Biography

Jack Boozer (Ph.D., Emory University, 1972) is Professor of Communication; his work is concentrated in the film/video sequence where he directs the screenwriting coursework. He has also served as a visiting scholar at New York University. Dr. Boozer is a true scholar/artist. His most recent book, Career Movies: American Business and The Success Mystique (Texas 2002), explores the business film as a distinctive film genre. He is currently at work on an edited volume tentatively entitled, The Process of Adaptations: Literature to Screenplay to Film, which explores the evolution of writing that accompanies the multi-format presentation of texts. His other research has appeared in the Journal of Film and Video, the Journal of Popular Film and Television, Literature/Film Quarterly, and Film Quarterly. In 1997 Boozer won the GSU College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2004 he served as local host for the annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. He has performed editorial work for JFV and the South Atlantic Quarterly. Research Areas: Film Genres; Screenwriting; Film Theory & History. Degree Track Affiliations: Ph.D. (Moving Image Studies), M.F.A., M.A. (Film & Digital Production). Core Graduate Seminars Regularly Taught: Screenwriting