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- https://sou.edu/academics/digital-cinema/digital-cinema-faculty/
- https://sou.edu/academics/digital-cinema/digital-cinema-faculty/

Andrew Kenneth Gay
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
MFA, Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema, University of Central Florida, 2010; BFA, Film Production, University of Central Florida, 2006; BA, English & Philosophy/Religion, Flagler College, 2003
Andrew Gay coordinates the Digital Cinema program and teaches storytelling, directing, producing, VR, and various other production and theory courses. He has worked as a freelance production coordinator, production manager, and assistant director in commercials, reality television, and independent film, and has written, directed, and produced for both fiction and documentary media. He has published scholarship in the area of screenwriting studies, and his most recent research and creative work has focused on 360° spherical video production for virtual reality. Andrew sits on the board of Film Southern Oregon and has been an active programmer for the Ashland Independent Film Festival for several years.
Office: Britt 243
Phone: 541.552.6669
E-Mail: Andrew.Gay@sou.edu

Brandon Givens
Instructor, Manager of Southern Oregon Digital Media Center
MIIS, Digital Art, Film, and Media, Southern Oregon University (Projected Completion Fall 2019); BS, Communication with a concentration in Radio, Television, and Film, Southern Oregon University, 1999
Brandon Givens oversees all operations of the SOU Digital Media Center and manages the DMC’s for-hire production services, offering employment and professional preparation of our Digital Cinema students. He teaches classes in Studio Production for Film & Television, Promotional Video, and Broadcast News. He has previously worked as a production services manager, live television director, news photographer, commercial producer/director, and television production instructor. He is currently working on his graduate thesis project, a documentary focusing on an inclusive theatre production at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival featuring young teen performers with exceptionalities.
Office: SOU Digital Media Center
Phone: 541.552.6892
E-Mail: givensb@sou.edu

Howard Lavick
Instructor
MFA, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, 1977; BA, Photojournalism, University of Minnesota, 1968
Howard Lavick is a retired Associate Professor and the former Interim Associate Dean of the School of Film & Television at Loyola Marymount University. He is a Vietnam veteran who served in the Army from 1969 to 1971. He spent one year in South Vietnam, where he was a combat photographer with the 25th Infantry Division and a reporter with Pacific Stars and Stripes. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his reporting of the South Vietnamese combat mission into Laos in 1971. Under his leadership, the film program at Loyola Marymount grew from a department with 250 students to a School of Film and Television with more than 700 students. One of his proudest academic achievements has been as the guiding force behind the development of the SFTV-Bonn (Germany) film program that is now in its 14th year. He retired in 2015 and now teaches production and cinema studies classes at both SOU and St. Mary’s School in Medford.
E-Mail: lavickh@sou.edu

Christopher Lucas
Instructor
PhD, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin; MA, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin; BA, The Evergreen State College
Christopher Lucas teaches documentary production, media writing, screenwriting, and editing and cinematography, among other production tools courses. He has produced and directed in broadcast news, independent film, commercial and documentary film, and produces scholarly work on the professionalization of craft-level workers in the media industries. Christopher is active in the Ashland New Plays Festival and sits on the boards of Film Southern Oregon and Ashland Independent Film Festival.
Office: Britt 242
Phone: 541.552.6425
E-Mail: lucasr@sou.edu

Betsy A. McLane
Instructor
PhD, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California; MA, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California; BS, Cinema Studies & Photography, Ithaca College
Betsy A. McLane is the author of the book A New History of Documentary Film: Second Edition. During a critical 8-year period she held the position of Executive Director of the International Documentary Association. She retains the honorary title of Director Emerita of IDA. She served the Project Director for The American Documentary Showcase, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U. S. Department of State. She is a Past President of the University Film and Video Association, the first woman to be elected to that office and is a Programmer for the Ashland Independent Film Festival. She now teaches documentary and film history at SOU.
E-Mail: mclaneb1@sou.edu

Erik Palmer
Associate Professor & Chair, Communication
PhD, Communication & Society, University of Oregon, 2008; MA, Photojournalism, University of Texas at Austin, 1995; BA, Journalism, Texas State University, 1986
Erik Palmer teaches Design Thinking, social media, and visual communication at SOU. He has an extensive record of professional practice as a photojournalist and creative image-maker, and has launched two media start-ups committed to the production and publication of multimedia content. His signature course is the Creative Careers Bootcamp, a summer excursion in which he takes SOU students to explore professional opportunities in and around Portland, Oregon. His latest research explores the impact of social photography on the practice of professional media photography. In the academic year of 2019-2020, he will be on sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana.
Office: Britt 240
Phone: 541.552.6880
E-Mail: palmere@sou.edu

Courtney Williams
Instructor
BA, Philosophy, Harvard University
Courtney Williams teaches location shooting for film and video, with an emphasis on pre-production and on-set management. She began working in film production in 1998 during the rise of independent film in New York City, starting as a Production Assistant and becoming a First Assistant Director, on feature films, shorts, and commercials. She has collaborated with independent producers to write and pitch features, documentaries, and episodic series; and has had original projects considered at HBO, Showtime, Black Label, Alcon, Lionsgate TV, CBS Sports Network, and aired on Discovery and TLC. In Ashland, Oregon, she writes, directs, and produces digital media for commercial and non-profit clients on both coasts.
E-Mail: williac12@sou.edu

Precious Vida Yamaguchi
Associate Professor, Communication
PhD, Communication & Media Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2010; MA, Communication, Pepperdine University, 2005; BA, Studio Art, Humboldt State University
Dr. Precious Vida Yamaguchi teaches virtual reality production, video games, media literacy, fashion, and communication technology to Digital Cinema students, among other courses in the Communication program. Her most recent book, The Journeys and Strength of Japanese American Women: Stories and Life Experiences During and After World War II, was published by Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books in 2015. She doctoral work emphasized critical/cultural studies, international communication, intercultural communication, and digital media. Her academic research is interdisciplinary, focusing broadly on issues of culture, identity, generation, technology, social media, and international textile markets. Precious is a free-spirited world traveler and has taught at a private university, a state university, an international university, a community college, a culinary institute, and a women’s college with diverse populations of students and faculties. She has finally settled down as a professor of communication at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, with her husband, baby, and Boston Terrier.
Office: Britt 256
Phone: 541.552.6241
E-Mail: yamaguchp@sou.edu
Contact the Digital Cinema Program
SOU Digital Cinema Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6669
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