MARTIN F. NORDEN

Professor

Dept. of Communication
N320 Integrative Learning Center
650 N. Pleasant St.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-1100
USA

office: 413 545-0598, 413 545-1311
fax: 413 545-6399
e-mail: norden(at)comm.umass.edu
home page: people.umass.edu/norden


EDUCATION:

Liberal arts coursework, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis MO, 1969-71

B.J., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, 1973
Major: Broadcasting

M.A., Speech & Dramatic Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1974
Major: Radio-TV-Film

Ph.D., Speech & Dramatic Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977
Major: Radio-TV-Film

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Speech & Theatre, Lincoln University, Jefferson City MO, 1974

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Speech & Dramatic Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-77

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977-83

Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1983-95

Associated faculty member, Interdepartmental Film Studies Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991-present

Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995-present

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ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

Executive Producer of Contemporary Music, KBIA-FM (NPR), Columbia MO, 1974-75

Chair, Missouri Students Association Film Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-77

Director, Media Materials Center, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977-81

Trustee, University Film Study Center, a consortium of New England colleges and universities, Cambridge MA, 1979-88; Treasurer, 1980-86

Director of Internships, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1980-83

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1984-87, 1996-98, 2015-present

Schedule Officer, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1984-87

Chair, Audio-Visual Advisory Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1984-87; Member, 1982-90

Chair, Personnel Committee, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1985-86, 2012-13, 2019-21, 2022-present; Member, 1984-86, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-08, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2019-21, 2022-present

Acting Chief Undergraduate Advisor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1992

Honors Program Director, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1992-95, 2022

Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993-94; Member, 1984-86, 1991-94, 1998-2001

Film Unit Coordinator, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995-2001

Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999-2000, 2002-04, 2005-08, 2016-17; Member, 1991-94, 1999-2001, 2002-04, 2005-09, 2016-18

Chair, Michael S. Roif Film Studies Award selection committee, Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014

Faculty Supervisor, Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009-20

Coordinator, annual alumni career event, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011-15, 2017

Summer Administrator, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011-18, 2020-21

Associate Chair, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-15

President, Northeast Popular Culture Association, 2017-18

Area Chair, Film & History, Northeast Popular Culture Association, 2021-present

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PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS

R. Stromgren and M. Norden, Movies: A Language in Light. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984.

M. Norden, The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1994.

Special editions of The Cinema of Isolation:

M. Norden, John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.

M. Norden, ed., The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2007.

M. Norden, ed., Lois Weber: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2019.

M. Norden and R. Weir, eds., Pop Culture Matters: Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

E. Tortolani and M. Norden, eds., ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

M. Norden, ed., Dorothy Arzner: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, in preparation.

M. Norden, Women Filmmakers and the Birth Control Movement, 1916-17, in preparation.

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BOOK CHAPTERS

M. Norden, "Business and Love in the Post-Reconstruction South: Warner Brothers' Bright Leaf," in The South and Film, ed. W. French. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1981. 95-106.

K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Measuring Responses to Filmed Interpersonal Conflict: A Rules Approach," in Methods for Intercultural Communication Research, ed. W. Gudykunst and Y. Kim. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984. 155-166.

M. Norden, "The Detective Show," in TV Genres: A Handbook and Reference Guide, ed. B. Rose. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. 33-55.

M. Norden and K. Wolfson, "Cultural Influences on Film Interpretation Among Chinese and American Students," in Current Research in Film: Audiences, Economics, Law, Vol. 2, ed. B. Austin. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp., 1986. 21-34.

M. Norden, "Sexual References in James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein," in Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film, ed. D. Palumbo. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. 141-150.

M. Norden, "Film and Painting," in Film and the Arts in Symbiosis: A Resource Guide, ed. G. Edgerton. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. 17-45.

M. Norden, "Victims, Villains, Saints, and Heroes: Movie Portrayals of People with Physical Disabilities," in Beyond the Stars: Stock Characters in American Popular Film, ed. P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990. 222-233.

M. Norden, "Portrait of a Disabled Vietnam Veteran: Alex Cutter of Cutter's Way," in From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War in American Film, ed. L. Dittmar and G. Michaud. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. 217-225.

M. Norden, "Reel Wheels: The Role of Wheelchairs in American Movies," in Beyond the Stars 3: The Material World in American Popular Film, ed. P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1993. 187-204.

M. Norden, "Pathe Freres a l'epoque du 'Trust,'" in Pathe: Premier empire du cinema, ed. J. Kermabon. Paris: Editions du Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994. 90-101.

M. Norden, "Women in the Early Film Industry," in The Studio System, ed. J. Staiger. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995 / London: Athlone, 1995. 187-199.

M. Norden, "Hollywood's Ableist Agenda," in Beyond the Stars 5: Ideologies in American Popular Film, ed. P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1996. 211-228.

M. Norden, "Hollywood's Disabled Vietnam Vet Revisited," in In the Eye of the Beholder: Critical Perspectives in Popular Film and Television, ed. G. Edgerton, M. Marsden, and J. Nachbar. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997. 179-190.

M. Norden, "Johnny Got His Gun: Evolution of an Antiwar Statement," in Hollywood's World War I: Motion Picture Images, ed. P. Rollins and J. O'Connor. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997. 161-175.

M. Norden, "The 'Uncanny' Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger," in Return of the Uncanny, ed. M. Arnzen. Vachon Island, WA: Paradoxa, 1997. 367-378.

