Directors:
Executive Director
Richard is Executive Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center and Adjunct Professor in the Film and Media Studies Department at UC, Santa Barbara. Previously, Hutton was Vice President of Media Development for Vulcan Inc. He oversaw Vulcan Productions’ feature film and documentary units and directed all of Vulcan’s media development projects, including initiatives in the education, museum and entertainment sectors. More> |
Co-Director
Constance Penley (Ph.D, UC Berkeley) is professor of Film and Media Studies. Her major areas of research interest are film history and theory, feminist theory, cultural studies, contemporary art, and science and technology studies. More> |
Co-Director
Ronald E. Rice (Ph.D., Stanford) is the Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication in the Department of Communication. More>
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Associate Director
LeeAnne French is the Associate Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center. Previously, French was the executive vice president and board member of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, with more than 20 years of experience in organizing and leading large teams to provide strategic marketing and communications services to the top enterprise software companies. More>
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Staff:
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Program and Events Coordinator
Natalie Fawcett is a Ph.D. student in Religious Studies at UCSB. Her focus is on race, religion, and politics in the United States, with an emphasis in Native American religious traditions and history. More> |
Research Associate
Ryan Fuller is a doctoral student in the UC Santa Barbara Department of Communication. His research interests include negotiaton/bargaining, media industries, and communication research methods. More> |
Project Lead, Connected Viewing Initiative
Elissa Nelson earned her Ph.D. in Media Studies from the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Nelson’s dissertation is a comprehensive content and contextual analysis of teen films of the 1980s, addressing issues relating to genre, industry, and culture. More> |
Project Manager, Media Industries Project
Kevin Sanson is Project Manager for the Media Industries Project. His research focuses on how media professionals and audience members negotiate the physical, cultural, and economic geographies of global media production. More> |
Research Associate
John Vanderhoef is a Research Associate with the Media Industries Project. More> |
Deans:
Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science and Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts
David Marshall is Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science. More> |
SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences
Melvin L. Oliver is the SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology. Previously, Dr. Oliver was Vice President of the Asset Building and Community Development Program at the Ford Foundation, and a UCLA faculty member for 18 years. More> |
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