Wesleyan portrait of Scott  Higgins

Scott Higgins

Professor of Film Studies

Center for Film Studies Complex Room 152A, 305 Washington Terrace
860-685-3176

Chair, Film Studies

Center for Film Studies Complex Room 152A, 305 Washington Terrace
860-685-3176

Charles W. Fries Professor of Film Studies

Center for Film Studies Complex Room 152A, 305 Washington Terrace
860-685-3176

Curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives

Center for Film Studies Complex Room 152A, 305 Washington Terrace
860-685-3176

Director, College of Film and the Moving Image

Center for Film Studies Complex Room 152A, 305 Washington Terrace
860-685-3176

shiggins@wesleyan.edu

BA Oakland University
MA Univ of Wisconsin Madison
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison

Scott Higgins

Higgins teaches courses about film history, genre, and aesthetics. His books include Harnessing the Rainbow: Technicolor Aesthetics in the 1930s, Arnheim for Film and Media Studies, and Matinee Melodrama: Playing with Formula in the Sound Serial.

Academic Affiliations

Office Hours

Sping 24 Hours (Starting MONDAY Jan 29)

[Not availble during Spring Break]

Monday 10:30AM - 12:30PM

Thursday 11:00 AM - NOON 

Scheduled through Calendly OR use QR code on Door to check in:  

Office: https://calendly.com/profshiggins/15min

Courses

Fall 2024
FILM 300 - 01
First Things Film

FILM 307 - 01
Cinematic Storytelling

FILM 318 - 01
Awesome Cinema

Spring 2025
FILM 303 - 01
Animation History

FILM 399 - 01
Senior Pro-seminar