PhD Student
Professional Links & Recent Works
Zachariah Qureshi is PhD student in the Radio-Television-Film department. His research focuses on transnational cinema with a particular emphasis on Indian and Asian cinemas. He is interested in exploring the intersection of transnational film theory and critical theory.
His undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Dallas was in Political Science with a minor in Film Studies, and he earned his master’s degree from UTD in Visual and Performing Arts. He has presented his work at multiple academic conferences, including Northumbria University’s Horror Studies Now Conference and Indiana University’s Blockbuster Futures Conference.
Zachariah’s non-academic work includes journalistic criticism, with publications on ScreenSpeck.com, as well as experimental visual art, with a video installation at ARC Gallery in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas.
In addition to Indian Cinema, Zachariah has also worked on Iranian cinema as well as the films of Spike Lee.