Dr. Eric Wesselmann
@ericwesselmann.bsky.social
Film blog: https://www.normaltheater.com/118/Film-CULTure
YouTube: @digitalgolgotha
Research profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ehsWwVIAAAAJ&hl=en
Opinions my own and not ISU.
YouTube: @digitalgolgotha
Research profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ehsWwVIAAAAJ&hl=en
Opinions my own and not ISU.
In a couple weeks, I'll be walking in the 'Out of the Darkness Community Walk' to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Please consider donating if you have the means.
afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants...
Need someone to talk too? Dial #988
afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants...
Need someone to talk too? Dial #988
Please support the Bloomington/Normal Walk this fall to help #stopsuicide
Please support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. Donate or register to walk!
afspwalks.donordrive.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In a couple weeks, I'll be walking in the 'Out of the Darkness Community Walk' to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Please consider donating if you have the means.
afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants...
Need someone to talk too? Dial #988
afspwalks.donordrive.com/participants...
Need someone to talk too? Dial #988
Finally got the first episode of my new YouTube vodcast series together: "HorrorCraft - Inside the Mind of Horror".
I talk with indy film director Paul A. Brooks (intothenightmp on Insta) on his film "Hunting for the Hag"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRY...
I talk with indy film director Paul A. Brooks (intothenightmp on Insta) on his film "Hunting for the Hag"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRY...
June 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally got the first episode of my new YouTube vodcast series together: "HorrorCraft - Inside the Mind of Horror".
I talk with indy film director Paul A. Brooks (intothenightmp on Insta) on his film "Hunting for the Hag"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRY...
I talk with indy film director Paul A. Brooks (intothenightmp on Insta) on his film "Hunting for the Hag"!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRY...
My research with Jordan Arellanes and Leandra Parris on fathers' experiences with miscarriage-related ostracism has now been published in "Family Transitions". Special thank you to the fathers who shared their experiences with us. Article is free to access.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perceived Ostracism and Fathers’ Experiences of Grief and Trauma After Miscarriage
Miscarriage can be a traumatic experience with serious mental health implications for parents. However, fathers’ experiences and outcomes post-miscarriage are understudied compared to those of moth...
www.tandfonline.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My research with Jordan Arellanes and Leandra Parris on fathers' experiences with miscarriage-related ostracism has now been published in "Family Transitions". Special thank you to the fathers who shared their experiences with us. Article is free to access.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Last summer Brian F Colin gave a wonderful presentation at Peoria Quad Con. Thanks to Tom Kelly of Dreamland Collectibles & Events for bringing Brian out!
Quad Con will return to Peoria Civic Center on July 19th!
youtu.be/ZnuB6Q5MZgU?...
Quad Con will return to Peoria Civic Center on July 19th!
youtu.be/ZnuB6Q5MZgU?...
Brian F. Colin @ Peoria Quad Con 2024
YouTube video by Digital Golgotha Productions
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May 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Last summer Brian F Colin gave a wonderful presentation at Peoria Quad Con. Thanks to Tom Kelly of Dreamland Collectibles & Events for bringing Brian out!
Quad Con will return to Peoria Civic Center on July 19th!
youtu.be/ZnuB6Q5MZgU?...
Quad Con will return to Peoria Civic Center on July 19th!
youtu.be/ZnuB6Q5MZgU?...
Feb. 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting David Walker at ISU. Here is our panel celebrating his multi-genre comic work. With Stanford W. Carpenter & Farhia Osman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCi_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCi_...
Celebrating the Comic Work of Mr. David F. Walker @ ISU, February 22 2024
YouTube video by Digital Golgotha Productions
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May 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Feb. 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting David Walker at ISU. Here is our panel celebrating his multi-genre comic work. With Stanford W. Carpenter & Farhia Osman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCi_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCi_...
According to the 4th Council of Reconciliation, the High Council determined that the appropriate response to “May the Fourth be with you” is “and with your midi-chlorians.”
May 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
According to the 4th Council of Reconciliation, the High Council determined that the appropriate response to “May the Fourth be with you” is “and with your midi-chlorians.”
Re-posting this for anyone who needs the info. You matter to me. The world needs you.
April 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Re-posting this for anyone who needs the info. You matter to me. The world needs you.
