FACULTY & STAFF
Ross MORIN
Department Chair Associate Professor, Film Studies ROSS.MORIN@CONNCOLL.EDU |
Professor Ross Morin, a graduate of Connecticut College, has returned as a professor of film production and chair of the Department of Film Studies. He earned his M.F.A. in film and video production at Ohio University, where he won the University's Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2018, he was awarded Connecticut College's highest teaching honor, the John S. King Memorial Teaching Award for teaching excellence and the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Faculty Mentor Award.
Professor Morin is an award-winning independent filmmaker, writer, editor and cinematographer. His recently acclaimed work includes the award-winning feature horror film A Wheel out of Kilter (2015) and internationally recognized short films A Peculiar Thud (2016) and Ad Noctum (2010). You can read more about him and his work on his website RossMorinFilm. Morin is the co-founder of Kiltered Productions. Professor Morin teaches FLM 210: Fundamentals of Motion Picture Production, FLM 220: Documentary Theory and Production, FLM 238: Screenwriting, FLM 310: Ideological Representation in Motion Picture Production, FLM 320: Experimental Film: History and Practice, and FLM 410: Advanced Production Seminar. He believes in teaching film production as applied social activism, with a strong emphasis on the ethical responsibility of the media maker. He spends his free time mountain biking, homebrewing, and reading Stephen King novels in his balcony garden. |
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Dr. Nina Martin ("Dr. M.") teaches Introduction to Film Studies: How to Read a Film and Studies in Authorship: Women Directors, among others. Dr. Martin serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Film and Video and The Velvet Light Trap. She has served as referee for Cinema Journal, Sexualities, and Sexuality and Culture. She is the author of Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller. She previously taught at Ithaca College, Northwestern University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Emory University. |
Nina MARTIN
Associate Professor, Film Studies NMARTIN1@CONNCOLL.EDU |
Donna HOLMAN
Administrative Assistant, Film Studies DTHOL@CONNCOLL.EDU |
Donna has been at Connecticut College for 22 years. She started with the Theater Department and four years later, the Film Studies major. Over the next 17 years Film Studies expanded at a rapid rate, adding courses, majors, minors, and faculty, eventually becoming its own department. Donna continues to administrate both the Film Studies Department and the Theater Department. In her spare time, Donna loves spending time with family, friends, and especially her grandchildren. |
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Greg Surman is the Film Studies Technician and has been with Connecticut College since 2006. He manages the Equipment Room, maintains all of the equipment and facilities for the Department, and tutors students on equipment usage. Greg received his BFA with a Minor in Art History from Hartford Art School, University of Hartford where he studied Media Arts, sculpture and ceramics. Greg has worked and taught at the Hartford Art School and worked for Real Art Ways as well as the Cartin Collection. He prides himself on being able to build or fix almost anything, and when not on campus, he can be found in his home shop/studio doing just that. |
Greg SURMAN
Technician, Film Studies GSURMAN@CONNCOLL.EDU |