Guest Editors

Film Matters has partnered with the following academics and schools on special guest-edited dossier and issues:

  • Theresa L. Geller, Grinnell College (issue 2.4, 2011)
  • John C. Tibbetts, University of Kansas (issue 3.3, 2012)
  • Donna Peberdy, Southampton Solent University (acting and performance dossier, issue 4.2, 2013)
  • Kristi McKim, Hendrix College (New Directors/New Films dossier, issue 4.3, 2013)
  • Christopher Sieving, University of Georgia (issue 4.4, 2013)
  • Man-Fung Yip, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies | Victoria Sturtevant, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies & Associate Dean for Academic Programs, The University of Oklahoma (special issue dedicated to the SCMS Undergraduate Conference, issue 6.1, 2015)
  • Margaret C. Flinn, with Associate Guest Editors Paige Piper and Matthew Roesch, The Ohio State University (issue 6.2, 2015)
  • Greg Chan, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (issue 7.2, 2016)
  • Kristi McKim, Hendrix College (New York Film Festival dossier, issue 7.3, 2016)
  • Kelli Fuery, Chapman University (screened violence dossier, issue 8.1, 2017)
  • Cristina Johnston, University of Stirling (film and childhood dossier, issue 8.1, 2017)
  • Matthew Sorrento, Rutgers University-Camden (issue 8.2, 2017)
  • Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College (contemporary science fiction dossier, issue 8.3, 2017)
  • Jennifer O’Meara, University of St Andrews (race, gender, and genre in 21st-century cinema dossier, issue 8.3, 2017)
  • Kristi McKim, Hendrix College (New Directors/New Films dossier, issue 9.1, 2018)
  • Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College (contemporary science fiction II dossier, issue 9.1, 2018)
  • Kelli Fuery, Chapman University (themed issue 9.2, 2018, on neglected cinemas & post-global politics)
  • Tom Ue, University of Toronto Scarborough (Self and Other dossier, issue 9.3, 2018)
  • Amanda Ann Klein and Madeline Daniel, East Carolina University (Console-ing Passions undergraduate conference dossier, issue 9.3, 2018)
  • Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University (fake news dossier, issue 10.1, 2019)
  • Margaret C. Flinn, with Associate Guest Editor Anna Talarico, The Ohio State University (themed issue 10.2, 2019, on documentary)
  • Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College (based on actual events dossier, issue 10.3, 2019)
  • Tom Ue, Dalhousie University (Catastrophe!, issue 10.3, 2019)
  • Jennifer O’Meara, Trinity College Dublin (digital media dossier, issue 11.1, 2020)
  • The Romanian New Wave at 20 (dossier, issue 12.3, 2021); curated by Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah University), Otilia Baraboi (University of Washington, Seattle), and Ileana Marin (University of Washington, Seattle)
  • Mina Radović, Goldsmiths University of London, UK (Depicting Spiritual Life Through Literature and Film: Silence by Endo, Shinoda, and Scorsese, issue 13.1, 2022)
  • Tom Ue, Dalhousie University, Canada (Reading Literature and Science, issue 13.1, 2022)
  • Adam Cottrel, Charlie Michael, and Stacy Rusnak, Georgia Gwinnett College (horror dossier, issue 13.3, 2022)
  • Tom Ue, Cape Breton University, Canada (dossier, issue 16.3, 2025)

If you are an instructor and would be interested in having your undergraduate class guest edit a future issue of Film Matters, please contact Liza Palmer (futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com).  We look forward to working with you!