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About Marlisa Santos

Marlisa Santos, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Humanities and Politics at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences (HCAS) at Nova Southeastern University. In addition to being a faculty member, she has held various academic administrative roles at NSU since 2001. She has been actively involved in the Farquhar Honors College, first-year experience program, and the Lifelong Learning Institute. She frequently teaches courses on film noir, literature and film, major directors, detective fiction, and honors seminars on such topics as myth and fairy tale in popular culture and utopias/dystopias.

Dr. Santos' current research and teaching interests focus on film studies, particularly classic film and film noir. She is author of The Dark Mirror: Psychiatry and Film Noir (Lexington, 2010) and editor of Verse, Voice, and Vision: Poetry and the Cinema (Scarecrow Press, 2013). She has also published numerous essays in peer-reviewed anthologies on various topics such as film noir aesthetics, the James Bond franchise, American mafia cinema, and contemporary southern film, and on directors such as Martin Scorsese, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Joseph H. Lewis. Forthcoming publications include articles on Ida Lupino and Wallace Fox. She has presented at numerous academic conferences, including the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, the Northeast Modern Language Association, and the Film and History Conference. She is currently working on a book-length study of Robert Siodmak.

Positions

2021 - Present Director, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Center for the Humanities
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2020 - Present Faculty Fellow, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Farquhar Honors College
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2020 - Present Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Humanities and Politics
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2018 - 2020 Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Department of Literature and Modern Languages, CAHSS, NSU
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2015 - 2018 Chair / Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Department of Literature and Modern Languages, CAHSS, NSU
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2005 - 2015 Director / Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Division of Humanities
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2002 - 2005 Assistant Director / Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Division of Humanities
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2001 - 2003 Writing Program Coordinator / Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Division of Humanities
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2000 - 2001 Writing Center Director / Assistant Professor, Wesley College
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1996 - 1997 Assistant to the Director of Composition, University of Miami
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2018 - Present Faculty Co-Advisor, Alpha Chi Honor Society
2018 - Present Member, Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Key Women Educators
2018 - Present Faculty President (2019-present) / Faculty President-Elect (2018-2019), Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2015 - Present Co-Organizer, NSU - Undergraduate Student Symposium Film Festival
2021 - 2023 Chair, FL Awards Committee - Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Key Women Educators
2020 - 2021 Chair, NSU - Department of Humanities and Politics Curriculum Committee
2020 - 2021 Member, NSU - Department of Humanities and Politics Scholars Fund Committee
2020 - 2021 Co-Chair, NSU - Halmos College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee
2021 Member, NSU - Digital Humanities Faculty Search Committee
2021 Member, NSU - Emeritus Evaluation Committee, Department of Humanities and Politics
2021 Chair, NSU - Literature Faculty Search Committee
2021 Reviewer, The Mailer Review
2019 - 2020 Member, NSU - Faculty Peer Evaluation Team
2018 - 2020 Reviewer, NSU - First Week in Honors Scholarship
2015 - 2020 Chair, NSU - College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee
2015 - 2019 Administrative Liaison, NSU - College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, College of Undergraduate Studies
2019 Juror (Documentary Category), OUTShine Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale
2016 - 2017 Judge, NSU - Digressions Student Literary Magazine Annual Awards
Member, (ACLA) American Comparative Literature Association
Member, (SAMLA) South Atlantic Modern Language Association
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Honors and Awards

  • (1992) Adelaide Ruth Snyder Award for Excellence in the Humanities, Florida Atlantic University
  • (1992) Phi Kappa Phi, Florida Atlantic University

Courses

  • EN 101: Literature for Composition
  • HUMN 1000B: Dante's Inferno
  • HUMN 4900: Classical Mythology and Philosophy
  • LITR 4990: Independent Study
  • LITR 2020: American Literature
  • WRIT 3020: Creative Writing: Poetry
  • WRIT 2500: Introduction to Creative Writing
  • WRIT 1500: College Writing
  • WRIT 2000: Advanced College Writing
  • WRIT 1500H: College Writing Honors
  • LITR 2012H: British Literature I Honors
  • HONR 1000C: Myth and Fairy Tale in Modern Culture
  • HONR 200E: Utopias and Dystopias
  • ARTS 2540: Introduction to Film Criticism
  • ARTS 3000: Film Studies: Film Noir
  • FILM 4990: Independent Study: Science Fiction Film
  • FILM 3050: Literature and Film
  • FILM 3060: Film Noir
  • FILM 4500: Major Directors

Education

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1998 Ph.D., English, University of Miami
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1994 M.A., English, University of Miami
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1992 B.A., English, Florida Atlantic University
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(954) 262-8213

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Books (2)

Essays / Articles (15)

Academic Presentations (25)