Lori Landay, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses such as "Approaches to Visual Culture," "Culture, Diversity, & Artistry," "The Jazz Age" and "The Nature of Technology" in the Liberal Arts Department, and "The Language of Film" in the Film Scoring Department.

In addition to her teaching commitments, Professor Landay serves as Coordinator of Technology in Learning and Teaching (TiLT) for the Liberal Arts Department. She also drives technology initiatives at the college as co-founder of the ReBoot program of workshops and institutes on teaching with technology for Berklee faculty and a member of the BTOT (Berklee Teachers on Teaching) conference planning committee. She also brings her expertise in technology and other aspects of education to her work on the Curriculum Review Initiative Steering Committee. Professor Landay has quickly established herself as an incredible resource for faculty at the college, sharing imaginative and effective ways for using technology in the classroom.

Professor Landay’s exploration of visual media and technology extends far beyond the borders of Berklee. She is the author of Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press), and creator of the documentary film The Jazz Age Gaze: Looking at the Flapper Film. Currently, she is finishing a book focusing on I Love Lucy and media history for the TV MIlestones series published by Wayne State University Press and embarking on her next project, a study of new media. She has also published on other aspects of film and television comedy, silent film, and new media technologies.

For her imaginative and innovative teaching, and dedicated and passionate work, Professor Lori Landay was selected as the Chief Marshal for the Berklee College of Music 2006 Commencement. In 2007, she was awarded the Professional Education Division's prize for Excellence in Teaching. In 2008, she was selected as one of the two inaugural recipients of the Newbury Comics Faculty Fellowship for her innovative project, "Virtual Worlds." For the academic year 2008-09, she will be on sabbatical, engaged in her project, "Sharpening the Cutting Edge: What's New in New Media?"