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Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

Erik Marshall

Dept. of English

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI 48201

Email: aa9728@wayne.edu

Education

 

Ph.D. Wayne State University (projected date: May 2008). Dissertation: Digital Media, Realism, and Film Studies.

B.A. Wayne State University, 1995. Majors: French, Education. Minor: English.

Publications

 

"Indexicality And Spectatorship In Digital Media: Waking Life As Hybrid Digital Artifact." Revista Ilha do Desterro. No. 51, Jul/Dec 2006.

 

"The Disappearing Other: The Portrayal of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker's Dracula." The Gothic Other: Racial and Social Constructions in the Literary Imagination. McFarland Press, 2004.

 

Review of Fatal Strategies, Baudrillard. Film Philosophy web journal, vol. 6 no. 44 (http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol6-2002/n44marshall).

 

Conference Presentations

“The Interactive Networked Spectator: Video Games, Cinema, Machinima.” Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Philadelphia, PA, March 7, 2008.

"Just Kidding: Digital Media and the Rise of Subjective Narration." Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Chicago, IL, April 2007.

"Digital Realism and Database Narrative in Waking Life." Society for Cinema and Media Studies, London, England, April 2005.

 

"Moving Words: The Use of Film in Literature." Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, March 2003.

 

Panel Chair. "High Art," Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, March 2003.

 

Panel Chair, "Dogme 95," Y/X conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, 2002.

 

"Belief Construction vs. Historical Fact in Morris's Mr. Death," Society for Cinema Studies, Washington, D.C, May, 2001.

 

"Portryals of Drug Use in Recent Films," Y/X conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, March 2001.

Teaching/Experience

 

Fall 2007 Lawrence Technological University.

Classes Taught: World Masterpieces I and II

 

2004-Present Adjunct Instructor, Wayne State University.

Classes Taught: Introduction to Film

 

Fall 2004 Adjunct Instructor, College for Creative Studies.

Class Taught: History of Animation.

 

1998-2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University

Classes Taught: Introduction to Film, Great Works of World Cinema, Introduction to College Writing, Basic Writing.

 

2001 Instructor, 14-week course for city youths on black film. Funded by Ford Foundation, sponsored by the Humanities Center, Wayne State University.

 

1997-8 Teacher. French and English. Imlay City High School, Imlay City, MI.

 

Classes Taught

Winter 2006

Introduction to Film (2 sections)

 

Fall 2005

Introduction to Film

 

Winter 2005

Introduction to Film

 

Fall 2004

History of Animation, College For Creative Studies

Introduction to Film (2 sections)

 

Spring 2004

Introduction to Film (2 sections)

 

Winter 2004

Introduction to Film

 

Fall 2003

Intermediate Composition (2 sections)

 

Spring 2003

Intermediate Composition

Introduction to Film

 

 

Winter 2003

Introduction to Film

 

Fall 2002

Introduction to Film (Theme: Philosophy and Science)

Basic Composition

 

Winter 2002

Introduction to World Cinema

Introduction to Film

 

Fall 2001

History of Film

 

Spring 2001

Introduction to Film (2 sections)

 

Winter 2001

Introduction to College Writing

 

Fall 2000

Introduction to College Writing (2 sections)

 

Spring 2000

Introduction to Film (2 sections)

 

Fall 1999

Introduction to Film

 

Fall 1998-Winter 1999

Assistant, Introduction to Film

Teaching Interests

Introduction to Film, History of Film, World Cinema, Animation Studies, Digital Media Studies, Documentary Film, Film and Literature, World Literature, American Literature.

Research Interests

Digital media, Documentary Film, Literary Adaptations, Film and Philosophy.

Departmental Service

2001-2 Appointments Committee, Wayne State University

1999-2000 Graduate Committee, Wayne State University

Professional Memberships

Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Modern Language Association.

Foreign Languages

French: proficient speaking and fluent reading abilities.