David Lugowski
David Lugowski
Professor of English and Film Studies, English department
Reid 408
Tue, 3-4 p.m. and 8-9 p.m., Wed by appt, Thurs after 4 p.m. and by appt only
david.lugowski@mville.edu
(914) 323-5307
About Me
David Lugowski joined Manhattanville in 2000, directing Communication Studies for 12 years, getting a major accredited in 2005. As a member of the English department, he teaches courses in film history, theory and criticism; for Communication he has also taught the history of media technology and studies in minority media cultures. He has been advisor to film clubs, the Gay-Straight Alliance and the Punk Rock Appreciation Society, but many of his greatest joys have come from teaching students about films of various styles, historical periods, and cultures—from horror films to “Bollywood”—encouraging them to think more actively about the media.
Dr. Lugowski also presents his work at scholarly conferences and invited talks at colleges, libraries and popular venues, including New York City public TV. In 2008 he joined the editorial board of Cinema Journal. His areas of research include queer and feminist theory, stardom, American cinema of the Great Depression, and the representation of gender and sexuality, but he has also published in journals, anthologies and reference works on Swedish documentary, French art film, the avant-garde, Yiddish-language cinema and international filmmakers, and is completing a book on the films of James Whale for the University of California Press.
Professional History
Teaching Assistant
NYU/Tisch School of the Arts/Cinema Studies
Adjunct lecturer
CUNY/College of Staten Island
Adjunct lecturer
Sacred Heart University
Adjunct lecturer
NYU Center for Advanced Digital Applications
Adjunct assistant professor
Columbia University
Adjunct assistant professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education
Physics, BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Cinema Studies, MA, New York University
Cinema Studies, Ph.D., New York University
Feature Publications
“Queering the (New) Deal,”
“The American Homefront Women: Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers and Barbara Stanwyck,”
“Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford: Rivals at the Glamour Factory,”
Awards & Grants
Awarded entry into NYU’s Faculty Resource Network summer seminar, “After Women’s Studies? New Paradigms in Gender Studies”
Manhattanville College summer research grants 2004, 2013, 2014
NYU, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Nominee for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Society for Cinema Studies, Student Writing Award (3rd place), “Queering the (New) Deal: Lesbian and Gay Representation and the Depression-Era Cultural Politics of Hollywood’s Production Code”