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Faculty Fellows

Brigid Maher Professor SOC | Film & Media Arts

Brigid Maher is a tenured full professor in the School of Communication. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Community Voice Lab at Â鶹´«Ã½ and Founder and Creative Director of the Anacosti…

Ìý bmaher@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-2664

Claudia Myers Associate Professor SOC | Film & Media Arts

Claudia Myers was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch" by IndependentMagazine in 2015. She has written and directed four features, won multipleawards, was twice a finalist for the Sundance Screenwrit…

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Ìý (202) 885-2152

Student Fellows

Heather BrumleyHeather BrumleyÌýis an MFA candidate in Film and Media Arts at Â鶹´«Ã½. She has a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and spent many years working in different facets of the film industry in Los Angeles, CA. She recently moved back to the US from Ireland, where she completed an MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Heather's work and primary field of research while in Ireland centered around storytelling practices as it relates to peacebuilding and trauma. She worked with WAVE Trauma Centre in Northern Ireland, which serves victims and survivors of the Troubles, and completed an oral history projectÌýreleased in March of 2022. Heather's fellowship includes assistanting with the Community Documentary course andÌýcoordinating the outreach campaign for the Community Voice Lab production, Street Reporter.Ìý