MARTIN F. NORDEN
Professor
Dept. of Communication
409 Machmer Hall
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9278
office: 413 545-0598, 413 545-1311
fax: 413 545-6399
e-mail: norden(at)comm.umass.edu
home page: people.umass.edu/norden
Liberal arts coursework, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St.
Louis MO, 1969-71
B.J., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, 1973
Major: Broadcasting
M.A., Speech & Dramatic Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1974
Major: Radio-TV-Film
Ph.D., Speech & Dramatic Art, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977
Major: Radio-TV-Film
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Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Speech & Theatre, Lincoln University,
Jefferson City MO, 1974
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Speech & Dramatic Art, University
of Missouri-Columbia, 1975-77
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1977-83
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1983-95
Associated faculty member, Interdepartmental Film Studies Program,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1991-present
Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1995-present
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Executive Producer of Contemporary Music, KBIA-FM (NPR), Columbia MO, 1974-75
Chairman, Missouri Students Association Film Program, University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1975-77
Director, Media Materials Center, Dept. of Communication, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, 1977-81
Trustee, University Film Study Center, a consortium of New England
colleges and universities, Cambridge MA, 1979-88; Treasurer, 1980-86
Director of Internships, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1980-83
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Communication, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, 1984-87, 1996-98
Schedule Officer, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1984-87
Chairman, Audio-Visual Advisory Committee, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1984-87; Member, 1982-90
Chairman, Personnel Committee, Dept. of Communication, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, 1985-86; Member, 1984-86, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-present
Acting Chief Undergraduate Advisor, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1992
Honors Coordinator, Dept. of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1992-95
Chairman, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, University
of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1993-94; Member, 1984-86, 1991-94, 1998-present
Film Unit Coordinator, Dept. of Communication, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, 1995-2001
Chairman, Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Communication,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1999-2000, 2002-04, 2005-present;
Member, 1991-94, 1999-2001, 2002-04, 2005-present
Chairman, Michael S. Roif Film Studies Award selection committee,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2003, 2005, 2006
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R. Stromgren and M. Norden, Movies: A Language
in Light. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984.
M. Norden, The Cinema of Isolation: A History
of Physical Disability in the Movies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 1994.
Special editions of The Cinema of Isolation:
- Audio book: M. Norden, The Cinema of
Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies.
Princeton, NJ: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Inc., 1994.
- Spanish translation: M. Norden, El cine
del aislamiento: El discapacitado en la historia del cine. Translation by I.
Comps. Prologue by J. Cobos. Dustjacket notes by P. Almodóvar. Madrid:
Escuela Libre Editorial / Fundación ONCE, 1998.
- Braille book: M. Norden, The Cinema
of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies.
Toronto: Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 2006.
- Japanese translation: M. Norden, The Cinema of Isolation: A
History of Physical Disability in the Movies. Translation by H. Yoshii.
Tokyo: Akashi Shoten Co., forthcoming 2009.
M. Norden, John Barrymore: A
Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
M. Norden, ed., The Changing Face of Evil in Film
and Television. Amsterdam: Éditions Rodopi, 2007.
M. Norden, ed., The Birth Control Films of Margaret Sanger and Lois
Weber: An Annotated Reconstruction and Analysis, in preparation.
B. MacArthur and M. Norden, eds., Making Differences: Images of
Disability in Popular Culture, in preparation.
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M. Norden, "Business and Love in the Post-Reconstruction South: Warner
Brothers' Bright Leaf," in The South and Film, ed. W.
French. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1981. 95-106.
K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Measuring Responses to Filmed Interpersonal Conflict: A Rules Approach," in
Methods for Intercultural Communication Research, ed. W. Gudykunst
and Y. Kim. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1984. 155-166.
M. Norden, "The Detective Show," in TV Genres: A Handbook and
Reference Guide, ed. B. Rose. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. 33-55.
M. Norden and K. Wolfson, "Cultural Influences on Film Interpretation Among Chinese and American Students," in
Current Research in Film: Audiences, Economics, Law, Vol. 2, ed.
B. Austin. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp., 1986. 21-34.
M. Norden, "Sexual References in James Whale's Bride of
Frankenstein," in Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the
Fantastic in Art and Film, ed. D. Palumbo. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. 141-150.
M. Norden, "Film and Painting," in Film and the Arts in Symbiosis: A
Resource Guide, ed. G. Edgerton. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. 17-45.
