Faculty & Staff

The Electronic Media and Film Department features a dedicated and knowledgeable faculty and staff.

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Interests	Contact
Jena Burchick Assistant Professor	Lighting, narrative and documentary filmmaking, directing, professional practice	jburchick@towson.edu 410-704-2173 Media Center 206
Paul Castro Assistant Professor	Screenwriting	pcastro@towson.edu 410-704-3755 Media Center 208
Danielle d'Amico Assistant Professor	Media production, post-production, virtual reality, video installation	ddamico@towson.edu 410-704-6993 Media Center 107A
Michael Duffy Lecturer	Film and media history, genre, aesthetics, East Asian cinemas, special effects history/theory	mduffy@towson.edu 410-704-5241 Media Center 112E
Joseph A. Kraemer Associate Professor & Assistant Chair	Film production, directing, cinematography, new media, film theory and aesthetics	jkraemer@towson.edu 410-704-4326 Media Center 205D
Elsa Lankford Professor	Audio production, digital audio post-production, Festival Director WAMMFest, film/media festivals, diversity in media, interdisciplinary art, sound art, composing	elankford@towson.edu 410-704-4544 Media Center 103A
Marc May Associate Professor	Screenwriting, film/video production, film history	mamay@towson.edu 410-704-6542 Media Center 212
Ryan Murray Professor & Chair	Virtual reality, video art, experimental video, internet video, media production and post-production	rmurray@towson.edu 410-704-5643 Media Center 203A
Daniel Mydlack Professor	History, theory, criticism, production	dmydlack@towson.edu 410-704-3059 Media Center 205C
Lorrie Palmer Associate Professor	Film history, film and TV genres (action, sci-fi, horror), race and gender in media, digital aesthetics, city space in screen cultures	lpalmer@towson.edu 410-704-4611 Media Center 202
Lynn Patterson Professor of Practice	Audio production (recording/mixing), aural scapes, mix-to-pix, music production and engineering	lpatterson@towson.edu 410-704-3456 Media Center 208
Dave Reiss Associate Professor	Digital media production and design	dreiss@towson.edu 410-704-2972 Media Center 112F
Adam Schwartz Assistant Professor	Audio production and post-production, immersive audio, sound design, sound art, multimedia art, virtual reality	aischwartz@towson.edu 410-704-4271 Media Center 105
Lynn Tomlinson Associate Professor	Animation, visual effects, film and media history and theory, production and post-production	mtomlinson@towson.edu 410-704-2593 Media Center 201B
Kalima Young Assistant Professor	Feminist film theory, Black film criticism, narrative production, film history	kyoung@towson.edu 410-704-2168 Media Center 205A

Michael Angelella Professor Emeritus	Screenwriting	mangelella@towson.edu
Peter Lev Professor Emeritus	American and European film history, film adaptations of literature
John MacKerron Professor Emeritus	Electronic media history and video production	jmackerron@towson.edu
John Turner Professor Emeritus	Radio broadcasting, broadcast journalism, mass communication theory, programming, sportscasting	jturner@towson.edu

Adjunct Faculty

NAME	CONTACT
Ross Angelella	jangelella@towson.edu
Mathew Bainbridge	mbainbridge@towson.edu
Will Bryson	wbryson@towson.edu
Thomas Boram	tboram@towson.edu
Mark Burchick	mburchick@towson.edu
Christophe Casamassima	ccasamassima@towson.edu
Rieko Chacey	rchacey@towson.edu
Sunny Cowell	scowell@towson.edu
Miles Engel-Hawbecker	mengelhawbecker@towson.edu
Michael Franklin	mfranklin@towson.edu
Julia Golonka	jgolonka@towson.edu
Dan Gvozden	dgvozden@towson.edu
Brent Harris	bjharris@towson.edu
Starr Harris	sharris@towson.edu
Travis Holden	mholdenii@towson.edu
Jeff Howard	jnhoward@towson.edu
Andrew Jagielski	ajagielski@towson.edu
Kristin Kinsey	kkinsey@towson.edu
Wilson Knight	wknight@towson.edu
Lisa Libowitz	llibowitz@towson.edu
Marquis Lupton	mlupton@towson.edu
Matthew Markowitz	mmarkowitz@towson.edu
Drew Mazurek	amazurek@towson.edu
Leah Michaels	lmichaels@towson.edu
Katrina Navarro	knavarro@towson.edu
Samantha Mitchell	samanthamitchell@towson.edu
David Ruby	druby@towson.edu
Zach Trees	ztrees@towson.edu
John Walker	jmwalker@towson.edu
Mary Wiltenburg	mwiltenburg@towson.edu
Barry Worthington	bworthington@towson.edu

Staff

Name	Contact
Mark Burchick Multimedia Technician	mburchick@towson.edu 410-704-4074 Media Center 008B
Travis Holden Media Lab Supervisor	mholdenii@towson.edu 410-704-3433 Media Center 008A
Trish Roger Program Management Specialist / Accounts	proger@towson.edu 410-704-3433 Media Center 103
Vickie Hook Administrative Assistant	vhook@towson.edu 410-704-5120 Media Center 203
Solape "Shola" Afolabi Academic Advising Coordinator	oafolabi@towson.edu 410-704-2343 Media Center 210

Join our Adjunct Faculty

EMF values diversity in our faculty and students. We are looking to expand our pool of EMF adjunct (part-time) faculty who can teach in one or more of our three concentrations: Film/Video/Digital Media, Audio/Radio, and Film and Media Studies. Apply to join our Adjunct Faculty.