Edward J. Fink (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1993) is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Radio-TV-Film at California State University, Fullerton. He regularly teaches the introductory course, for which this book is the primary text. He also teaches production and writing classes. His research interests relate to his teaching. He has published and presented papers about digital video in the classroom, music in primetime drama, and applying elements of drama to video production.