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  Degrees:

BS, University of Illinois, Urbana.

MA, Loyola University.

 

  Assistant Professor of Global Communications

 

  Academic Department:

Global Communications

 

 

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Profile updated: Apr-10

 
 

 

Pat Thompson worked as line producer for two recent episodes of the adventure reality show, The Amazing Race, which were broadcast on the CBS network in March. One featured a recreation of a World War I battle near Verdun and the other focused on the Champagne region. The Amazing Race just won its 8th Emmy Award in a row for best program in its category. More than 100 local staff worked on the French production, including several AUP alumni.

 
 
 

 

Pat Thompson has been teaching fiction and non-fiction video production courses at AUP since 1997.

 

Thompson was Senior Producer for NBC News from 1975-1990 and European Producer for ABC News from 1990-1995. In addition, she has worked on a variety of production projects for Nickelodeon, Columbia Tristar, ESPN, NBC Sports, New Wave Cinema, NBC Dateline, RAI 3 Italia, PBS, Channel 4 UK and others. Thompson has won international recognition for her work, including two Emmy awards and a Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival.

 

Thompson currently runs her own audiovisual company in Paris, producing award-winning short films and documentaries and providing production support for US networks and programs shooting in France.

 
 
 

 

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Peter Barnet

Associate Professor of Global Communications

 

Jim Bittermann

Associate Professor of Global Communications; Membre, Légion d'Honneur.

 

Elaine Coburn

Assistant Professor of Global Communications

 

Waddick Doyle

Associate Professor of Global Communications; Director, Division of Global Communications and Film; Director, MA in Global Communications.

 

Julien Guérif

Instructor of Global Communications and Film

 

Jayson Harsin

Associate of Global Communications; Chair, Department of Global Communications; Director, MA in Global Communications and Civil Society.

 

Mark Hayward

Assistant Professor of Global Communications

 

Yudhishthir Raj Isar

Professor of Global Communications; Jean Monnet Professor.

 

George Kazolias

Instructor of Global Communications

 

Youna Kim

Associate Professor of Global Communications

 

Justin McGuinness

Assistant Professor of Global Communications and Urban Studies

 

Stephen Monteiro

Assistant Professor of Global Communications

 

Christy Shields-Argelès

Instructor of Anthropology

 

Charles Talcott

Assistant Professor of Global Communications and Comparative Literature and English

 

Julie Thomas

Associate Professor of Global Communications

 

Pat Thompson

Assistant Professor of Global Communications

 
 

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