C. Melinda Levin, Professor of Media Arts and Documentary

The University of North Texas Department of Media Arts 1155 Union Circle # 310589 Denton, TX 76203-5017 USA

EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma

Master of Fine Arts Degree (terminal MFA), Film/Video and Photography, School of Art, College of Fine Arts. 1995.

University of North Texas

Master of Science Degree, Critical and Cultural Studies of Media and Documentary Production, Department of Radio, Television and Film. 1992.

New England School of Photography – Boston, Massachusetts

Studies in Documentary Photography. 1989-1990. Montana State University

Bachelor of Science Degree in Film, Department of Film and Television. 1988.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

Founder/CEO, HomingDevice, LLC, a web application for geo-located storytelling and reporting, with staff members based in Massachusetts, Texas and California. 2017 - present.

This new company is incorporated in Delaware and based in Boston, Massachusetts, with law firms in Los Angeles and Massachusetts. This entrepreneurial venture will soon be seeking C-Corp status for Angel and VC/Series A Investments, Patents Applications and Expansion. As an academic CEO, Professor Levin has received a competitive MIT Enterprise Forum Fellowship, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in support of emergent technologies and business development.

Media Director and Board of Directors, Innermost House Foundation, San Francisco, California and Williamsburg, Virginia (a registered 501(c)(3) organization) 2017 - present.

This organization traces the global history and socio-cultural implications of the field of thought currently referred to as American Transcendentalism.

Coordinator, Division of Communication, Media and Performance, College of Arts and Sciences, the University of North Texas, 2015 – 2016

(Departments of Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre, Media Arts and Technical Communication).

Director, Master of Fine Arts Program and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Media Arts (formerly Department of Radio, Television and Film,) 2012 – 2016.

Department Chair, University of North Texas, Department of Radio, Television and Film (now Media Arts), 2007- 2011.

This academic unit is home to over 1,000 undergraduate majors and pre-majors in two distinct degree programs, the Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees with 30 graduate students, KNTU-FM- a 100,000watt Jazz and News radio station, NTTV- a news, arts and culture station carried by multiple cable entities. Situated within the 5th

largest media market in the U.S., the department has an active internship program and impressive career placements for our graduates

Associate Chair, University of North Texas, Department of Radio, Television and Film. August, 2004-2007. Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Radio, Television and Film, University of North Texas,1999-2002.

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Professor with tenure, University of North Texas, Department of Media Arts (formerly the Department of Radio, Television and Film), 2012 – present. Member of Graduate Faculty, Undergraduate Honors Faculty, Founding Member of the research cluster Institute for Applied Research and Technology in the Arts, Founding Steering Committee Member for the Center for Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies, member of the Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, speaker/educator for the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment and Redesign, as well as multidisciplinary pedagogy and scholarship with colleagues from archeology, economics, biology, geography, English, philosophy, indigenous studies, environmental studies, environmental justice, disaster management and anthropology. Associate Professor with tenure, University of North Texas, Department of Radio, Television and Film. 2002- 2011. Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, Department of Radio, Television and Film. September 1996-2002. Visiting Asst. Professor 1995-1996.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTIONS Visual Media in Progress: HomingDevice (web domain homingdevice.com has been purchased but is not live yet), 2017-present. Documentary makers are increasingly engaged by trends and tools in the digital press; slow journalism, vlogging, live events, location-aware applications, geo-reporting, customization, crowdsourcing. This Web Application, currently in beta mode, will prompt native, nuanced reporting, patronage and agency for those with the most at stake, while limiting the carbon footprint of documentary filmmaking and citizen journalism. As founder and CEO, I oversee and collaborate with a team of 27 designers, programmers, coders, media producers, intellectual property attorneys, web designers and computer engineers as we establish this location-based web portal/mobile application.

Received: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum Fellowship for technology entrepreneurs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017-2018. Competitively selected for a UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts Fellowship, 2017, including seed funding for the sabbatical beta-test content research in Concord, Massachusetts.

