Biography

Jim Roberts (Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1999) is a Lecturer with primary research interests in cinema studies, cultural studies and critical theory. His research has been published in Enculturation, the Journal of Popular Film and Television, and his essay “On Rhetorical Beings: Hoop Dreams and Constitutional Discourse” appeared in D. Blakesley, ed., The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives in Film and Film Theory (SIU 2002). His book length manuscript, Shadow Zones: Cinema, Image, Affect, is under editorial review. Roberts is supervising the film program’s transition to classes accompanied by scheduled screening times, and teaches a range of courses related to international cinema (he’s recently taught seminars on French, Hong Kong, Japanese and Canadian cinema). He serves on the board of trustees of the Cliff Valley School in Atlanta and on the editorial board of Enculturation.