The Committee of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies administers the program and advises students in the Certificate in Film Studies. Committee members are: Chair: Catherine Portuges (Comparative Literature), Kevin Anderson (Communication), Barton Byg (German and Scandinavian Studies), Anne Ciecko (Communication), Bruce Geisler (Communication), Olga Gershenson (Judaic and Near Eastern Studies), Susan Jahoda (Art), Don Levine (Comparative Literature), Martin Norden (Communication), Demetria Shabazz (Communication), Shawn Shimpach (Communication), Jonathan Skolnik (German and Scandinavian Studies), Jacqueline Urla (Anthropology), Barbara Zecchi (Spanish and Portuguese). Associated faculty: Ernest Allen Jr. (Afro-American Studies), Barbara Bolibok (Comparative Literature), Gilbert McCauley (Theater), Patrick Mensah (French and Francophone Studies), José Ornelas (Spanish and Portuguese), Daphne Patai (Spanish and Portuguese).