KERA/PBS Retrospective on Documentary Film Director Melinda Levin “Frame of Mind” series. Broadcast October, 2018. Cuban Earth. Post-production will complete February, 2019. Director, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist. This documentary is a very unique collaboration with Artes Escénicas (the Cuban Ministry of Performing Arts), based in Havana. I am collaborating with Gisela Cerdeira, President of the Ministry, Dr. David Taylor, faculty member at SUNY Stonybrook, and Michael B. Mullins, UNT Graduate Student. We are documenting the groundbreaking work of TECMA (Theatre of the Environment), whose street performances address issues of race, religion, environmental degradation and Cuba’s history and mythologies. Our first production trip occurred in 2014, and the final production trip occurred in 2016. Currently in final stage post-production. Funding for all in-country transportation, lodging, food, translations and political/cultural negotiations provided in full by the Cuban Ministry of Performing Arts. (First production trip, approximately $20,000, second production trip approximately $45,000)

Additional partial funding received by the Charn Uswachoke International Grant, ($6,000) Additional partial funding received by a UNT Scholarly and Creativity Award ($5,000) Rough cut screened at Western State College Colorado, 2017.

Middlesex County: Photographs of the American Revolution and Transcendentalism as seen in the 21st Century. Expansive photographic essay taken within Middlesex County, Massachusetts, currently being transcribed and curated for future exhibition. Ninja Miners (Working Title), 2017. Lead Director, Co-Producer, Editor. This film is shot in the Republic of Mongolia, and documents self-described “Ninja Miners”, Mongolian men and women who illegally mine for gold but who also work to actively repair the landscape by planting trees, performing healing rituals, provide services to their local, rural communities. Currently in postproduction.

Visual Media Completed: Mongolia: Earth and Spirit, 2018. Lead Director, Co-Producer, Editor. Juried screening at Thin Line Film Festival in Texas, November 2018 PBS premiere (KERA Television), scheduled screening at the Flavel Art Centre, Dartmouth, England. This film is shot in The Republic of Mongolia, including in the two largest cities and in remote rural areas on the northern border with Siberia. It observes current social, religious and climate changes in Mongolia, one of the newest capitalist democracies in the world, as it quickly evolves from a nomadic, agrarian society to one that aggressively exports its natural resources and imports Western goods. Delgar Delka is a Buddhist Monk who travels Mongolia teaching about land, water and environmental pollution. Premiered on KERA Television, PBS Affiliate in Dallas/Fort Worth, the 5th largest media market in the U.S. Official Selection: Jaipur International Film Festival, 2019. Official Selection: ARFF Berlin, 2018. Received: Charn Uswachoke International Grant ($6,000), Rhodes College Arts Grant ($15,000), Berklee College of Music Grant ($20,000) Official Selection of the Thin Line Film Festival (earlier version) Invited Public Screening at Western State College Colorado (earlier version) Agnes Martin: Before the Grid, 2016. Directed by Kathleen Brennan and Jina Brenneman. Production Consultant, Postproduction Assistant, Legal and Distribution Consultant. Award of recognition, Hollywood International Independent International Film Festival. Invited screenings at the Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Alan and Kaminsky Studios, Brooklyn, New York, The Center for Contemporary Arts – Santa Fe, the Harwood Museum of Art, Fine Arts Film Festival - Venice, California, Women and Film Focus – Washington. Currently being distributed by museum shops nationwide. A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking (book trailer), 2015. Editor. Published by W. W. Norton and Company. 5 Short Films on Cuban Artists, 2015. Director. Published in the journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, Oxford University Press. (Autumn 2015) 22 (4): 873-876 Location/Fracture, 2013. Cinematographer, Director, Editor. An interdisciplinary examination of the Mesa Verde/Crow Canyon Archeological site in Colorado. An interdisciplinary collaboration with archeologists, scientists, Native cultural liaisons, an environmental writer, environmental justice consultants, photographers and government officials to tell this historic event from different disciplinary lenses.

Distributed by the Utah University Press, May, 2015. Screened in the “Sharing Mesa Verde Stories: Transdisciplinary Collaboration in the Field session, 2013.

Co-PI's include: Steve Bardolph (University of Minnesota, Duluth), Robert Melchior Figueroa (Oregon State University), Donna Glowacki (University of Notre Dame), Porter Swentzell

(Institute for American Indian Art, Santa Fe NM), David Taylor (SUNY Stonybrook), Mark Varien (Crow Canyon Archeological Center, Colorado) and Steve Wolverton (UNT Geography.) Invited presentation at the Society of Ethnobiology, Denver, Colorado, 2012. Funded in part by the Center for the Study of lnterdisciplinarity and the Crow Canyon Archeological Site in Colorado, $15,000.

Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers from Both Sides of the Border. Co-Director and Producer, Co-Videographer. 2015 Filmed at Day Labor sites with undocumented workers from Mexico and “storm chaser” US citizens who work under the radar and without paying taxes. Their stories highlight the struggles and internal racial tensions in this workforce disengaged from formal labor structures.

