Dennis Bounds

Professional in Residence

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Baylor University

Contact Info

(757) 226-4134
dennbou@regent.edu

Biography

Dr. Bounds is an avid detective fiction, film and television fan having published a definitive work on Perry Mason. Perry Mason: The Authorship and Reproduction of a Popular Hero. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. His research concerns the areas of detective film and fiction, Biblical epics, science fiction, and narrative adaptation. He is currently writing a science fiction thriller as both a novel and screenplay. He teaches film and television history, theory and screenwriting and is the interim chair of the MFA in Script and Screenwriting.

Courses Taught

CTV 600 Theory and Criticism of Cinema-Television
CTV 602 History of Cinema I (the Studio Era)
CTV 607 History of American Broadcasting
CTV 609 Topics in the Critical Study of Cinema-Television
SSW 514 Writing for TV
SSW 610 Genre Writing
SSW 612 Feature Film Scriptwriting

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