Berkley Center

Bernard J. Cook is an associate dean of Georgetown College and founding director of the Film and Media Studies program. He is actively involved in developing new classes with an interdisciplinary and documentary video focus. He earned an M.A. from Georgetown University and a Ph.D from University of California - Los Angeles.

David Guarascio is a television show producer and writer. He has worked on shows such as The IT Crowd, Community, and The Goldbergs.

Deborah L. Jaramillo is associate professor of film and television and graduate Film & Television Studies program director at the Boston University College of Communication. Her research focuses on the history, industry, and artifacts of television. She earned an M.A. from University of Arizona and Ph.D. from University of Texas-Austin.

Laurie King-Irani is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Anthropology at Georgetown University. She teaches on urban anthropology, cultural anthropology, and the anthropology of human rights.  She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Indiana - Bloomington.

Cynthia P. Schneider is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy in Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service and with Derek Goldman is co-founding director of the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown. She previously taught a class supported through the Berkley Center's Doyle Seminars project. Schneider is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-director of MOST Resource. Her work focuses on cultural diplomacy, particularly in relations with the Muslim world. She previously was a member of Georgetown's art history faculty from 1984 to 2005 and organized exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. From 1998 to 2001, Schneider served as U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands. Schneider received her B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.