JANICE R. WELSCH has taught courses in film criticism and history, Women's Studies, and Multicultural Studies since joining the English and Journalism faculty of Western Illinois University in 1975. She has served as Co-Director of the Expanding Cultural Diversity Project for over ten years and has co-edited Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism. She recently received the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Service Award for her distinguished contributions to the Society and to the profession.