M. Norden, "Film and Physical Disability," in Syllabi and Instructional Materials for Teaching Sociology of Disabilities, ed. L. Schlesinger and D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1998. 209-213.

M. Norden, "The Eyes Have It: Dimensions of Blindness in Eyes in the Night," in The Films of Fred Zinnemann: Critical Perspectives, ed. A. Nolletti. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. 55-68.

K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Film Images of People with Disabilities," in Handbook of Communication and People with Disabilities: Research and Application, ed. D. Braithwaite and T. Thompson. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. 289-305.

M. Norden, "Bitterness, Rage, and Redemption: Hollywood Constructs the Disabled Vietnam Veteran," in Disabled Veterans in History, ed. D. Gerber. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 96-114.

M. Norden and M. Cahill, "Violence, Women, and Disability in Tod Browning's Freaks and The Devil-Doll," in Horror Film Reader, ed. A. Silver and J. Ursini. New York: Limelight Editions, 2000. 150-165

M. Norden, "The Hollywood Discourse on Disability: Some Personal Reflections," in Screening Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability, ed. C. Smit and A. Enns. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. 19-31.

M. Norden, "'Coward, Take my Coward's Hand': Racism, Ableism, and the Veteran Problem in Home of the Brave and Bright Victory," in Classic Hollywood, Classic Whiteness, ed. D. Bernardi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. 339-356.

M. Norden, "A Report on Bruce Conner's Report," in Underground U.S.A.: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon, ed. X. Mendik and S. Schneider. London: Wallflower Press, 2002. 76-85.

M. Cahill and M. Norden, "Hollywood's Portrayals of Disabled Women," in Women, Disability, and Identity, ed. A. Hans and A. Patri. New Delhi: Sage India, 2002. 56-75.

M. Norden, "Tiny Tim on Screen: A Disability Studies Perspective," in Dickens on Screen, ed. J. Glavin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 188-198.

M. Norden, "Paper Projects on Film and Physical Disability," in Teaching Sociology and Disability Studies, ed. L. Schlesinger and D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2004. 288.

M. Norden, "Special Topics: Film and Physical Disability," in Teaching Sociology and Disability Studies, ed. L. Schlesinger and D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2004. 188-191.

M. Norden, "Reproductive Freedom, Revisionist History, Restricted Cinema: The Strange Case of Margaret Sanger and Birth Control," in Cultural Sutures: Medicine and Media, ed. L. Friedman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. 263-279.

M. Norden, "The Theo-Political Landscape of Matewan," in Sayles Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles, ed. D. Carson and H. Kenaga. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2006. 103-116.

M. Norden, "Introduction," in The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television, ed. M. Norden. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2007. xi-xxi.

M. Norden, "The 'Uncanny' Relationship of Disability and Evil in Film and Television," in The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television, ed. M. Norden. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2007. 125-143.

M. Norden, "'A Jolly Club of the Maimed': Disability and Community in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon," in Mediated Deviance and Social Otherness: Interrogating Influential Representations, ed. K. Hart. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 153-169.

M. Norden, "Villainy, Disability, and the Moving Image: A Psychoanalytic Perspective," in Framing Evil: Portraits of Terror and the Imagination, ed. N. Billias and A. Curry. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2008. 85-91.

M. Norden, "Paper Projects on Film and Physical Disability," in Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology <//trails.asanet.org>, ed. V. Jiggetts. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2010.

M. Norden, "Special Topics: Film and Physical Disability," in Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology <//trails.asanet.org>, ed. V. Jiggetts. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2010.

M. Norden, "'A Journey Through the Wonderland of Mathematics': Donald in Mathmagic Land," in Learning From Mickey, Donald, and Walt: Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films, ed. B. Van Riper. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. 113-126. [Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for best edited collection in popular and American culture.]

M. Norden, "Bitterness, Rage, and Redemption: Hollywood Constructs the Disabled Vietnam Veteran," in Disabled Veterans in History, enlarged and revised edition, ed. D. Gerber. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012. 96-114.

M. Norden, "'You're a Surprise from Every Angle': Disability, Identity, and Otherness in The Hunchback of Notre Dame," in Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability, ed. J. Cheu. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013. 163-178.

M. Norden, "Born on the Fourth of July: Production and Assessment of a Turbulent Text," in Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television, ed. M. Mogk. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013. 219-230.

M. Norden, "Alice Guy Blache, Rose Pastor Stokes, and the Birth Control Film That Never Was," in Researching Women in Silent Cinema: New Findings and Perspectives, ed. M. Dall'Asta, V. Duckett, and L. Tralli. Bologna: Universita di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, 2013. 28-41.

M. Norden, "Disability," in Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies, ed. K. Gabbard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

M. Norden, "American Narrative Films and Disability: An Uneasy History," in Health Humanities Reader, ed. T. Jones, D. Wear, and L. Friedman. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2014. 87-96.

S. Stamp with M. Norden, "Filmography," in Lois Weber in Early Hollywood, by S. Stamp. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. 337-352.

M. Norden, "'We're Not All Dead Yet': Humor Amid the Horror in James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein," in The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland, ed. C. Miller and B. Van Riper. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 102-120

M. Norden, "The Folly of Faithlessness in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave," in Divine Horror: Essays on the Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Diabolical, ed. C. Miller and B. Van Riper. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2017. 186-199.

