Department of Communication Studies
CB# 3285, 115 Bingham Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285
PHONE: (919) 962-2311 FAX: (919) 962-3305
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- Hap Kindem
Phone: (919) 962-4960
Office: 315 Bingham Hall
Email: kindemg@email.unc.edu
Website: http://www.unc.edu/~kindemg/B.A., Lawrence University; M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University. Media Studies. Teaching and research interests include documentary production, film history, and media aesthetics. His documentary films have appeared on PBS and the Discovery Channel, and he directs a UNC-CH summer abroad program, the London Media and Performance Program.
- Edward Rankus
Phone: 843-9110
Office: 316 Bingham Hall
Email: rankus@email.unc.edu
Website: Video Data Bank
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Media Studies. Since the late 70's Professor Rankus has been creating fine art video productions that have screened internationally, have won numerous awards, and are in the collections of major museums (MOMA, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam). His work is distributed by the Video Data Bank. He has taught a wide range of media production courses at institutions such as DePaul University, The University of Illinois at Chicago, and for the last ten years at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Mark Robinson (Instructor)
B.F.A. UNC-CH Studio Art: Multimedia; M.A. UNC-CH Dept. Communication Studies: Media Studies.
Experience: A professional artist and designer for 20 years, with extensive experience in computer multimedia art forms, audio art and system administration.
Phone: (919) 843-6519
Office: 211A Swain
Email: mrobin@email.unc.edu
Website:http://www.unc.edu/~mrobin/
Artsite: http://www.mrobin.com
- Joyce Rudinsky
B.F.A., University of New Mexico; M.F.A., University of Washinton. Media Production. Joyce Rudinsky works with electronic and interactive media to investigate cultural, political, and personal issues affected by technology. She is the founder of ruDy, a collaborative media performance collective.
Phone: (919) 843-5701
Office: 215 Bingham Hall
Email: jrudinsk@email.unc.edu
Website: http://www.unc.edu/~jrudinsk/
- Wenhua Shi
Phone: (919) 962-4955
office: 111 Bingham Hall
email: Wenhua@email.unc.edu
website: http://shiwenhua.net
BA. & BFA., University of Colorado, Boulder; MFA., University of California, Berkeley. Teaching and research interests including experimental film & animation, moving image & sound installation, interactive art. His films have been screened at Pacific Film Archive, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television (UK) , Denver Contemporary Museum of Art, and dozens of international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bradford, and SXSW(Austin). - Francesca Talenti
Phone: (919) 843-5702
Office: 316 Bingham Hall
Email: talenti@email.unc.edu
Website: http://www.francescatalenti.comB.A., Brown University (Comparative Literature); M.F.A., The University of Southern California (Film Production). Media Studies.. Professor Talenti's interests include live-action narrative filmmaking, as well as animation. Her feature film, "Snake Tales," has shown world-wide in 18 festivals, has garnered eight awards, and has cable distribution through Warner Bros. Her recent animation series, Poetry in Motion, is funded by the Independent Television Service, and will be seen on PBS.