School of Cinematic Arts Faculty
On this page, you’ll find a list of all full-time faculty. If you’re planning an independent study, we encourage you to reach out to instructors you’ve worked with before, they often make the best mentors because they already know your work.
Be sure to check each faculty member’s area of specialization to see if their expertise aligns with your project.
Ambarien Alqadar AALQADAR@depaul.edu
Directing, Cinema Production, Screenwriting
Brian Andrews brian.andrews@depaul.edu
Visual Effects, Animation, Cinema Production
Meghann Artes martes@cdm.depaul.edu
Directing, Animation
Lisa Barcy lbarcy@cdm.depaul.edu
Animation, Computer Graphics, Animation Techniques
Rachel Bass RBASS3@depaul.edu
Cinema Production
Devin Bell devin.bell@depaul.edu
Animation, Directing
Pete Biagi pbiagi@cdm.depaul.edu
Cinematography, Cinema Production
Jacob Ciocci JCIOCCI@depaul.edu
Animation, Multimedia, Theory
James Choi james.choi@depaul.edu
Production, Digital Media
Kevin Cagnolatti KCAGNOLA@cdm.depaul.edu
Post Production, Cinema Production
Shayna Connelly sconnelly@cdm.depaul.edu
Directing, Cinema Production, Storytelling
Biju Dhanapalan biju.dhanapalan@depaul.edu
Visual Effects, Virtual Production
Allie Solomon DiUbaldo ASOLOM17@depaul.edu
Screenwriting
Ronald Eltanal reltanal@cim.depaul.edu
Directing, Screenwriting, Post Production
Naghmeh Farzaneh n.farzaneh@depaul.edu
Animation
Lori Felker LFELKER@depaul.edu
Cinematography, Directing
Brian Ferguson brian.ferguson@depaul.edu
Animation
Michael Flores michael.flores@depaul.edu
Editing, Post Production, Storytelling
Juanie Fowlkes KFOWLKE1@depaul.edu
Screenwriting and Producing
Riyad Hasan riyad.hasan@depaul.edu
Animation
Anna Hozian ahozian@cdm.depaul.edu
Screenwriting, Directing, Storytelling
Josh Jones josh.jones@depaul.edu
Animation
Chris Kalis chris.kalis@depaul.edu
Post Production, Cinema Production, Computer Graphics
Jess King jking5@cdm.depaul.edu
Screenwriting, Cinema Production
Daniel Klein daniel.klein@depaul.edu
Directing, Screenwriting
Dana Kupper dkupper@cdm.depaul.edu
Cinematography, Documentary
Melissa Lawrenz mlawrenz@cdm.depaul.edu
Post Production
Amy Lockhart alockha3@cdm.depaul.edu
Animation, Animation Techniques, Cinematography
Scott Myers smyers15@cdm.depaul.edu
Screenwriting
Gary Novak gnovak@cim.depaul.edu
Screenwriting, Cinema Production
Aaron Owen AOWEN6@depaul.edu
Post Production, Cinema Production
Christopher Parrish cparris6@cdm.depaul.edu
Screenwriting and Television
Savvas Paritsis savvas.paritsis@depaul.edu
Post Production, Visual Effects
Timothy Peternel tpeterne@cdm.depaul.edu
Producing
Abby Plante GPLANTE@depaul.edu
Creative Producing and Storytelling
John Psathas jpsathas@cdm.depaul.edu
Directing, Cinema Production, Cinematography
Matthew Quinn mquinn@cdm.depaul.edu
Screenwriting
Anuradha Rana anu.rana@depaul.edu
Storytelling, Directing, Cinema Production
Brad Riddell brad.riddell@depaul.edu
Screenwriting, Cinema Production
Scott Roberts scott.roberts@depaul.edu
Animation, Game Development, Animation Techniques
Wendy Roderweiss wroder@cdm.depaul.edu
Directing, Cinema Production, Screenwriting
Robert Steel rsteel@cdm.depaul.edu
Post Production, Multimedia, Animation
Andrew Stasiulis astasiul@cdm.depaul.edu
Directing, Theory, Cinema Production
Jose Soto jsoto23@cdm.depaul.edu
Television Production, Showrunning, and Screenwriting
Steve Socki ssocki@cdm.depaul.edu
Animation, Directing, Animation Techniques
Noelle Thomas NTHOMA13@depaul.edu
Design, Cinema Production, Virtual Production
Naeema Torres NTORRE28@depaul.edu
Storytelling, Cinema Production
Jerry Tran GTRAN8@depaul.edu
Cinematography, Cinema Production
Chi Jang Yin Sender CYIN1@depaul.edu
Cinema Production, Theory, Interactive Media
Brian Zahm bzahm@cdm.depaul.edu
Cinema Production
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