Waller named Provost Professor
Professor Greg Waller, chair of the school’s cinema and media studies program, has been named Provost Professor along with three other IU professors.
The award honors those who have achieved distinction for teaching and research, and are given in conjunction with the Sonneborn Lecture honors. Recipients will be honored formally in fall.
Waller is a film historian with a strong publication record and an international reputation. His books include the prize-winning Main Street Amusements: Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a Southern City, 1896-1930, as well as Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition.
He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters across a range of topics in cinema studies, serves as editor of the journal Film History, and has organized events such as the Midwest Orphan film conference and the museum and online exhibit Japan-in-America.
Waller chaired the former Department of Communication and Culture from 2003 to 2010. He helped plan renovations leading to the construction of the IU Cinema and chaired both the director search committee for the cinema and a faculty advisory board that vets programming ideas.
Provost Professors receive an annual award of $2,500 for three years and a $5,000 grant for a project that demonstrates how teaching and research are mutually reinforcing.
In 2014, Media School professor Barbara Klinger, now retired, was a Provost Professor honoree.