Matthew H Bernstein

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987 MFA, Columbia University, 1982 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980 Dr. Bernstein is professor in and chair of the Department of Film Studies at Emory, where he has taught since 1989. Dr. Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.F.A. in film from Columbia University, and a B.A. in English, also from Wisconsin. He is the author of Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television, which was named a 2009 “Outstanding Academic Title” by CHOICE. Dr. Bernstein is a member of the National Film Preservation Board and the Programming, Steering, and Selection Committees of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, as well as the book review editor for Film Quarterly. He is also host of Atlanta’s Cinema Club.