Maureen Ruth Furniss is a writer, animation historian, animation theorist, critic, professor, and president of the Society for Animation Studies

Society for Animation Studies

The Society for Animation Studies is an international, interdisciplinary scholarly organization dedicated to the study of animation history and theory. It was founded by Dr. Harvey Deneroff in 1987. As of 2008 its president is Dr...

. Furniss served as a professor at the California Institute of Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah College of Art and Design

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, University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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, and Chapman University

Chapman University

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Furniss attended San Diego State University

San Diego State University

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, studied "Telecommunications and Film," received a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in 1983 and a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in 1987. In 1994 she received a Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (Ph.D.) from University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 in 1994 using the dissertation "Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Film."

She is the founding editor of Animation Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal about animation.

Furniss contributed to the Encarta

Encarta

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 article about Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...

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Works

• Chuck Jones: Conversations - Contains many interviews related to Chuck Jones
  Chuck Jones
  Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
  
  
• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics'
• The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash
• Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Animation

External links

• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics at Google Books
• Furniss' Animation History Classes website
• Motion Capture
• The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, produced by Kimstim Films, DVD from Kino International, 2005
• Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics book review by Giannalberto Bendazzi - Hosted on Animation World Network
  Animation World Network
  Animation World Network is an organization for animators, with an extensive website with news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. AWN also publishes a printed journal, "Animation World"....