Laura U. Marks

Laura U. Marks is a philosopher and scholar of new media and film. She is the Grant Strate University Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Previously, she was the Dana Wosk University Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at SFU. Among her theoretical contributions is the concept of haptic visuality, according to which a spectator's contact with media is conceived of as touching, as opposed to seeing. Marks is also a curator, and has developed exhibitions of Arab cinema.