Laura Zaylea is a film/media artist and Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Media Studies and Production in the Klein College for Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

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Laura Zaylea, MFA

Creative work: She is currently working on Building Blocks: Interactive Conversations with LGBTQ families, funded by the 2015 Temple University Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Program and the 2016 Klein College Summer Creative Work Faculty Stipend. She recently co-created Free Swim, an augmented reality board game which won second place at the 2016 University Film and Video Association Conference New Media Exhibition. Past work includes a web-based multimedia novel (Closer Than Rust, 2015), a series of locative media projects using QR codes (Language/Absence Series, 2012-2013), film/video work designed for alternative screening contexts, an independent feature film (Hold The Sun, 2009) and short narrative work (The Lydia Pink Project, 2002-2006). More about her creative work here.

Teaching Practice: Prof. Zaylea’s teaching practice focuses on both new/emergent media technologies and classic modes of media production. Students in her Genres of Media Production class produce interactive videos, and students in Emergent Media Production create books augmented with video content. In Producing and Directing, students produce 15-30 minute narrative shorts or television pilots; in Advanced Editing they learn the ins and outs of video postproduction. More about her teaching practice here.

Teaching Philosophy: Prof. Zaylea’s teaching philosophy centers around hands-on learning, experimentation and creative risk-taking, theoretically-informed making and the celebration of both individual and collective voices.

Grants and Awards: 

2017 Temple University Innovative Teaching with Technology Award
2017 Klein College Junior Faculty Teaching Award
2017 Innovative Teaching with Makerspace Technology Award
2016 University Film and Video Association Best New Media – Second Place
2015 Temple University Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Program Grant
2013 University Film and Video Association Best Short Script – Second Place
2012 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition

CV: Yes, of course. It’s right here.

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