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I owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to Metropolitan State University of Denver's Film and Media Studies Program, in particular. While majoring in Philosophy at ÍøÆسԹÏ, I took Introduction to International Film out of curiosity and chose to minor in Film and Media Studies shortly after. I quickly became enamoured with the history, theories, terminology, and techniques that Introduction to Cinema Studies and Cinema History courses provided. Later courses, like Theory and Criticism, Film Noir, Gender in American Film, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, and Federico Fellini cultivated my knowledge and appreciation for different genres, directors, and discourses in Cinema Studies. My teachers in the Film Media Studies Program laid the groundwork for my interests in interdisciplinary research, using film and media as potent artifacts for historical, cultural, philosophical, and ideological exploration.

Aspen Ballas

ÍøÆسԹÏ, B.A. English

After trying to fail out of college, I was invited back to Metropolitan State University of Denver by the kind faculty there. After graduating with high marks in English and Cinema Studies, I went on to receive my M.A. from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts in Cinema Studies. After that, I taught as an adjunct at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï for four years. I was then encouraged by faculty, again, to return to graduate school for my PhD. I was accepted into the Cinema and Media Studies program at the University of Southern California, where I worked with an amazing committee: Ellen Seiter, Vicki Callahan, Kiki Benzon, and Henry Jenkins, on a project which evaluates Walking Simulator video games through a neuroaesthetic framework. I was fortunate enough to have their support on the job market, too, and after applying broadly, I received an offer to work at Dickinson College this fall.

Russell McDermott, Ph.D.

ÍøÆسԹÏ, B.A. English, Film, and Media Studies, 2012