Film, Animation and New Media Faculty

Department Chair
Dana Plays, MFA
Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
dplays@ut.edu
(813) 257-3161

Staff Assistant
Ravyn Caputo
Staff Assistant I (1), Art and Design, Film, Animation and New Media
FCA | 108
rcaputo@ut.edu
(813) 257-7495

Warren Cockerham, MFA
Media Production Coordinator and Lecturer
wcockerham@ut.edu
(813) 257-7811 

Troy Cusson
Music Technology Coordinator
tcusson@ut.edu
(813) 257-3143

Corey George, MFA
Multimedia Technology Manager, Art and Design
cgeorge@ut.edu
(813) 257-1727

Michael Ingold, MFA
Studio Safety Technician, Lecturer, Art and Design
mingold@ut.edu
(813) 257-3339

Emma Quintana, MFA, Ed.M.
Fab Lab Coordinator, College of Arts and Letters
equintana@ut.edu
(813) 257-3862

Kristofer Atkinson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
katkinson@ut.edu
(813) 257-3097

Christopher Christian, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
cchristian@ut.edu

Elena Cifuentes, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
ecifuentes@ut.edu

Dana Corrigan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Animation
dcorrigan@ut.edu

Taylor Raye Curry, MFA
Assistant Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
tcurry@ut.edu
(813) 257-3097

Marie Dorsey, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
mdorsey@ut.edu

Santiago Echeverry, MPS
Associate Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
secheverry@ut.edu
(813) 257-3769

Stuart Fail, MFA
Adjunct Professor
sfail@ut.edu

Márcio Gonçalves, MFA, ALM
Assistant Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
mgoncalves@ut.edu
(813) 257-3905

Allen Hampton, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
ahampton@ut.edu

Erica Isringhaus, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
eisrinhaus@ut.edu

Joshua Jest, S.M.ACT
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
jjest@ut.edu

Robert Marinelli, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
rmarinelli@ut.edu

Valerie Martinez, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
vmartinez@ut.edu

Manson Mikhail, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
mmikhail@ut.edu

Gregg Perkins, MFA
Associate Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
gperkins@ut.edu 
(813) 257-3427

Josh Powell, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
jpowell@ut.edu

Dana Plays, MFA
Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
dplays@ut.edu
(813) 257-3161

Tim Ridlen, Ph.D., MFA
Assistant Teaching Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
tridlen@ut.edu
(813) 257-3203

Blanka Roundtree, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
broundtree@ut.edu

Selina Roman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
sroman@ut.edu

Cynthia Savaglio, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Screenwriting, Film, Animation and New Media
csavaglio@ut.edu 

Tyrone Stude, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
tstude@ut.edu

Aaron Walker, MFA
Associate Professor, Film, Animation and New Media
(813) 257-3976
awalker@ut.edu 

Mora J Beauchamp-Byrd, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Design
mbeauchampbyrd@ut.edu
(813) 257-3175

Bradford Blackburn, DMA
Associate Professor, Music
bblackburn@ut.edu
(813) 257-3399

Christopher Boulton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication
cboulton@ut.edu

Jean Gourd, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science
jgourd@ut.edu
(813) 257-6305

Patrick Ellis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Communication
pellis@ut.edu

Victor Ezquerra, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Music
vezquerra@ut.edu

Bernard Farkas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Information and Technology Management
bfarkas@ut.edu

Amanda Firestone, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor, Communication
afirestone@ut.edu

Thomas Hammond, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Screenwriting 
thammond@ut.edu

Thomas Hanlon, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
thanlon@ut.edu

Lowell Harris, M.A.
Adjunct Faculty, Cinema Studies
lharris@ut.edu

Paul Hillier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Scriptwriting
phillier@ut.edu

Deanna House, M.S.
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
dhouse@ut.edu

Andrew McAlister, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies
amcalister@ut.edu

Alisha Menzies, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor, Communication
amenzies@ut.edu

Lucille Moon-Michel, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Communication
lmoonmichel@ut.edu

Christopher Novak, M.A.
adjunct, Visual Literacy
cnovak@ut.edu

Ryan Terry, MFA
Adjunct, Scriptwriting
rterry@ut.edu

Yanyan Shang, MSM
Assistant Professor, Information and Technology Management
yshang@ut.edu

Hector Sotomayor, M.A.
Adjunct Faculty, Cinema Studies
hsotomayor@ut.edu

Rose Trentinella, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor, Art History
(813) 257-3869
rtrentinella@ut.edu

Stephanie Tripp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication
stripp@ut.edu
(813) 257-3387

Christofer Vandar Kaay, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Communication
cvandarkaay@ut.edu

Natasha Veltri, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Information and Technology Management
nveltri@ut.edu