Biography

Dr. Sofia Karatza's work brings together intercultural communication, sensory ethnography, and film to explore the potential of senses—and extensions of them through digital media—to create and construct alternative socio-aesthetic places in which everyday life, otherwise seemingly agent-less and mundane, becomes meaningful. Dr. Karatza is originally from Greece and Cyprus; she joined the Coastal Carolina University faculty in 2015.

Education

• Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Iowa (2015)
• M.A., Journalism, University of Iowa (2007)
• B.A., Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2005)

Awards

• 2021-2022 Department's Chair Award for Service

Films

• Oneiron Morfés (2018)
• The last full moon (2016)
• Expectations (2011)

Program Affiliations

• Graduate Studies

Teaching Areas

• Film and culture
• Media
• Intercultural communication
• Ethnography & media

Research Areas

• Ethnographic film
• Experimental film
• Intercultural communication
• Sensory ethnography
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