M. Norden, "Victims, Villains, Saints, and Heroes: Movie Portrayals of People with Physical Disabilities," in
Beyond the Stars: Stock Characters in American Popular Film, ed.
P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press,
1990. 222-233.
M. Norden, "Portrait of a Disabled Vietnam Veteran: Alex Cutter of Cutter's Way," in From Hanoi to Hollywood:
The Vietnam War in American Film, ed. L. Dittmar and G. Michaud. New
Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. 217-225.
M. Norden, "Reel Wheels: The Role of Wheelchairs in American
Movies," in Beyond the Stars 3: The Material World in American Popular
Film, ed. P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling
Green State University Popular Press, 1993. 187-204.
M. Norden, "Pathé Frères à l'époque du 'Trust,'" in Pathé: Premier
empire du cinéma, ed. J. Kermabon. Paris: Éditions du Centre Georges
Pompidou, 1994. 90-101.
M. Norden, "Women in the Early Film Industry," in The Studio
System, ed. J. Staiger. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995 / London: Athlone, 1995. 187-199.
M. Norden, "Hollywood's Ableist Agenda," in Beyond the Stars 5:
Ideologies in American Popular Film, ed. P. Loukides and L. Fuller. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling
Green State University Popular Press, 1996. 211-228.
M. Norden, "Hollywood's Disabled Vietnam Vet Revisited," in In the Eye
of the Beholder: Critical Perspectives in Popular Film and Television, ed. G. Edgerton, M.
Marsden, and J. Nachbar. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997. 179-190.
M. Norden, "Johnny Got His Gun: Evolution of an Antiwar
Statement," in Hollywood's World War I: Motion Picture Images, ed. P. Rollins and J. O'Connor. Bowling Green,
OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1997. 161-175.
M. Norden, "The 'Uncanny' Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger," in
Return of the Uncanny, ed. M. Arnzen. Vachon Island, WA: Paradoxa,
1997. 367-378.
M. Norden, "Film and Physical Disability," in Syllabi and
Instructional Materials for Teaching Sociology of Disabilities, ed.
L. Schlesinger and D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological
Association, 1998. 209-213.
M. Norden, "The Eyes Have It: Dimensions of Blindness in Eyes in the
Night," in The Films of Fred Zinnemann: Critical Perspectives,
ed. A. Nolletti. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. 55-68.
K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Film Images of People with Disabilities," in
Handbook of Communication and People with Disabilities: Research and
Application, ed. D. Braithwaite and T. Thompson. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, 2000. 289-305.
M. Norden, "Bitterness, Rage, and Redemption: Hollywood Constructs the Disabled Vietnam Veteran," in Disabled Veterans in History,
ed. D. Gerber. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 96-114.
M. Norden and M. Cahill, "Violence, Women, and Disability in Tod
Browning's Freaks and The Devil-Doll," in Horror
Film Reader, ed. A. Silver and J. Ursini. New York: Limelight Editions, 2000. 150-165
M. Norden, "The Hollywood Discourse on Disability: Some Personal Reflections," in Screening
Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability, ed. C. Smit and A.
Enns. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. 19-31.
M. Norden, "'Coward, Take my Coward's Hand': Racism, Ableism, and the
Veteran Problem in Home of the Brave and Bright Victory,"
in Classic
Hollywood, Classic Whiteness, ed. D.
Bernardi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. 339-356.
M. Norden, "A Report on Bruce Conner's Report," in Underground
U.S.A.: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon, ed. X. Mendik and S.
Schneider. London: Wallflower Press, 2002. 76-85.
M. Cahill and M. Norden, "Hollywood's Portrayals of Disabled Women," in Women,
Disability, and Identity, ed. A. Hans and A. Patri. New Delhi: Sage India, 2002. 56-75.
M. Norden, "Tiny Tim on Screen: A Disability Studies Perspective," in Dickens on
Screen, ed. J. Glavin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 188-198.
M. Norden, "Caractérisation et scénario: Pourquoi les personnages
handicapés sont-ils 'utiles au cinéma'?" in Festival retour d'image:
Cinéma et handicap, une rétrospective critique [film festival
catalog], ed. D. Maroger. Paris: La Compagnie du 3eme / MK2
Bibliothèque, 2003. 6.
