Rick Worland
Professor
Dr. Rick Worland received his M.A. and Ph.D. in motion picture/television critical studies from UCLA. His teaching has included courses on film history, documentaries and silent cinema, as well as popular genres including Westerns, horror/science fiction, film noir, European cinema and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. His research has focused primarily on popular film and television in the Cold War period. Dr. Worland has published in various academic journals including Cinema Journal, Journal of Film & Video, Journal of Popular Film & Television and Film and History. His first book The Horror Film: An Introduction appeared in 2007 from Blackwell Publishing. He was the 1997-98 Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Meadows School of the Arts.
Education
Ph.D. and M.A. in Motion Picture/Television Critical Studies, UCLA
Research
American film & TV in the Cold War era, the horror genre, the Hollywood Studio era, American film in the 1960s & 1970s
Teaching
International Film History, American Film History, Film Genres (Horror, Westerns, Film Noir, etc.), History of Documentary Film, Post-WWII European Film, the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Distinctions
1997-98 Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Teaching Professor