Title: Associate Professor
Program Track: Film
Office: Xavier 324
Phone: 310.338.5376
E-mail: sscheibler@lmu.edu
         

Area of Expertise
Video Game Studies   
Documentary Film and Video Theory and History
Film Theory and History
TV Theory and History
Asian Film and TV
Science Fiction Film and TV
International Film Theory and History

Education
PhD, University of Southern California, 1994
MA, University of Southern California, 1986
MA, Claremont Graduate University, 1984
MA, Talbot Theological Seminary, 1978
BA, Biola University, 1976

Biography
Sue Scheibler has graduate degrees in New Testament Studies and Philosophy of Religion and a PhD in Critical Studies (Film and Television) from the University of  Southern California. She has published in Theorizing Documentary, Alternative Media Handbook, War: Interdisciplinary Investigations, Signs, and assorted journals. Her research and teaching interests include film theory, television studies, documentary, Asian film, science fiction, technologies of war, memory, video games, and Asian philosophy. She is currently working on two projects: Windows, Frames, Screens: Understanding Media and The Meditative Gaze: Media and Eastern Philosophy.

Recent Publication and Creative Work

“Avatars, War and the Documentary Image: Authenticity and War themed Video Games”, American Cultural Studies Association, 2008

“Culture Jamming the Video Game Way,” chapter in Alternative Media Handbook, Tony Downmut, editor, Routledge University Press, 2007.

“Experiencing War the Video Game Way: Call of Duty 2,” War, Virtual War and Human Security Conference, 2007