M. Norden, "Special Topics: Film and Physical Disability," in Instructional Materials
for Teaching Sociology and Disability Studies, ed. L. Schlesinger and
D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2004. 188-191.
M. Norden, "Paper Projects on Film and Physical Disability," in Instructional Materials
for Teaching Sociology and Disability Studies, ed. L. Schlesinger and
D. Taub. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2004. 288.
M. Norden, "Reproductive Freedom, Revisionist History, Restricted Cinema:
The Strange Case of Margaret Sanger and Birth Control," in Cultural Sutures:
Medicine and Media, ed. L. Friedman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. 263-279.
M. Norden, "The Theo-Political Landscape of Matewan," in Sayles
Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles, ed. D.
Carson and H. Kenaga. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2006. 103-116.
M. Norden, "Introduction," in The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television, ed.
M. Norden. Amsterdam: Éditions Rodopi, 2007. xi-xxi.
M. Norden, "The 'Uncanny' Relationship of Disability and Evil in Film and Television," in The
Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television, ed. M. Norden. Amsterdam: Éditions Rodopi, 2007.
125-143.
M. Norden, "'A Jolly Club of the Maimed': Disability and Community in
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon," in Mediated Deviance
and Social Otherness: Interrogating Influential Representations, ed.
K. Hart. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 153-169.
M. Norden, "Villainy, Disability, and the Moving Image: A Psychoanalytic
Perspective," in Proceedings of the Perspectives on Evil and Human
Wickedness 7th Global Conference, ed. A. Curry and R. Waterstradt.
Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Dreamboats on Wheels," in Making Differences: Images of
Disability in Popular Culture, ed. B. MacArthur and M. Norden. Forthcoming.
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M. Norden, "Counterpoint and Irony in Bruce Conner's Report,"
Exchange: Journal of Opinion for the Performing Arts 2.1 (Winter 1976): 26-34.
M. Norden, "Toward a Theory of Audience Response to Suspenseful Films,"
Journal of the University Film Association [now Journal of Film and Video] 32.1-2 (Winter-Spring 1980): 71-77.
M. Norden, "Visual Design in René Clair's Paris qui dort,"
Mise-en-Scène 2 (Spring 1980): 58-63.
M. Norden, "Business and Love in the Post-Reconstruction South: Warner
Brothers' Bright Leaf," Southern
Quarterly 19.3-4 (Spring-Summer 1981): 95-106.
M. Norden, "The Pathé Frères Company During the Trust Era," Journal of
the University Film Association [now Journal of Film and Video] 33.3 (Summer 1981): 15-32.
M. Norden, "The Use of Sound in Francis Thompson's N.Y., N.Y.,"
Millennium Film Journal 10-11
(Fall-Winter 1981-82): 219-222.
M. Norden, "America and Its Fantasy Films, 1945-1951," Film & History: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 12.1
(Feb. 1982): 1-11. [lead article]
M. Norden, "The Fantasy Films of Post-Vietnam America," Focus:
Teaching English Language Arts 10.1 (Fall 1983): 70-78.
M. Norden, "The Avant-Garde Cinema of the 1920s: Connections to Futurism,
Precisionism, and Suprematism," Leonardo: Journal of the International
Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology 17.2 (1984): 108-112.
M. Norden, "Women in the Early Film Industry," Wide Angle: A
Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism, and Practice 6.3 (1984): 58-67.
M. Norden, "The Disabled Vietnam Veteran in Hollywood Films," Journal of Popular Film & Television 13.1 (Spring 1985): 16-23.
M. Norden, "New York Mayor William J. Gaynor and His City's Film Industry," Film Reader 6 (1985): 78-91.
M. Norden, "'A Good Travesty Upon the Suffragette Movement': Women's Suffrage Films as Genre," Journal of Popular Film & Television 13.4 (Winter 1986): 171-177.
M. Norden, "Sunrise at Campobello and 1960 Presidential Politics,"
Film & History: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 16.1
(Feb. 1986): 2-8. [lead article]
M. Norden, "The Racism-Ableism Link in Home of the Brave and
Bright Victory," Film
& History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 20.2 (May 1990): 26-36.
M. Norden, "The Transformation of Religion in John Sayles'
Matewan," Crossroads: A Journal of Southern Culture 2.1
(Fall 1993-Winter 1994): 87-93.
