Biography
Ian writes and teaches in the areas of new media, cinema, and the arts, across a breadth of levels and specialities. He has taught film and videogame analysis to college students and video production to high school students, worked as a video editor, curated screenings, organized conferences, secured grant funding for educational games, and published criticism. In addition to his current teaching at DePaul University and the University of Chicago, he also serves as the grants administer for Chicago's Storycatchers Theatre.
Teaching
Winter Quarter 2025
CMST 10100 Introduction to Film Analysis
MADD 14945 Digital Storytelling
Previously taught courses: Comparative Media Poetics: Horror (MAAD 14920), Advanced Seminar–The Shape of Cinema (CMST 29202)