Maureen Furniss

Maureen Ruth Furniss is a writer, animation historian, animation theorist, critic, professor, and president of the Society for Animation Studies. Furniss served as a professor at the California Institute of Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Southern California, and Chapman University.

Biography
Furniss attended San Diego State University, studied "Telecommunications and Film," received a bachelor's degree in 1983 and a master's degree in 1987. In 1994 she received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University of Southern California in 1994 using the dissertation "Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Film."

She is the founding editor of Animation Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal about animation.

Furniss contributed to the Encarta article about Chuck Jones.

Works

 * Chuck Jones: Conversations - Contains many interviews related to Chuck Jones
 * Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics
 * The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash
 * Things of the Spirit: A Study of Abstract Animation