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Professor , History of Art and Visual Culture, Editor-In-Chief, Art Journal - College Art Association (CAA)
History of Art/Visual CultureAreas of expertise: Visual Culture, Contemporary Art, Art Theory, Critical Theory, Art Photography/Photography as Critical Practice, Media Studies, Contemporary Cinema, Aesthetics
Biography, Education and Training
Derek Conrad Murray is an interdisciplinary theorist specializing in the history, theory, and criticism of contemporary art and visual culture. He works in contemporary aesthetic and cultural theory with particular attention to technocultural engagements with the complexities of representation. He has contributed to leading magazines and journals such as Radical History Review, American Art, Art in America, Parachute, Art Journal, Third Text... more »
Professor, Film and Digital Media Department, Social Documentation MFA Program
Film and Digital Media DepartmentPress Contact
B RUBY RICH
PROFESSOR, CRITIC, SCHOLAR, EDITOR
brrich@ucsc.edu
415-287-0306
Areas of expertise: Aesthetics, Film, Latin American and Latino Studies, Personal and Social Identities, Digital Media, Contemporary Art, Documentary Studies, Feminist Studies, LGBT+, Cultural Studies
Biography, Education and Training
B. Ruby Rich is a Professor of Film and Digital Media, specializing in the Social Documentation graduate program. She is also Editor of Film Quarterly (UC Press), the oldest film journal in the U.S. With a long history in film festival curating, museum exhibition, and public philanthropy before entering academia, she continues to participate in panels and juries at such major film festivals as Sundance, Toronto, and Provincetown. She is the author of New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut (1998) a... more »
Professor, Film and Digital Media, Provost, Porter and Kresge Colleges
Film and Digital Media DepartmentPress Contact
semurray@ucsc.edu
Areas of expertise: Visual Culture, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, Game Studies, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Cinema, Digital Media, Diversity, Critical Theory
Biography, Education and Training
Soraya Murray (PhD Cornell) studies contemporary visual culture, especially film and video games. She is a Professor in the Film + Digital Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her writings may be found in journals in the areas of contemporary art, film and digital culture, including venues such as Art Journal, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Public Art Review, Third Text, Open Library of Humanities, PAJ: A Journal of... more »
Areas of expertise: Art, Aesthetics, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Digital Arts, Contemporary Art, Digital Media, History of Art and Visual Culture, Science and Technology, New Media
Biography, Education and Training
Dr. Edward Shanken is Professor of Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a member of the NANO research group at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research explores the entwinement of art, science, and technology with a focus on interdisciplinary practices involving new media. Viewing art as a “psychic dress-rehearsal for the future,” his work examines how visionary artistic models offer tangible glimpses of alternative futures in the present. His recent res... more »
Areas of expertise: Archives, Archival Practices, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Audio Culture, Community-based Research, Contemporary Art, Film, Visual Culture, Writing
Biography, Education and Training
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. (she/they) is a Filipino American writer, artist, and media scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media with a designated emphasis in Computational Media. She also earned a certificate from the Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a Eugene Cota-Robles fellow. She received her Master’s in Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Ps... more »
Areas of expertise: Art, Visual Arts, Contemporary Art, Social Justice, Environmental Art, Environmental Justice, Digital Media, Digital Arts
Biography, Education and Training
Assistant Professor, Social Design, Art DepartmentEnvironmental Art + Social Practice MFA Affiliated Faculty, Visualizing Abolition StudiesAffiliated Faculty, Film & Digital Media DepartmentPrincipal Faculty, Creative Technologies course Cláudio Bueno, Ph.D., is an artist and curator. Bueno is a member of several platforms and groups, such as ‘Explode! Platform’, ‘Intervalo-Escola’ and 'O grupo inteiro'. Throughout these collectives, he has w... more »
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