Dr. Chris Cagle

Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)


Temple University
Film and Media Arts

Office: Annenberg Hall 132
Phone: 14812 (externally 215-204-4812)
Email: ccagle@temple.edu

Education

2005 Ph.D. EnglishBrown University, Providence, RI
1997 A.M. EnglishBrown University, Providence, RI
1994 B.A. EnglishUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Courses

Fall 2008

FMA1172
Introduction to Film and Video Analysis | Syllabus

FMA1172
Race & Ethnicity in US Film | Syllabus

Summer 2008

FMA1172
History of Narrative Film | Syllabus

Spring 2008

FMA1172
Introduction to Film and Video Analysis

FMA8674
Critical Methods | Syllabus

Fall 2007

FMA1171
Media and Culture | Syllabus

FMA1172
Introduction to Film and Video Analysis

FMA5671
Film History and Theory | Syllabus

Spring 2007

FMA155
Introduction to Film and Video Analysis

FMAW391
Topics in Film Study: Documentary Fictions | Syllabus

FMA861
Critical Methods

Fall 2006

FMA155
Introduction to Film and Video Analysis

FMA461
Film History and Theory

Research & Writing

Research interests

Classical Hollywood history; industrial research and social history; the public sphere; sociology of taste; documentary theory and the pseudodocumentary.

Currently working on a book on the postwar Hollywood social problem film, provisionally entitled Liberal Hollywood: Social Problem Films and Postwar Transformation of an Industry.

Recent Publications

"Two Modes of Prestige Film" Screen 48.3 (Autumn 2007)

Review of Uncovering the Holocaust, Scope, no. 10 (February 2008)

Awards and Activities.

"Two Modes of Prestige Film" received the Screen Award for Best Essay, 2006-2007

Weblogs

Category D
A weblog devoted to film and media studies | Website

Film of the Month Club An online cineclub | Website

Dr. Mabuse's Kaleidoscope
A community blog comprised mostly of younger film and media studies scholars | Website



Department of Film and Media Arts | Temple University, 2020 N 13th St | Philadelphia, PA 19122 | ccagle@temple.edu