Holly Willis's Blog

Holly Willis is Director of Academic Programs at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy, where she teaches, organizes workshops and oversees academic programs designed to introduce new media literacy skills across USC’s campus and curriculum. She is also the editor of "The New Ecology of Things," a collection of essays, images and fiction that grapples with the potential and design challenges of pervasive computing, and she is the author of "New Digital Cinema: Reinventing the Moving Image," which chronicles the advent of digital filmmaking tools and their impact on contemporary media practices. The former editor of RES Magazine, Ms. Willis has written extensively on experimental media practices for a variety of publications. She currently serves on the boards of the New Media Consortium and AIGA's Digital Educators Community, and holds a Ph.D. in Critical Studies in Cinema-Television from USC.