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Florida Atlantic University

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5.04/23/2026

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Stephen Charbonneau is a Professor in the School of Communication & Multimedia Studies within the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University. He holds a Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. in Film and Television Studies from the University of Warwick, and a B.A. in Cinema Studies and Politics from New York University. Charbonneau joined Florida Atlantic University in Fall 2007, where he teaches film and media studies with a main emphasis in documentary film and theory. He has served as Associate Director of the School of Communication & Multimedia Studies since 2015 and as Graduate Program Coordinator. His research specialization is the history and theory of documentary media, focusing on postwar documentary practices approached through participation, collaboration, everyday life, and social change. Additional interests include digital documentary practices, evidentiary video during political events, historic newsfilm covering civil rights movements, and archival digitization inequities.