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Shane Denson is a Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in German Studies and Communication. His teaching and research interests encompass a broad range of media across various historical periods, utilizing phenomenological and media-philosophical approaches to explore film, digital media, comics, games, and serialized popular forms. Denson is the author of several influential books including 'Post-Cinematic Bodies' (2023), 'Discorrelated Images' (2020), and 'Postnaturalism: Frankenstein, Film, Anthropotechnical Interface' (2014). He has also co-edited important collections such as 'Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives' (2013), and the special issue 'Digital Seriality' for Eludamos: Journal of Computer Game Culture (2014), as well as the open-access book 'Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21st-Century Film' (2016). Denson actively participates in academic appointments as the Director of the Program in Modern Thought & Literature and as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Art & Art History, contributing significantly to the academic community at Stanford.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Professor in the Department of Art & Art History with courtesy appointments in German Studies and Communication.
Program in Modern Thought & Literature • Stanford University
Currently serving as the director of the program.
Department of Art & Art History • Stanford University
Overseeing the graduate studies program in the department.
The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.