Professional and Academic Associations
Communication & Media Communication Associations
The Independent Feature Project
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Women in Film Chicago
Documentary Filmmaking
Directors Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
Digital Filmmaker's Resources Site
Association for Multimedia Communication
Association for Women in Communication
International Association of Business Communicators
Journalist's Resource
Human Performance and Training Associations
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
Chicago Chapter of American Society for Training and Development (CCASTD)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
Information Technology Training Association (ITTA)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Chicago International Society for Performance Improvement (CISPI)
Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
Academic Associations
National Communication Association (NCA)
International Communication Association (ICA)
Central States Communication Association (CSCA)
Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)
Western States Communication Association (WSCA)
Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
World Communication Association (WCA)
American Communication Association (ACA)
University Film and Video Association
Broadcast Education Association
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Pop Culture & American Culture Associations
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS)
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG)
Association for Cultural Studies
International Listening Association
Uriah Berryhill, Specialist, TV & Media Production
The MFA program encourages you to take your big ideas and turn them into a real production by providing you with the creative channels, skills, and knowledge you need to do it. My professors gave me the push to take strategic risks and follow my passion—that created confidence that I now implement in my current job where I use the skills I gained as an M.F.A. student in studio production, filming, and editing.
Dan Nearing, Full Professor of IFDI
The IFDI program is all about authorship and encouraging the creative growth of individual writer-directors and photographers. GSU student and alumni films have screened at hundreds of international film festivals and won multiple awards. Our faculty has received recognition from major entities such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Times, and Roger Ebert. To top it all off, an MFA at GSU is more affordable than one at other Chicago-area schools.
Beth Parin, Associate Professor IFDI
IFDI offers a unique Chicago based MFA experience where self-motivated, independent writer-directors and photographers come together to form an artistic community in which each individual develops their own artistic voice and vision under the mentorship of renowned faculty.