Jeff Wray is assistant professor of English and co-director of Film Studies at MSU. His research interests include Film Studies, Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Third World and Black U.S. cinema, and Gay cinema. He has written and directed the films The Evolution of Burt; The Soul Searchers: A Trilogy; China; August; The Beautyful Ones; and Affirmative Action. He directed the film The Slave Ship Injustice.