Laura U. Marks is a philosopher and scholar of new media and film.^[1] She is the Grant Strate University Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU).^[2] Previously, she was the Dana Wosk University Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at SFU.^[3] 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.^[4] Marks is also a curator, and has developed exhibitions of Arab cinema.^[5]

Publications

• Marks, Laura U. (2000). The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2358-3. OCLC 41273008.^[6]
• Marks, Laura U. (2002). Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-3888-8. OCLC 49626366.^[7][8]
• Marks, Laura U. (2010). Enfoldment and Unfinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01421-2. OCLC 458583162.^[9]
• Marks, Laura U. (2015). Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-33107-4. OCLC 922529462.^[10][11]