Professor of Communication

Education:
 B.A., Catholic University of America 
 M.A., Manhattan College 
 M.A., New York University 
 Ph.D., New York University

Research and Scholarly Interests:
Horror films of the 30's are his special area of research.

Publications:
Book: Death's Love Songs, a study of the classic horror films of the 30's.

"Teaching Cinema Studies to Junior High School Students," Sightlines.

"Neither Gangsters nor Dead Kings: Films of Ousmane Sembene," Film Library Quarterly.
 
An Approach to the Classroom Teaching of Film Based on a Semiotic Taxonomy of Cinematic Codes, Education Resource Information Center (ERIC), writing of discussion questions for Donald Wyggle's book, Screen Experience.

An article on Hitchcock's film Number 17 for Hitchcock Annual.

An article on reviewing papers on women's studies in relation to pornography in film in Quarterly Review of Film Studies.

An article on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) in Journal of Film and Video. An article on Frankenstein in Film for Encyclopedia of Mass Culture.

An article on Cinefantastique in International Film, Radio and Television Journals.

Articles on Dario Avgento for British journal Kinoeye, "A Dangerous Mind." 
 
Courses Taught/Teaching:
 Comm. 212 - Film as Art 
 Comm. 305 - Corporate Scriptwriting 
 Comm. 315 - Script Writing for Film 
 Comm. 325 - Major Filmmakers 
 Comm. 404 - Experimental Film 
 Comm. 405 - Film Criticism
 Comm. 409 - Seminar
 Comm. 410 - Film Censorship and the First Amendment 
 Comm. 411 - Foreign Film
The courses listed are not necessarily those being taught this semester; for that information, check the listing of course offerings. For course descriptions, see undergraduate catalog.

Contact Information:
 Telephone: (718) 405-3452 
 Office: Maryvale 208 (CMSV) 
 Fax: (718) 405-3346 
 e-mail: michael.sevastakis@mountsaintvincent.edu or elstree@aol.com