Faculty

Media and Film Studies faculty and staff

Meet the supportive educators who will guide you as you engage with today’s media landscape.

Paul Benzon Director  Associate Professor of English 518-580-5162 pbenzon@skidmore.edu Palamountain 311	View bio
Nicole Coady Lecturer 518-580-5202 ncoady@skidmore.edu Hoge 210	View bio
Nini Mtchedlishvili Assistant Lecturer 518-580-5202 mtchedlishvili@skidmore.edu Hoge 204	View bio
Scott Mulligan Senior Teaching Professor of International Affairs and Arts Administration 518-580-5253 smulliga@skidmore.edu FIlene 108	View bio
Ron Taylor Lecturer 518-580-5202 rtaylor@skidmore.edu Hoge 210	View bio
Adam Tinkle Director of MDOCS Associate Professor 518-580-5271 atinkle@skidmore.edu Filene Hall, second floor	View bio
Emilio Vavarella Assistant Professor 518-580-5202 evavarella@skidmore.edu Hoge 211	View bio
Careina Yard Assistant Lecturer 518-580-5202 cyard@skidmore.edu Hoge 204	View bio

Affiliated faculty

Ian Berry Dayton Director, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery and Professor of Liberal Arts

Robert Boyers Professor of English, Editor of Salmagundi, and Director of New York State Summer Writers Institute

Mao Chen Professor of Chinese Language and Literature and the Frances Young Tang ’61 Chair in Chinese Studies

Colleen Craven Assistant Lecturer of Arts Administration

Charlotte D'Evelyn Associate Professor of Music

Jenny Day Professor of History

Mary Kate Donovan Associate Professor of Spanish and Department Chair of World Languages and Literatures

Elizabeth Dubben Assistant Teaching Professor of Arts Administration, Director of Arts Entrepreneurship, and Associate Director of Arts Administration

Eunice Ferreira-LaMere Associate Professor of Theater

Samantha Haedrich Assistant Professor of Art

Katie Hauser Assistant Professor of Art History

David Howson Teaching Professor, Arthur Zankel Executive Director of Arts Administration

Andrew Ina Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

Masako Inamoto Associate Professor of Japanese

Lisa Jackson-Schebetta Professor of Theater

Hillarie Logan-Dechene Lecturer of Arts Administration

Will Mason Associate Professor and Department Chair of Music

Daniel Nathan Associate Professor of American Studies

Tammy Owens American Studies

Robert ParkeHarrison Professor and Department Chair of Art

Shana ParkeHarrison Art Department

Kristi Peterson Assistant Professor of Art History

Dennis Schebetta Associate Professor and Department Chair of Theater

Sarah Sweeney Professor of Art

Emily Westfall Lecturer of Art

Kathryn Wilkins Assistant Lecturer of Arts Administration

Advisory Board

• Paul Benzon, Associate Professor of English
• Mary Kate Donovan, Associate Professor of Spanish
• Adam Tinkle, Associate Professor of Media and Film Studies and Director of MDOCS
• Sarah Sweeney, Professor of Art
• Emilio Vavarella, Assistant Professor of Media and Film Studies
• Tom Yoshikami, Assistant Director for Engagement at the Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery