Pearl Gluck

She joined the College of Communication at Penn State University in 2014, where she is now an assistant professor and teaching courses in screenwriting, directing, and producing.

Divan was Gluck's first feature-length documentary, in which she returns to her Hungarian roots to find a couch, on which esteemed rabbis once slept, that has been in her family for years.

[3] In 2011 Gluck wrote and directed a short, A Lesson in Love, which follows a young Hasidic couple who venture out of their segregated community to escape its laws of modesty in order to battle their infidelity.

This film, The Turn Out, tells the story of a trucker who discovers that an under-aged girl is being sex-trafficked at his local truckstop in Mineral Wells, West Virginia.

The research for The Turn Out spanned over two years with local outreach and awareness efforts of many organizations, including Athens Child Advocacy Center in Ohio.

Summer tells the story of two teenage girls who visit a Hasidic sleep-away-camp where, despite their efforts to maintain their purity, they end up exploring a forbidden book which leads them to a sexual awakening.

She has done work with media aside from film as well, in 2006 she recorded a walking tour of Williamsburg, where listeners can gain an understanding of the Hasidic community's traditions and faith.

Gluck also works as a contributing producer for WTIU's the weekly special, on which she celebrates her completion of a motorcycle training course by traveling to The Boogie, a popular biker fest in Lawrence County.