Brian Cohen is an instructor and media producer in the Department of Education. His classes include Documenting American Lives, Developing Community-Based Documentaries, Media Literacy for In-Service Teachers, Media Literacy Practicum, and Your Vision/Your Voice: Intro to Media Lit and Documentary Production. These courses explore the nature of representation, ethical considerations involved in documentary production, and the challenge of integrating media literacy across the K-12 curriculum. Click for examples from student projects.

Cohen also creates programming for the Department of Education and for schools and departments across Washington University. His expertise includes all aspects of video and interactive programming. The department's state-of-the-art media studio facilitates the creation of professional video and DVD productions, interactive programming, and streaming content for the Internet.

An award-winning producer, Cohen's work has been broadcast on public television and featured in exhibits across the country, including those hosted by the Library of Congress (Washington D.C.), the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (Jackson, MS), and the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA). He has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities, the Texas Council for the Humanities, and from numerous state and local organizations. Click for examples from past work.

Office
Seigle Hall #160

Contact
314-935-9346
Email

Curriculum Vitae
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Affiliations
Board member (2008-2010)
National Association for Media Literacy Education (formerly AMLA)


Publications
Flowers, S., Easter, C., Holmes, A., Cohen, B., Bednarski, A., Mardis, E., Wilson, R. and Elgin, S. (2005). Genome science: a video tour of the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center for high school and undergraduate students. CBE 4(4): 291-297. Download article

Recent Productions

Red Lights Out: The Rise and Fall of the American Vice District
(in production with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Murray Weidenbaum: A Life of Scholarship and Public Service
DVD, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy

Defend the Defenders: Environmentalists Under Fire
DVD, Amnesty International/Sierra Club

Pushcarts & Plantations: Jewish Life in Louisiana
Television Documentary (PBS)

At Home on the Range: Jewish Life in Texas
Television Documentary (PBS)

Recent Web Design

Program in Women and Gender Studies
Apple West Productions
Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau
StreetScape Multimedia