College of Humanities People

Ryan Friedman, Assistant Professor

Department of English: http://english.osu.edu/

Office Information
565 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: friedman.193@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-8864

Office Hours:
Thursdays 8:30-9:30 in Denney 565 / Thursdays 2:20-3:20 in Gateway Film Center Lounge.

General Background:
Ryan Friedman (B.A. University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. Northwestern University) teaches courses in American film, film theory, and American and African American literature. He has also held teaching appointments at Rice University and at Northwestern University. Currently, he is at work on a manuscript entitled Negro Talking Pictures: African American Films and the Transition to Sound. His article, "'Between Absorption and Extinction': Charles Chesnutt and Biopolitical Racism," appears in the Winter 2007 issue of Arizona Quarterly. He has two articles forthcoming: "'Enough Force To Shatter the Tale to Fragments': Ethics and Textual Analysis in James Baldwin's Film Theory" in English Literary History; and "'A Moving-Picture of Democracy': President Obama and African American Film History Beyond the Mirror Screen" in Quarterly Review of Film & Video.

Film Studies
Twentieth-Century British and American Literature