About
In her three decades at The University of Michigan, Terri Sarris has created and taught over 15 different undergraduate production and writing courses, from first-year seminars through advanced workshops, including sketch and situation comedy, experimental media, documentary, screendance, multi-camera TV production, and courses for WOLV-TV. Her former students have gone on to careers in all areas of media, including as Emmy-award winning directors, editors, producers, writers, actors, media teachers, scholars, and more. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for innovative undergraduate teaching and advising, and has been named a faculty fellow at the Bentley Historical Library, the CRLT Faculty Interdisciplinary Associates Program, and the National Center for Institutional Diversity.
In addition to teaching a full Lecturers' course load every semester, Terri maintains an active creative practice. Her creative work includes award-winning feature and short films (shot on 16mm, Super 8mm film, and digital media), film and television scripts, and work as a curator, film festival board member and festival juror in the larger media community. In her spare time, she helps to create and perform original live scores for classic silent films with the musical toy trio "Little Bang Theory" (https://www.facebook.com/littlebangtheorydetroit/).
View her creative work on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user3842874
Faculty Affiliations: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Bentley Historical Library Fellows