Official Selection, Honorable Mention, Documentary Short, International Film Festival for Peace Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013. Official Selection, We Speak, Here Film Festival, India, 2014. Official Selection, Winner of the Documentary Short Competition: The Phoenix Film Festival, 2013. Official Selection, Workers Unite Film Festival, New York, 2013. Juried Screening at the Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2012 Juried Screening at the University Film and Video Association Conference, Burlington, Vermont. 2010. Funding: UNT Hispanic and Global Studies Grant, $20,000.

River Planet, 2011. Director, Lead Executive Producer, Co Cinematographer. A documentary filmed in Brazil, India, Serbia, Slovakia, Thailand and the United States.

Invited Screening, in Competition, Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois, 2014. Telly Award Winner, 2011. In 2011 there were approximately 11,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. For 32 years the Telly Awards have honored the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web, Other 2011 winners included productions from ABC, ESPN, Discovery Channel, Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Sports, HGTV, Lion Television, PBS, National Geographic Television, The National Gallery of Art, D.C., The Sundance Channel, Turner News Television, MSNBC, Disney Channel and The Weather Channel. Documentary Top Award of Merit, UFVA, Boston, Massachusetts. Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts, Winner for Documentary Cinematography, Las Vegas, 2012. Official Selection: EKOfilm Festival, Prague, Czech Republic Official Selection: Costa Rica International Film Festival, Montezuma, Costa Rica Official Selection: Anchorage International Film Festival, Alaska Official Selection: Thin Line Documentary Film Festival Invited Screening: Michigan Technological Institute’s River Analysis Program Invited Keynote Screening at the Western Colorado Environmental Symposium, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Colorado, March, 2011. Competitive Premiere Screening under film working title "Global Rivers Project"

Formal Screening at the University Film and Video Association Conference, Boston, MA. Funded by grants and equipment support from Panasonic, UNESCO, Avid Technologies, B&H Photo/Video, The Bernice G. Johnson Memorial Grant, the UNT Office of the Provost, CILECT (The International Association of Film and Television Schools, Brussels, Belgium), the Dixon Water Foundation, American University, California State University Los Angeles, the University of North Texas, the University of Southern California, the University of South Carolina, National Television School of Serbia, EKOFlLM, Serbia and The Brazilian Government, $470,000.

The New Frontier: Sustainable Ranching in the American West, 2010. Co-Director. Co-Producer, Cinematographer, Editor. This documentary, with an original soundtrack by Grammy listed composer Ruth Mendelson, explores the issue of sustainable ranching in North America. The main objective is to chronicle the stories of several ranchers who, while working with environmental activists they previously considered enemies, increase biodiversity, revive riparian and watersheds and restore the vitality of prairie and mountain grasslands. (www.newfrontierfilm.com)

Invited Screening, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2013. Official Selection. American Documentary Showcase. One of only 19 documentary films selected by the U.S. Department of State to represent United States culture and diversity at U.S. Embassies and for foreign audiences worldwide. This film was selected in 2010 to take part in the 2011 showcase events, and the Director will serve as an official State Department delegate at Embassy screenings. Fellow Delegates include Oscar and Emmy winners. I will personally have presented at U.S. Embassies and Consulates, universities, art galleries and theatres in Vietnam and Thailand in 2011. CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner. 2011. Founded in 1957, CINE has a multi-stage, blind jurying process that recognizes excellence throughout the film and television industries. Noted previous winners include Ken Burns, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Peter Jennings, Albert Maysles, Diane Sawyer, Martin Scorsese and Robert Zemekis. Invited Selection, Bangkok International Film Festival, Bangkok, Thailand, 2011. Invited Selection, The Arts Council of Mongolia, Nationwide Touring Program of "American Top Documentaries" (one of 3 films selected), 2011. Official Selection. Reel Earth Film Festival, New Zealand, 2011. Hundreds of submissions from all over the world, only 29 features and 36 short films selected for inclusion. Official Selection and Winner of Best Environmental Film Award Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2011. Official Selection Culture Unplugged Film Festival, Indonesia, 2011. Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival, Marin County California, 2011. Official Selection, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 2011. Official Selection, Wyoming Film Festival (Opening night film), 2011. Official Selection, Estes Park Film Festival, Colorado, 2011. Invited Screening at The Dallas Museum of Art, April, 2011. Invited Screening at the University of Arizona. Department of Anthropology, 2011. Invited Screening at the Headwaters Environmental Conference, Crested Butte/Gunnison, Colorado, 2011. Juried Broadcast on KERA. PBS affiliate, May, 2011.

Juried Screening of The International Society for Environmental Ethics, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2011 (95 proposals, 29 accepted.) Juried Screening at the International History of Water Association. Johannesburg, South Africa, 2011 (100 submissions 20 presentations accepted.) Juried screening of at the University Film and Video Association conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011. Invited Screening, Annual Statewide Conference of the Texas Master Naturalists, 2011. Funded by grants from the Dixon Water Foundation and the University of North Texas, $205,000.

Imaginary Enemy, 2010. Second-unit Camera. Location Sound Recordist. Shot in Beijing, China, this documentary examines Chinese-American relations through the world of award-winning sculptor and painter Liao Yibai.

Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, New York. Funded by CILECT (Belgium), Rhodes College and the University of North Texas, $5,000.

Tataku: The Use of Percussion in Music Therapy DVD, 2007. Camera. Co-Director. An analysis of percussion for therapy use with the developmentally disabled.

Published and Distributed by Sarsen Publishing, USA http://www.sarsenpublishing.com/books/tataku.htm

The Mayan Dreams of Chan Kom: Tourism, Migration and Changing Identities in the Yucatan, 2007. Director, Camera and Editor. A documentary shot in Cancun and Yucatan, Mexico that examines changing Mayan identities in Mexico.

Distributed on DVD: The University of Illinois Press, 2007 (10% acceptance.) Invited Screenings Frame of Mind series, KERA-PBS Television, 2007 Juried Screening: the American Anthropological Association, Merida, Mexico (95 film submissions, 47 accepted for screening.) 2010. Juried Screening at the Society for Visual Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009. Juried Screening at the University Film and Video Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2009. Funded by The University of North Texas and Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico. $27,000.

Cholla, 2004. Director, Camera and Editor. During an extreme drought in which many ranchers have de-stocked or gone bankrupt, this New Mexico ranch continued to support hundreds of cattle by the daily burning of Cholla cactus for food. The ranchers believe that animals must remain on the land for long-term biodiversity and land health. The film observes this sublime and ritualistic activity.

Juried Screening at The University Film and Video Association, University of Toledo, Ohio. 2004. Official Selection: The Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 2005.

Invited Screening at The Sundance Institute, Sundance Village, Utah, 2005. Los Otros: Mayan Migrants in Mexico, 2003. Director, Camera and Editor. An anthropological documentary shot in the present day traditional Mayan village of Chan Kom, in Mexico.

Official Selection: The Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 2005 (260 Official Selections, 1,800 entries.) Juried Screening at The Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, Texas, 2004. Screening at the South Texas Institute of the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2004. Official Selection: The DocSide Touring Film Series, 2003. Juried Screening at The University Film and Video Association, Ithaca, NY, 2003. Juried Screening at The American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington, 2003. Juried Screening at Visual Communication Conference, Sandpoint, Idaho, 2003. Official Selection: The Chamizal Film Festival, Juarez, Mexico, 2003 Invited Screening at The Human Rights in a Changing Society Conference. Galilee, Israel, 2003 (Melinda Levin, Keynote Presentation), 2003. Invited Screening Cornell University. Institute on U.S.- Latin American Relations. Ithaca, New York, 2003. Invited Screening at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2003. Official Selection: The Fair Park Film Festival on Women Directors, Dallas, Texas, 2003.

Home Work/s, 2002. Invited Participant, Videographer. A multimedia, interactive internet site, CO-Rom and Virtual Reality Environment coordinated by Annette Barbier, Professor of Radio, Television and Film at Northwestern University, Chicago.

Juried Screening: FILE web art show, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Award-winner) Juried Screening: Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria Juried Screening, Inter-Society for Electronic Arts Conference, Paris, France Juried Screening: "Women and the Art of Multimedia” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts Curated Screening: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery Juried Screening: University Film and Video Association Conference Chapman University, Orange, California Funded by The Illinois State Arts Council and Northwestern University

The Last Lesson, 2001. (Running Time, 8 minutes) Director, Camera and Editor. Commissioned documentary short for KERA Public Television's "Frame of Mind" series. The 2001 programmatic theme was "death," and this episode documents and comments upon my father's battle with lung cancer.

Broadcast on KERA PBS, Dallas, Texas., 2001. Curated Screening at the South Texas Institute of the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2004.

Standing on the Edge Watching, 1998. (Running Time: 29 minutes.) Director, Camera and Editor. A documentary film shot in collaboration with a young man living on the streets of New York City.

