DAVID
M. LUGOWSKI
Education
PhD, Cinema Studies, New York University
Dissertation
Topic: Queering the (New) Deal: Lesbian, Gay and Queer Representation
in U.S. Cinema of
the Great Depression, 1929-41 (awarded with distinction)
Qualifying Exam
Areas: History of U.S. Film
1927-1960
Theories of Gender, Sexuality and Representation
History of
Scandinavian Film
MA, Cinema Studies, New York University
BS, Physics; minor areas: English/Film,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (highest honors)
Experience
2000-present Assistant Professor of English,
Manhattanville College
Faculty Secretary
(2000-present)
Director,
Communication program (spring 2001-present)
Courses Taught:
Freshman Preceptorial Seminar: Love, Community & Responsibility
Freshman Preceptorial Seminar: Wealth, Justice and Responsibility
Introduction to Communication
Introduction to Film Criticism
Film Theory
Theories of Communication (new course developed for the college)
Topics in Film Genre: Horror (new course)
Rethinking Gender, Sexuality and Politics: Queer Media Studies (new course)
History of Cinema 1: The Beginnings to WWII (new course)
History of Cinema 2: WWII to the Present (new course)
History of TV and Radio Broadcasting
(new course)
Minorities and the Media (new
course)
Topics in National and Regional Cinemas: Japan & China (new course)
Major Film Directors (new course)
Topics in Film Genre: The Musical
(new course)
Media
Industries & Information Technology: Gutenberg to the Internet (new course)
Project Proposal (new course)
Topics in National and Regional Cinemas: India (new course)
2000 Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Film Division, Columbia University
Spring 2000:
History of the Producer in Film
1999-2000 Visiting Faculty (fulltime),
Department of Literature, and Program in Comparative Media
Studies,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall 1999:
Major Film Directors
Comedy in
Literature and Film
1998-2000 Adjunct Faculty, Center for Advanced
Digital Applications, NYU
Spring
1998-Spring 2000 (every semester, except for one spent at MIT):
History of Special
Effects in Cinema, Part One (The Beginnings until 1960) (new course)
History of Special
Effects in Cinema, Part Two (1960 to the Present) (new course)
1996-98 Lecturer, Performing &
Creative Arts Department, CUNY/The College of Staten Island
Fall 1996, Spring
1997: Introduction to Mass Media
Spring 1997: Film History and
Theory 1
Fall 1997, Summer
1997: Introduction to Communication Theory
Spring 1998:
Major American Directors 1
Fall 1998:
Introduction to Film
1995
Research intern, Museum of Modern Art
In connection with course, The Film
Archive, taught by curator Eileen Bowser, worked
on computerized database project,
involving historical research and data cataloguing
1995-97
Lecturer, Department of Media Studies, Sacred Heart University
Spring 1995, Summer 1995,
Fall 1995, Winter Intersession 1996,
Spring 1996, Summer 1996, Fall
1996, Spring 1997: Introduction to Media Studies
1993-95
Lecturer, Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
Fall 1993: American Film
of the 1930s (new course developed for NYU)
Fall 1994: The Horror Film
Spring 1995: Hollywood and Its
Alternatives
History of Japanese Cinema
(advised independent study)
International Melodrama (advised
independent study)
1991-93
Teaching Assistant, NYU Cinema Studies
Fall 1991: The Language of Film
(TA for Richard Allen)
Spring 1992: Hollywood and Its
Alternatives (TA for Leo Charney)
Fall 1992: The Language of Film
(TA for Chris Straayer)
Spring 1993: The Language of
Television (TA for Patricia Leonardi)
1991-99
Associate Editor and On-Line Researcher, Baseline Inc., NYC
Researched, wrote, edited
biographies of film and TV notables for on-line information
service; wrote and edited
film reviews for The Movie Guide; acted as associate news
editor, handling box office charts, and as backup editor for
entertainment industry news.
