"My personal interest in telecommunications, and specifically the creation of media programs, is rooted in the ageless art of storytelling. I tell my students that we can look back one hundred years to the beginnings of motion pictures and the invention of radio, but it is more accurate to look at our communication history starting with the first storytellers, minstrels, and bards. The urge to tell stories and to share information and ideas is the core of our humanity.

What fascinates me most is where the campfire ring intersects the arc of expanding technology. Just yesterday, I received an e-mail from Wollogong, Australia. In an instant, less than a blink of an eye, my circle has grown to include a young man way down under. Our dialogue creates a connection from my office at I.U. to the opposite side of our planet! I can't imagine a more exciting time to be exploring the field of telecommunications."

Education:

B.A., cum laude, University of Puget Sound, Art, 1975

M.A., University of Southern California, School of Cinema/Television, 1991

Productions and Awards:

writer/director/producer: short narrative video, 1999, THE DAY I LOST MY VOICE

screened at the Indiana Art Museum Exhibit, "Sinsations" in December 1999

writer/producer/announcer: KCKN "Best Radio Newscast of the Year"

New Mexico Broadcasters Association award, 1994

Writer/producer: comic short, 1992, COWCHIP

Shown in video festivals in Seattle and Fort Worth

writer/producer: half-hour documentary, 1991, AMONG THE MAGIC MOUNTAINS

winner of the University Film and Video Association Grant (U.S.C.)
screened at festivals in Spain, Los Angeles, and Dallas
featured in the New York Museum of Modern Art exhibit "Identity and Home" in 1993

Relevant Experience:

Six years as video editor and post producer building promotional materials and documentaries

Worked for various Los Angeles companies, including Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Disney-TV, Apogee, and Media Arts Services

One year as news director/anchor for KCKN/KBCQ Radio, New Mexico

One year as commercial producer for KBIM-TV, CBS affiliate in Southeastern New Mexico

Independent writer/producer - ongoing.

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching Interests: Scriptwriting, production, documentary, narrative, and video art.

Research Interests: The interactive future.

Courses:

T206 Intro to Design and Production

T331 Television Writing

T336 Digital Post Production

T337 Video Field Production

T416 Program Analysis and Criticism