Name: Benjamin Thevenin

Title: Media Arts Critical Studies Area Head

Email: benjamin_thevenin@byu.edu

Division: Media Arts Critical Studies

Office Hours: F-526 HFAC, Tuesdays 1pm – 3pm online by appointment

Phone: 801-422-3305

Education
BA, Media Arts, Brigham Young University, 2006
MA, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Florida State University, 2008
PhD, Media Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2012

Profile
Benjamin received his PhD from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Benjamin’s studies focus on the relationships between youth, media and politics; particularly, how we can better prepare young people to become thoughtful citizens, consumers and creators of media. At BYU’s TMA department, he teaches classes on creativity, children’s media, new media, and media education. Benjamin also leads the Hands on a Camera project, a service-learning program through which BYU students teach media production and analysis skills to local youth. Benjamin lives with his wife Emily and three boys in the beautiful Wasatch mountains.

Courses Taught
TMA 112 Creativity, Research and Visualization
TMA 277 New Media Conceptualization
TMA 392 Children’s Media
TMA 458 Media Literacy Education
TMA 691 Screens Theory

Curriculum Vitae: Benjamin Thevenin