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Eric Schaefer Ph.D. (born 1959) is a professor and film historian. He is an associate professor at Emerson College and interim chair of the visual and media arts department. He has a B.A. from Webster University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin.He is best known for his book on exploitation filmmaking Bold! Daring! Shocking! True: A History of Exploitation Films 1919-1959 published by Duke University Press in 1999.