Curated Screening, The Museum of Modern Art. New York City, 1999. Juried Screening at The Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 1999.

Curated Screening at The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1999. Award Winner. Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999. Juried Screening at the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999. Official Selection: The New York International Independent Film Festival, New York, New York,1999. Official Selection: The Long Island Film Festival (Certificate of Merit) Bay Shore, New York, 1999. Official Selection: Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut,1999. Official Selection: The Great Plains Film Festival, Lincoln, Neb,1999. Official Selection, Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia,1999. Official Selection: The Saguaro Film Festival (Outstanding Achievement Award) Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999. Official Selection: The Mesilla Valley Film Festival, Mesilla, New Mexico, 1999. Official Selection: Smoky Mountain Media Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1999. KEDT South Texas Public Television "The Territory" series, Houston, Texas, 1999. KERA- PBS, Dallas Texas, 1999. KHOU - PBS, Houston, Texas, 1999. Alphastar Television Network, New Haven, Connecticut, 1999. Curated Screenings with "The Territory", traveling series by KHOU, Austin Museum of Art, Southwest Alternate Media Project Invited Screening: Penn State University, University Park, PA, 1999. Invited Screening: Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999. Invited Screening: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1999. Invited Screening: The State University of New York-Cortland, Cortland, New York,1999. Invited Screening: Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1999 Invited Screening: Texas A&M University, 1999 Invited Screening: The University of New Hampshire, 1999 Reviewed by Lilly Boruszkowski. Reviewed work(s): Standing on the Edge Watching by C. Melinda Levin, Journal of Film and Video. Vol. 48, No. 3, Film and Television History (Fall 1996), pp. 58-60, Published by: of Illinois Press Funded by The Lamb's Gallery and Off-Broadway Theater, New York City, Dustee and Jim Hullinger, New York City, The Oklahoma Visual Arts Council, The Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition, The University of North Texas, The University of Oklahoma. $25,000.

Tag Ray: Heartland, 1997. Co-Producer, Camera Operator and Editor. Sculptural Video Installation combining video/audio and sculptural elements.

Curated Solo Gallery Showing: 5501 Columbia Art Gallery Dallas, Texas, (five month showing in main gallery) Curated Solo Gallery Showing: Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, (two-month showing in the main gallery) Curated Solo Gallery Showing: Oklahoma School for Science and Math Oklahoma City, (one month showing in public space). Reviewed by Jan Roberts Breslin. Reviewed work(s): Tag Ray: Heartland by Melinda Levin; Sunni Mercer, Journal of Film and Video Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 2000), p. 57. Published by: University of Illinois Press.

Funded by The Texas Commission on the Arts, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Commission, the Oklahoma Arts Council, The Lamb's Gallery and Off-Broadway Theater of New York City and the Frito Lay Foundation. Additional financial support provided by Documentary Arts, Inc. and Contemporary Culture, Inc.: $45,000.

A Working Life, 1994. (Running time, 28 minutes). Associate Producer and Co-Editor. A documentary about a blacksmith in rural Pennsylvania.

Distributed by Pennsylvania State University Curated Screening: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1994. Juried Screening, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, Nevada,1994. Broadcast Education Association Award Winner, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1994. Official Selection: Sinking Creek Film and Video Festival, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994. Official Selection: USA Film Festival (Finalist), Dallas, Texas, 1994. Official Selection: New York Independent Film Festival, New York, New York, 1994. Official Selection: Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 1994. Juried Screening: University Film and Video Association, Corvallis, Oregon, 1994. Juried Screening: American Folklore Society and the Folklore Studies Association of Canada, St. John's, Canada, 1994

Blacktop, 1992. (Running time, 28 minutes.) Producer, Camera and Editor. This documentary videotape explores the impact of new media technologies on children at the Open School in Los Angeles, California.

Distributed by Apple Computer, Incorporated, Los Angeles, California. Funded by Apple Computer, Incorporated, Los Angeles, California.

Atlantic,1994. Director. Camera and Editor. An experimental documentary that incorporates a phone conversation across the Atlantic Ocean and documents the decline of a British woman's marriage.

Official Selection: Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 1994. Invited Screening: North of the Border Exhibit -Irving, Texas, 1994. Lightwell Gallery in Norman, Oklahoma, 1994.

Home to Montana, 1988. Film Editor. This documentary film follows author and Boston Globe journalist, M.R. Montgomery as he traces his family's roots in Eastern Montana.

Curated Screening: San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California,1989. Juried Screening: University Film and Video Association, Toronto, Canada, 1989. Television Broadcasts: KQED, San Francisco Public Television, WGBH, Boston Public Television, KUSM, Montana Public Television, Idaho Public Television, 1989. Funded by The Boston Globe Newspaper, the Montana Humanities Council, Montana State University and Montana PBS.

Books:

Levin, C. Melinda and Fred J. Watkins. Post: The Theory and Technique of Digital Nonlinear Motion Picture Editing, Boston: Allyn and Bacon Press, 2003. Published in Korean language, 2008.

Special Issue Journal Co-Editorship:

Interdisciplinary Studies on Literature and Environment (published by Oxford University Press), special issue “Artes y Media Ambiente Realizacion (Performing Arts and the Environment): A special Section of Cuban Theatre Performances about the Environment. David J. Taylor and Melinda Levin, Editors. 22 (4):873-876 doi:10.1093/isle/isv095 (Autumn, 2015)

Journal of Humans and Nature, published by the Center for Humans and the Environment, Chicago, Illinois. Special issue on the Theatre of the Environment, Cuba, online journal. David Taylor and Karina Pino, editors. Footage from my documentary Cuban Earth is included and an overview of our work in Cuba is discussed, 2015.

The Journal of Film and Video- special double issue on Anthropology and Film. Volume 60, No. 2 and 3, Summer/Fall, 2008. C. Melinda Levin and Alicia Re Cruz, Co-Editors.

Book Chapters:

Melinda Levin, “Burning the Bones” in Gratefulness, an edited anthology by Mary Dalton, Wake Forest University Press, 2018 (In press).

Melinda Levin, “Location/Fracture: Documentary Storytelling in Mesa Verde” in Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde, David Taylor and Steve Wolverton, ed. University of Utah Press, 2015.

Steve Bardolph, Robert Figueroa, Melinda Levin, Porter Swentzell, David Taylor and Steve Wolverton, “Prologue” in Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde, David Taylor and Steve Wolverton, ed. University of Utah Press, 2015.

Arlikatti, Sudha and Melinda Levin, “Counter Terrorism, Human Rights and Social Media” NATO Science for Peace and Security Series- Human and Social Dynamics. Invited chapter, 2014.

Bardolph, Steve, Robert Figueroa, Melinda Levin, Porter Swentzell, David Taylor, Steve Wolverton; “Epilogue” chapter for the book Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde, University of Utah Press, 2015.)

Levin, Melinda: Location/Fracture: Documentary Storytelling in Mesa Verde” Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde, Edited by David Taylor and Steve Wolverton. In Press by the University of Utah Press (to be published May, 2015.)

Ibanez-Bueno, Jacques, Melinda Levin, Susan Squires, Jenny Vogel; “Uses of Facetime and Video Calls: Multiple Approaches and Exhibition”, published in the scientific online journal So Multiple (2014.)

Arlikatti, Sudha and Melinda Levin. "Enhancing Counter-Terrorism Strategies Through Visual Storytelling Techniques and Community-Empowered Ethnographies," Counter Terrorism in Diverse Communities, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series- Human and Social Dynamics, Vol. 90, Siddik Ekici, ed. lOS Press, The Netherlands, 2011. This series emphasizes culturally and linguistically diverse communities worldwide.

"Grant Writing" in Succeeding in Documentary by Alan Rosenthal. University of Illinois Press, 2012.

Articles and Reviews (all single authorship unless noted):

Levin, Melinda and David J. Taylor, “TECMA and Environmental Street Performance in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.” Invited article and video presentation, the Journal of Humans and Nature, the Center for Humans and Nature, Vanderbilt University. January, 2016.

Taylor, David J and Melinda Levin, “Introduction”, special issue on Cuban Arts and the Environment in the journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, Oxford University Press, 2017. Levin, Melinda, Karla Berry and Suzanne Regan. The Global Rivers Project White Paper Technical Report, published by the Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

Levin, Melinda and Alicia Re Cruz. Behind the Scenes of an Ethnographic Film, The Journal of Film and Video, Volume 60, No. 2 and 3, Summer/Fall 2008. Peer reviewed. (10% acceptance rate.)

Aitkin, Ian, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film Routledge, NY. 2005. C. Melinda Levin entries include: "Glass", Holland, 1958, "Nana, Mom and Me", USA, 1974 "Les Blank", USA, "Editing Techniques" and "Editing Technologies".

