Brad has a B.A. from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He previously taught at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
He is the recipient of the UNLV Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching, the SCSU Excellence in Teaching Award from the Student Representative Assembly, the Solon J. Buck Award for Best Article in Minnesota History Magazine, and the Provost's Research Symposium Award.
He teaches film history, film theory, science fiction cinema, horror cinema, comic book cinema, steampunk & the invention of cinema, and other topics courses.
His articles have appeared in Critical Studies in Mass Communication, The Journal of Popular Film & Television, The Journal of Film & Video, The Velvet Light Trap, Jump Cut, and The Bloomsbury Press Screen Reader. His latest article, "Muybridge in Minnesota," is available in the St. Cloud State University Repository.
See Brad's 2016 interview with Koyanisqaatsi director Godfrey Reggio.
See a greeting from Professor Chisholm with a description of his fall 2020 courses.