M. Norden, "'I'm Lucky--I Had Rich Parents': Disability and Class in the Postwar Biopic Genre," in Cold War Film Genres, ed. H. Pettey. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. 79-98.

M. Norden, "'It's the Work of a Crazy Old Woman': Revenge of the Elderly in The Devil-Doll," in Elder Horror: Essays on Film's Frightening Images of Aging, ed. C. Miller and B. Van Riper. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2019. 32-45.

E. Tortolani and M. Norden, "Introduction," in ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni, ed. E. Tortolani and M. Norden. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 1-35.

M. Norden, "Bravura Beginnings: Paul Leni and the Art of the Prologue," in ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni, ed. E. Tortolani and M. Norden. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 116-139.

M. Norden, "Alice Gets Mathematical: Carroll, Disney, and Donald in Mathmagic Land," in Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture, ed. A. Sanna. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 133-149.

M. Norden, "Dorothy Arzner and Her Displacement from Golden-Age Hollywood," in Women and Hollywood: Tales of Inequality, Abuse and Resistance in the Dream Factory, ed. K. McNally. Forthcoming.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

M. Norden, "Counterpoint and Irony in Bruce Conner's Report," Exchange: Journal of Opinion for the Performing Arts 2.1 (Winter 1976): 26-34.

M. Norden, "Toward a Theory of Audience Response to Suspenseful Films," Journal of the University Film Association [now Journal of Film and Video] 32.1-2 (Winter-Spring 1980): 71-77.

M. Norden, "Visual Design in Rene Clair's Paris qui dort," Mise-en-Scene 2 (Spring 1980): 58-63.

M. Norden, "Business and Love in the Post-Reconstruction South: Warner Brothers' Bright Leaf," Southern Quarterly 19.3-4 (Spring-Summer 1981): 95-106.

M. Norden, "The Pathe Freres Company During the Trust Era," Journal of the University Film Association [now Journal of Film and Video] 33.3 (Summer 1981): 15-32.

M. Norden, "The Use of Sound in Francis Thompson's N.Y., N.Y.," Millennium Film Journal 10-11 (Fall-Winter 1981-82): 219-222.

M. Norden, "America and Its Fantasy Films, 1945-1951," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 12.1 (Feb. 1982): 1-11. [lead article]

M. Norden, "The Fantasy Films of Post-Vietnam America," Focus: Teaching English Language Arts 10.1 (Fall 1983): 70-78.

M. Norden, "The Avant-Garde Cinema of the 1920s: Connections to Futurism, Precisionism, and Suprematism," Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology 17.2 (April 1984): 108-112.

M. Norden, "Women in the Early Film Industry," Wide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism, and Practice 6.3 (1984): 58-67.

M. Norden, "The Disabled Vietnam Veteran in Hollywood Films," Journal of Popular Film & Television 13.1 (Spring 1985): 16-23.

M. Norden, "New York Mayor William J. Gaynor and His City's Film Industry," Film Reader 6 (1985): 78-91.

M. Norden, "'A Good Travesty Upon the Suffragette Movement': Women's Suffrage Films as Genre," Journal of Popular Film & Television 13.4 (Winter 1986): 171-177.

M. Norden, "Sunrise at Campobello and 1960 Presidential Politics," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 16.1 (Feb. 1986): 2-8. [lead article]

M. Norden, "The Racism-Ableism Link in Home of the Brave and Bright Victory," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 20.2 (May 1990): 26-36.

M. Norden, "The Transformation of Religion in John Sayles' Matewan," Crossroads: A Journal of Southern Culture 2.1 (Fall 1993-Winter 1994): 87-93.

M. Norden, "From Sage to Gene: A Comparison of the 'Blind Hermit' Sequences in Bride of Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein," Echoes and Mirrors: Comparative Studies of Film 1.1 (Jan. 1994): 4-11. [lead article]

M. Norden, "Cutter's Way and the Problem of Distributional Censorship," CommOddities: A Journal of Communication & Culture 1.1 (April 1994): 53-58.

M. Norden, "The Eyes Have It: Dimensions of Blindness in Eyes in the Night," Film Criticism 18.3-19.1 (Spring-Fall 1994): 46-58.

M. Norden, "Resexualization of the Disabled War Hero in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," Journal of Popular Film & Television 23.2 (Summer 1995): 50-55. [lead article]

M. Norden, "The Uncanny Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger," Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.3-4 (1997): 367-378.

M. Norden and M. Cahill, "Violence, Women, and Disability in Tod Browning's Freaks and The Devil-Doll," Journal of Popular Film & Television 26.2 (Summer 1998): 86-94.

M. Norden, "Hollywood, la politica y discapacidad fisica," Version: Estudios de comunicacion y politica 8 (1998): 87-105.

M. Norden, "Introduction: The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television," Journal of Popular Film & Television 28.2 (Summer 2000): 50-53.

M. Norden, "Experimental Frames: Bruce Conner's Report," Critical Focus 1 (June 2002): n.p.

M. Norden, "Diegetic Commentaries," Offscreen 11:8-9 (Aug.-Sept. 2007): n.p.

M. Norden, "'We Are Coming Out to the Light': A Reconstruction of Lois Weber's 1913 Speech to the Los Angeles Woman's Club," Feminist Media Histories 3.4 (Fall 2017): 195-203.

