EDUCATION

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
M.F.A. video, 1996.

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
B.A. (cum laude) political science, 1988.

New College of California, Interdisciplinary Arts Program, San Francisco, CA, 1991 – 1994.
City College of San Francisco, Film Department, San Francisco, CA, 1993-1994

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFRONIA AT DAVIS
Davis, CA: March 2009 – June 2009
Visiting Instructor, Experimental Digital Cinema II, Department of Technocultural Studies
Experimental approaches to the making of film and video in the age of digital technologies. Emphasis on new modes of distribution, streaming, installation, and exhibition.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY - PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE (IPFW)
Fort Wayne, IN: August 2004 - present (on leave 2008-2009)
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Appointed to tenure-track position in fall 2004. Oversee development of media production curriculum and facilities, serve on departmental and graduate thesis committees, teach undergraduate courses in media production and theory/history/criticism including:

Introduction to Media Analysis (Com 251): Form, technique, and language of film, video, and audio productions; introduction to major critical approaches to media studies.

Television Production (Introduction to Digital Video Production) (Com 332): Introduction to digital camera, editing, sound, and lighting techniques; introduction to video genres and aesthetics.

Film Production (Digital Moviemaking) (Com 333): Introduction to narrative technique and theory focus on writing, producing and directing short digital films; includes introduction to 16mm filmmaking.

Journalism for Electronic Mass Media (Com 334): Introduction to non-fiction video practice and theory; focus on independent documentary.

Video Production and Editing (Com 337): Advanced production and editing techniques; focus on independent projects.

Documentary or Experimental Film and Video (Com 338): Examination of experimental or non-fiction film and video; emphasis on related critical theory, structural and technical innovation, historical development.

Internship in Communication (Com 490): Supervise students internships in communication-related fields including broadcasting, media production, journalism, public relations, marketing, fundraising, sales, etc.

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC)
Chicago, IL: August 1998 – May 2003

Independent Study Advisor, Film/Video/New Media and Art and Technology Departments. In weekly meetings, advised students completing BFA thesis projects. Spring 2000 – Spring 2003

Instructor, Bitter Tears and Sweet Revenge: Making Melodrama, Film/Video/New Media Dept., Designed studio course that combined screenings, readings and production for the purpose of exploring melodramatic modes in film, TV, and experimental practices. Particular emphasis given to questions surrounding the family, sexuality and gender. Explored various methods of narrative production. Spring 2001 and 2002

Instructor, Basic Video I, Film/Video/New Media Department. Survey of electronic media theory and production, introduction to video genres and history, basic video editing, camera, lighting, and sound. Fall 2000.

Instructor, Digital Video Editing (Media 100 Editing), Art & Technology and Film/Video/New Media Depts. Techniques, theory and aesthetics of digital video editing and effects for documentary, narrative, experimental and hybrid forms. Summer 1999 – Spring 2000.

Instructor, Time Design/Multimedia, Performance Department. Designed course that explores the notion of time in everyday life and the uses of time in variety of media including performance, video/film, installation, interactive environments, and the web. Students complete a range of collaborative and solo experiments and a final project combining performance with other time based media. Spring 2000.

Instructor, Film/Video/New Media Co-operative Education Program, Supervised students completed co-ops in media production related fields including video production/post-production, motion graphics, gaming, broadcasting, education, etc. Spring 1999, Fall 1999.

Instructor, Digital Video, Art and Technology Department. Digital video software, effects, and imaging techniques. Overview of Photoshop, Premiere, SoundEdit, AfterEffects, and interactivity. Explores theoretical issues surrounding independent video practice and emerging technologies. Fall 1998.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Chicago, IL: September 1998 – June 2000

Instructor, Time Based Composing I, Time-Based Composing II, Academic Computing Department. Introductory and advanced projects course covering theory, aesthetics and techniques related to time-based imaging applications. Includes work in Premiere, After Effects and Flash. Spring 1999 and Spring 2000

Instructor, Video Techniques II, Television Department. Techniques and aesthetics of documentary and narrative editing for film and television. Students edit on the Avid system. Fall 1998 – Spring 1999

HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE
Chicago, IL: August 2000 – December 2000Instructor, Video II, Art Department. A

dvanced video production and theory class. Includes all phases of video production and digital non-linear editing on Media100. Fall 2000

 

SELECTED SCREENINGS / EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES

2008
Unraveled (2007, Digital Video, TRT 56 min director, writer, editor)
Third International Science Film Festival – Special Screening (Athens, Greece), May 2008
Scinema Festival of Science Film (traveling festival – Australia), summer-fall 2008
Columbus International Film Festival (Columbus, OH), November 2008
FREDDIE International Health and Medical Media Awards (Philadelphia, PA), 2008

