Faculty & Research

Education

Ph.D. Critical Studies, University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television (2002)
M.A. Critical Studies, University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television (1996)
A.B. English Literature, University of Chicago (1988)

Research Interests

• Alternative media and new technologies
• Digital literacy
• Remix culture
• The future of scholarship
• Film style and film theory (especially film noir)

Richard L. Edwards received his Ph.D. in Critical Studies from USC's School of Cinema-Television. From 2002-2004, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at USC's Annenberg Center for Communication's Institute for Multimedia Literacy. He has taught at USC, Loyola Marymount and Saint Mary's College of California. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Film International, Spectator, and RES magazine. He has participated in the New Media Consortium's 21st Century Literacy Project where he contributed to the monograph, "A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit." Currently, he produces a widely circulating academic podcast, with Shannon Clute, entitled "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir."