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DEPARTMENT: Communication,
Media and Technology
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED
AND DEGREES RECEIVED:
Ph.D., May 1995, American Studies, Program
in American Studies,
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
MA, Popular Culture, August 1984, Bowling
Green State University,
Bowling Green, OH.
BA, Folklore, January 1982, Hampshire
College,
Amherst, MA.
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE:
Director, Writer - /Abantu N'Umuco /(People and Culture) - Documentary film on Rwandan students attending college in the United States shown at multiple film festivals and conferences, 2004 - 2005.
Freelance Writer, "Sound and Spirit,"
Public Radio International and WGBH-FM Boston.
Music Programmer, WICN-FM, Worcester,
Spring, 1994 - Spring 1995.
Contributor, Music, Television and Radio
entries, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St.
James Publishing, New York, NY, 1999, Encyclopedia of
US Popular Culture, Garland Publishing, New York, NY,
1994.
Judge, Pittsburgh Filmmakers' First
Works Grant, 1997.
Freelance Educational Writing and Editing,
Curriculum Associates, Billerica, MA. 1992 - 1995.
Programming Committee Chair, Programmer,
Community Outreach Recruiter, KDHX-FM, Community Radio,
Double Helix Community Media, St. Louis, MO, September
1987 - January 1990, also Host and Producer of a wide
variety of programs and special events.
Editor, BROADSIDE: The National Topical
Song Magazine, New York, NY, August 1983 - August 1986.
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA:
International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives,
"Evolving higher education teaching for effectiveness
and efficiency using technology," Pittsburgh, PA., October,
2002.
Interface 2001, Technology and Business
Conference, March 16 - 17, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA.
Tomorrow's Technology Today, Technology
Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2000, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Online Teaching and Learning, March
10 - 13, 1999. Distance Learning workshops, Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, PA.
American Association of Colleges and
Universities, Collaborative Leadership for Academic Change,
Summer Workshop, Burlington Vermont, July 1998.
The Legacy of McLuhan: A Symposium,
Fordham University, New York, NY March 27-28, 1998.
National Popular Culture/American Culture
Association annual meeting, "The Future of Local
Television News," Las Vegas, March, 1996.
Presentation at the New England Popular
Culture Association annual meeting, "Local Television
News: Content, Regulation and the New Media Landscape,"
October, 1995.
The Annenberg Washington Program, sponsored
participant, "New Communications Technology,"
January 1994.
NEH conference, sponsored participant,
"Teaching Interdisciplinary Fields," Vassar
College, May 1992.
Presentation at the Midwest Popular
Culture Association annual meeting, "Small Press
Publishing: Broadside Magazine and American Music,"
1988.
Presentation at the Midwest Popular
Culture Association annual meeting, "Broadside Magazine
and American Music," 1988.
Presentation at the National Popular
Culture Associations/American Culture Association annual
meeting, "The Ballads of Bruce Springsteen,"
1983.
GRANTS AND PROJECTS:
$10,000 per year, 1997 - 2001, ALCOA Foundation distance
learning project through Manchester Craftsmen's Guild,
Pittsburgh, PA.
$5000, Pennsylvania Historical Commission Grant for oral
history collection on radio and television pioneers in
Western Pennsylvania, September, 1998.
$12,000, from the Pittsburgh Foundation
and the Falk Memorial Trust for video documentary on Rwandan
students at La Roche College, Abantu N'Umuco.
$16,000, Executive Producer/Humanities
Advisor, Missouri Humanities Commission Grant Funded Program,
"The Idea Exchange" KDHX-FM, December 1989 -
June 1990.
$2000, Oral History Researcher, Missouri
Historical Society Grant Funded Research, "Gaslight Square"
oral history and radio documentary on the multi-cultural
center of St. Louis in the fifties and sixties, May -
August 1988.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS:
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
American Studies Association
Popular Culture Association
JOINED LA ROCHE: August
1996
HOMETOWN: Trenton,
NJ
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