1990-91
Research Assistant, NYU Cinema Studies
Worked for Profs. William K. Everson, Yeshayahu Nir, Richard Allen and
Antonia
Lant: library research, syllabus preparation, book indexing, film
cataloguing
Publications
“Ginger Rogers and Gay Men?: Revisiting Richard Dyer and
‘Diva Worship’ as Film Spectatorship,” in Genders, ed. by William Luhr
and Krin Gabbard in the Depth of Field series in cinema studies, Rutgers
University Press; work in progress; forthcoming 2006-07.
“Queering Citizen Kane,” in Film and Sexual
Politics: A Critical Reader, an anthology ed. by Kylo-Patrick Hart, with
peer-reviewed essays chosen for inclusion, forthcoming 2006.
“1932: Movies and Challenges to Film Classicism,” a
chapter in The 1930s, ed. by Ina Rae Hark, part of the year-by-year,
ten-volume Screen Decades series, Rutgers University Press, forthcoming
2006.
“’A Treatise on Decay’: Leftist Critics and Their Queer
Readings of Depression-Era U.S. Cinema,” in Looking Past the Screen: Case
Studies in American Film History and Method, an anthology ed. by Jon Lewis
and Eric Smoodin, Chapel Hill: Duke University Press, forthcoming 2006.
“Dorothy Arzner,” “Greta Garbo,” “William Haines,”
“James Whale,” “GMSMA,” and “handkerchief codes,” entries for The
International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture, ed. David Gerstner, New York:
Routledge, forthcoming, 2005.
“James Whale: Creating a World Made of Plaster of
Paris,” Senses of Cinema, issue #37, vol. 6, no. 4, 2005.
"Jay Leyda," "Robert Siodmak,"
"A Divided World (Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff, 1948)," "The
Great Adventure (Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff, 1953)," "A Bronx
Morning (USA, Jay Leyda, 1931-32)," entries for The Encyclopedia of
Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken, London and New York: Taylor and Francis,
2005.
"Woman/Road/America/Cinema,” [A study of Ophuls’ Lola
Montes (France, 1955) as ‘road movie’ & as film historiography], Arizona
Quarterly: A Journal of Literature, Culture & Theory, vol. 60, #3
(2004), 159-182.
“Frank Darabont,” “Jan DeBont,” “Tomas Gutierrez Alea,”
“Lasse Hallstrom,” “Hal Hartley,” “Agnieszka Holland,” “Peter Jackson,” “Ida
Lupino,” “Ernst Lubitsch,” “Chris Marker,” “Marlon Riggs,” “Barbra Streisand,”
“Lars von Trier,” “James Whale,” “Michael Winterbottom,” “Edward D. Wood Jr.,”
and “Zhang Yimou,” entries for The Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors,
New York: Carroll and Graf, 2002.
"Queering the (New) Deal: Lesbian and Gay
Representation and the Depression-Era Cultural
Politics of Hollywood's Production Code,” Cinema
Journal, vol. 38, no. 2 (2000): 3-35.
“Home Video: Disc and Tape Reviews: Victim,” Cineaste,
vol. XXIII, #3, (1998): 57-58.
"Biology Notwithstanding. . .Genre Conventions and
Visual Style in The Crying Game,”
Cineaste, 20, #1, (1993): 31-35, reprinted in Contemporary Literary
Criticism, (Gale Research, 1998), v. 110.
"Sense and Sensibility,” "I Am My Own Woman,” "Coming
Out Under Fire," “Short Cuts,” "Fatal
Instinct,” "Gettysburg,”
"The Remains of the Day,” "Searching for Bobby Fischer,”
reviews written for 1994-96 eds. of The Motion Picture Annual.