I'm gonna be kickin' it with Matt Harding, Severin Films, and Terror Vision/GRAVEFACE RECORDS at Normal Theater on Saturday, May 10th. Bruce Li AND Bruce Leong. PLUS physical media for sale. Join us! #physicalmedia4life
April 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I'm gonna be kickin' it with Matt Harding, Severin Films, and Terror Vision/GRAVEFACE RECORDS at Normal Theater on Saturday, May 10th. Bruce Li AND Bruce Leong. PLUS physical media for sale. Join us! #physicalmedia4life
Tuesday, May 6, 7pm. ONE NIGHT ONLY!
My friend & colleague Li Zeng will help me introduce the documentary "Enter The Clones of Bruce Lee" at The Normal Theater. We'll stick around for a post-screening discussion too! Co-sponsored by Severin Films & AsiaConnect.
My friend & colleague Li Zeng will help me introduce the documentary "Enter The Clones of Bruce Lee" at The Normal Theater. We'll stick around for a post-screening discussion too! Co-sponsored by Severin Films & AsiaConnect.
April 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tuesday, May 6, 7pm. ONE NIGHT ONLY!
My friend & colleague Li Zeng will help me introduce the documentary "Enter The Clones of Bruce Lee" at The Normal Theater. We'll stick around for a post-screening discussion too! Co-sponsored by Severin Films & AsiaConnect.
My friend & colleague Li Zeng will help me introduce the documentary "Enter The Clones of Bruce Lee" at The Normal Theater. We'll stick around for a post-screening discussion too! Co-sponsored by Severin Films & AsiaConnect.
Extremely proud of my university's continued efforts to increase student participation in elections at every level! Our community had the highest municipal election turn-out in several years!
Thanks to the ISU Center for Civic Engagement for your hard work!
www.videtteonline.com/news/isu-ach...
Thanks to the ISU Center for Civic Engagement for your hard work!
www.videtteonline.com/news/isu-ach...
ISU achieves record student voter turnout for April's municipal elections
On April 1, the McLean County municipal elections set records for student voting at Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center.
www.videtteonline.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Extremely proud of my university's continued efforts to increase student participation in elections at every level! Our community had the highest municipal election turn-out in several years!
Thanks to the ISU Center for Civic Engagement for your hard work!
www.videtteonline.com/news/isu-ach...
Thanks to the ISU Center for Civic Engagement for your hard work!
www.videtteonline.com/news/isu-ach...
The man, the myth, the legend #MartinAtkins.
Come hang out with him at the ISU University Gallery next Tuesday, 5pm.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
Come hang out with him at the ISU University Gallery next Tuesday, 5pm.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
Martin Atkins, drummer and music industry expert, will visit ISU
Music industry expert and Public Image Ltd drummer Martin Atkins is coming to University Galleries to give a free public talk about Chicago’s music ecosystem.
www.wglt.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The man, the myth, the legend #MartinAtkins.
Come hang out with him at the ISU University Gallery next Tuesday, 5pm.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
Come hang out with him at the ISU University Gallery next Tuesday, 5pm.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
March 25, 5pm, live, one time only. Martin Atkins (Pigface, Killing Joke, and many more) will be presenting at the ISU Galleries.
#Creative Technologies at Illinois State University #Department of Psychology at Illinois State #PPIM-Chicago
#Creative Technologies at Illinois State University #Department of Psychology at Illinois State #PPIM-Chicago
March 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
March 25, 5pm, live, one time only. Martin Atkins (Pigface, Killing Joke, and many more) will be presenting at the ISU Galleries.
#Creative Technologies at Illinois State University #Department of Psychology at Illinois State #PPIM-Chicago
#Creative Technologies at Illinois State University #Department of Psychology at Illinois State #PPIM-Chicago
This Wednesday at The Normal Theater, I have the pleasure & privilege to introduce the amazing horror film "Lyle" (2014) as part of the ISU Queer Coalition series "In Her Image". This movie is brilliant and deeply unsettling (in the best horror film way). If you are in the area, come join us!
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This Wednesday at The Normal Theater, I have the pleasure & privilege to introduce the amazing horror film "Lyle" (2014) as part of the ISU Queer Coalition series "In Her Image". This movie is brilliant and deeply unsettling (in the best horror film way). If you are in the area, come join us!
FYI
Daredevil: Born Again honors KAMAR DE LOS REYES, who plays WHITE TIGER (Hector Ayala) in the series.
He passed away from cancer on December 24, 2023, at 56, but finished filming his scenes before then.
His character is a big deal as ONE OF the MCU’s FIRST HISPANIC SUPERHEROES.
