About

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Education

• Master of Fine Arts Degree, Northwestern University, Film and Video, 1982
• Bachelor of Science Degree, Northwestern University, Communication Studies, 1980
• Ongoing continuing education in motion picture producing, directing, marketing and distribution and new media production technology

Academic Experience

Administrative Positions

• Department Chair, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1999 – 2003
• Film Program Director, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1998 – 1999

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor of Visual and Media Arts with Tenure, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1997 – Present
• Associate Professor of Media Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1994 – 1997
• Visiting Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1993 – 1994
• Promotion to Associate Professor of Media Arts with Tenure, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1993
• Assistant Professor of Media Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1987 – 1993
• Instructor of Communications, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 1986 – 1987
• Instructor of Photo-Communications, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, 1984 – 1986

Selected Creative Work and Scholarship

Film/Video Productions

Passing Through (2011). Experimental [6:30] HD video

• UFVA Juried Faculty Competition, Award of Merit, 2012
• New Filmmakers, Anthology Film  Archive, New York, NY, 2012
• Athens (Ohio) International Film Festival, 2012
• Mobius Film Series, Cambridge, MA 2011
• VideoFest/Dallas, 2011
• HDFest, New York, NY, 2011
• HDFest, Portland, OR, 2012

We Lived There (2010). Experimental  [3:30] 16mm film/HD video

• Boston Underground Film Festival, 2011
• HDFest, Portland, OR, 2010. Nominated for Outstanding Experimental Video.
• VideoFest/Dallas, 2010
• Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ, 2010

MOLT! (1997). Narrative Drama [34:00] 16mm film. A production of the Interdisciplinary Motion Picture Workshop at the University of Arizona. Producer, Director, Sound Editor, Editor – combined students and faculty from creative writing, producing, cinematography, production design, performing arts, music composition, and music performance.

•  WGBH broadcast television, Boston, MA, June 10, 2000
• Wingspan Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Tucson, AZ, 1998
• Mass. Ave. Film Festival, Boston, MA, 1998
• Austin Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Austin, TX, 1998
• North Carolina Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Durham, NC, 1998, Honorarium
• Baltimore Queer Film & Video Festival, Baltimore, MD, 1998
• Atlanta Image Film & Video Festival, Atlanta, GA, 1998
• Arizona International Film & Video Festival, Tucson, AZ, 1998

Escape to White Mountain (1992). Narrative Drama [79:00] 16mm film/D2 video. Distribution: Bridgestone Multimedia.  Foreign Broadcast Television: Latin America, Middle East, Korea; Domestic Home Video release through Stardance Entertainment. Permanent Collections: National Museum of the American Indian and Bureau of Indian Affairs – Chinle Agency

• Broadcast Education Association Juried Faculty Competition, 1993. First Place, Drama
• World-Fest Houston, 1993. Bronze Award, Films Made for Television/Cable Category
• Chicago Film Festival, 1992. Silver Hugo Award, Mixed Film/Video Category
• American Indian Film and Video Competition, Oklahoma City, OK, 1992. Second Place, Professional Fiction Category
• Arizona International Film & Video Festival, Tucson, AZ, 1993
• Dallas Video Festival, 1992
• Two Rivers Native Film & Video Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 1992

 Indian Summer (1991). Narrative Drama [23:00] 16mm film/one inch video.

• Houston Film Festival, 1991. Silver Award, Dramatic Short Category
• North Carolina International Film and Video Festival, 1991.  Honorable Mention, Drama
• Big Muddy Film/Video Festival, Carbondale, IL, 1991
• Southwest Film Festival, Scottsdale, AZ, 1991
• Utah Short Film Showcase, Salt Lake City, UT, 1991

More than 20 other titles produced since 1982 with over 30 additional screenings.

Selected Feature Film Scripts

Wonder Drug, 2008

• Optioned – Zeitsprung Entertainment, Germany
• Finalist, Sundance Screenwriting Lab

The Curse of Sarah Good, 2005

• Reading at UFVA Conference, 2005
• Blue Cat Screenplay Lab, Semi-finalist, 2008

Collecting the Rent, 1998

• Reading at UFVA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, 1998
• Finalist, Made in Massachusetts, 1999
• Finalist, Cyclone, 1999
• Finalist, Cinestory, 2002
• Finalist, Sundance, 2002
• Second Round, Austin Heart of Texas, 2002

Three additional feature film scripts since 1996

Selected Publications

• Contributor to FilmSkills on-line learning website, Focal Press, 2011
• “The Individual in Collaborative Media Production,”  Journal of Film and Video, Volume 61, Number 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 6 – 17.
• “Seeing the Light, 11 Professors Who Get Their Students to Think Independently,”  The Independent Film & Video Monthly, August/September 2000, pp. 38 – 41.
• “Credit Check: A Case Study of the International Financing of The Port of the Last Resort,” The Independent Film & Video Monthly, January/February 1998, pp. 33 – 35.
• “Making Contact: Working with the White Mountain Apache on the Production of Indian Summer,”  Journal of Film and Video.  Winter, 1996 – 1997, pp. 32 – 37.
• “Reality Check: the Distribution of Indian Summer,”  The Independent Film & Video Monthly, August/September 1996, pp. 38 – 42.

Selected Conference Presentations

• University Film and Video Association, “The Individual in Collaborative Media Production,” August, 2007
• University Film and Video Association, Workshop on Teaching Collaboration, August 2006
• University Film and Video Association, “Collaboration as Creative Act,” August 2005
• Additional conference presentations at University Film and Video Association, College Art Association, and Speech Communication Association—ten total

Editorial

• Editorial Reviewer, International Journal of Learning and Media, 2011
• Guest Editor of Special Issue of the Journal of Film and Video on Teaching Collaboration. Volume 61, Number 1, Spring, 2009
• Guest Editor of Special Issue of the Journal of Film and Video on Production Pedagogy. Volume 53, Number 1, Spring 2001

Summary of Teaching Experience

MFA Level Graduate Courses – Emerson College and University of Texas-Austin

• Principles of Video and Television Production
• Practicum in Film and Video
• Media Production Pedagogy

MA Level Graduate Courses – University of Arizona

• Video Art in America
• Experimental Media: Theory and Production. Team Taught with Prof. Chris Straayer

Undergraduate Courses – all institutions

Freshman Level

• Dimensions of Creativity
• Introduction to Media Production
• Concept Development
• Super-8 Film Production
• Introduction to Mass Media

Sophomore/Junior Level

• Fundamentals of Media Theory and Aesthetics
• Beginning 16mm Film Production
• Intermediate 16mm Film Production
• Narrative Scriptwriting for Production
• Intermediate Video Production
• Personal Diary Film/Video Making

Senior Level

• Advanced Video Production
• Advanced Narrative 16mm Film Production
• Video Art
• Community Media Production—admission by application (Interdisciplinary, Grant Supported, Service Learning)
• BFA Film Production Practicum—admission by application

Selected Summary of Professional Contributions

Selected Emerson All-College Committees

• New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Reaccreditation Governance Committee, 2011
• Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board, 2011
• Faculty Handbook Committee, 2008 – 2011
• Vice-Chair, Faculty Assembly, 2006 – 2008
• Faculty Assembly By-laws Revision Task Force, 2006 – 2007
• Faculty Governance Handbook, 2006
• Teaching Evaluation Revision, 2004 – 2007
• Individually Designed Interdisciplinary Program Review Committee, 2002 – 2007
• Vice-President for Academic Affairs Search Committee, 2003
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Reaccreditation Steering Committee, 2001-2002
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Reaccreditation Programs Committee, 2001-2002
• Strategic Planning – Teaching and Learning Subcommittee, 2000 – 2001

Departmental Committees

Regular participation on all major committees: Promotion and Tenure, Search, Curriculum, Outcomes Assessment, Program Review, MFA Admissions at Emerson College, Department of Visual and Media Arts and University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts and Department of Media Arts

Community and Professional Outreach

University Film and Video Association

• President, 2010 – present
• Vice-President, President-elect, 2009 – 2010
• University Film and Video Foundation, Board of Directors – Elected Position. 2007 – present
• University Film and Video Association Board of Directors – Elected Position, 2000 – 2002
• Conference Organizer and Host, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 1999
• Conference Screening Coordinator, UFVA Conference, Oshkosh, WI, 1997

Media Center Participation and other Academic Service and Outreach Activities

• Massachusetts Film Office, Workforce Development Committee, 2008
• Mass. Board of Higher Education, Massachusetts Communication College, Broadcast Journalism Program Review, 2001
• The Arizona Center for the Media Arts, President, Board of Directors, 1996 – 1997
• Outside tenure reviewer for many major media programs including: University of Southern California, Columbia University, University of Texas-Austin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, City University of Hong Kong
• Manuscript reviewer for media production textbooks by Focal Press, Wadsworth Press, and McGraw Hill

Grants

Federal:

• National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, 1991
• National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, 1990
• National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, 1983

State of Arizona:

• Arizona Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant, 1994
• Arizona Council on the Arts, Professional Development Grant, 1992
• Arizona Humanities Council, 1991

Foundation:

• The Kennedy Library Foundation, 2008
• The University of Arizona Foundation, 1996
• DeGrazia Foundation, 1996
• DeGrazia Foundation, 1990

Tucson, Local:

• Tucson/Pima Arts Council Local Origination Grant, 1996
• Tucson/Pima Arts Council Local Origination Grant, 1995
• Tucson Community Cable Corporation to University of Arizona Department of Media Arts for film to video transfer equipment, 1992
• Tucson/Pima Arts Council Local Origination Grant, 1992

Emerson College:

• Faculty Development Grant, 2004
• Faculty Development Grant, 2001
• Faculty Research Grant, 1997

University of Arizona:

• University of Arizona Local Origination Grant Pool, 1995
• University of Arizona Small Grant, 1995
• General Education Research Support Award, 1992
• Office of VP for Research, 1991
• Office of VP for Research, 1990
• University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
• College of Fine Arts Small Grant, 1996
• Fine Arts Incentive Grant, 1996
• College of Fine Arts Small Grant, 1995
• Fine Arts Incentive Grant, 1992
• Fine Arts Incentive Grant, 1990

Leadership Development

• Twin Oaks Community Conference, Conflict Resolution Workshop, Louisa, VA, 2005
• New England Resource Center for Higher Education, Department Chair’s Think-Tank, Boston, MA, 1999 – 2002
• Chairing the Academic Department Conference, Simmons College, Boston, MA 2001
• Facilitative Leadership, The Interactive Institute for Social Change, Cambridge, MA, 2001

Honors

• Faculty Service Award, 2010 – 2011—Recognition of work on Handbook Committee and on Faculty Council
• Faculty Service Award, 2006-2007—Recognition of work on drafting Faculty Handbook, Emerson College
• Arizona Artist Award Winner, 1991—$ 25,000 unrestricted cash award, selected by anonymous jury
• NEH Summer Seminar, The University of Chicago. Iconology: Studies in Verbal and Visual Communication. W.J.T. Mitchell, Instructor. 1988.