Biographies published on-line by Baseline and/or
by Microsoft's Cinemania CD/ROM, include those of Bob Barker, Jim Brown,
Michael Cacoyannis, Henning Carlsen, Kitty Carlisle, Claudette Colbert, Alain
Delon, Edward Dmytryk, Arnold Fanck, David Geffen, Pietro Germi, Ritwik Ghatak,
Jean-Luc Godard, Gong Li, Linda Gray, Eartha Kitt, Ida Lupino, Gregory
Markopoulos, Eddie Murphy, Dennis Potter, Victoria Principal, Satyajit Ray,
Glauber Rocha, Ginger Rogers, Pauly Shore, Luis Trenker, Barbara Walters, along
with several hundred others.
Accepted Papers for Academic
Conferences/Seminars and Invited Talks
“Boys Meeting Boys…Bravo?: Casting a Queer Eye on ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’ and ‘Boy Meets Boy,’” accepted paper, University Film and Video Association, Chicago IL, summer 2005.
“Queering Citizen Kane,” accepted paper, Screen Media and Sexual Politics Conference, Plymouth State University, Plymouth NH, October 2004.
“Gender, Labor, Stardom and Genre in Depression-Era Film: Reading the Cultural Politics of Stage Door,” invited guest lecture in course, American Comedy of the 1930s, New York University, spring 2004.
“Queer Pedagogy: Issues and Experiences,” accepted paper, Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Atlanta GA, spring 2004.
“The Scrapbooks of Ethel Merman,” invited respondent to paper by Caryl Flinn, University Seminar on Cinema & Interdisciplinary Interpretation, Columbia University, winter 2003.
“Screwball Comedy: A Survey of the History and Cultural Meanings of Romantic Comedy in Film,” invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, summer 2003.
“Woman/Road/Cinema: Max Ophuls’ Lola Montes (1955) as an Allegorical Historiography of Film,” accepted paper, Max Ophuls Beyond Borders: A Centennial Conference, College of William & Mary, spring 2003
"Pintele Queer: Performing Jewish Heterosexuality in Yiddish-American Cinema of the Great Depression," accepted paper, Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, Minneapolis MN, spring 2003.
“Under the Gun: The Secret Life of the Screen Gangster,” invited respondent, paper by Martha Nochimson, University Seminar on Cinema & Interdisciplinary Interpretation, Columbia University, winter 2002.
"Film Noir: What Is It?" invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, summer 2002.
"Ginger Rogers and Gay Men," accepted paper, Society for Cinema Studies conf., Denver CO, spring 2002
"Marlene: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich's Persona and the Contexts of Her Career in German Culture," invited talk, Deutsches Haus, New York University, fall 2001.
"’A Treatise on Decay’: Leftist Critics and Their Queer Readings of Depression-Era U.S. Cinema," invited talk, a revised and expanded version of earlier presentation, given at the University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation, Columbia University, fall 2001.
"Horror: An International History of a Genre," invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, summer 2001.
“Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality: A Note on Their Intersection in Film of the 1930s,” accepted paper, Society for Cinema Studies conference, Washington DC, spring 2001.
"International Black Cinema: African, African-American, Afro-Caribbean," invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, fall 2000.
"Celebrities and Talk," introductory remarks and panel chair, Media in Transition conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, fall 1999.
“The Cinema of the Low Countries: The Films of Belgium and the Netherlands,” invited talk, New City
Library, New City NY, fall 1999.
“Woman of the Year,” invited talk, Screwball Comedy Screening Series, New York University, spring 1999.
“On the Role of Women in Wartime Popular Culture: Is Ginger Rogers the Major or the Minor?”, accepted paper, Society for Cinema Studies conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, spring 1999.
“A Cinema Down Under: The History of Australian and New Zealand Film,” invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, fall 1998.
“’A Treatise on Decay’: Leftist Critics and Their Queer
Readings of Depression-Era U.S. Cinema,” accepted paper, Society for Cinema
Studies conference, San Diego, spring 1998.
"Northern Light and Darkness: Scandinavian Cinema and Its Artists, Themes and Contexts,” invited talk, New City Library, New City NY, fall 1997.
