Susan Ohmer
Professor Emerita
- Office
- 230B Debartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-1626
- sohmer@nd.edu
Research interests
Media Industries, Animation and Disney, Adaptation Theory and Transmedia Texts, Media and Presidential Elections, Alfred Hitchcock and London, Harry Potter
Biography
Susan Ohmer has taught at the University of Notre Dame since 1998 after earning her doctorate in Cinema Studies from New York University and serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan (1997-1998). As an administrator at Notre Dame, she served as a Provost's Fellow (2007-2009), as Assistant Provost (2009-2010), Interim Director of the Hesburgh Libraries (2010-2011) and from 2011-2013 led Digital ND, a campus-wide initiative to streamline and strengthen digital work at Notre Dame. Her professional service includes serving as a board member and officer of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (2003-2006) and as co-editor of the journal The Moving Image (2012-2019). She has also served on the Boards of Directors of the South Bend Museum of Art and of WNIT, the public broadcasting station, where she chaired the Board from 2015-2020.