2007
Unraveled
Pioneer Theater (NYC) November 2007

2006
Unraveled (2006 work-in-progress screenings)
College Art Association, Art Expo (Boston) February 2006
Cinema Center Fort Wayne, May 2006
University Film and Video Association (Orange, CA) August 2006
Refuse & Refashion (2003, Digital Video, TRT 8 min) co-producer/director
Engendered Species, UCSB Gatov and Merlino Galleries (Santa Barbara), April 2006
Engendered Species, Advocate Gallery, Tomlin/Wagner Cultural Arts Center (L.A.), April 2006

2005
Refuse & Refashion
Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, May 2005
Flaming Film Festival (Minneapolis), July 2005

2004
Refuse & Refashion
Video Marathon, Art In General Gallery (New York), Jan. 2004
Social Seduction, Betty Rymer Gallery (Chicago), Feb. 2004
Women in the Director’s Chair (Chicago), March 2004
Outfest: Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, July 2004
Outfest Favorites, Egyptian Theater (Los Angeles), August 2004
IDKE Gender Revolution Conference (Chicago), October 2004
Long Island Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, November 2004

2003
Refuse & Refashion
Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Empty Bottle (Chicago) – micro-cinema screening

2002
www.portableamnesia.org (website, 2002)

2000
Eating the Other Half: Probing the Depths of Garbology (street performance/installation - vitrine, restaurant garbage, plates, garnishes, tuxedo, lab coat, garbage collector uniform)
Art Strikes Back (Mission District, San Francisco)

1999
Product99 (performance/installation - computer, video, scanner, sound, questionnaires, promotional items)
Gallery2 (Chicago), November 1999.
Various public sites (Chicago and San Francisco), December 1999 – June 2000

I Touched Gloria (1997, Betacam/Hi-8 /Super-8 film, TRT 25 min) writer, producer, director
Made in Chicago: Lesbische Kurzfilme aus Chicago, KINO IM SCHULZ, Cologne, Germany

1998
I Touched Gloria
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Women in the Director’s Chair (Chicago)

1997
I Touched Gloria
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

1996
I Touched Gloria
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Oedipussy (1995, Hi-8 video, TRT 5:15 min) writer, producer, director
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The Great Dykes of Holland (1993, Hi-8 , TRT 5:30 min) associate producer, camera, editor
Lesbian Genders, The Whitney Museum of American Art

1995
Oedipussy
New York Experimental Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (MIX)
Paris Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Telemanita Women’s Video Festival (Mexico City)

Refuse and Refuge: Youth at the Edge of Consumer Society (color portraits of homeless youth for museum installation)
Caesar Chavez Gallery (San Francisco State University)

Her Appetite (1994, Hi-8 video, TRT 8:45 min) writer, producer, director
Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
invited to the Margaret Mead Film Festival (Smithsonian Institution)

1994
Her Appetite
UFVA Student Film and Video Festival (Honorable Mention)
Carolina Film and Video Festival
Women in the Director's Chair (Chicago)
Athens International Film and Video Festival (Special Program)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Boston Lesbian and Gay film Festival
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
New York Experimental Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (MIX)
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Berlin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

COLLECTIONS

UCLA Film and Television Archive: OUTFEST Legacy Collection – LGBT Moving Image Media
Santa Clara University Library, Santa Clara, CA
University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, UT

REVIEWS

Hawkins, Margaret. “’Social Seduction Tempts More Than Just Fashionistas.” Chicago Sun Times (March 19, 2004).

Camper, Fred. “Reeling 2003: Chicago International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: I Like Dyke Shorts.”

Chicago Reader (November 7, 2003).Camper, Fred. “Critics Choice: Quests: New Lesbian Works, Part I.”

Chicago Reader (March 20, 1998).Olson, Jenny. The Ultimate Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film. New York:

Serpents Tail Press, 1996.Heitner, Devorah. “Camera Queens.” F Newsmagazine, no. 23 (April 1995).

GRANTS • RESIDENCIES • AWARDS

FREDDIE International Health and Medical Media Award, Unraveled, 2008
Chris Statuette, Columbus International Film Festival, Unraveled, 2008
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne, special grant for film promotion, 2007
Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Media Arts Residency, Fall 2005, Winter 2006
Purdue Research Foundation, Faculty Summer Grant, 2005
Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant, 2002, 2003
Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund, 2002
SAIC Faculty Enrichment Grant, 2002
Finalist, University Film and Video Association Carole Fielding Grants, 1996
Alternate, College Art Association Fellowship Program, 1995
Graduate Student Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994-1996
Honorable Mention, University Film and Video Association Festival, Her Appetite, 1994

 

