Dr. Shekhar Deshpande
Associate Professor and Director of the Communications Program
Frank and Evelyn Steinbrucker Endowed Chair, 2005-2008
deshpande@arcadia.edu
Dr. Shekhar Deshpande joined the Arcadia Faculty in 1988 as the director of the Communications Program. Born and raised in India, he completed his undergraduate and graduate work in the sciences there and received a scholarship to study communications in the United States. He has overseen the growth of the program at Arcadia University and has taught a variety of courses in media and film studies, visual culture and cultural studies. He continues to publish regularly in the areas of identity, media criticism and film and cultural studies.
Education
- B.Sc. Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
- M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Bombay
- Diploma in Broadcasting, Xavier Institute of Communications, Bombay
- M.S. Broadcasting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- Ph.D. Communications, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Courses Taught
- Visual Cultures
- Media Studies
- Introduction to Film
- International Film
- MediaMovies
- Film and TV after 9/11
- Science Fiction Cinema
- Bond and Beyond
- Racism, Disciplines, Institutions
- Global Justice
- Going Home
Recent Articles
His current work is on the Visual Culture in India. This is a multifaceted project that involves student projects, study abroad projects for Arcadia students, collaboration with international faculty and institutions, pedagogy designs, and his own research and writing.
He led a group of students to India in March 2008 to study visual culture in India.
"Aye Mere Bichhade Chaman: On Nostalgia," Little India, July 2008.
"Confining and Liberating Sexuality: On Khajuraho," Little India, June 2008.
"Why we travel to India,” and “Giving Up the Mask," Little India, May 2008.
"Hear This: The Silence of Sounds,” Little India, February 2007. "Whose Identity is it Anyway?" Seminar, 538 (2004).
Recent Presentations
"Arcadianism: A Challenge to the Humanities General Education," International Symposium on New Directions in the Humanities, New York, February 2007.
"Listening to Modernity: Walter Benjamin and Sound," Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity, Sydney, Australia, August 2006.
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