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Gretchen Bisplinghoff (Ph.D., Northwestern University). Asst. Professor. Specialty: film studies; feminist criticism. Profile: Author of feminist publications about women in film. Office: RH 108, (815) 753-7005. E-mail: gbisplin@niu.edu.

Gary Burns (Ph.D., Northwestern University). Asst. Chair/Professor. Specialty: television; popular music; film. Profile: Editor of Popular Music and Society and former President of the American Culture Association. Office: WH 208, (815) 753-7108. E-mail: gburns@niu.edu.

Jeffrey Chown (Ph.D., University of Michigan). Director, Graduate Studies/Professor. Specialty: film theory and criticism; documentary. Profile: Author of Hollywood Auteur: Francis Ford Coppola and Co-Director of Media and Culture in Ireland. Recipient of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Director of award winning documentaries. Office: WH 215, (815) 753-6989. E-mail: jchown@niu.edu.

David Gunkel (Ph.D., DePaul University). Assoc. Professor. Specialty: Computer mediated communication, cyberspace, multimedia, critical theory. Profile: Author of Hacking Cyberspace, Multidisciplinary educator and scholar specializing in telematic technologies, new media, and cyber culture. Award winning multimedia producer and interactive media designer. Office: RH 112, (815) 753-7004. E-mail: dgunkel@niu.edu.

Mary S. Larson (Ed.D., Northern Illinois University). Professor. Specialty: media studies; media effects and culture. Profile: Vice President and president-elect of Mass Communication Division of Speech Communication Association; author of essays about television and families. Office: WH 217, (815) 753-7203. E-mail: mlarson@niu.edu.

Robert Miller (Ph.D., Northwestern University). Assoc. Professor. Specialty: film history; TV production. Profile: Author of Star Myths: Show Business Biographies on Film. Office: WH 214, (815) 753-6993. E-mail: videodoc@niu.edu.

Laura Vazquez, (Ph.D, Northwestern University). Asst. Professor. Speciality: Documentary video production; feminist film theory; autobiographical film and video; web design. Office: WH 302, (815) 753-7102, E-mail: lvazquez@niu.edu. Coordinator of Reality Bytes Film Festival.