M. Norden, "From Sage to Gene: A Comparison of the 'Blind Hermit' Sequences in Bride of Frankenstein and
Young Frankenstein," Echoes and Mirrors: Comparative Studies of
Film 1.1 (Jan. 1994): 4-11. [lead article]
M. Norden, "Cutter's Way and the Problem of Distributional
Censorship," CommOddities: A Journal of Communication & Culture 1.1
(April 1994): 53-58.
M. Norden, "The Eyes Have It: Dimensions of Blindness in Eyes in the
Night," Film Criticism 18.3-19.1 (Spring-Fall 1994): 46-58.
M. Norden, "Politics, Movies, and Physical Disabilities,"
Kaleidoscope:
International Magazine of Literature, Fine Arts, and Disability 30
(Winter-Spring 1995): 6-14. [lead article]
M. Norden, "Resexualization of the Disabled War Hero in Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo," Journal of Popular
Film & Television 23.2 (Summer 1995): 50-55. [lead article]
M. Norden, "The Uncanny Film Image of the Obsessive Avenger," Paradoxa: Studies in World
Literary Genres 3.3-4 (1997): 367-378.
M. Norden and M. Cahill, "Violence,
Women, and Disability in Tod Browning's Freaks and The Devil-Doll," Journal of Popular Film & Television 26.2 (Summer 1998): 86-94.
M. Norden, "Hollywood, la política y discapacidad física,"
Versión: Estudios de comunicación y política 8 (1998): 87-105.
M. Norden, "Introduction:
The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television,"
Journal of Popular
Film & Television 28.2 (Summer 2000): 50-53.
M. Norden, "Experimental Frames: Bruce Conner's Report," Critical Focus 1 (June 2002): n.p.
M. Norden, "Disabled
Vets on the Silver Screen," Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine 90.8 (April 2003): 20-24.
M. Norden and J. McConnell, "Cinema of Isolation," Disability Arts in London Magazine 178 (April
2003): 3-5.
M. Norden, "Diegetic
Commentaries," Offscreen 11:8-9 (Aug.-Sept. 2007): n.p.
M. Norden, "Encouraging an Avocation," Stages: The University of
Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater Alumni Newslettter (Spring 2008): 7.
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M. Norden, "Les Bonnes Femmes," in Magill's Survey of Cinema:
Foreign Language Films, Vol. 1, ed. F. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985. 380-385.
M. Norden, "Los Olvidados," in Magill's Survey of Cinema:
Foreign Language Films, Vol. 5, ed. F. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985. 2266-2271.
M. Norden, "Michael Curtiz, Film Director," in Encyclopedia of
Southern Culture, ed. W. Ferris and C. Reagan. Chapel Hill:
University of North Carolina Press, 1989. 951.
M. Norden, "Lucille
Fay LeSeur" (Joan Crawford), in The New Handbook of Texas, Vol. 4, ed. R. Tyler. Austin: Texas State Historical
Association, 1996. 169.
M. Norden, "Freaks," in Ready Reference: Censorship, Vol.
1, ed. K. Rasmussen. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1997. 303-304.
M. Norden, "I Was a Communist for the FBI," in The Encyclopedia of
Propaganda, Vol. 2, ed. R. Cole. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997
/ London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. 345-346.
M. Norden, "John Barrymore," in American National Biography, Vol.
2, ed. J. Garraty and M. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 262-264.
M. Norden, "All
Quiet on the Western Front," in St. James
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S.
Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 52.
M. Norden, "John
Barrymore," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular
Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 178-179.
M. Norden, "The Best Years of Our Lives," in St. James
Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S.
Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 236.
M. Norden, "City Lights," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular
Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 515-516.
M. Norden, "Disability," in
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 721-722.
M. Norden, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the Bomb," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular
Culture, Vol. 1, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 759-760.
M. Norden, "Freaks," in St. James Encyclopedia of Popular
Culture, Vol. 2, ed. T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 159.
M. Norden, "Walter
Bernstein," in International Dictionary of Films
and Filmmakers: Writers and Production Artists, ed. T.
Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 84-86.
M. Norden, "Christopher
Reeve," in International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Actors and Actresses, ed. T.
Pendergast and S. Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 1022-1025.
M. Norden, "Margaret Sanger, Birth Control," in Censorship: A World
Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, ed. D. Jones. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. 2137-2138.