M. Norden, "The Witch Who Wasn't: The Erasure of Afrocentric Sorcery in The Witch of Timbuctoo," Frames Cinema Journal 16 (Winter 2019).

M. Norden, "Lois Weber's Views on Stereoscopic Filmmaking," Stereoscopic Media, August 13, 2020.

M. Norden, "Exploring the Work of Dorothy Arzner as a Film-Making Teacher in Southern California," Film Education Journal 5.2 (Fall 2022): 68-79. [lead article]

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MAGAZINE ARTICLES

M. Norden, "Politics, Movies, and Physical Disabilities," Kaleidoscope: International Magazine of Literature, Fine Arts, and Disability [now Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability Through Literature and the Fine Arts] 30 (Winter-Spring 1995): 6-14. [lead article]

M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation," Pakistan Special (Aug. 2001): 10.

M. Norden, "Disabled Vets on the Silver Screen," Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine 90.8 (April 2003): 20-24.

M. Norden and J. McConnell, "Cinema of Isolation," Disability Arts in London Magazine 178 (April 2003): 3-5.

M. Norden, "Caracterisation et scenario: Pourquoi les personnages handicapes sont-ils 'utiles au cinema'?" in Festival retour d'image: Cinema et handicap, une retrospective critique [film festival catalog]. La Compagnie du 3eme / MK2 Bibliotheque, 2003. 6.

M. Norden, "Encouraging an Avocation," Stages: The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater Alumni Newsletter (Spring 2008): 7.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA ESSAYS

M. Norden, "Les Bonnes Femmes," in Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films, Vol. 1, ed. F. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985. 380-385.

M. Norden, "Los Olvidados," in Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films, Vol. 5, ed. F. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985. 2266-2271.

M. Norden, "Michael Curtiz, Film Director," in Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, ed. W. Ferris and C. Reagan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. 951.

M. Norden, "Lucille Fay LeSeur" (Joan Crawford), in The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 4, ed. R. Tyler. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996. 169.

M. Norden, "Freaks," in Ready Reference: Censorship, Vol. 1, ed. K. Rasmussen. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1997. 303-304.

M. Norden, "I Was a Communist for the FBI," in The Encyclopedia of Propaganda, Vol. 2, ed. R. Cole. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997 / London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. 345-346.

M. Norden, "John Barrymore," in American National Biography, Vol. 2, ed. J. Garraty and M. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 262-264.

M. Norden, "All Quiet on the Western Front," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 52.

M. Norden, "John Barrymore," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 178-179.

M. Norden, "The Best Years of Our Lives," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 236.

M. Norden, "City Lights," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 515-516.

M. Norden, "Disability," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 721-722.

M. Norden, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 759-760.

M. Norden, "Freaks," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 2, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 159.

M. Norden, "Walter Bernstein," in International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Writers and Production Artists, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 84-86.

M. Norden, "Christopher Reeve," in International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Actors and Actresses, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 1022-1025.

M. Norden, "Margaret Sanger, Birth Control," in Censorship: A World Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, ed. D. Jones. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. 2137-2138.

M. Norden, "Born of the Fourth of July," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 1, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 126-128.

M. Norden, "City Lights," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 1, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 179-180.

M. Norden, "Coming Home," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 1, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 203.

M. Norden, "Forrest Gump," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 270-271.

M. Norden, "Freaks," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 379-381.

M. Norden, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 459.

M. Norden, "Million Dollar Baby," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 618.

M. Norden, "The Miracle Worker," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 621-622.

M. Norden, "The Other Side of the Mountain," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 2, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 686-687.

M. Norden, "Scent of a Woman," in Encyclopedia of American Disability History, Vol. 3, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, 2009. 800-801.

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REVIEWS

M. Norden, reviews of four 1981 Society for Cinema Studies conference sessions: "Roland Barthes: An Assessment," "Bernard Herrmann: Aspects of His Work," "Music/Sound and the Individual Film," "Film Production in New York," Quarterly Review of Film Studies 6.4 (Fall 1981): 457-462.

M. Norden, reviews of five 1982 Popular Culture Association convention sessions: "Contemporary Film," "The Macabre: Sociology of the Horror Film," "Classic Films Revisited," "Motion Picture Atmosphere," "Women and Film," Quarterly Review of Film Studies 7.4 (Fall 1982): 369-371.

M. Norden, review of Movies and Money: Financing the American Film Industry by J. Wasko, Journal of Communication 33.4 (Autumn 1983): 44-45.

M. Norden, review of Current Research in Film: Audiences, Economics, Law, Vol. 1, ed. B. Austin, Journal of Communication 35.3 (Summer 1985): 187-189.

M. Norden, reviews of three 1984 Popular Culture Association convention sessions: "The E.T. Phenomenon," "Aesthetic Sensibility in Art, Literature, and Film," "Movies as Mass Communication," Quarterly Review of Film Studies 10.1 (Winter 1985): 86-88.

M. Norden, review of Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry by J. Schuchman, Journal of Film and Video 42.3 (Fall 1990): 76-78.

M. Norden, reply to Cinema of Isolation review, London Review of Books 19.2 (23 Jan. 1997): 5.

M. Norden, review of Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning by D. Skal and E. Savada, Journal of Popular Film & Television 24.4 (Winter 1997): 186-187.

