Eric Schaefer (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.
True: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959, published by Duke University Press in 1999.
[2] He has been described as "the go-to academic source on the genre of exploitation films.
"[3] He is a member of the Northeast Historic Film board of advisors[4] and a member of the editorial board of the journal The Moving Image.