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Lisa Swain

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., psychology, Fielding University
  • M.A., film aesthetics/production, Regent University
  • B.S., communications, Evangel University

Credentials

Academic

  • Professor of liberal arts, Spring 2022—present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Associate professor, 2005–21, The School of Cinema and Media Arts, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
  • Departmental chair, 2006–08, Cinema and Media Arts Department, Biola University, La Mirada, CA

Selected post-production coordinator experience

  • XXX· State of the Union. Revolution Studios
    Editors: Mark Goldblatt and Steve Rosenblum, Director: Lee Tamahori, Post Supervisor: Isabel Henderson
  • The Prince and Me. Paramount Pictures
    Editors: Steve Cohen, Director: Martha Coolidge, Post Executive: John Wiseman

Selected production coordinator experience

  • XXX· State of the Union. Revolution Studios
    Line Producer: Arne Schmidt, Production Manager: Debra James
  • Big Fish. Columbia Pictures
    Line Producer: Arne Schmidt, Production Manager: Debra James
  • The Master of Disguise. Revolution Studios
    Line Producer: Barry Bernardi, Production Manager: Allegra Clegg
  • America's Sweethearts. Revolution Studios
    Line Producer: Charles Newirth, Production Manager: Allegra Clegg
  • Rat Race. Paramount Pictures
    Line Producer: Richard Vane, Production Manager: Allegra Clegg
  • Ready to Rumble. Warner Bros.
    Line Producer: Jeffrey Silver, Production Manager: Herb Gaines
  • Three Kings. Paramount Pictures
    Line Producer: Greg Goodman, Production Supervisor: Mary Courtney
  • Varsity Blues. Paramount Pictures
    Line Producer/Production Manager: Herb Gaines
  • The Negotiator. New Regency Productions
    Line Producer: David Nicksay, Production Manager: Herb Gaines
  • Mouse Hunt. Dream Works, SKG
    Line Producer: Bruce Cohen, Production Manager: Herb Gaines
  • Face Off. Paramount Pictures
    Line Producer Barry Osborne, Production Manager: Herb Gaines
  • Dante's Peak. Universal Studios
    Line Producer: Ilona Herzberg, Production Manager: David Womark
  • Mars Attacks! Warner Bros.
    Line Producer: Larry Franco, Production Manager: Paul Deason

Selected second assistant director experience

  • If I Die Before I Wake. CBS/Northstar Entertainment
    Producers: Lorin Fairchild and Susan Rohrer
  • Sexual Considerations. CBS/Northstar Entertainment
    Producers: Lorin Fairchild and Susan Rohrer

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Student Academy Award, Dramatic Category, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1991
  • Honorable Mention, Dramatic Category, Houston Film Festival, 1991
  • Audience Award, Dramatic Category, NY Film Festival, 1991

Organizations

  • American Psychological Association
  • University Film and Video Association
  • Society of Cinema and Media Arts
  • Producers Guild of America
  • IA TSE, Local Chapter 871

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • "Braving the Storm: Navigating Difference on Social Media," presented to American Psychological Association, 2019.
  • "Braving the Storm: Navigating Difference on Social Media," presented to Popular Culture Association, 2019.
  • "Changing Media Consumption Habits," presented at CIV A - Arts Symposium Panel, 2015.
  • "Why Do People Hate Skyler White? Causal Explanations in Attribution and Social Representation Theories," presented at Society of Cinema and Media Studies, 2013.
  • "Film as Sacred Space," presented at Biola Media Conference, 2012.
  • "The Struggle of the Alien in the Work of Ramin Bahrani," presented at City of Angeles Film Festival, 2010.
  • "Getting Your Film Reviewed.," panel discussion facilitator, Biola Media Conference, 2010.
  • "Intertextuality: Mad Men and the Dick Van Dyke Show," presented at Faculty Fall Conference, Aug. 2009.
  • "The Reality of Reality Television.," panel Discussion Facilitator, Biola Media Conference, 2008.
  • "Working in the Industry," panel participant for Annual Faith and Film Festival, Azusa Pacific University, 2006.
  • "Producing Your Own Material," presented at the Brennan/Gould Acting Studio, Los Angeles, 2005.
  • "What Every Actor Should Know About Their Agent/Manager," presented at the Brennan/Gould Acting Studio, Los Angeles, 2005.
  • "Just Who Do You Think We Are?" Presented at Shenandoah Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 1987.
  • Facilitated "Meet the Industry" seminar for graduating seniors and alumni at Shenandoah Conservatory for the Performing Arts, 1987.

Selected publications

  • "Mad Men fans speak via social media: What fan voices reveal about the social construction of reality via dramatic fiction." Dill-Shackleford, K.E., Hopper-Losenicky, K., Vinney, C., Swain, L.F. & Hogg, J. Journal of Fandom Studies, 2015.
  • Contributing author to "The Story of Christianity," Isbouts, J.P. Washington, DC: National Graphic Society, 2014.
  • Two encyclopedia entries in "Don't Stop Believin': Pop Culture and Religion from Ben-hur to Zombies," eds. C. Detweiler, R. Johnston and B. Taylor, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.
  • "From Myst to Halo: A conversation with Rand Miller and Marty O'Donnell," 6th chapter in Halos and Avatars: Playing (Video) Games with God, C. Detweiler. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.