M. Norden, review of Thomas A. Edison and his Kinetoscopic Motion Pictures by C. Musser, Journal of Popular Film & Television 25.1 (Spring 1997): 46.

M. Norden, review of Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (film), Disability Studies Quarterly 18.3 (Summer 1998): 229-231.

M. Norden, review of Interrupted Melody (film), Social Alternatives 18.1 (Jan. 1999): 73-74.

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CONFERENCE PAPERS:

M. Norden, "The Limitations of Settings on the Filmmaking Process," University Film Association, Ithaca NY, Aug. 1979

M. Norden, "Derivatives of Cubism and Their Relationship to the Avant-Garde Cinema," Society for Cinema Studies, Syracuse NY, March 1980

M. Norden, "Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Field of Cinema Studies," New England Conference on Teaching Students to Think, Amherst MA, Nov. 1980

M. Norden, "Fantasy Films as Cultural Barometers: Theory and Practice," International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Boca Raton FL, March 1981

M. Norden, "Teaching Socio-Cultural History Through Film," New England Conference on Teaching Students to Think, Amherst MA, Nov. 1981

M. Norden, "Suspense and Fatalism in Claude Chabrol's Les Bonnes Femmes," Mid-Hudson Modern Language Association, Poughkeepsie NY, Nov. 1981

M. Norden, "Evolution of Narrative Structures in Prime-Time Television Programming," Popular Culture Association, Louisville KY, April 1982

K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Responses to Filmed Interpersonal Conflict: A Comparison of Chinese and American Cultures," International Communication Association, Boston MA, May 1982

M. Norden, "Semio-Structuralism and Phenomenology: State of the Dialectic in Film Studies," Eastern Communication Association, Hartford CT, May 1982

M. Norden, "Depiction of the Physically Disabled in Two 1982 Television Specials: The Elephant Man and The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Eastern Conference on Communication Research, Amherst MA, Oct. 1982

M. Norden, "Images of the 'New Woman' in Early Films," Five-College Faculty Seminar in Film Studies, Northampton MA, Nov. 1982

M. Norden, "The Fantasy Films of Post-Vietnam America," Mid-Hudson Modern Language Association, Poughkeepsie NY, Nov. 1982

M. Norden, "Small-Screen Shamuses: The Detective Genre on Television," Society for Cinema Studies, Pittsburgh PA, May 1983

M. Norden, "Sexual References in James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein," Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1984

M. Norden, "Independent Filmmaking and the Women's Suffrage Movement," University Film and Video Association, Harrisonburg VA, Aug. 1984

M. Norden, "Portrayal of the Physically Disabled in Narrative Films," Speech Communication Association, Chicago IL, Nov. 1984

M. Norden, "Sorting Out the Past: Microcomputers and Historical Research," Microcomputers and Education [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts-Boston, April 1985

M. Norden, "The Disabled Vietnam Veteran in Hollywood Films," University Film and Video Association, Los Angeles CA, Aug. 1985

R. Stromgren and M. Norden, "The Dead: Stardom but No Respect," The Re-Released Films of Alfred Hitchcock [special-topic conference], Pace University, New York City, June 1986

M. Norden, "Portrayal of Physically Disabled People in 1930s Fantasy Films," Popular Culture Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 1987

M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with Physical Disabilities," Speech Communication Association, Boston MA, Nov. 1987

M. Norden, "The Racism-Ableism Link in Home of the Brave and Bright Victory," The War Film: Images and Contexts [special-topic conference], University of Masssachusetts-Boston, March 1988

M. Norden, "From Sage to Gene: A Comparison of the 'Blind Hermit' Sequences in Bride of Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein," International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Dania FL, March 1989

M. Norden, "Cutter's Way and the Problem of Distributional Censorship," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Amherst MA, Oct. 1990

M. Norden, "Politics, Movies, and Disability," Mainstreams and Margins: Cultural Politics in the 90's [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 1992

M. Norden, "Movie Constructions of Gender and Physical Disability: Some Historical and Theoretical Intersections," University Film and Video Association, Philadelphia PA, Aug. 1993

M. Norden, "Resexualization of the Disabled War Hero in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," Society for Cinema Studies, New York City, March 1995

M. Norden, "Johnny Got His Gun: The Novel and the Film in Their Cultural Contexts," University Film and Video Association, Keene NH, Aug. 1995

M. Norden, "Dreamboats on Wheels: Hollywood's Evolving Image of Wheelchair-Using Men," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, Nov. 1998

K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Film Images of People with Disabilities" [a "Top Four" competitive paper on communication and disability], National Communication Association, New York City, Nov. 1998

M. Cahill and M. Norden, "Don't Look Now: Hollywood's Portrayals of Disabled Women," University Film and Video Association, Boston MA, Aug. 1999

M. Norden, "The Theo-Political Landscape of Matewan," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Springfield MA, Nov. 2000

M. Norden, "'No Matter What Happens, the Work Shall Go on': An Annotated Reconstruction of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control," Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Apr. 2001

M. Norden, "'You're a Woman--Won't You Help Me?': An Analysis of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control," Women & the Silent Screen Congress, Santa Cruz CA, Nov. 2001

