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TEACHING HISTORY
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
ON-LINE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
NON ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
NON-CREDIT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
NON-PROFIT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERT: Project management, human resources, curriculum development.
VIDEO ART
Studied and exhibited experimental video art at SUNY/Buffalo. Work has been permanently curated into the Miami/Dade Library collection, and exhibited at the Mint Museum and North Carolina Museum of Art. Awarded a First Place (SE Region) in the American Film Institute National Student Video Festival in the Experimental Category.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Tenured Professor Cinema and Television Sept. 1991 to June 2021
- Los Angeles City College
- Adjunct Faculty - Television Production Jan. 1994 to May 1997
- California State University at Northridge
- Adjunct - Television Production July to December 1994
- Pasadena City College
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION
- Chair LACC Cinema/TV Department January 2012 to 2018
- Los Angeles City College
- Hired four full time tenure track faculty and three full time staff and eight adjuncts.
- On multiple hiring and tenure committees
- Shepherded a two million dollar grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2015. (Hollywood Reporter article)
- Supervised the purchasing, contracting and installation of a million dollar multi camera LACC Dick Clark TV studio. The Dick Clark Studio is a state-of-the-art facility featuring HD digital workflow with the Ross Carbonate, Inception and Xpression, four fiber optic linked Panasonic studio cameras, a camera jib, glass cockpit and new audio workflow.
- Chair of the Los Angeles Community College District Academic Division Multimedia/Cinema/TV/Media/Broadcasting Arts
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- Initiation of new California State degrees: Cinema: Film, Television and Electronic Media Associate in Science for Transfer and one in Cinematography.
- Created new certifications in Screenwriting and Entertainment Below-The-Line Skills
- Enhanced certifications in Cinema Producing, Cinema Post Production, Cinema Directing and Cinematography
- Developed a sequence of on-line curriculum with department instructors starting with cinema survey classes, narrative and documentary history, film genres, and equipment and production.
ON-LINE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- Developed from scratch Distance Learning undergraduate courses “Introduction to Motion Picture Production” and “Beginning Motion Picture Workshop” for both college and Dual Enrollment (High School) classes - before the pandemic.
- Teaching cinema production full time - on Canvas and Zoom throughout the worldwide pandemic
- Canvas™ and On-line Course Design Certifications.
NON ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Senior Creative Services Commercial Producer Sept. 1986 to Aug. 1991
- WFMY-TV Greensboro, NC
- Video Producer/Operations Manager & Scriptwriter Mar. 1985 to Apr. 1986
- Ledford Productions- Independent A/V Corporate Production Company, High Point, NC
- MDA Telethon Producer/Promotion Assist./Videographer Summers 1983, -84, -86
- WFMY-TV Greensboro, NC
- Technical Director/Promotion Special Producer/P. A. Sept. 1976 to July 1982
- WFMY-TV Greensboro, NC
NON-CREDIT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Instructor - Professional Camcorder Video Production Course June, 1994
- Manila, Philippines
- Instructor - Continuing Education Fall 1989 to Spring 1991
- Guilford Technical Community College - Jamestown, NC
- Graduate Teaching/Research Assistantship Aug. 1982 to May 1983
- State University of New York at Buffalo - Center for Media Study
EDUCATION
- Graduate: The State University of New York/Buffalo 1982-1984
- Degree - Master of Arts in Humanities : Media Studies/Psychology
- Undergraduate: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1977-1981
- Degree - B.A. Communications/Psychology
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
- Shrinking Enrollments in Community College Media: Presenter April 2018
- Broadcast Educators Association Conference - Las Vegas, NV
- Smartphone Use in the Classroom: Panel Chair April 2016
- Broadcast Educators Association Conference - Las Vegas, NV
- How to Survive Budget Cuts by Changing Curriculum: Presenter April 2012
- Broadcast Educators Association Conference - Las Vegas, NV
NON-PROFIT
- Famous Players Orchestra : Board of Directors 2015 to Present
- FPO is a 501(C) dedicated to performing and recording the historic film music originally played by movie theater orchestras of the silent era. (Famous Players Orchestra website)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERT: Project management, human resources, curriculum development.
VIDEO ART
Studied and exhibited experimental video art at SUNY/Buffalo. Work has been permanently curated into the Miami/Dade Library collection, and exhibited at the Mint Museum and North Carolina Museum of Art. Awarded a First Place (SE Region) in the American Film Institute National Student Video Festival in the Experimental Category.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Academic Senate/LACC Emeriti Association Learning Community Faculty Award Winner
- Numerous Commercial and Experimental Video Awards including local “Addies”. and National winner MDA Pat Weaver Journalism Award for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.