Title: Lecturer
Program: Film Studies
Department: English
Office: 309 Alumni Hall
Email: sarah.l.childress@vanderbilt.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Vanderbilt University (2009)
- M.A. Vanderbilt University (2005)
- B.A. Emory University (1994)
Research Area
- New American Cinema & New Latin American Cinema
- Experimental & Avant-garde Film
- Film Theory & Criticism
- Film Aesthetics
Current Research
- Common Interests, Competing Subjectivities: U.S. and Latin American Avant-garde Film Theory and Practice (dissertation)
- Seeing It All: The Panoptic Aesthetic of Post-9/11 Films
Current Courses
- ENGL 118, Film as a Subversive Art
Current Positions
- Lecturer, English Department
- Faculty Coordinator for Film Programs, Office of the Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies Teaching Committee
- The City in Twilight: Surrealism, Photography and Paris, 1924-1935, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
- Film Programming Advisory Committee
- Upper Class Experience Committee, Office of the Provost and Office of the Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University
Previous Positions
- Instructor, FILM 125 (Intro to Film)
- Instructor, ENGL 100W (Composition)
- Instructor, ENGL 102W (Multi-genre literature course)
- Consultant, Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
- 10 years in Advertising & Marketing creative development
Professional Societies
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies
- Modern Language Association
Professional Honors
- Thomas Daniel Young Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, 2008-2009
- Fellow, Vanderbilt University Center for Ethics, Fall 2008
- "Best of Nashville" award, for work on International Lens film series, Fall 2008
- Tournées Festival Grant, in support of International Lens film series, Fall 2008
- Fellow, Vanderbilt University Center for the Americas, 2007- 2008
- Presidential Honors Scholar, American University and Emory University, 1990-1994
Publications
- "The Influences of 'Avant-Garde Film'." A review of Avant-Garde Film by Alexander Graf and Dietrich Scheunemann (eds.). Film-Philosophy (forthcoming).
- "Directions: a small collection of films curated by Harmony Korine." number: an independent journal of the arts. Number: 62, Fall 2008.