David Sutera, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Cinema
Office: Potter Hall 114
E-mail: dsutera@missouriwestern.edu
Bio
Dr. Sutera holds an M.F.A. in Film and Media Arts Production from the University of Utah and a PhD in Film and Media Studies from the University of Kansas. He has been teaching film/video production, screenwriting, and media studies at the college level since 2008 at the University of Utah, University of Kansas, Doane University, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Bridgewater State University near Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Sutera’s main area of research centers on sports culture and the representation of sports in mass and social media. He published 4 books on sports media and most recently published a book as co-author examining the rise of superhero films in contemporary culture.
He is also an active screenwriter and filmmaker, with multiple film festival selections and awards to his name. His most recent projects are a documentary film about a burlesque troupe in Salt Lake City, Utah called Bible Belt Burlesque and a feature-length screenplay title Dead End Job set in Purgatory where occupants of this mystical realm are forced to work menial jobs on Earth as penance for their sins.
In his spare time, Dr. Sutera is a proud frustrated athlete who plays fast-pitch baseball in the Men’s Senior Baseball League (MSBL) in Kansas City, Missouri.
