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Carter Soles, Ph.D
- Associate Professor
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(585) 395-5825
csoles@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 224
Education
- PhD, University of Oregon, 2008
- Dissertation: “Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film”
Chair: Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, Department of English, University of Oregon
Committee: Michael Aronson, Department of English, Mary Wood, Department of English, Janet Wasko, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Jon Lewis, Department of English, Oregon State University.
- Dissertation: “Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film”
- MA, University of Oregon, 2004
- BA, University of Southern California, 1993
Courses Taught
SUNY Brockport (SUNY)
- Film 401: American Independent Cinema, Fall 2010, Spring 2015
- Film 491/591: Contemporary Global Film Directors, Summer 2011
- Film 403: Hollywood Renaissance 1967-80, Spring 2012, Spring 2016
- Film 490: Film Comedy, Spring 2012, Spring 2018
- Film 490: Film Melodrama, Fall 2012
- Film 457: Women and Film, Spring 2011, Fall 2013, Sum 2014, Summer 2016, Spring 2018
- Film 360: Film Horror, Spring 2017, Fall 2018
- Film 360: Film Noir, Summer 2011, Fall 2014
- Film 360: The Western, Fall 2013
- Film 303: Ecocinema, Spring 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2018
- Film 301: Film Theory and Criticism, every term 2010-2018
- Film 250: Film History Part 1, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Summer 2017 (online)
- Film 251: Film History Part 2, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2017
Research Interests
- Film Studies
- Gender and Sexuality
- Globalization and Cyberculture
- Geek Studies
- Ecocritical Media Studies
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor of Film Studies, English Department, SUNY Brockport, 2011-2015
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Studies, English Dept., SUNY Brockport, 2010-2011
- Postdoctoral teaching Fellow, English Department, University of Oregon, 2008-2010
Professional Service
- Director of Interdisciplinary Film Studies Minor, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2010-18
- Departmental Advancement, Promotion and Tenure Committee, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2017-2018
- Departmental Recruitment and Retention Committee, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2014-15
- Departmental Curriculum Committee, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2013-14
- Departmental Search Committee, African American Literature Search, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2013-14
- Departmental Search Committee, Young Adult Literature Search, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2012-13
- Faculty Adviser, Brockport Film Appreciation Club, SUNY Brockport (SUNY), 2012-15