Eric Freedman Joins the Communication and Media Studies Advisory Board

  • 2018-12-06

Dr. Eric Freedman is Professor and Dean of the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago. A published and nationally respected scholar, Dr. Freedman is the author of Transient Images: Personal Media in Public Frameworks (Temple University Press, 2011). His most recent essays include “Software” (Routledge, 2018), “Resident Racist: Embodiment and Game Controller Mechanics” (Pearson, 2012) and “Technobiography: Industry, Agency and the Networked Body” (Peter Lang, 2012). He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of e-Media Studies and the International Journal of Creative Media Research, and holds a Ph.D. from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Dr. Freedman is also an accomplished media artist and has been an active public access producer engaged with community media practices; his creative work has been exhibited at notable venues in the United States and abroad, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, the American Film Institute, MIX New York, and Ars Electronica.

Learn more about the Communication and Media Studies Advisory Board here.