He passed away from cancer on December 24, 2023, at 56, but finished filming his scenes before then.
His character is a big deal as ONE OF the MCU’s FIRST HISPANIC SUPERHEROES.
March 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
FYI
Friday, 2/28, Normal Theater is the next Severin Films night. We will screen indy vampire short "Blood Red Bluez" and Q&A with the Selanders. Main feature is "Blood For Dracula". 6pm pop-up market by Matt Harding. I will co-introduce with vampire literature scholar @doctordhansen.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Friday, 2/28, Normal Theater is the next Severin Films night. We will screen indy vampire short "Blood Red Bluez" and Q&A with the Selanders. Main feature is "Blood For Dracula". 6pm pop-up market by Matt Harding. I will co-introduce with vampire literature scholar @doctordhansen.bsky.social
Shop local, Bloomington-Normal! Black History Month comics and Little Golden Books for readers of all ages and genre interests. At Graham Cracker Comics in Uptown Normal!
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Shop local, Bloomington-Normal! Black History Month comics and Little Golden Books for readers of all ages and genre interests. At Graham Cracker Comics in Uptown Normal!
Awesome series coming up at Normal Theater, sponsored by multiple ISU units. "In Her Image: Celebrating Queer Women & The Stories They Tell." Free public screenings. Introductions by ISU faculty. Come join us!
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Awesome series coming up at Normal Theater, sponsored by multiple ISU units. "In Her Image: Celebrating Queer Women & The Stories They Tell." Free public screenings. Introductions by ISU faculty. Come join us!
I'll be at Normal Theater tomorrow night (1/26; 7pm) to introduce this film. I've created a special Lynch-ian music playlist for before the show to set the mood. ISU's Film Society will be doing a talk-back after the film. Come join us!
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'll be at Normal Theater tomorrow night (1/26; 7pm) to introduce this film. I've created a special Lynch-ian music playlist for before the show to set the mood. ISU's Film Society will be doing a talk-back after the film. Come join us!
The ISU African American Studies program has a great event series coming in February in celebration of Black History Month! All events are free & open to the public at The Normal Theater.
January 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The ISU African American Studies program has a great event series coming in February in celebration of Black History Month! All events are free & open to the public at The Normal Theater.
Like to play Tabletop RPGs, like D&D or Pathfinder? My PhD student is conducting a study on people's motives & experiences in these games. Feel free to share with your fellow gamers!
December 10, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Like to play Tabletop RPGs, like D&D or Pathfinder? My PhD student is conducting a study on people's motives & experiences in these games. Feel free to share with your fellow gamers!
This week in Psych & Film, we are covering holiday horror, humor, & hijinks across cultures. We are watching the Finish film "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" (2010).
December 3, 2024 at 7:22 AM
This week in Psych & Film, we are covering holiday horror, humor, & hijinks across cultures. We are watching the Finish film "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale" (2010).
This Friday, 12/6, we will have a screening of "Santa Claws" sponsored by Terror Vision & GRAVEFACE RECORDS at The Normal Theater. Doors open at 9pm for a pop-up shop. Screening starts around 9:30. Special thanks to John Wyatt Danenberger for making it happen!
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This Friday, 12/6, we will have a screening of "Santa Claws" sponsored by Terror Vision & GRAVEFACE RECORDS at The Normal Theater. Doors open at 9pm for a pop-up shop. Screening starts around 9:30. Special thanks to John Wyatt Danenberger for making it happen!
This week in "Psych & Film," we discuss the psychology of morbid curiosity & interest in "true crime" media. We watch the first documentary on Charles Manson & the Manson Family - "Manson" (1973).
November 17, 2024 at 10:08 PM
This week in "Psych & Film," we discuss the psychology of morbid curiosity & interest in "true crime" media. We watch the first documentary on Charles Manson & the Manson Family - "Manson" (1973).
I had the honor & privilege to be on a Veterans Day Observance panel. We discussed the various needs that military service-members, their families, and Gold Star families have, and ways in which civilians & communities can support them.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
Illinois State University Veterans Day panel discusses mental health
Members of a panel discussion as part of Illinois State University's Veterans Day celebration discussed mental health and suicide rates among veterans.
www.wglt.org
November 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
I had the honor & privilege to be on a Veterans Day Observance panel. We discussed the various needs that military service-members, their families, and Gold Star families have, and ways in which civilians & communities can support them.
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...
www.wglt.org/local-news/2...