Alumna Returns to Philly in New Role at BlackStar
Lehigh University and Documentary Storymaking alumna Ashley Ijoema Omoma is one of six newly hired staff at Philadelphia’s BlackStar, critical to the organization’s growth as…
“If you can’t imagine it, you can’t have it.”
– Toni Morrison
Three campuses. Three communities. Infinite stories.
Program Overview
The Documentary Storymaking minor emphasizes hands-on experience in the methods, tools, practices and partnerships that foster students’ understanding and ability to create meaningful stories with and for diverse communities.
While developing students’ personal capacities for creative and ethical expression, the minor in Documentary Storymaking is also deeply community-based and connects to the issues, concerns, and stories of broader importance in partnership with a variety of organizations and communities within the Lehigh Valley.
Established in Spring 2016 through a collaboration among Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Muhlenberg College, the Documentary Storymaking minor is open to students on each campus pursuing any major field of study.
Requirements
The minor consists of 3 required courses:
Doc 150, Introduction to Documentary Storymaking,
Rights and Responsibilities in Documentary Storymaking,
and Doc 370, Capstone in Documentary Storymaking.
Additionally, students complete two approved electives, one of which is production focused.
Read more about course descriptions and requirements.
For more information about the consortial minor, contact the program director:
Lora Taub, lorataub@muhlenberg.edu or 484.664.3880.
For help with cross-registration through LVAIC, see the LVAIC website here.
Student Works
Free to Be Us
Dir. Ali Ruchman
Shelf Life
Dir. Sophia Echevarria
Voice of the Streets
Dir. Tracey Robinson
Unschooling
Dir. Fatimah Fair
More student work available online as part of the
Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Digital Archive
News
Lehigh University and Documentary Storymaking alumna Ashley Ijoema Omoma is one of six newly hired staff at Philadelphia’s BlackStar, critical to the organization’s growth as…
We are excited to share the spring 2021 semester schedule, with two required Documentary Storymaking courses offered. Doc 250: Rights and Responsibilities in Documentary Inquiry…
The students in valuable collaboration with community members across the Lehigh Valley made meaningful, cinematic work with deep attention to location, ethical engagement and the framing of stories that often go unnoticed, yet are snapshots of the intricate moving parts in the Valley.
Who We Are
Drew Swedberg
Program Alum
Adjunct Professor
Film and Media Studies
Lafayette
Michael Kramp
Assoc. Professor of English
Director of Film Studies
Lehigh
Jack Lule
Fulbright Specialist in Journalism
Iacocca Professor
Journalism and Communication
Lehigh
Julia Maserjian
Digital Scholarship Manager
Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Lehigh
Olivia Landry*
Asst. Professor of German
Modern Languages & Literatures
Director of Film and Doc Studies
Lehigh
Nandini Sikand*
Assoc. Professor & Chair
Film and Media Studies
Lafayette
Andy Smith
Assoc. Professor
Film and Media Studies
Lafayette
Lora Taub*
Professor, Media & Communication
Dir., Documentary Storymaking
Dean for Digital Learning
Muhlenberg
David Romberg
Asst. Professor
Film Studies
Muhlenberg College
*advisors
Founding Faculty and Friends
Jenna Azar
Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz
Tamara Myers
John Pettegrew, In Memoriam
Kate Ranieri
Greg Reihman