M. Norden, "Tiny Tim on Screen: A Disability Studies Perspective," Northeast Popular Culture Association, New London NH, Nov. 2002

M. Norden, "Sangeresque Cinema: A Comparative Study of Birth Control and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," Congres les Femmes et le Cinema Muet / Women & the Silent Screen Congress, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2004

M. Norden, "Villainy and Disability in Tod Browning's The Unknown and West of Zanzibar," Black and White: Representing the Other in Early Cinema [special-topic conference], National University of Ireland, Galway, Oct. 2004

M. Norden, "Villainy, Disability, and the Moving Image: A Psychoanalytic Perspective," 7th Global Conference on Evil and Human Wickedness, Salzburg, Austria, March 2006

M. Norden, "Witchcraft and 'Otherness' in Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll," Charming and Crafty: Witchcraft and Paganism in Contemporary Media [special-topic conference], Harvard University, Cambridge MA, May 2006

M. Norden, "'A Jolly Club of the Maimed': Disability and Community in Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon," Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, April 2007

M. Norden, "Disabled People, the Media, and ABM: A Case Study," Life in Motion: Shifting Spaces, Transcending Times, Crossing Borders [special-topic conference], Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, June 2007

M. Norden, "Matewan as History," Assessing John Sayles [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, Oct. 2008

M. Norden, "'You'll Find Mathematics in the Darndest Places': Math Learning and Disney's Donald in Mathmagic Land," Art on the Brain: Exploring the Intersections of the Arts, Neuroscience, and Society [special-topic conference], Hampshire College, South Hadley MA, June 2010

M. Norden, "Alice Guy Blache, Rose Pastor Stokes, and the Birth Control Film That Never Was," Women & the Silent Screen Congress, Bologna, Italy, June 2010

M. Norden, "Disability, Identity, and Otherness in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, Oct. 2010

M. Norden, "Marketing Controversy: The Promotion and Reception of Lois Weber's Hypocrites," Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, April 2012

M. Norden, "Bioethical Issues in Lois Weber's Where Are My Children?" [plenary presentation], International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 2012

M. Norden, "The Role of Digitized Historical Periodicals in Women's Film Research: A Case Study," Mediating Public Spheres: Genealogies of Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Age [special-topic conference], Five College Women's Studies Research Center, South Hadley MA, April 2013

M. Norden, "Lois Weber and Online Archival Research," Women and the Archive: A Pop-up Scholars Event, University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2014

M. Norden, "Listening for Lois: Reconstructing the Public Utterances of Lois Weber," 2nd International Conference of the Women's Film and Television History Network, Norwich, United Kingdom, April 2014

M. Norden, "Conceiving an Identity on Film: Margaret Sanger's Self-Representation in Birth Control (1917)," Researching New York: Perspectives on Empire State History, Albany NY, Nov. 2014

M. Norden, "The Interdisciplinary Faculty Supervisor: An Insider's Perspective," 7th National Conference on Individualized Major Programs, University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2015

M. Norden, "The International Marketing and Reception of Where Are My Children?" [plenary presentation], Women & the Silent Screen Congress, Pittsburgh PA, Sept. 2015

M. Norden. "'We're Not All Dead Yet': Humor Amid the Horror in James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein," Northeast Popular Culture Association, New London NH, Oct. 2015

M. Norden, "Teaching and Doing Research with Digitized Historical Documents," 3rd Annual Five College Digital Humanities Symposium, Amherst College, Amherst MA, April 2016

M. Norden, "The Folly of Faithlessness in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Keene NH, Oct. 2016

M. Norden, "Religious Perspectives in Hammer's Early Dracula Films," The Place of Religion in Film [special-topic conference], Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, April 2017

M. Norden, "Lois Weber Silent Films" [plenary presentation], Ephemera Society of America, Old Greenwich CT, March 2018

M. Norden, "Why Lois Left Home: An Examination of the Earliest Years of Lois Weber's Career," 4th International Conference of the Women's Film and Television History Network, Southampton, United Kingdom, May 2018

M. Norden, "Bravura Beginnings: Paul Leni and the Art of the Prologue," European Network for Cinema and Media Studies / History of Moviegoing, Exhibition, and Reception (HoMER) Network, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2018

M. Norden, "Advanced Age, Gender, and Horror in Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Worcester MA, Oct. 2018

M. Norden, "'We Women Have to Stick Together': Filmmaker Lois Weber and the Newswomen who Interviewed Her," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Portsmouth NH, Nov. 2019

M. Norden, "Belonging and Banishment: Women Directors in and out of Early Hollywood," Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nov. 2019

M. Norden, "Women's Responses to the Films of Lois Weber," Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mar. 2020 [virtual]

M. Norden, "Paul Leni's Transition from German to Hollywood Filmmaking," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH, Oct. 2020 [virtual]

M. Norden, "The Impact of Lois Weber's Where Are My Children? on Female Spectators in 1916: A Case Study," History of Moviegoing, Exhibition, and Reception (HoMER) Network, Maynooth, Ireland, May 2021 [virtual]

M. Norden, "In Search of the Enigmatic Dorothy Arzner," 5th International Conference of the Women's Film and Television History Network, Maynooth, Ireland, July 2021 [virtual]

M. Norden, "'She Treated Students Like Colleagues': Dorothy Arzner as Filmmaking Teacher," Women & the Silent Screen Congress, New York City, June 2022