M. Norden, "Born of the Fourth of July," in Encyclopedia of
American Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "City Lights," in Encyclopedia of American
Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Coming Home," in Encyclopedia of American Disability
History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Forrest Gump," in Encyclopedia of American
Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Freaks," in Encyclopedia of American Disability
History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," in Encyclopedia of
American Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Million Dollar Baby," in Encyclopedia of American
Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "The Miracle Worker," in Encyclopedia of American
Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "The Other Side of the Mountain," in Encyclopedia of
American Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
M. Norden, "Scent of a Woman," in Encyclopedia of American
Disability History, ed. S. Burch. New York: Facts on File, forthcoming.
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M. Norden, reviews of four 1981 Society for Cinema Studies conference
sessions: "Roland Barthes: An Assessment,"
"Bernard Herrmann: Aspects of His Work," "Music/Sound and the Individual Film," "Film Production in New
York," Quarterly Review of Film Studies 6.4 (Fall 1981): 457-462.
M. Norden, reviews of five 1982 Popular Culture Association convention sessions: "Contemporary Film," "The Macabre:
Sociology of the Horror Film," "Classic Films Revisited," "Motion Picture Atmosphere," "Women and
Film," Quarterly Review of Film Studies 7.4 (Fall 1982): 369-371.
M. Norden, review of Movies and Money: Financing the American Film
Industry by J. Wasko, Journal of Communication 33.4 (Autumn 1983): 44-45.
M. Norden, review of Current Research in Film: Audiences, Economics,
Law, Vol. 1, ed. B. Austin, Journal of Communication 35.3 (Summer 1985): 187-189.
M. Norden, reviews of three 1984 Popular Culture Association convention sessions: "The E.T. Phenomenon," "Aesthetic
Sensibility in Art, Literature, and Film," "Movies as Mass Communication," Quarterly Review of Film Studies
10.1 (Winter 1985): 86-88.
M. Norden, review of Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film
Entertainment Industry by J. Schuchman, Journal of Film and Video 42.3 (Fall 1990): 76-78.
M. Norden, reply to Cinema of Isolation review, London Review of
Books 19.2 (23 Jan. 1997): 5.
M. Norden, review of Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod
Browning by D. Skal and E. Savada, Journal of
Popular Film & Television 24.4 (Winter 1997): 186-187.
M. Norden, review
of Thomas A. Edison and his Kinetoscopic Motion Pictures by C. Musser, Journal of
Popular Film & Television 25.1 (Spring 1997): 46.
M. Norden, review of Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (film),
Disability Studies Quarterly 18.3 (Summer 1998): 229-231.
M. Norden, review of Interrupted Melody (film), Social
Alternatives 18.1 (Jan. 1999): 73-74.
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M. Norden, "The Limitations of Settings on the Filmmaking Process,"
University Film Association, Ithaca NY, Aug. 1979
M. Norden, "Derivatives of Cubism and Their Relationship to the
Avant-Garde Cinema," Society for Cinema Studies, Syracuse NY, March 1980
M. Norden, "Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Field of Cinema
Studies," New England Conference on Teaching Students to Think, Amherst MA, Nov. 1980
M. Norden, "Fantasy Films as Cultural Barometers: Theory and Practice,"
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Boca Raton FL, March 1981
M. Norden, "Teaching Socio-Cultural History Through Film," New England
Conference on Teaching Students to Think, Amherst MA, Nov. 1981
M. Norden, "Suspense and Fatalism in Claude Chabrol's Les Bonnes
Femmes," Mid-Hudson Modern Language Association, Poughkeepsie NY, Nov. 1981
M. Norden, "Evolution of Narrative Structures in Prime-Time Television
Programming," Popular Culture Association, Louisville KY, April 1982
K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Responses to Filmed Interpersonal Conflict: A
Comparison of Chinese and American Cultures," International Communication Association, Boston MA, May 1982
M. Norden, "Semio-Structuralism and Phenomenology: State of the Dialectic
in Film Studies," Eastern Communication Association, Hartford CT, May 1982
M. Norden, "Depiction of the Physically Disabled in Two 1982 Television Specials: The Elephant Man and The Hunchback of
