December 2, 2025 | Kelly Youngblood Beginning in Fall 2025, the Department of Media & Cinema Studies created a new internship for students at Flyover Film Studios in Rantoul. Francisco Albarran, a senior in media and cinema studies, was the first student selected for the program. Albarran was able to work on the production of […]
August 19, 2025 This fall, the College of Media announces two new department heads, seven faculty promotions, and one new faculty member. In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, Sang-Hwa Oh has been promoted to associate professor with indefinite tenure. Carrie Wilson-Brown has been promoted to senior lecturer. Penne Heede joins the department as […]
August 23, 2024 This fall, seven faculty in the College of Media have been promoted, two faculty have taken on new leadership roles, and three new faculty have been hired. In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, promotions include Chang-Dae Ham to full professor, Leona Su to associate professor with indefinite tenure, and Dionne Clifton and Marisa Peacock to senior lecturers. Two […]
March 11, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Derek Long, assistant professor of media and cinema studies, sheds light on a rarely covered piece of Hollywood history in his first book, Playing the Percentages: How Film Distribution Made the Hollywood Studio System. Praised as “invaluable to media industry scholars of the past and present,” the book is a comprehensive history of […]
September 8, 2023 “I on the Media” is a series from the University of Illinois College of Media in which faculty, staff, and students at the college address current issues and research. It began in 2020 to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on media-related issues. Hear from our experts 9/8/2023 In this Q&A, Professor Brant Houston, Knight Chair of […]
April 11, 2023 | Kelly Youngblood Update 5/10/2023: The MACS Student Showcase program is now available to watch online: The Department of Media & Cinema Studies presents the inaugural MACS Student Showcase, featuring faculty-curated work created by students in MACS classes throughout the academic year. The event, which celebrates student media production, will be held on […]
May 17, 2022 Students in MACS 150: Introduction to Digital Media Production, taught by Derek Long, assistant professor of media and cinema studies, celebrated their final work of the spring semester at an in-class awards ceremony called the “CORNIs,” where students received Camera Operators’ Registry of Note at Illinois certificates and small trophies, and watched the winning films. […]