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Department of Communication Studies

Mary Healey Jamiel

Mary Healey Jamiel

Associate Professor

CONTACT
Office: 209 B Davis Hall
Phone: 401-874-9016
E-mail: maryhealey@mail.uri.edu

EDUCATION
M.A., Mass Communication
Emerson College
B.A. Dual Degree, Political Science, Philosophy
Rhode Island College
COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT
  • COM 310: Documentary for the Web
  • COM 341: Documentary Pre-Production
  • COM 342: Documentary Production
  • FLM 444: Advanced Topics in Documentary Film Criticism
  • FLM 445: Advanced Topics in Film Production
  • FLM 101: Introduction to Film Media
  • HPR 315: Honors Documentary Pre-Production: Doc as a Tool for Social Change

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Holy Water-Gate: Abuse Cover-up in the Catholic Church
Producer, Director, Writer. Mary Healey. DVD, Digibeta. Dist. Filmmakers Library, NY, NY. 2004.
Broadcasts: SBSAustralia 2004 - 2006, TVE Spain 2005, DR Denmark 2005, RTSI Switzerland 2005, CBC Canada 2004 - 2006, ShowTime, USA 2005. Austria ORF, February 23, 2010.
To be Broadcast: November 28, 2010, Documentary Channel, USA

Hidden in the Leaves 24 minutes
Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer. Mary Healey Jamiel.
Broadcasts: Rhode Island PBS. June 15, June 18, June 22, June 27, 2008. Repeated: July 2009, May 2010.

LINKS and ATTACHMENTS
www.holywater-gate.com
www.reliancethemovie.com
http://www.uri.edu/hc/2008/videos.shtml
Hidden in the Leaves

BIO
Mary Healey Jamiel came to the University in 1996. Her work examines complex subject matter such as child sexual abuse, global climate change, and Lyme Disease.

As an educator, her goal is to create an active and dynamic classroom environment where each student is encouraged to cultivate a considered connection to the core course materials at hand —through the use of journals, readings, written analysis, oral presentations, filmed exercises and discussion. She has developed a strong conviction that encouraging students to practice critical, independent thinking strengthens their analytical skills in media criticism and their authorial practices in documentary production.

Mary is particularly passionate about teaching documentary research, introductory and advanced production, and documentary history. In her courses, film media analysis, production aesthetics, and ethics are the focal points of discussion. The documentary -- as a medium and as a process -- can provide students, like filmmakers, with good opportunities to raise new questions and provoke meaningful educational, social, and political discourse. In documentary courses, students critique a diverse collection of historic and contemporary films and develop original documentary film ideas. Students are encouraged to shape their own critical and aesthetic approaches to their films through research, creative writing, discussion and filmed exercises. As a result, when students implement their ideas, they are better prepared to make difficult decisions, and adopt ethical, considered strategies for authorial representation.

faculty spotlight


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Yinjiao Ye
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Congratulations to
Dr. Kevin McClure

Kevin McClure

Dr. McClure received the 2010 NCA Outstanding Article Award for "Kenneth Burke's Dramatic Form Criticism," coauthored with F. D. Anderson and A. King, in Rhetorical Criticism, edited by J. A. Kuypers.