Pronouns: she/her
Title/s: Professor
Office #: School of Communication 219
Phone: 312.915.6716
Email: ecoffma@luc.edu
External Webpage: http://longdistanceproductions.com/
Elizabeth Coffman serves as a Professor in the Film and Digital Media Program for Loyola Chicago's School of Communication. She is an active documentary filmmaker and film scholar. Her NEH-sponsored film Flannery on Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor was the first winner for the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns prize for film, broadcast on American Masters in 2021. Elizabeth has worked at Loyola University Chicago since 2004, serving as department chair for Communication and director of the Film and Digital Media Program. She supports Chicago film and video history, serving on the board of the Media Burn Archive for independent video.
Doctor of Philosophy in English (Cinema Studies), University of Florida, 1995
Master of Arts in English, University of Florida, 1990
Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science, Duke University, 1987