Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Nikolina Dobreva
She/her
Assistant Professor of Film & Media Culture
- Email:
- ndobreva@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5881
- Office:
- Axinn Center 214
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2025: Tuesday 11am-12pm, Thursday 2pm-4pm, and by appointment
Daniel Houghton
Maker Space Manager
- Email:
- dhoughton@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5746
- Office:
- Johnson Memorial Building 102
- Office Hours:
- Fall Term 2025-Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., and by appointment.
Christian Keathley
Professor of Film and Media Culture
- Email:
- ckeathle@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-3432
- Office:
- Axinn Center 211
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2025: Thursday 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm, and by appointment
David Miranda Hardy
Associate Professor of Film & Media Culture
- Email:
- dmirandahardy@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5844
- Office:
- Axinn Center
- Office Hours:
- On leave Fall 2025
Jason Mittell
he/him
Professor of Film & Media Culture
- Email:
- jmittell@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-3435
- Office:
- Axinn Center 208
- Office Hours:
- On leave Fall 2025
Ethan Murphy
Audiovisual Technical Director
- Email:
- ethanm@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-3395
- Office:
- Axinn Center 216
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2024: Monday and Wednesday 9:30am-11:00am and by appointment
Natasha Ngaiza
Assistant Professor of Film & Media Culture
- Email:
- nngaiza@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5562
- Office:
- Axinn Center 207
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2025: Tuesday 2pm-4pm and by appointment
Louisa Stein
Associate Professor of Film & Media Culture
- Email:
- louisas@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5943
- Office:
- Axinn Center 206
- Office Hours:
- On leave 2025-2026
Ioana Uricaru
Professor of Film and Media Culture
- Email:
- iuricaru@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5425
- Office:
- Axinn Center 204
- Office Hours:
- Fall 2025: Monday and Wednesday 1:30pm-2:30pm and by appointment
Naomi Clark
she/her
Asst in Instruction, Film&Media Culture
- Email:
- nzclark@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-5039
- Office:
- Axinn Center 015
Academic Coordinator
Sheerya Berg
Academic Coordinator: Film and Media Culture
- Email:
- shberg@middlebury.edu
- Tel:
- (802) 443-3190
- Office:
- Axinn Center 210
- Office Hours:
- Axinn 210: Monday-Friday 10am-2pm and by appointment. Remote: Monday-Friday 8:15am-10am and 2pm-5pm
Emeriti
Leger Grindon
Emeritus Professor of Film and Media Culture
In Memoriam: Ted Perry
Ted Perry, Fletcher Professor of the Arts Emeritus, initiated film studies at Middlebury College in 1978 and began the film-video program in the Department of Theater, Dance and Film-Video. He worked tirelessly to expand our faculty, develop our curriculum and expand our resources. He raised the funds to endow the Hirschfield International Film Series. He took a leadership role in planning and designing the Film and Media Culture Department facilities in the Axinn Center. He was instrumental in the founding of the Film and Media Studies Department at Middlebury College in 2008. Professor Perry taught courses on avant-garde film, American film, film and modernism in the arts and individual directors, such as Federico Fillini and Michelangelo Antonioni. His publications include a memoir My Reel Story, a collection of essays on modernist films, Masterpieces of Modernist Cinema, and an article on psychoanalytic aspects of three films, “Impersonation of the True Self.” We recognize and applaud his accomplishment in developing this vital field of study at Middlebury College.