EDUCATOR

Travis Mushett

Film scholar and podcaster exploring the intersections of cinema, fascism, and moral crisis. Teaching at Fordham and Marymount Manhattan.

Travis Mushett
// ABOUT ME

I'm a professor of film and media at Fordham University and Marymount Manhattan College, where I teach courses on cinema, cultural history, and the intersection of art and politics.

My work explores the relationship between cinema and fascism, with particular focus on Weimar-era German film. I'm interested in how moving images shape political consciousness and how art can serve as both a tool of resistance and a site of ethical inquiry.

Beyond the classroom, I host The Haunted Screen, a narrative podcast that examines the historical and contemporary intersections of film, politics, and ideology. Previously, I served as editor-in-chief of Blunderbuss, a literary magazine dedicated to radical empathy and visceral humanism.

Education

PhD in Communications Columbia University
MA in Humanities and Social Thought New York University
BA in English Dartmouth College

Location

Brooklyn, New York
// MY WORK

Teaching

Current

Using film and media history to help undergrads interpret the past and understand the present.

Blunderbuss Magazine

Former Editor-in-Chief

Co-founded and led a literary magazine and 501(c)(3) organization focused on radical empathy and ethical imagination.

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