He is the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema (2015), and has published in such edited collections and journals as Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice (2016), Leonardo, The Moving Image, and animation: an interdisciplinary journal (ANM). Colin is currently a reviews editor at ANM and serves on the Executive Committee of Domitor, the International Society for the Study of Early Cinema. His research has been supported by fellowships from the University of Pennsylvania, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, and Rutgers University. Colin received his Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Chicago.