Notre Dame," Eastern Conference on Communication Research, Amherst MA, Oct. 1982
M. Norden, "Images of the 'New Woman' in Early Films," Five-College Faculty Seminar in Film Studies,
Northampton MA, Nov. 1982
M. Norden, "The Fantasy Films of Post-Vietnam America," Mid-Hudson Modern
Language Association, Poughkeepsie NY, Nov. 1982
M. Norden, "Small-Screen Shamuses: The Detective Genre on Television,"
Society for Cinema Studies, Pittsburgh PA, May 1983
M. Norden, "Sexual References in James Whale's Bride of
Frankenstein," Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1984
M. Norden, "Independent Filmmaking and the Women's Suffrage Movement,"
University Film and Video Association, Harrisonburg VA, Aug. 1984
M. Norden, "Portrayal of the Physically Disabled in Narrative Films,"
Speech Communication Association, Chicago IL, Nov. 1984
M. Norden, "Sorting Out the Past: Microcomputers and Historical
Research," Microcomputers and Education (special-topic conference),
University of Massachusetts-Boston, April 1985
M. Norden, "The Disabled Vietnam Veteran in Hollywood Films," University
Film and Video Association, Los Angeles CA, Aug. 1985
R. Stromgren and M. Norden, "The Dead: Stardom but No Respect," The
Re-Released Films of Alfred Hitchcock (special-topic conference), Pace
University, New York City, June 1986
M. Norden, "Portrayal of Physically Disabled People in 1930s Fantasy
Films," Popular Culture Association, Montréal, Québec, Canada, March 1987
M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with
Physical Disabilities," Speech Communication Association, Boston MA, Nov. 1987
M. Norden, "The Racism-Ableism Link in Home of the Brave and
Bright Victory," The War Film: Images and Contexts (special-topic
conference), University of Masssachusetts-Boston, March 1988
M. Norden, "From Sage to Gene: A Comparison of the 'Blind Hermit'
Sequences in Bride of Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein,"
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Dania FL, March 1989
M. Norden, "Cutter's Way and the Problem of Distributional
Censorship," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Amherst MA, Oct. 1990
M. Norden, "Politics, Movies, and Disability," Mainstreams and Margins:
Cultural Politics in the 90's (special-topic conference), University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, April 1992
M. Norden, "Movie Constructions of Gender and Physical Disability: Some
Historical and Theoretical Intersections," University Film and Video
Association, Philadelphia PA, Aug. 1993
M. Norden, "Resexualization of the Disabled War Hero in Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo," Society for Cinema Studies, New York City, March 1995
M. Norden, "Johnny Got His Gun: The Novel and the Film in Their
Cultural Contexts," University Film and Video Association, Keene NH, Aug. 1995
M. Norden, "Dreamboats on Wheels: Hollywood's Evolving Image of Wheelchair-Using
Men," Northeast Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, Nov. 1998
K. Wolfson and M. Norden, "Film Images of People with Disabilities," National
Communication Association, New York City, Nov. 1998 [a "Top
Four" competitive paper on communication and disability]
M. Cahill and M. Norden, "Don't Look Now: Hollywood's Portrayals of
Disabled Women," University Film and Video Association, Boston MA, Aug. 1999
M. Norden, "The Theo-Political Landscape of Matewan,"
Northeast Popular Culture Association, Springfield MA, Nov. 2000
M. Norden, "'No Matter What Happens, the Work Shall Go on': An Annotated
Reconstruction of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control," Interdisciplinary
Seminar in the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Apr. 2001
M. Norden, "'You're a Woman--Won't You Help Me?': An Analysis of Margaret
Sanger's Birth Control," Women
and the Silent Screen Congress, Santa Cruz CA, Nov. 2001
M. Norden, "Tiny Tim on Screen: A Disability Studies Perspective,"
Northeast Popular Culture Association, New London NH, Nov. 2002
M. Norden, "Sangeresque Cinema: A Comparative Study of Birth
Control and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," Congres les Femmes et le Cinéma
Muet / Women and the Silent Screen Congress, Montréal, Québec, Canada, June 2004
M. Norden, "Villainy and Disability in Tod Browning's The Unknown
and West of Zanzibar," Black
and White: Representing the Other in Early Cinema (special-topic
conference), National University of Ireland, Galway, Oct. 2004.
