Regular Faculty

Katarzyna Marciniak

Katarzyna Marciniak, Chair

Professor, Media Arts and Culture
M.A., University of Lodz; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Katarzyna Marciniak focuses on the aesthetics and politics of transnational visual cultures, particularly on representations of foreignness, immigration, national (un)belonging, and the construction of border zones as sites of contention.
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Allison de Fren

Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Grinnell College; M.P.S., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Allison de Fren is a media maker and scholar whose research-practice falls at the intersection of sexuality/gender, film/media, and science/technology, often tracing a line from contemporary representations to earlier conceptual histories and audiovisual practices.
Professor Broderick Fox

Broderick Fox

James Irvine Professor of Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Broderick Fox is a media practitioner and scholar whose creative work, teaching, and scholarship engage media production, documentary studies, media aesthetics, and the potential for digital media technologies to expand voice and produce social change.
Aleem Hossain

Aleem Hossain

Associate Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., UCLA
Aleem Hossain is an award-winning screenwriter and film director.
Vivian Lin

Vivian Lin

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.P.S., NYU; M.F.A., Sandberg Instituut; P.h.D., City University of Hong Kong
Vivian Wenli Lin is a media artist and educator with a background in psychology, documentary film, video art, and interactive installation.
Amanda Tasse

Amanda Tasse

Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Culture
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., P.h.D., USC School of Cinematic Arts
Tasse has over 15 years experience working as an animator, designer, and director in the film industry and media art world.

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

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Adrienne Adams

Visiting Instructor, Media Arts and Culture
B.A. Occidental College; M.A. University of Southern California; Ph.D. (in progress) University of Southern California
Adrienne Adams (they/them) explores the entanglement of technological obsolescence and black sex/gender from the vantage points of Caribbean cultural studies, elemental and new media studies, and…
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Michael Luo

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., M.F.A., UCLA
Michael Luo (he/him) is a game maker and artist.
Garret Williams

Garret Williams

Visiting Assistant Professor, Media Arts & Culture
B.A., Augsburg University; M.F.A., The American Film Institute Conservatory
Garret’s films as a writer/director have screened at Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, New Directors/New Films at the MOMA, and many more festivals, domestic and international, earning multiple awards. He is a DGA member, Sundance Institute Fellow, Film Independent Fellow, and Tribeca Film Institute Fellow.

Our Staff

Director of Digital Media and Production, MAC

B.A., Occidental College; E.M.B.A., Quantic School of Business and Technology
Diana Keeler teaches courses in Digital Design, Motion Design, and Advanced Editing in addition to managing the MAC lab spaces, software, production equipment, and student worker program.
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