LECTURES • PRESENTATIONS • WORKSHOPS
Alliance For Community Media, Central States Fall Conference, Presenter, Fort Wayne, IN 2007
University Film and Video Association Annual Conference, Presenter, Orange, CA, 2006
College Art Association Annual Conference, Presenter, Boston, MA, 2006
Northeastern University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Boston, MA, 2006
Fort Wayne Cinema Center (film presentation, lecture, Q&A), 2006
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, 2004
AIVF Fort Wayne Chapter and Fort Wayne Cinema Center, Documentary Workshop, 2004
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, Visiting Scholar Lecture, 2004
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh New York, Visiting Scholar Lecture, 2004
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2003
Framingham State College, Framingham, MA, Visiting Scholar Lecture, 2003
New School for Social Research, New York, NY, Visiting Artist Lecture, 1998
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist Lecture, 1996


ADMINISTRATIVE AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Assistant Director of Instructional Facilities, Dept. of Instructional Resources & Media Services
Oversaw the training of more than 1000 faculty, staff and students per semester on computer software and hardware, portable media equipment, and facilities for both instruction and artmaking. Hired, trained, and supervised four professional staff members, and 20-30 graduate and undergraduate student employees. Oversaw writing, design and production of instructional materials and guides delivered in variety of formats. Directed maintenance and operations of existing facilities, and consulted on planning and development of new facilities. Developed and maintained budgets for equipment and facilities.

December 2000 – October 2003School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Technician/Department Manager, Performance Department
Managed 60'x30' performance space, lighting grid and board, twelve channel mixer, video, film and slide projection, and ProTools editing/mixing station. Researched and wrote training materials, conducted workshops, supervised five student employees, and scheduled facilities usage. Maintained all systems.

September 1998 – September 1999.The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Digital Media Lab Technician, Motion Picture/Video Department
Maintained digital media labs equipped with Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress, Media 100, ProTools, Premiere, After Effects, Director and Photoshop. Conducted workshops, researched and wrote training materials, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting.

October 1996 – July 1998.New College of California, San Francisco, CA
Marketing/Admissions Director, Humanities Program
Directed recruitment, marketing and admissions for undergraduate program at small liberal arts college. Interviewed and counseled prospective students; planned and promoted outreach events; produced catalogs and promotional materials; created and placed advertisements; developed and monitored budgets; chaired college-wide marketing committee. February 1990 – February 1993

 

PROFESSIONAL MEDIA PRODUCTION

Project Manager
Sex Workers Media Library • San Francisco • CA
Develop and manage video database project that includes over 500 hours of digital video documenting sex worker arts, conferences, and political actions. Design specifications and procedures for data entry, key words, video formats, etc. February 2009-present

Sound Engineer/Editor
Prison Radio • San Francisco • CA
Record and edit voices of prisoners in US correctional facilities and radio essays by Mumia Abu-Jamal. See www.prisonradio.org. September 2008 present

Producer/Director
McGraw Hill Higher Education • Dubuque, IA
Produced series of short videos demonstrating microbiology laboratory techniques for virtual textbook (in collaboration with Dr. Shree Dhawale, IPFW Biolgy Department). November 2006 - presentAssistant Director

Inspire Project • San Francisco, CA
Supervised all aspects of pre-production and production (scripting, storyboarding, location and crew management, art direction) on educational video for HIV-positive injection drug users sponsored by the Center for AIDS Prevention Research at UCSF. July – August 2000.Digital Video Producer
Ripple Effects Multi-Media • San Francisco, CA
Produced, directed and edited video segments for youth-oriented CD-ROM distributed in high schools nationwide. 1998 - 1999Sound Engineer • Digital Editor • Graphic Designer • Project Manger

KT Solutions • Oakland, CA
Recorded and edited music and voice-over narration for software training CD-ROMs, edited video, designed and edited graphics, managed projects, supervised audio staff. June 1997 – August 1998Producer • Director • Editor • Camera

Miscellaneous free-lance video and film production • San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL
Clients: POV: The American Documentary (website), Mission Housing Development Corporation (SF), The Mexican Museum, (SF), Paulina Project (SF), Hostelling International (SF), Projects: public service announcements, educational media, documentary, independent films. 1991 - present

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Film/Video/Performance
• Digital Video Production: DV and HD cameras
• Super 8 Film Production
• 16mm Film Production: CP 16 (sync sound) and Bolex cameras
• 16mm Film Editing: Flatbed (Steenbeck)
• Studio and Location Lighting and Sound
• Multi-camera Studio (switcher, waveform monitor, vectorscope, audio mixer, light board, character generator, blue screen)
• Theatrical lighting and sound Digital Media

Digital Media
• Digital Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere, iMovie, Moviemaker
• Sound: Pro-Tools, PeakDV, Soundtrack, Garage Band
• Motion Graphics: Adobe After Effects, Motion, Flash
• Digital Imaging and Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign
• Web: HTML, Dreamweaver, Flash
• DVD Authoring: DVD StudioPro, iDVD