"A World Made of Plaster of Paris: Beginning to
Rediscover the Cinema of James Whale,” accepted paper, Society for Cinema
Studies conference, Ottawa, spring 1997.
"A Lot of Bronx Pie in the Sodom Morning Sky,” (an
analysis of gender, sexuality and masculinity in crisis in three avant-garde films
of the 1930s: A Bronx Morning, Lot in Sodom, Pie in the Sky),
accepted paper, Society for Cinema Studies, Dallas TX, spring 1996.
"British Film Noir,” Guest lecturer: taught two
graduate classes in History of British Film, NYU, fall 1996.
“Stranger Than Paradise,” gave introductory
lecture before a screening of the Jim Jarmusch film as part of the film series,
“Lower East Sights: The Other Half’s Lives,” Cooper Union, New York, 1994.
"Queering the (New) Deal: Lesbian and Gay
Representation and the Depression-Era Cultural Politics of Hollywood's
Production Code,” Society for Cinema Studies, Syracuse, 1994; revised version
accepted for presentation at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Studies Conference,
Iowa City, 1994; expanded version given as an invited talk, Gay Studies Speaker
Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1994.
"My Fair Lady Stage to Screen,” invited
talk, Frederick Loewe Conference, New York, fall 1993.
"On the 'Virtue' of the Text: Rape and Cinema,”
Chose panelists, chaired panel and presented
introductory remarks, Society for Cinema Studies, New
Orleans, spring 1993.
"There Isn't Going to Be Any Dance: Astaire and
Authority, Rogers and Resistance, Uneasy Marriage and Gay Divorce,” accepted
paper, Society for Cinema Studies, Pittsburgh PA, spring 1992.
Hypermasculine Anger: Scorpio Rising and the
Politics of Leathersexuality,” accepted paper, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Studies Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, fall 1991.
"That Obvious Object of Desire: Can Psychoanalysis
Sing Jean Genet’s Un Chant d'Amour?",
accepted paper, Society for Cinema Studies, Los Angeles, CA, spring 1991.
On-Campus
Panels and Presentations
“Towards a Gay, Theatrical Cinema: The Films of James Whale,” Faculty Speaker Series, spring 2005.
“A Cultural and Generic Context for White Zombie,” guest remarks, Film Club, spring 2004.
“Violence: Origins, Effects, Responses,” gave guest lecture for Prof. Larry Krute’s seminar, fall 2003.
“Common Ground: A Discussion Between Religious and Gay Communities,” gave remarks and participated in faculty/staff roundtable at event sponsored by the Multicultural Center, fall 2003.
“The Art of Reading a Film,” presentation given at Homecoming, fall 2003.
“Does Religion Cause Sexual Repression?” invited library presentation & faculty panel discussion, fall 2003.
“Violence and the Media,” invited library presentation and faculty panel discussion, spring 2003.
“Using Blackboard in the Classroom,” gave presentation to prospective students and their parents, participated in panels, Open House Days, October, 2002 and November, 2002.
"Teaching and Technology," gave presentation and participated in panel discussion hosted by college's department of information technology, fall 2002.
"Faculty Mentoring," gave presentation and participated in panel discussion on faculty retreat day, fall 2002.
"September 11—What Is to Be Done?: Media Coverage of the Disaster and Its Aftermath," invited participant and speaker in school-wide panel, fall 2001.
“Philosophy Seminar on Disability Studies,” gave guest presentation and led discussion on the film Freaks (USA, Tod Browning, 1932) in Prof. Billy Joe Lucas’ course, fall 2000.
"Analyzing Meaning and Politics in the Media: News, Entertainment, and Alternatives to the Mainstream," invited talk, Family Day, fall 2000.
Other Service
2004-05
Created and presented proposal to Academic Policy Committee for a new
major in
Communication Studies, March-Oct.; presented to full faculty Oct.-Nov.
(vote: 51Yes 1 Abs.)
