RIIFF 2011 Team

J. Scott Oberacker

Educational Outreach Director

J. Scott Oberacker has recently joined as Flickers' Educational Outreach Director, where he works to develop and maintain the festivals’ educational outreach programs as well as aids in the selection and adjudication of the festival’s films. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has worked as a film scholar and teacher for many years. His writing on film has appeared in a number of scholarly journals and he is currently co-editing a book on the television series, Friday Night Lights. Most recently, Scott has been teaching film and media courses at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, where he also helped to coordinate the Roving Eye Film Festival the Tournées French Film Festival, in conjunction with RIIFF.

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