John Tibbetts
Associate Chair and Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Film
The University of Kansas
Oldfather Studios
1621 W. 9th Street, Room 210
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 785-864-1352
Fax: 785-331-2671
website: http://www.johnctibbetts.com/
Email

Spring 2009 semester
Office hours:
Monday: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Courses:
- TH&F 302/702 Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar in: Adaptation (#72967/72969)
- TH&F 686 American Film Criticism (#82778)
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John C. Tibbetts is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas, where he teaches courses in film history, media studies, and theory and aesthetics. He is an author, educator, and broadcaster, as well as an artist and pianist.

Tibbetts holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Multi-Disciplinary Studies (Art History, Theater, Photography, and Film).

As a broadcaster, journalist, and scholar he has hosted his own television show in Kansas City, Missouri; worked as a news reporter/commentator for CBS Television (KCTV) and National Public Radio; produced classical music programming for KXTR-FM radio; written (and illustrated) nine books, more than 200 articles, and several short stories.

From l976-l985 Tibbetts edited the bi-monthly magazine, American Classic Screen (the publication of the National Film Society). He is a regular contributor to The Christian Science Monitor newspaper and radio network. He has been a Senior Editor for the annual Movie/Video Guides from Ballantine Books, and has been a Senior Consultant and Contributor to several major reference works, including The New Film Index, The Encyclopedia Of The 20th Century, The Oxford Companion To Mystery And Crime Writing,
Magill's Guide To Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature, and American Cultural Biography.

His books include His Majesty The American: The Films Of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (A.S. Barnes, 1977), Introduction To The Photoplay (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1977), The American Theatrical Film (Popular Press, 1985), Dvorak In America (Amadeus Press, 1993), The Encyclopedia Of Novels Into Film (Facts on File, 1998), and The Cinema Of Tony Richardson (SUNY Press, 1999). His most recent books are The Encyclopedia Of Stage Plays Into Film (2001), Shakespeare Into Film (2002), and The Encyclopedia Of Great Filmmakers. In preparation is a book for Yale University Press, "Composers On Film."

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