Cinema studies, creative writing, Louisiana studies

Charles E. Richard directs the Cinematic Arts Workshop, a new
interdisciplinary institution at UL designed to facilitate faculty
and student collaboration across the curriculum in producing new
works of research and creative expression in cinema. "Cinematic
Arts" refers broadly to forms of creativity and scholarship that
utilize moving images, such as drama, documentaries, animations,
computer games, interactive media, experimental video, and so forth.
Richard coordinates the University's cinema studies curriculum, which
is currently configured as a minor and is anticipated to become a new
interdisciplinary major. His work includes over a dozen nationally
distributed documentary films, earning recognitions such as "Best
Historical Documentary" at the New York Independent Film & Video
Festival and the prestigious "DuPont Columbia Award," television's
Pulitzer Prize. At UL Lafayette, he supervises several collaborative
student media projects and works closely with the Center for
Louisiana Studies, where he serves as a Fellow with the Center for
Cultural and Eco-Tourism.