Experts
Elizabeth Coffman, PhD
Kenley Easglestone, Esq.
Elizabeth Coffman is an active documentary filmmaker and film scholar. She is the co-producer of One More Mile: A Dialogue on Nation Building, covering the complex, post-war political situation in Bosnia, and she is currently directing a documentary on Flannery O’Connor. Dr. Coffman is a professor at Loyola University Chicago.
Kenley is a Chicago-based attorney who graduated cum laude and magna cum laude from Virginia Tech in 2010 with a B.S. in Business Management and a B.A. in Philosophy, respectively. She obtained her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 and currently practices at McCaulley & Dowell LLP in downtown Chicago.
John Goheen
As one of America’s premier visual storytellers John’s work has been recognized as some of the best in the business. Winning more than 300 local, regional, and national awards. He is the first three-time winner of television’s top award for photojournalism - the National Press Photographers Association’s Television News Photographer of the Year. John is a full-time professor at Loyola University Chicago.
Kristin Pichaske
Kristin Pichaske is an award-winning documentary producer and director whose diverse experience ranges from working as a writer/producer for Lucasfilm & Paramount pictures to being a professor of documentary and new media at Columbia College. She's currently a producer at Kindling Group.
Aaron Greer, MFA
Aaron Greer is a Chicago based filmmaker, his award-winning feature, Gettin' Grown, screened at film festivals around the country, as was his most recent work, I'm An Actor. He currently serves as an Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Communication,
Creators
Michael Kennedy
Michael is a second year graduate student at Loyola University Chicago Pursuing a degree in Digital Media Storytelling. As a former History major Michael is interested in telling stories about real people and events. Michael has written and directed several comedic shorts for film festivals.
Kaitlin McMurry
Jessica Vitkin
Kaitlin is a second year graduate student at Loyola University Chicago pursuing a degree in Digital Media and Storytelling. Previously a news producer and reporter in Florida, Kaitlin is a documentary filmmaker with interests in environmental and social justice issues. Most recently she directed, Ashes to Ashes, a documentary about the impact of coal ash in Alabama, which was selected for the national Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2019.
Jessica is a second-year graduate student at Loyola University Chicago pursuing a master’s degree in Digital Media and Storytelling. A former social worker and teacher, Jessica is the creator of the award-winning creative nonfiction blog, Tiny Portal and a regular contributor to The Second City sponsored podcast, Personal Disclosures.