Pam
O'Brien, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Arts, Sciences and Business
Study Abroad Coordinator
School of Arts, Sciences & Business
Theresa Hall (THE) 116
410-532-5521

School of Arts, Sciences & Business

Education

  • M.A. and Ph.D. in Mass Communications, Indiana University-Bloomington
  • B.A. in Radio/TV Production (Honors), Southern Methodist University

Teaching Interests

  • Advertising
  • Animation
  • Media Technology
  • Communications Law
  • Media Management

Research Interests

  • Critical/cultural and historical study of animation
  • Social media technology

Publications & Presentation

O’Brien, P. (2020). Dwarfland. In Pallant, C (Ed.), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy.

Bloomsbury: London. In Press. O’Brien, P. (2017).

Princess Iron Fan: Asia’s Frist Full-Length Animated Feature. Animation 2.0.
https://blog.animationstudies.org/?p=2423 O’Brien, P. (2017).

Dwarfland: The Premier of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Animation 2.0. https://blog.animationstudies.org/?p=2244

Bio

Pamela C. O’Brien (Associate Professor) most recently served as Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at Bowie State University. She taught for ten years at BSU, during which time she created an undergraduate concentration in Emerging Media and served as Program Coordinator for the M.A. in Organizational Communication. 

Dr. O’Brien also taught for nine years at the George Washington University in the Electronic Media major.