Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Ardis and Robert James Graduate Fellow Artist in Residence Real Colegio Complutense
Francisco Alarcon is an artist and engineer working on the intersection of visual arts and technology. Alarcon’s research focus is on the material history of computer-generated graphics and how the interface informs the construction of cultural techniques. ... Read more about Francisco Alarcon
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Teaching Fellow
Hicham Awad is a fifth-year graduate student in Film and Visual Studies. His dissertation examines the roles played by “real-time” cinematographic, architectural, and computational technologies in the representation, communication, and management of risk in the domains of design, finance, and national security. ... Read more about Hicham Awad
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Teaching Fellow
Carolyn Bailey is a PhD Candidate in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University, where her research is supported by a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.... Read more about Carolyn Bailey
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Media and Design Fellow
Jessica Bardsley (G6) is an artist and PhD Candidate in Visual and Environmental Studies and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University, where she is...
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Film Study Center Fellow
Max Bowens is a filmmaker and second-year PhD Candidate in Film and Visual Studies, in pursuit of secondary fields in Anthropology and Critical Media Practice. His current work focuses on earth energies, scientific visualizations, eco-aesthetics, and the potentialities of anthropocenic ethnography.... Read more about Max Bowens
Yongyu Chen is a writer and first-year PhD student in Film and Visual Studies. His current research interests center on encounters of the visual and the avisual in film — what happens to notions like subjectivity and sovereignty when the visual field is displaced, delayed, intermittent, or centrifugal — especially in relation to ethical thought, poetics, and thinking on collectivity.... Read more about Yongyu Chen
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Teaching Fellow
Hannah Cohen is a sixth-year graduate student in Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS). Her dissertation examines the ways in which building systems mediate the relation between art and architecture in a contemporary context. This project takes into account both the building systems themselves (such as structural grids and mobile wall systems) and the labor of those who negotiate them (foundry workers, contractors, and engineers, among others). Her research interests also include media theory, the history and practice of curating, experimental cinema, and the history of modern fashion.... Read more about Hannah Cohen
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Teaching Fellow
Sophie is a PhD student in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her interests include digital media, popular culture, and intersections between film and other art forms.... Read more about Sophie Gilmore
Jonathan L. Knapp is a PhD candidate in Film and Visual Studies. His dissertation examines location scouting and location management practices for feature...
Graduate Student in Film and Visual Studies Teaching Fellow
Keisha is a PhD candidate in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University who has spent the majority of her adult life in Asia and New York City. Keisha holds a BA from Barnard College in Comparative Religion and an MA in Media Studies from Pratt Institute.... Read more about Keisha Knight
Six years ago Katie Kohn was looking for contemporary philosophy at an American university in New York and found it in film and media studies. After graduating early from NYU with a BA in Cinema Studies and a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies (that, due to a bureaucratic error of entirely the university's doing, never officially appears on her record), Katie decided to go pro.... Read more about Katie Kohn