M. Norden, "Villainy, Disability, and the Moving Image: A Psychoanalytic
Perspective," 7th Global
Conference on Evil and Human Wickedness, Salzburg, Austria, March 2006
M. Norden, "Witchcraft and 'Otherness' in Tod Browning's The Devil-Doll," Charming
and Crafty: Witchcraft and Paganism in Contemporary Media (special-topic
conference), Harvard University, Cambridge MA, May 2006
M. Norden, "'A Jolly Club of the Maimed': Disability and Community in
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon," Popular Culture Association,
Boston MA, April 2007
M. Norden, "Disabled People, the Media, and ABM: A Case Study," Life in Motion: Shifting
Spaces, Transcending Times, Crossing Borders (special-topic
conference), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, June 2007
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M. Norden, "Film as Life, Life as Film: Autobiographical Elements in
François Truffaut's Day for Night, lecture series on "The Art of
Telling Life: Biography and the Humanities," Vermont Council on the
Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, April 1986
M. Norden, "Myth and Romance: The Civil War in American Popular Cinema,"
lecture series on "Civil War Perspectives," Vermont Council on the
Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, Nov. 1986
M. Norden, "From Script to Screen: Writing for the Movies," NetWorks
writers group and Amherst Community Cable TV, Amherst MA, Nov. 1992
M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with
Physical Disabilities," Attleboro High School, Attleboro MA, Dec. 1992
M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: Movie Portrayals of People with
Physical Disabilities," Western Massachusetts Health Information
Consortium and Shriners Hospital, Springfield MA, Dec. 1992
M. Norden, "The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in
the Movies," George Washington University, Washington DC, Oct. 1996
M. Norden, "'An Inspiration to All of Us': Hollywood's Image of Disabled
People at Work," George Mason University, Fairfax VA, Oct. 1996
M. Norden, introduction to Billy Golfus and When Billy Broke His
Head, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA, March 1999
M. Norden, "The Hollywood Discourse on Disability: Some Personal Reflections," University of
Iowa, Iowa City IA, March 1999 [keynote address, "Screening Disability" conference]
M. Norden, "Kiss of Death and Classic film noir," lecture series on "The Classics," Vermont Council on the
Humanities and Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro VT, Nov. 1999
M. Norden, "The Isolating Gaze: Hollywood's Image of People with
Disabilities," Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA, April 2000
M. Norden, introduction to Phil O'Brien and How's Your News?, Massachusetts
Multicultural Film Festival, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Feb. 2002
M. Norden, "Discordant Notes on The Piano: A Look at IMDB User
Comments," Bentley College, Waltham MA, Nov. 2002
M. Norden, "Hollywood and Disability," London Disability Arts Forum, London, England, April 2003
M. Norden, "Disability and Silent-Era Cinema," American University of
Paris, Paris, France, Dec. 2003
M. Norden, introduction to Miracle en Alabama, Festival retour d'image:
Cinéma et handicap, une rétrospective critique, Paris, France, Dec. 2003
M. Norden, "La caractérisation des personnages handicapés," Festival retour
d'image: Cinéma et handicap, une rétrospective critique, Paris,
France, Dec. 2003
M. Norden, "Theater, Film, and Memory: The Case of Greensboro: A Requiem,"
Center for the Study of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, April 2004
M. Norden, "Movies and Disability: An Uneasy History," Rhode Island
College, Providence RI, April 2005
M. Norden, "Hollywood und Menschen mit Behinderung," Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Behinderung und Medien, Munich, Germany, March 2006
M. Norden, "Raising Disability Awareness Through Film," Rhode Island
College, Providence RI, Feb. 2007
M. Norden, "Ivan Passer and Cutter's Way," Film and Television
School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Prague, Czech Republic,
June 2007
M. Norden, presentation of jury assessments of award-winning films:
Moen-Koey [Always], Jaei Denj Baraye Mahiha [A Cozy Place for the
Fish], Contracuerpo [The Body Against], Difference Is Normal, "Wie
Wir Leben!" International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany, Nov.
