Literary and Cultural Studies

Faculty Directory

Varun Begley English/Film Studies
Tucker 211 | (757) 221-1598 |

Teaches modern drama, film history and theory, and visual culture. Specialized interests in the Frankfurt School, adaptation, and the staging of commodities. Teaching: History and Theory of Cultural Studies" (LCST 301, F06) and "Theories of Visual Culture" (LCST 302, S07) -- both co-taught with Joyce; "Marxism and Literature" (LCST 401, S07).

Troy Davis
Swem Media Center | (757) 221-2643 |

Simon Joyce English/Director of Literary and Cultural Studies
Tucker 124 | (757) 221-3922 |

Teaches nineteenth- and twentieth-century British literature and culture, and courses on film, popular music and cultural theory. Specialized interests in the literature and sociology of crime, cultural representations of the past and the national heritage, and the globalization of culture. Teaching: Intro to Film (FILM 150 -- F06); "History and Theory of Cultural Studies" (LCST 301, F06) and "Theories of Visual Culture" (LCST 302, S07) -- both co-taught with Begley.

Colleen Kennedy English/Film Studies
Tucker 304 | (757) 221-3916 |

Specializes in contemporary literature, theories of representation, film and adaptation. Teaching: "Shakespeare and Film" (FILM 401, F06 -- co-taught with Blank); Intro to Film (FILM 150, F06); Intro to Literary and Ciultural Studies (LCST 201, S07)

Arthur Knight American Studies & English/Coordinator of Film Studies
College Apartments, 5-B | (757) 221-1282 |

Works on film, mass and popular culture, and 20th century literature. Specialized interests in the history of American cinema, African Americans and stardom, and music and film.

Rich Lowry American Studies & English
College Apartments, 6-D | (757) 221-1285 |

Has worked in American literature, the history of childhood and family life, cultural studies, masculinity, slavery, and the history of photography. Specialized interests in the forms of public intimacy in American life and the place of poverty in the formation of twentieth century American nationhood.

Katherine Preston Music
Ewell 263 | (757) 221-1075 |

Is interested in the place of music in the lives of Americans of the nineteenth century, including opera in the antebellum period, musical theater, Broadway musicals and film music of the twentieth century. She teaches courses in 18th- and 19th-century music, American popular music, and film studies. Teaching: "Music and Film" (FILM 401, F06)

Sasha Prokhorov Modern Languages -- Russian/Film Studies
Washington 225 | (757) 221-7731 |

Has research interests in contemporary Russian film, literature, and visual culture. Teaching: History of Film (FILM 251, S07); "Film Comedy: Theories and Cultures" (FILM 351, S07)

Jenny Taylor Modern Languages-German/Film Studies
Washington 228 | (757) 221-3638 |

Teaches 20th-century German literature and culture. Specialized interests in the Holocaust, Weimar Cinema, and horror film.

Laurie Wolf Theatre, Speech, and Dance
Phi Beta Kappa Hall 226 | (757) 221-2671 |

Teaches history, playwriting and dramatic theory and criticism. She also sponsors Premiere Theatre and Playwright's Playground, two forums for producing new writing.

Sharon Zuber English/Film Studies; Director of Writing Resources
Tucker B-6 | (757) 221-3939 | Has research interests in New Journalism, Direct Cinema, and the history and production of doucmentary film. Teaching: Intro to Film (FILM 150, F05), Video Production (FILM 306, F05), Intro to Literary and Cultural Studies (LCST 201, S07)

Other Affiliated Faculty, Teaching in 2006-07

Tim Barnard English/American Studies
FILM 250 (Fall 2006), "Introduction to Film"

Paula Blank English
LCST 401 (Fall 2006), "Shakespeare and Film" (co-taught with Kennedy)

Rachel DiNitto Modern Languages, Japanese
FILM 351 (Spring 2007), "Japanese Cinema"

Monica Potkay English
LCST 401 (Spring 2007), "Umberto Eco"

Elena Prokhorova Modern Languages, Russian
LCST 201 (Spring 2006), "Vampires and Popular Culture"; and LCST 351 (S06), "Slavic Dreams and Nightmares"