Colin Williamson is an Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. He is a historian of animation, special effects, and nontheatrical film. He specializes in early cinema’s place in international histories of art, science, and technology. Colin is the author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema" (Rutgers University Press, 2015) and "Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science" (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). He is Associate Editor at Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. He talks about his research and the classes he teaches at the UO.

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Whitney Phillips is an Associate Professor of Information Politics and Media Ethics and the John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. She talk about her new book "The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics" co-authored with Mark Brockway.