M. Norden, "Alice Gets Mathematical: Disney, Lewis Carroll, and Donald in Mathmagic Land," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Oct. 2022 [virtual]

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PUBLIC LECTURES:

M. Norden, "Film as Life, Life as Film: Autobiographical Elements in Francois Truffaut's Day for Night," lecture series on "The Art of Telling Life: Biography and the Humanities," Vermont Council on the Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, April 1986

M. Norden, "Myth and Romance: The Civil War in American Popular Cinema," lecture series on "Civil War Perspectives," Vermont Council on the Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, Nov. 1986

M. Norden, "From Script to Screen: Writing for the Movies," NetWorks writers group and Amherst Community Cable TV, Amherst MA, Nov. 1992

M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with Physical Disabilities," Attleboro High School, Attleboro MA, Dec. 1992

M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with Physical Disabilities," Western Massachusetts Health Information Consortium and Shriners Hospital, Springfield MA, Dec. 1992

M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies," George Washington University, Washington DC, Oct. 1996

M. Norden, "'An Inspiration to All of Us': Hollywood's Image of Disabled People at Work," George Mason University, Fairfax VA, Oct. 1996

M. Norden, introduction to Billy Golfus and When Billy Broke His Head, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, March 1999

M. Norden, "The Hollywood Discourse on Disability: Some Personal Reflections," University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, March 1999 [keynote address, "Screening Disability" conference]

M. Norden, "Kiss of Death and Classic film noir," lecture series on "The Classics," Vermont Council on the Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, Nov. 1999

M. Norden, "The Isolating Gaze: Hollywood's Image of People with Disabilities," Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, April 2000

M. Norden, introduction to Phil O'Brien and How's Your News?, Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Feb. 2002

M. Norden, "Discordant Notes on The Piano: A Look at IMDB User Comments," Bentley College, Waltham MA, Nov. 2002

M. Norden, "Hollywood and Disability," London Disability Arts Forum, London, England, April 2003

M. Norden, "Disability and Silent-Era Cinema," American University of Paris, Paris, France, Dec. 2003

M. Norden, introduction to Miracle en Alabama, Festival retour d'image: Cinema et handicap, une retrospective critique, Paris, France, Dec. 2003

M. Norden, "La caracterisation des personnages handicapes," Festival retour d'image: Cinema et handicap, une retrospective critique, Paris, France, Dec. 2003

M. Norden, "Theater, Film, and Memory: The Case of Greensboro: A Requiem," Center for the Study of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 2004

M. Norden, "Movies and Disability: An Uneasy History," Rhode Island College, Providence RI, April 2005

M. Norden, "Hollywood und Menschen mit Behinderung," Arbeitsgemeinschaft Behinderung und Medien, Munich, Germany, March 2006

M. Norden, "Raising Disability Awareness Through Film," Rhode Island College, Providence RI, Feb. 2007

M. Norden, "Ivan Passer and Cutter's Way," Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Prague, Czech Republic, June 2007

M. Norden, presentation of jury assessments of award-winning films: Moen-Koey [Always], Jaei Denj Baraye Mahiha [A Cozy Place for the Fish], Contracuerpo [The Body Against], Difference Is Normal, "Wie Wir Leben!" International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany, Nov. 2007

M. Norden, "Storytelling in 2-D!: The Great Train Robbery," University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jan. 2010

M. Norden, "City of Gold and the Klondike Gold Rush," Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, March 2010

M. Norden, "Disability, Gender, and Nationhood in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July," State University of New York at Buffalo, Nov. 2011

M. Norden, "The Life and Times of John Barrymore," Amherst Senior Center, Amherst MA, March 2012

M. Norden, introduction to The Phantom of the Opera, Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2015

M. Norden, introduction to CinemAbility, Neurodiversity University Symposium, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 2015

M. Norden, introduction to The Last Reel, Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Feb. 2016

M. Norden, "Interviews with Lois Weber," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Feb. 2016

M. Norden, "The Sacred and the Profane in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, May 2016

M. Norden, "Horror and Comedy in James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, July 2016

M. Norden, "Notice Given Lois Weber," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Oct. 2016

M. Norden, "Tiny Tim in Film and Television," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Nov. 2016

M. Norden, "Cold War Biopics," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Jan. 2017

M. Norden, "Images of the Elderly in Horror Films," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Mar. 2017

M. Norden, "Margaret Sanger and Birth Control," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, June 2017

M. Norden, "Lois Weber's 1913 Speech to the L.A. Woman's Club," Shared Words Writers Forum, Greenleaves Retirement Community, Amherst MA, Aug. 2017

M. Norden, "Lois Weber, Early Hollywood Filmmaker," Amherst Woman's Club, Amherst MA, Feb. 2020

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OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:

Jury member, New England Film Festival, Amherst MA, 1978, 1979, 1981

Manuscript referee for such journals as Quarterly Journal of Speech, Journal of Communication, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, American Quarterly, Theatre Survey, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Media Psychology, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, and Studies in Australasian Cinema, 1980-present

Panel moderator, "Mixed Media," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Worcester MA, March 1980

Panel moderator, "Television," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Worcester MA, March 1980

Panel moderator, "Prime-Time Television Programming," Popular Culture Association, Louisville KY, April 1982

