Biography
Kristin Pichaske is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Cinema and Television Arts department. She has produced several award-winning documentary features, series' and digital shorts, including Legal Lens, an Emmy-nominated series for The Boston Globe about how the law shapes human experience; Veterans Coming Home, an innovative cross-platform storytelling initiative created in collaboration with Public Television stations across the U.S.; and Pulling the Thread an ITVS Digital series about the science behind conspiracy thinking. She has directed and produced several independent films and helped write and produce a 100-part historical series for Lucasfilm/Paramount Pictures and the History Channel. At Columbia, Pichaske teaches film and TV theory, history and production, as well as emerging forms and digital distribution strategy. She has a BS in Journalism/Communications from Northwestern University, a Masters in Documentary Film from Stanford University, and a Ph.D in Film and Media Studies from the University of Cape Town.
Degrees
B.S., Communication Studies Northwestern University 1994
M.A., Communication Stanford University 2002
Ph.D., Film Studies University of Cape Town 2009