Antje Ascheid is a specialist in film history and criticism. In addition, she is interested in film and video production and screenwriting. Her academic research focuses on women and film, German Cinema and film genres. She has published numerous articles and presented papers at many national professional conferences. Her first book, Hitler's Heroines: Stardom, Womanhood and the Popular in Nazi Cinema, was published with Temple University Press in 2003. She has been professionally active in the field of documentary and independent film production in New York City. Before joining the faculty at UGA, Dr.Ascheid taught at Smith College and at SUNY New Paltz.

Jonathan Frome is Visiting Assistant Professor, specializing in Film Studies and new media theory. His current research is attempting to answer questions about why traditional and new media affect viewers and players differently. Specifically, how do films and videogames generate emotions, and why do they tend to generate different kinds of emotions? His other film interests include documentary film, Asian film, and animation. His other new media interests include videogame theory, embodiment, and multiplayer contexts.

Richard Neupert is the Wheatley Professor of the Arts and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor. He teaches film history and theory. His special areas of interest are French cinema, narrative theory, and animation. His books include A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin UP, 2003, 2007) and The End: Narration and Closure in Cinema (Wayne State UP, 1995). He also translated two books from French: Aesthetics of Film (Texas UP,1997) and The French New Wave: An Artistic School (Blackwell, 2002). Professor Neupert is coordinator of UGA's Film Studies major and Film Studies minor, and on the advisory board for the Cine movie theater. Before coming to UGA, he taught at Northwestern University and Georgia Tech.