Vic Costello is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Cinema and Television Arts in the School of Communications at Elon University. He also serves as Vice President for Academic Relations for the Broadcast Education Association. Since 1995, he has worked full-time in higher education teaching numerous courses in film, television, audio, and multimedia production. He has worked in broadcast management, corporate communications, and as a freelance technical director, video producer, and creative consultant for live-events and awards shows, and is the author of Multimedia Foundations: Core Concepts for Digital Design. Costello is a long-standing member of BEA and has served as both Producer and Chair of the BEA Festival of Media Arts.