Levin, Melinda. Women and Sports, published by Women's Studies Quarterly, Volume 33, Numbers 1 and 2, Spring/Summer 2005. Review of Sheila Schroeder's (University of Denver) Video "See What I Got: A Story of Girls, Basketball, Confidence and Courage". Peer reviewed.

Levin, Melinda, Journal of Film and Video, Volume 57.1-2, Spring/Summer 2005. Video review of Laramie Inside Out by Beverly Seckinger, University of Arizona. Blind peer reviewed.

Levin, Melinda, Video review, The Case of Jonathan Pollard by Eran Preis. Journal of Film and Video, Volume 54, Nos. 2-3, Summer/Fall2002 (came out Fall, 2004) Peer reviewed.

Levin, Melinda, Video review, See What I Got: A Story of Girls, Basketball, Confidence and Courage, "Video Review: Feedback, a publication of the Broadcast Education Foundation, 2002.

Levin, Melinda, Film review, Burning Contour Matrix by Simon Tarr, Penn State University. Journal of Film and Video, Volume 52, No. 3, Fall, 2000. Peer reviewed. Levin, Melinda, Film review, Pure Chutney by Sanjeev Chatterjee, University of Miami. Journal of Film and Video, Volume 51, No.2. Summer, 1999. Peer reviewed.

Levin, Melinda, Independent Documentaries at the South by Southwest Film Festival for International Documentary Magazine, Volume 17, No.6, June, 1998. Invited submission. Levin, Melinda, The Dallas Video Festival for International Documentary Magazine, Vol.16, No.5, May, 1997. Invited submission.

Levin, Melinda, Hot Springs: Documentary Is Here for International Documentary Magazine. Volume 15, No.9, December, 1996. Invited submission.

Levin, Melinda, Film Review, I Am Not an Anthropologist by Jim Lane, Emerson College. Journal of Film and Video, Volume 48, Number 3, Fall, 1996. Peer reviewed.

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND ADVISORY BOARDS

Judge, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, 2017, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Judge, Jackson Hole/WGBH Science Media Summit, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016 and 2018.

Advisory Board, Center for the Communication of Science, Montana State University, 2016 – present. CINE Distinguished Juror. One of 57 invited Industry and Director jurors for the CINE Golden Eagle Awards, Washington, D.C. 2014-2015. Finalist Judge (with Cinematographer John Bailey, ASC and Lorette Bayle, Studio/Feature Films Manager for Kodak in Los Angeles) for the 2013, 2014 and 2015. International Kodak Student Scholarship Awards.

Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2014.

Appointed Member, Texas Commission on the Arts Media Grant Evaluation Panel, 2015.

Juror, BEA Media Festival, Student Documentary Category, 2014-2015.

Juror, Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts, 2013.

Journal of Film and Video, Editorial Review Board, 2001-present.

Moebius (moebiusjournal.org), Editorial Review Board, 2012-present. An online academic journal publishing new scholarly articles on new media and state-of-the-art critical theory.

Texas Commission on the Arts Media Peer Review Panel, Chair, 2011. This panel consists of select media producers, curators and non-profit agency directors reporting directly to the Director of the TCA and the Governor-appointed Commissioners.

CINE Film Festival, Washington D.C. One of 6 Academic advisory board members for this elite international festival that awards the CINE Golden Eagle. 2008-2013.

Texas Commission on the Arts Media Peer Review Panel, 2008-2009.

The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, U.S. Academic Advisor 2008.

Academic Advisory Board Member, Annual Editions- Film, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2005- 2006.

Texas Commission on the Arts, Member, Media/Multimedia Advisory Panel, 2004-2005.

Faculty Delegate, University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences

Board of Consultants Member, Northwestern University National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 2002-2003.

Texas Commission on the Arts Young Master's Grant Review Panel, 2002.

Chair, Texas Media Arts Advisory Panel, 2001.

Advisory Member and Key Speaker for the premiere Texas Media Arts Conference, Houston, Texas, 2001.

Chair, Texas Commission on the Arts, Media/Multimedia Advisory Board, 2000.

Texas Commission on the Arts, Media/Multimedia Advisory Board, 1999.

Texas Commission on the Arts, Media Peer Review Panel, 1995-1997.

Advisory Board Member, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, Massachusetts.1991.

Consultant and Co-Editor, Justus Liebig Universitat, Giessen, Germany, Statistical Studies and Publications concerning German images in American media. 1988-1989.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Board of Directors and Media Director, Innermost House Foundation, San Francisco, California, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia (a 501(c)(3) organization).

