Lora
Mjolsness is a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine and the
Director of Program in Russian Studies. She received her Ph.D. from the
University of Southern California in Slavic Languages and Literatures She
teaches interdisciplinary courses on Russian and Soviet Cinema and on Soviet
Animation.
Michele Leigh received
her PhD in Critical Studies from the School of Cinematic Arts at USC in 2008.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema and
Photography at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Her research interests
include silent cinema, Russian and Eastern European Cinema, and female
industrial practice.