Robert A. Emmons Jr.

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Dr. Robert A. Emmons Jr. is a digital documentary filmmaker focusing on American popular culture. His films include: Enthusiast: The 9th Art, Wolf at the Door, Yardsale!, Goodwill: The Flight of Emilio Carranza, and De Luxe: The Tale of the Blue Comet. His published and presented work focus on electronic media, documentary film, and comic books and include Who's Responsible Here? Media, Audience, and Ethics (Cognella 2009), The Encyclopedia of Documentary Film (Routletdge, 2005) and Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools (Univ. of Minn. 2007), and The Encyclopedia of Latino and Latina History (Facts on File, 2010). Emmons teaches film, new media, and comics history at Rutgers University-Camden where he is also the Associate Director of the Honors College. He is also a member of the International Documentary Association.