Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

Religion, Affect, and Emotion Unit and Religion, Film, and Visual Culture Unit

Call for Proposals

POV in Film and Religion: What is the craft of artistic creation? How do technical creative choices reflect or affect religious sensibilities and identities? We seek proposals that explore how the interpretive aesthetics of artists—such as cinematography, point of view, framing, editing, angles, exhibition, etc.—shape viewers' emotional and affective reception of them.

Chair Mail Dates
Kristian Petersen kristianpetersen20@mac… - View
Shea Watts swattsphd@gmail.com - View
Joel Mayward, George Fox University jmayward@gmail.com - View
Marvin Wickware marvin.wickware@lstc.edu - View
Steering Member Mail Dates
DeAnna Daniels ddaniels1@arizona.edu - View
Rebecca Moody, Worcester Polytechnic… rmoody@wpi.edu - View
Ali Noori alinoori@sas.upenn.edu - View
Sarah McFarland Taylor sarah@northwestern.edu - View
Abby Kulisz abbykulisz@gmail.com - View
Jessica Knippel seattlerainartist@gmail… - View
Mark MacWilliams mmacwilliams@stlawu.edu - View
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection