• CCI Panel
    CCI panel discussion with Christopher Bollas and Ken McMullen.
  • VR technology is an emerging force in CCI
    VR technology is an emerging force in CCI.
  • Class on Tour in London Cemetery
    CCI travel course students on Highgate Cemetery tour.
  • Fashion Exhibit
    Fashion is one of many Creative Industries explored though CCI.
The Center for Creative and Cultural Industries

» The Center for the Creative and Cultural Industries

The 21st century has witnessed a profound shift in the way we view the world and ourselves in it. A key part of this shift is the rise of ‘The Creatives’ – individuals, institutions, cities, and regions that examine contemporary issues and ideas through creativity and innovation. This has led to the formation of the rapidly growing field of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI).

CCI has its roots in the arts and humanities and explores industries such as fashion, film and television, music, museums, performing arts, publishing, and tourism. With the rise of the digital economy, CCI has grown to encompass video games, influencer culture and digital storytelling. Beyond specific industries, CCI investigates the principle of creativity, including how creative thinking is used to solve problems, communicate complex ideas, and explore new ways of working.

The study of CCI at Chapman is globally connected and locally engaged. We explore how the Creative and Cultural Industries respond to major issues such as social justice movements and the climate crisis, while considering how creativity can help improve our cities and benefit our emotional wellbeing. We partner with cultural and educational institutions in Southern California to pursue hands-on research and teaching.

Dr. Patrick Fuery
Dr. Fuery published his ninth book "Intimacy and the Anxieties of Cinematic Flesh: Between Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis", on the topics of phenomenology and psychoanalysis. Renowned psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas described it as a "brave and brilliant book".
Dr. Kelli Fuery
Dr. Fuery’s book Ambiguous Cinema: From Simone de Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology (2022) will be followed in quick succession by her sixth book, an edited collection titled Film Phenomenologies: Temporality, Embodiment, Transformation, forthcoming 2024 with Edinburgh University Press.
CCI Undergraduate Research
Dr. P. Fuery mentored three students who presented on the Dream Machine research project at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin, Spring 2023.

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Creative and Cultural Industries Full Time and Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Patrick Fuery
Professor, Director of the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries

fueryDr. Patrick Fuery is a graduate of Murdoch University, Australia, with a BA (Hons), MPhil and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. He has held posts at the University of London (Royal Holloway College), Sussex University, and the University of Newcastle (Australia). He is the author of eight books and has been translated into Chinese, Italian, French, and Korean. His most recent book is Madness and Cinema. His research interests include psychoanalysis, semiotics, literary and cultural theory, gender studies, film and visual studies, medicine and the arts. He is currently completing two books: a study on cultural disturbance and the sublime; and an edited collection on medicine, culture, and the arts.

Office Location: 428 N. Glassell, Office 101
Office Hours: By Appointment
Email: fuery@chapman.edu

Dr. Kelli Fuery 
Associate Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries

Kelli FueryDr. Kelli Fuery completed her B.A. (Hons) at Macquarie University in Critical and Cultural Studies, graduating in 1995 with First Class Honors. Before joining Chapman University, she held posts in contemporary film, media and cultural studies at Monash University; the University of Newcastle, Australia; and in the (now) School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London. She completed her PhD (2005) at Murdoch University in Critical Theory, Film and Visual Culture. Her research explores why we mediate the world around us in the ways that we do, examining how our inner worlds influence the social and cultural contexts which influence our choices. Focusing on various modes within visual culture, Fuery is interested in the poisoning and mechanics of power and knowledge, the assembly and dismantling of structures, and the role ethics plays in the exchange of aesthesis. She is the author of five books, including Visual Cultures and Critical Theory (co-authored, 2003), New Media: Culture and Image (2009), The Gift and Visual Culture: Doubles, Disruption and Exchange (2008), Wilfred Bion, Thinking and Emotional Experience with Moving Images (2018), and most recently, Ambiguous Cinema: From Simone de Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology (2022). Her sixth book is an edited collection titled Film Phenomenologies: Temporality, Embodiment, Transformation, forthcoming 2024 with Edinburgh University Press. She is a founding scholar for the British Psychoanalyst Council, an Editorial Board Member for Film-Philosophy journal and Special Issues Editor for Film Maters.

Office Location: 428 N. Glassell, Office 102
Office Hours: T/TH 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. or by Appointment
Email: Kfuery@chapman.edu

Center for CCI Location


The Center for Creative and Cultural Industries is located at 428 N. Glassell. The hours are normally from 8 a.m. to 4:30 pm. However, to ensure that you are able to meet with a specific person it is advisable to first make an appointment. See below for links to faculty and staff contact information. 

CCI House

Dr. Patrick Fuery, Director of the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries

Dr. Kelli Fuery, Associate Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries

Ms. Shannon Halverson, Program Manager, Center for Creative and Cultural Industries