2007
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Manuscript referee for such journals as Quarterly Journal of Speech, Journal of
Communication, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, American
Quarterly, Theatre Survey, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Media
Psychology, and International Journal of Disability,
Development and Education, 1980-present
Panel moderator, "Mixed Media," Northeast Popular Culture Association,
Worcester MA, March 1980
Panel moderator, "Television," Northeast Popular Culture Association,
Worcester MA, March 1980
Panel moderator, "Prime-Time Television Programming," Popular Culture
Association, Louisville KY, April 1982
Panel moderator, "Future Directions in the American Film/TV/Cable
Industry," Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia PA, March 1984
Panel moderator, "Film as Mass Communication," Popular Culture
Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1984
Participant, readers' theatre program, New England Theatre Conference,
Providence RI, Nov. 1984
Panel moderator, "Research Applications," Microcomputers and Education
(special-topic conference), University of Massachusetts-Boston, April 1985
Panel moderator, "Media History," University Film and Video Association,
Los Angeles CA, Aug. 1985
Panel moderator, "Spectacle and Representation," Mainstreams and Margins:
Cultural Politics in the '90s (special-topic conference), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, April 1992
Consultant, Beyond Affliction, a four-part documentary developed by Straight Ahead Pictures, 1993-94
Editorial board member, Echoes and Mirrors: Comparative Studies of
Film, 1994-present
Panel moderator, "American Cinema II: 1970-1990," University Film and
Video Association, Keene NH, Aug. 1995
Consultant, Limb, a narrative film developed by Camera
Obscura/Anvil Forest Films, 1996-97
Consultant, Barrymore, a Broadway play written by William Luce, 1996-97
Panel moderator, "What Was DEFA, Really?," The Cinema of Eastern Germany:
The View from North America (special-topic conference), Smith College,
Northampton MA, Oct. 1997
Panel moderator, "Disabling Discourses in Theory, Media, and
Institutions," Interfaces: Communication and Connectedness in an Age of
Fragmentation (special-topic conference), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 1998
Consultant, Legendary Hollywood Homes, a video documentary
developed by Cinetel Productions for American Movie Classics, 1998
Book review editor, Journal of Popular
Film & Television, 1998-present
Editor, Film Studies
website, American Communication Association, 1999-present [Mirror site at the U. of Arkansas]
Panel moderator, "Screenwriting and Directing," Massachusetts Multicultural Film
Festival, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, April 1999
Guest editor, "The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television" (theme
issue), Journal of Popular
Film & Television 28.2 (Summer 2000)
Panel moderator, "Blood Simple: Constructions of Violence and Sexuality
in Film and Literature," Borderlands: Remapping Zones of Cultural Practice
and Representation (special-topic conference), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 2001
Panelist, "Science in Proof: How Much Is Stereotype and
Misconception?" University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Nov. 2003
Panel moderator, "When Others Are Swept Up by Evil," 7th Global Conference
on Evil and Human Wickedness, Salzburg, Austria, March 2006
Panel moderator, "Youth, Femininity, and the Allure of Imagery," Communication in Crisis (special-topic conference), University of
Massachusetts-Amherst, March 2006
Curriculum consultant, Seminar fuer Filmwissenschaft, Zurich
University, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2006
Panelist, "Film Journal Editors Panel: What's Irresistible, and Why; What
Works?," Popular Culture Association, Boston MA, April 2007
Jury member, "Wie Wir Leben!" International Short Film Festival, Munich,
Germany, Nov. 2007
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History of Film
Cinema as a Social Force
Film Theory and Criticism
Experimental Film and Video
Modes of Film Communication
Film
Historiography
Documentary Film
Visual Design in Film
Radio
Direction and Production
Film and Physical Disability
Principles of
Radio and Television
Screenwriting
Filmmaking
Psycho-Social Aspects
of Film
Broadcast News and Public Affairs
Film and
Society
Film/Video Makers as Historians
American Cinema in the 1970s
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Producer, numerous 16mm films and closed-circuit TV programs
Actor, numerous theatrical plays
Reporter, Columbia Missourian (city newspaper), Columbia MO, 1971-72
Freelance production assistant, KDNA-FM, St. Louis MO 1972
Newscaster/reporter/news cameraman, KOMU-TV (NBC), Columbia MO, 1972-73
Announcer/producer/reporter, KBIA-FM (NPR), Columbia MO, 1972-76
Announcer/producer, KCOU-FM, Columbia MO, 1973-74
Freelance producer, National Public Radio, 1973-74
Producer, University Information Services, University of Missouri system,
Columbia MO, 1973-74
Film reviewer, University of Missouri-Columbia Tabs, 1976-77
Editorial consultant, 1977-present
Announcer/audio producer, WHYN-TV (ABC), Springfield MA, 1978-79
Judge, New England Film Festival, Amherst MA, 1978, 1979, 1981
Freelance actor, Tele-Commercial Productions, Agawam MA, 1988-present
Freelance actor, Cable Advertising, West Springfield MA, 1990-present
Announcer/producer, WTTT-AM and WRNX-FM, Amherst MA, 1990-92
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