
American Film History and Historiography, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Independent, Marginal and Cult Cinemas
email gorfinke@uwm.edu

Martin, Andrew, Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department
Ph.D., University of Iowa
War and Cinema, Classical and Contemporary Film Theory and Criticism, American Modernism
email andym@uwm.edu

Oren, Tasha G., Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Popular Culture, Film and Media Theory and History, Global Media Studies, Screenwriting
email tgoren@uwm.edu

Paik, Peter Y., Associate Professor in Comparative Literature and Director of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Cornell University
International Cinema, Film and Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality in Cinema
email pypaik@uwm.edu

Petro, Patrice, Professor and Vice Provost for International Education and Director, Center for International Education
Ph.D., The University of Iowa
Film history, criticism, and theory, Theories of modernism and modernity, Feminist and critical theory
email ppetro@uwm.edu

Schneider, Benjamin, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director, Film Studies
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
US Independent Cinema, Adaptation Studies, Genre Studies, Popular Culture
email terrapin@uwm.edu

Williams, Tami M., Assistant Professor of English and Film Studies
Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
National Cinemas, Global Women Directors, Film History and Aesthetics
email tamiw@uwm.edu