COMMITTEE
David Bell (Website Manager) is a reference librarian at Booth Library. He earned his M.S. in library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.A. in English literature at Northern Illinois University. He has been involved with the EVFF since 2004.
Dan Crews (Film Rights) is the Director of Publicity of the College of Arts and Humanities at Eastern Illinois University. Dan has provided services to the EVFF grant-writing as well as securing rights to screen films.
Jeanne Goble (Co-Project Director, Community Activities) has been an associate at EIU’s Booth Library since 1979. She holds English, education, and library science degrees from EIU. She has been involved with the EVFF since 2006 and continues to explore her interests with film, literature, and music.
Robert Hillman (Exhibits) is the head of University Archives and Special Collections at Booth Library. He holds degrees from Principia College, the University of Illinois-Springfield and Brigham Young University. He enjoys attending theatre and cinema events, and is a fan of independent films.
Dr. Bonnie Irwin is currently Dean of EIU's College of Arts and Humanities but continues to research medieval Arabic tale traditions and American popular culture interpretations of the Arabian Nights. Her most recent publications have dealt with higher education honors issues and have appeared in the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. She served as the Dean of the Honors College where she taught the Honors First-Year Seminar. She continues to works with English majors with interests in Arabic literature.
Linda Kingery (Publicity/Promotion, Student Film Screenings) is the Director of Programming for WEIU TV, a PBS Affiliate licensed to Eastern Illinois University and “Your 13” community channel on the DVS service of Consolidated Communications. Linda’s broadcasting career includes 20 years with WEIU TV and 21 years with Mattoon Broadcasting Company in commercial radio.
Kit Morice (Co-Project Director) is the Curator of Education and the Study Collection for the Tarble Arts Center at EIU. A co-founder of the EVFF since the Gregg Toland Day festival in 2004, she has been involved with various aspects of the festival annually, including planning, publications, and community activities.
Robin L. Murray (Co-Project Director/Program Chair) teaches in the English Department at EIU, where she also serves as the coordinator for the College of Arts & Humanities’ Film Studies Minor. She has been helping to organize the EVFF since its inception in 2004, including planning, publications, and coordinating the symposium.
Dr. Patricia S. Poulter is the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and a Professor of Music at Eastern Illinois University, where she has been on the faculty since 1994. She is active as a curriculum consultant, clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator, and performer. Dr. Poulter holds a Doctorate of Education in Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Arts in Choral Conducting, and a Bachelor of Music with Teacher Certification, both from Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Poulter is also a member of the Graduate Faculty. Her research interests include brain development and music, learning theory, creative processes, and arts advocacy.
Dwight Vaught (Assistant Dean of Arts and Humanities, Doudna Fine Arts Center) comes to EIU from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he served as special events coordinator and director of the ArtsAlive! performance series.