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Purnama is looking forward to teaching the classes he has put together, connecting with students, and working with colleagues whose work he says he’s admired for some time. “I’m a big believer in the power of a Liberal Arts education, and CAS epitomizes that. The community feeling that the campus creates as a whole is something I’m excited to be a part of.” 

Listen to Career Instructor of Narrative Production and Writer/Director Jerell Rosales' interview on SiriusXM Radio's "AFFIRMATIVE REACTION with Xorje Olivares" (Ch 127 • SiriusXM Progress).

Jerell and Xorje discuss filmmaking from the QPOC perspective and the inspiration behind his short film These Things Take Time, part of the feature-length compilation, The American Boys (released by NQV Media available on Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, and Vimeo Worldwide).

Cinema Studies Career Instructor and Writer/Director Jerell Rosales' award-winning narrative short film, These Things Take Time, will be distributed in a feature-length compilation of LGBTQ+ stories, The American Boys, released by NQV Media.

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Italian Sergio Rigoletto has published a new book titled Le norme traviate. Saggi sul genere e sulla sessualità nel cinema e nella televisione italiana (Meltemi).

Associate Professor Dong Hoon Kim’s new article, "Comrade Kim Goes Global: Refiguring North Korean Cinema in a Global Context," was published in the Fall 2020 issue of Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context.

The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes 16 new faculty members this fall. Spanning the range of humanities, social sciences and natural sciences disciplines, our new faculty bring deep expertise and fresh perspectives that will enhance our abiding commitment to teaching, research and service.

Congratulations to Erin Hanna on the publication of Only at Comic-Con: Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity

In her latest book, Only at Comic-Con: Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity, Erin Hanna discusses the San Diego Comic-Con and how it became a Hollywood destination, how the industry’s presence at Comic-Con shapes our ideas about what it means to be a fan, and what this event tells us about the relationship between media industries and their fans, past and present. Only at Comic-Con examines the connection between exclusivity and the proliferation of media industry promotion at the longest-running comic convention in North America.