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.

CG Animator and Mechanical Engineer. Professor Hussey founded the department's program in 3-D computer animation. He has produced myriad animations including, most recently, a series of historical recreations of ships and other artifacts for the documentaries The Japanese Navy and Boneyards, which aired internationally on the History Channel.

John Kundert-Gibbs specializes in 3D computer modeling and animation, motion capture, and modern drama. Prior to coming to UGA, Dr. Kundert-Gibbs was director of the Digital Production Arts program at Clemson University. He has authored or co-authored numerous publications on Maya and 3D computer graphics that have been translated into nine languages. He is also author of No-thing is Left to Tell: Zen/Chaos Theory in the Dramatic Art of Samuel Beckett (1999), and coeditor of Pinter at Sixty (1993), and has created effects for live-action projects, and designs electronic media for theatrical productions.

David Saltz is a specialist in modern drama, performance theory, the philosophy of art, and directing. He currently serves as editor of Theatre Journal. Over the past decade, his primary research focus has been the interaction between live performance and digital media. He is Principal Investigator of Virtual Vaudeville, a large-scale research project funded by the National Science Foundation to simulate a nineteenth century vaudeville performance on the computer. He has explored the use of computer technology extensively in his own work as a director and teacher. Along those lines he established the Interactive Performance Laboratory at UGA, has directed a series of productions incorporating real-time interactive digital media, and has created interactive sculptural installations that have been exhibited nationally. He has published 18 articles in scholarly journals and books, and is coeditor (with David Krasner) of the book Staging Philosophy: Intersections between Theatre, Performance and Philosophy (University of Michigan Press, 2006). Dr. Saltz received a Sandy Beaver Special Teaching Award in 2008. He has served as Secretary of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Before coming to Georgia, Dr. Saltz taught at State University of New York at Stony Brook and The College of William and Mary.