Panel moderator, "Future Directions in the American Film/TV/Cable Industry," Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia PA, March 1984

Panel moderator, "Film as Mass Communication," Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1984

Presenter, readers' theatre program, New England Theatre Conference, Providence RI, Nov. 1984

Panel moderator, "Research Applications," Microcomputers and Education [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts-Boston, April 1985

Panel moderator, "Media History," University Film and Video Association, Los Angeles CA, Aug. 1985

Panel moderator, "Spectacle and Representation," Mainstreams and Margins: Cultural Politics in the '90s [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 1992

Consultant, Beyond Affliction, a four-part documentary developed by Straight Ahead Pictures, 1993-94

Panel moderator, "American Cinema II: 1970-1990," University Film and Video Association, Keene NH, Aug. 1995

Consultant, Limb, a narrative film developed by Camera Obscura/Anvil Forest Films, 1996-97

Consultant, Barrymore, a Broadway play written by William Luce, 1996-97

Panel moderator, "What Was DEFA, Really?," The Cinema of Eastern Germany: The View from North America [special-topic conference], Smith College, Northampton MA, Oct. 1997

Panel moderator, "Disabling Discourses in Theory, Media, and Institutions," Interfaces: Communication and Connectedness in an Age of Fragmentation [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 1998

Consultant, Legendary Hollywood Homes, a video documentary developed by Cinetel Productions for American Movie Classics, 1998

Book review editor, Journal of Popular Film & Television, 1998-2012

Panel moderator, "Screenwriting and Directing," Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 1999

Guest editor, "The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television" (theme issue), Journal of Popular Film & Television 28.2 (Summer 2000)

Panel moderator, "Blood Simple: Constructions of Violence and Sexuality in Film and Literature," Borderlands: Remapping Zones of Cultural Practice and Representation [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2001

Panelist, "Science in Proof: How Much Is Stereotype and Misconception?" University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nov. 2003

Panel moderator, "When Others Are Swept Up by Evil," 7th Global Conference on Evil and Human Wickedness, Salzburg, Austria, March 2006

Panel moderator, "Youth, Femininity, and the Allure of Imagery," Communication in Crisis [special-topic conference], University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2006

Curriculum consultant, Seminar fuer Filmwissenschaft, Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2006

Panelist, "Film Journal Editors Panel: What's Irresistible, and Why; What Works?," Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, April 2007

Jury member, "Wie Wir Leben!" International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany, Nov. 2007

Panel moderator, "Confronting Morality in Film," Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, April 2012

Consultant and principal on-camera commentator, CinemAbility, a documentary film produced by Gold Pictures in 2013

Jury member, Northampton International Film Festival, Northampton MA, 2013, 2014

Panel moderator, "Careers in the Entertainment Industry, News, and Media Production," Dept. of Communication Alumni Celebration event, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Oct. 2014

Discussion leader, CinemAbility, Diversity & Social Justice Film Series, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Feb. 2016

Panel moderator, "Frankenstein on Screen," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Keene NH, Oct. 2016

Program chair, Northeast Popular Culture Association conference, Amherst MA, Oct. 2017

Panel moderator, "Frankenstein 1818-2018: 200 Years of Mad Scientists and Monsters II," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Worcester MA, Oct. 2018

Panel moderator, "Show and Tell: Sisters on Screen" [plenary session], Eye International Conference / Women & the Silent Screen Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 2019

Panel moderator, "Disney Heroes and Villains," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Portsmouth NH, Nov. 2019

Panel moderator, "Themes and Transitions in Filmmaking," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH, Oct. 2020 [virtual

Panel moderator, "Film Media Mixes," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester NH, Oct. 2020 [virtual]

Panel moderator, "American Films Reconsidered," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Oct. 2021 [virtual]

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COURSES TAUGHT:

History of Film I & II
Cinema as a Social Force
Film Theory & Criticism
Experimental Film & Video
Modes of Film Communication
Introduction to Film Studies
Film Historiography
Documentary Film
Visual Design in Film
Radio Direction & Production
Film & Physical Disability
Principles of Radio & Television
Screenwriting
Filmmaking
Psycho-Social Aspects of Film
Broadcast News & Public Affairs
Film & Society
Film & History
American Cinema in the 1970s

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PROFESSIONAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE:

Producer, numerous 16mm films and closed-circuit TV programs

Actor, numerous theatrical plays

Reporter, Columbia Missourian (city newspaper), Columbia MO, 1971-72

Freelance production assistant, KDNA-FM, St. Louis MO 1972

Newscaster/reporter/news cameraman, KOMU-TV (NBC), Columbia MO, 1972-73

Announcer/producer/reporter, KBIA-FM (NPR), Columbia MO, 1972-76

Announcer/producer, KCOU-FM, Columbia MO, 1973-74

Freelance producer, National Public Radio, 1973-74

Producer, University Information Services, University of Missouri system, Columbia MO, 1973-74

Film reviewer, University of Missouri-Columbia Tabs, 1976-77

Freelance editorial consultant, 1977-present

Announcer/audio producer, WHYN-TV (ABC), Springfield MA, 1978-79

Freelance video actor, 1988-present

Announcer/producer, WTTT-AM and WRNX-FM, Amherst MA, 1990-92

Volunteer, Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst MA, 2010-present

Website & digital signage manager, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-16

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