Worked on proposal to NYSED Nov.-Jan.; new major accredited by NY state,
Feb. 2005
2004-present
Faculty advisor to student group, The Nerd Symposium, Manhattanville
College
2003-present
Faculty advisor to student group, Film Club, Manhattanville College
2003, 2005
Participated in hiring search for two new faculty members, English dept.
2002-2003
Member, Ad Hoc Faculty
Development Committee, Manhattanville College
2002-2004
Chair, Faculty hiring search committee, Communication, Manhattanville
College
2002
Outside reviewer, Blackwell Publishers
2001-present
Developed proposals for & taught seven new courses in film studies
for English dept.;
Developed proposals for & taught
six additional new courses for Communication program;
Developed proposals for an additional ten Communication courses taught
by others
2001-present
Director, Communication Studies program, Manhattanville College
2001-present
Faculty advisor to student group, Gay/Straight Coalition, Manhattanville
College
2001-present
Member, Caucus on Class, Society for Cinema and Media Studies
2001-present
Outside reviewer, Cinema Journal
2001-present
Faculty advisor to student group, Punk Rock Appreciation Society,
Manhattanville College
2000-present
Faculty Secretary, Manhattanville College
2000-2001
Freshman preceptor (student advisor, preceptorial teacher),
Manhattanville College
2000
Consultant, Design of BS in Communications Management, School of
Graduate and
Professional Studies, Manhattanville College
1999-2000
Invited outside dissertation reader for PhD student Peter Bilderback,
NYU
1993-1997
Member, Coordinating Caucus on Race, Class & Gender, Society for
Cinema Studies
1994-1996
Co-chair, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered/Queer Caucus, Society for
Cinema Studies
1994-1995
Member, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee, Cinema Studies Department, NYU
1994-1995
Co-chair, Master's Degree Filmography Committee, Cinema Studies
Department, NYU
1993-present
Member, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered/Queer Caucus, Society for
Cinema Studies
1993-1994 Member, Committee on Access of Film,
Radio and Video/TV, Society for Cinema Studies
1992-1993
Ph.D. Student representative, NYU Cinema Studies faculty meetings
1990-1991
Teaching/Research Assistant
Representative, NYU Cinema Studies faculty meetings
Memberships
Society for Cinema Studies (after 2002, the Society for
Cinema and Media Studies)
University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary
Interpretation, Columbia University
University Film and Video Association
National Communication Association
Awards & Citations
Awarded entry (competitive) as participant in NYU’s
Faculty Resource Network’s summer seminars; Member of seminar, “After Women’s
Studies? New Paradigms in Gender Studies,” summer 2005.
Manhattanville College, Summer grant for non-tenured
faculty, to do on-site research on James Whale at the George Eastman House,
Rochester NY, and the Library of Congress, Washington DC, summer 2004.
Manhattanville College, One-course release time, to
pursue research and writing (encyclopedia entries and a book chapter proposal), spring 2004.
Columbia University, Invited to become an Associate of
the University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretation, 2002.
New York University, Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, Departmental Nominee and School-Wide Finalist for Outstanding
Dissertation of the Previous Academic Year, 2000.
Nominee, Best Published Essay on Film, Katherine Singer
Kovacs Award, “Queering the (New) Deal:
Lesbian and Gay Representation and the Depression-Era
Cultural Politics of the Production Code,” 2000.
Society for Cinema Studies, Student Writing Contest,
Third Place from over 30 entries, "Queering the (New) Deal: Lesbian and
Gay Representation and the Depression-Era Cultural Politics of the Production
Code,” 1995.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Cinema
Studies Departmental Nominee and School-Wide Finalist for David Payne-Carter
Award as Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1994.
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Jay Leyda
Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement by a Graduating Master's Degree
Student in Cinema Studies, 1991.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Graduated with highest
honors; Goddard Award for Academic Achievement by a Graduating Physics Major,
1986 (co-recipient)
Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty
Summer Research Fellowship in Geology, 1985.