Faculty

Awam Amkpa, Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: aa67@nyu.edu
Education: BA Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife); MA Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria); PhD Bristol University

Research Interests: modernisms in film and theater, postcolonial film and theater, Black Atlantic films and theater, vis...

Wendy Bednarz, Associate Arts Professor of Arts and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wb41@nyu.edu
Education: BA Stephens College MFA Film, New York University;

Research Interests: filmmaking, photography, documentary

Muhammad Umair Bilal, Lecturer of Filmmaking Practice Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: umair.bilal@nyu.edu
Education: MA Documentary Film Direction, University of Theater and Film Arts Budapest

Research Interests: Documentary Film, Visual Anthropology, Cinematography

Manuel F Contreras, Visiting Lecturer of Film and New Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: mfc9983@nyu.edu
Education: BA National University of Colombia; MA Docnomads; PhD Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Research Interests: Visual representation in film, visual studies, documentary film history, film distribution and marke...

Scandar Copti, Associate Arts Professor of Film Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sac18@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Filmmaking, fiction, documentary

Rashmi Devi Sawhney, Associate Arts Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rashmi.s@nyu.edu
Education: BA Fergusson College, Pune; MA University of Limerick, Ireland; PhD University of Limerick, Ireland

Research Interests: Cinema studies, visual arts, curatorial practice, indigenous film and media production, South Asia, ...

Alexis Gambis, Associate Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: arg391@nyu.edu
Education: BA Bard College; PhD The Rockefeller University; MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Research Interests: Animal Perspectives, Docu-Fiction, Magical Realism, Cine-microscopy, Genetics and Genomics, History ...

Dale Hudson, Associate Professor of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmh2018@nyu.edu
Education: BA, Bucknell University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Research Interests: postcolonial and transnational film and digital media; art, environmentalism, and globalization; fil...

Amos Ezra Katz, Senior Lecturer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: amos.katz@nyu.edu
Education: BA Vassar College; MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine; MFA New York University Tisch Sc...

Research Interests: Mass media, technology and pedaogy, AI, storytelling

Maruan Manaja, Lecturer, Film and New Media Affiliation: Visiting
Email: maruan.manaja@nyu.edu
Education: Bachelor of Communication Swinburne University

Research Interests: Bedouin Culture, Audi/visual story telling, Middle Eastern cultures, Filmmaking, Documentary making

Surabhi Sharma, Program Head, Film and New Media; Associate Professor of Practice of Film and New Media Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ss12622@nyu.edu
Education: BA St. Xaviers College, Mumbai; Film Direction at the Film and Television Institute of India

Research Interests: Music, Migration in Cities, Labour and Globalisation, Gender and Health,

Fadi Wahbeh, Film Production Supervisor; Instructor in Film and New Media Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Fadi.wahbeh@nyu.edu
Education: MFA Documentary Production and Film Studies

Alia Yunis, Visiting Associate Professor of Film and Heritage Studies Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: alia.yunis@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Minnesota; MA American University; PhD University of Amsterdam

Research Interests: Middle East & the Gulf; Film & Television; Literature; Heritage; Memory & Identity; Heritage, Food& ...