TEACHING
Assistant Professor, Salt Lake Community College, Communication Department, journalism, broadcasting, intercultural communication, film studies.
Lecturer, University of Utah, Department of Communication, video
production, film studies, writing program.
Instructor, ACCD—Palo Alto College and San Antonio College, Communications, English,
Radio-TV-Broadcasting.
Manager of Training and Education, NPACT Channel 45 Television.
Instructor, Napa Valley College, Journalism, Humanities, Fine and Performing
Arts.
Instructor, Linn-Benton Community College, English—literature, composition,
film studies.
Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon, Telecommunication and Film—theory,
history, criticism, production.
Guest lecturer: History of Motion Picture, Scriptwriting,
Disney Seminar.
Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, composition, business English.
Honors Seminar Instructor: Borges and Cortázar.
Guest lecturer: Film Studies.
Instructor, Upward Bound, Oregon State University, Written Communications.
PUBLICATIONS
"Apartment Zero: Genre as Hero," Studies in Communication
and Culture, Spring 1992.
"Heathers: Scent of Dominance," Jump Cut, Spring
1991.
PAPERS
"No Quizzes, No Multiple Choice: One Approach to Online Distance Education," Western States Communication Association, Winter 2004.
"Teaching the Humanities Online: Crafting Convergence," The Hawaii
International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Winter 2003.
"Teaching Mass Communication on the Web: Building a Digital Community," Broadcast Education Association, Spring 2002.
"Speech of the Lambs: Classism and Homophobia in Silence of the Lambs," Pacific Northwest American Studies Association (PNASA), Spring 1993.
"Sounds like Fun: the Audio Design of Earth Girls Are Easy," PNASA,
Spring 1992.
"Apartment Zero: Genre as Hero," PNASA, Spring 1991.
"Heathers: Scent of Dominance," PNASA, Spring 1990.c
JOURNALISM AND NONFICTION
"Result of district split may not be what supporters expect" Op-Ed Salt Lake Tribune, September 16, 2007.
"High time to end our selfish ways" Op-Ed Salt Lake Tribune, July 21, 2007.
"RadioActive" Radio Program, KRCL
FM 90.9 Salt Lake City, Fall 2003-date.
"Changing Channels/Alternate Take" Radio Program, KRCL FM 90.9 Salt Lake City, Summer 2002-Winter 2007.
Art, drama, film reviews, various titles, San Antonio Current, 2000-2001.
"KidTips," At-Home Dad, various, 1996-1999.
Media reviews and essays, various titles, The Napa Valley Voice, 1998-1999.
"Media Watch", Online Column, Napa
Valley Online, 1997-1999.
"Herr Mitt’s Birthday," The
Napa Valley Register, February 28, 1997.
"Giving Up," US section, The Sun no. 174 (Spring 1990).
REVIEWS AND REPORTS
Textbook and proposal reviews for Focal Press, and Thomson Wadsworth, various, 2002-date.
"NPACT and Education: Napa, Napa County, and the cablecasting of educational
programming," unpublished, contracted report, Spring 1999.
VIDEO AND FILM
Write, direct, and edit, "House/Home."
Sound and camera, "The Jory Children’s Music Tape."
"Toast," a super-8 short.
"Embraceable You," a super-8 short.
Autobiography, experimental short (untitled).
PSA against arts censorship.
Write, direct, and edit, "Romiet and Julio."
FICTION AND POETRY
"Not that Kind of a Guy," Eloquent Umbrella, Spring
1996 (reprinted NVC Times, February, 1997.)
"Changeback," Entelechy Arts magazine, Summer 1994.
"Counseling (Excerpts)," Trash Soup 3, May 1994.
"Letters of Counseling," Trash Soup 2, November 1993.
"Are You Labile?" Big Rain, Summer 1991.
"Robbie," The Lavender Network, March 1991.
"Love Poem #2," the Thymes, December 1990.
"On a Late Summer’s Night," poetry in Prism, 1984.
MEDIA AND READINGS
Moderator, Vest Pocket Business Coalition, Small Business Economic Conference, Salt Lake City, January 14, 2008.
SLCC Moderator, "A Promise in Jeopardy," RC-2020 nationally broadcast town hall meeting, October 24, 2008.
VTV Channel 17, Host, co-producer, "Up in the Valley," 2006-date.
Moderator, Utah Gubernatorial Candidates' Forum, Globe Media TV and radio, October 18, 2004.
SLCC Channel 17 interviews, Spring and Summer 2004.
KSL 1160 News Radio, live on-air interview concerning FCC rule changes,
June 2, 2003.
"Media Mondays" with Alan Naumann, KIQ AM 1010 Salt Lake City, Fall
2001.
"Alpha Dog, Teal and Trish" (selections), The Book Bin, Corvallis,
OR, Fall 1995.
"Letters of Counseling," Coffee House, 91.7 KTSB, Austin, TX, 78713,
Winter 1994.
"Hootergander," a literary reading performed with jazz quartet and
actors, Flinn’s Theatre, Albany, OR, Spring 1992.
"Letters of Counseling," Willamette Literary Guild Spring Cabaret,
Corvallis, OR, 1991.
"Hootergander," Malamud Room, Oregon State University, Spring 1989.
"Counseling" (selections), Malamud Room, Oregon State University,
Spring 1989.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
SLCC/Utah Electronic College online course development grant, "Environmental Communication," Summer/Fall 2008
Utah Electronic College Research Assistantship for online course development, Fall 2003.
Technology Assisted Curriculum Center (TACC) Fellowship, Spring 2002.
Debut category paper, second place, BEA, "Teaching Mass Communication
on the Web: Building a Digital Community," Spring 2002
TACC/U-Online Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Fall 2002.
Online Course Development Grant, ACCD, Summer 2000.
Rambunctious Press, "Secrets" Contest, 1995.
The Lavender Network Annual Fiction Contest, 1990.
AFFILIATIONS AND EXPANSIONS
USHE What is an Educated Person?, Utah Valley University, October 2009
USHE What is an Educated Person?, Snowbird, Utah, November 2008
AAC&U Greater Expectations Leadership Teams Institute, Snowbird, Utah, June 2008
Salt Lake Community College President's Leadership Institute, 2007-2008.
Let Your Life Speak Retreat, Silver Fork Lodge, October 2007.
Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Communication Institute, Portland, OR, July 2007.
The Heart of the Teacher retreat, Teaching for a Change, Park City, UT, June 2006.
Utah Journalists for Diversity, 2006-.
Western States Communication Association, 2004-.
Broadcast Education Association 2000-.
Board of Directors, Napa Public Access Cable Television, 1998-1999.
Board member, Willamette Literary Guild, 1994-1996.
Pacific Northwest American Studies Association (PNASA), 1990-1994.
SERVICE
KRCL/Spy Hop "Loud and Clear" Youth in Radio Training, August 23, 2008.
Moderator, Salt Lake City mayoral candidate discussion, screening of "Freeheld," Utah Pride 2007, June 1, 2007.
Volunteer training for KRCL Public Affairs radio journalists, Fall 2006.
Webmaster, Capitol Hill Neighborhood Council, Salt Lake City, 2006-2009.
Moderator, Working for Peace in the Middle East: "The News Media: Weapons
of Mass Destruction," April 18, 2003.
Volunteer training for Utah Independent Media journalists, Winter 2002.
Turning Tragedy into War: a Documentary Film and Panel Discussion, panel member,
November 28, 2001.
KRCL-FM radio, on air and production, 2001-date.
San Antonio DocSide Film Festival, Press promotion, Fall 2000.
Napa 45 Annual Holiday Fundraiser, on-air host, Fall 1998.
Napa Valley College/Napa 45, instruction/liaison, 1997-1999.
OSU Television Film Series, on-air host, 1995.
OSU International Film Series, Press promotion, 1983-1992.
photo credit: Jim Fisher -- thank you --
updated
October 30, 2009