I’m Professor Emeritus, Film & Media Arts, and Dean Emeritus, School of Communication, American University (Journalism, Public Communication, Film & Media Arts, Communication Studies.) After 11 years as dean, I taught courses on social documentary and film history for MA/MFA filmmakers until my retirement in 2018. As dean, I involved alumni in the substantive life of the school, built partnerships with major media organizations, such as The Washington Post, NBC, USA Today, Sony, American Film Institute, Smithsonian and New America Media, established centers for innovation in public service media, including the Investigative Reporting Workshop, Center for Media and Social Impact and Center for Environmental Filmmaking, and developed the renovation of the McKinley Building as a new home for the school. My work in media for public knowledge and action includes public television documentaries, social advertising campaigns and online journalism projects, including Union Yes for the AFL-CIO, KidsCampaigns/connectforkids with the Advertising Council, and the U.S. center of the One World network. I produced the American Film Institute's National Video Festival, sponsored by Sony, and Benton Foundation’s international Advocacy Video Conference. I co-edited Strategic Communications for Nonprofits, a series of ten media guides.Learn more about my career, current productions and selected publications at larrykirkman.com.