Research Scholar/Instructor, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, Colorado, 2015. Co-taught a weeklong course in scientific and indigenous storytelling on site in Colorado and Utah, 2015.

Invited Member, U.S. State Department Speakers Bureau. Traveled to Tajikistan and Afghanistan to present my films and discuss both documentary filmmaking and media production within a democracy government, 2015.

Book Reviewer for Southern Illinois University Press (2014)

Book Reviewer for Focal Press/Taylor and Francis (2014) Academic Program External Reviewer for:

California State University, Los Angeles (2017) The Ohio University (2017) Towson University, University of Maryland System (2015) University of Arizona (2014) Southern Arkansas University (2013)

External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion cases for:

University of Nebraska, 2018 New York University, Abu Dhabi, 2017 Ohio University, 2017 American University, 2017 Emerson College, 2017 Emerson College, 2016 Brooklyn College, 2016 Temple University,2016 American University, 2016 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2016 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2015 University of Western Michigan, 2015 University of Southern California, 2015 Montana State University, 2015 Tel Aviv University 2015 Columbia College Chicago 2013 Hunter College, New York 2013 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles 2013 Temple University, Philadelphia 2013 University of Illinois, Carbondale 2012 University of South Carolina, 2011 University of Southern California, 2010 American University, 2010 University of Denver, 2010 Montana State University, 2010 Montana State University, 2009 Southern Methodist University, 2008

University of Denver, 2008 American University, 2008 University of Miami, 2008 Ithaca College, NY, 2008 Georgia State University, 2007 Boston University, 2006 Loyola Marymount University, 2006 University of Ohio, 2006 University of Memphis, 2005 University of Kansas, 2005 Boston University, 2005. University of Miami, 2004 University of South Carolina, 2004

Consultant on a documentary about Professor Ali Malrun, a renowned African scholar and author examining the concept of "Africanity." Directed by Dr. David Wachanga, University of Wisconsin, 2010-2011.

Book Reviewer for University of Kentucky Press, 2009.

Guest Artist/Filmmaker, State University of New York at Fredonia. Funded by the Carnahan-Jackson Grant. Two days of classes and sessions for SUNY students on documentary filmmaking, 2007.

Appointed Member, Avid Academic Advisory Board, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006-2008.

Consultant for the Eastman Kodak Company's Entertainment Imaging Worldwide Student and Emerging Filmmakers Division, Rochester, NY, 2005-2006.

Invited Member, Avid Education Summit on High Definition Industry Trends and Education Challenges, Sundance Village, Utah, 2005.

Book Reviewer for Wadsworth Press, Bruce Marner's Digital Film and Video Production book, 2003.

Expert Legal Expert Consultant, case involving an ABC affiliate station, Salem Law Firm, Oklahoma, 2006. Jury trial.

Book Manuscript Reviewer, Wadsworth Press, 2003.

Media Director, Texas Special Olympics. 1993.

Director of Media Services, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Video Production and Grant Writer. 1989-1990.

LEGAL CONSULTING

Salem Law Firm. Served as expert media consultant on editing for a case involving an ABC affiliate station, Salem Law Firm, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2006.

The Law Firm of Vinson and Elkins. Served as expert media consultant on episodic television news editing for CBS "Sixty Minutes", Dallas, Texas, 1999.

The Law Firm of Potter, Minton, Roberts, Davis and Jones. Served as expert media consultant on media ethics and news programming for NBC affiliate, Tyler, Texas, 1999.

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Visiting Professor, Stonybrook University (SUNY System), New York City, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Lectures on reporting and storytelling modalities for scientists. 2018.

Visiting Professor, Western State College Colorado, Department of Communication Arts. Lectures on documentary filmmaking and screening of Becoming Mongolia and Cuban Earth documentary films. 2017.

Visiting Professor, Berklee College of Music, Boston and the Massachusetts Arts Institute – Class entitled “The Creative Collaboration Between Film Director and Music Composer (with Grammy-listed composer Ruth Mendelson). 2016.

Master Classes, Gordon College, Salem, Massachusetts – courses on documentary directing, producing, ethics and distribution, 2016.

Guest Professor, Ithaca College – Ithaca, NY. Class entitled “The Power of Water: Sustaining Our Future.” 2014.

UNT Distinguished Research Faculty Lecture Series, 2013.

UNT Center for Learning Enhancement and Redesign and the University Forum on Teaching and Learning, 3-day workshop on “Internationalizing Curricula and Problem-Based Learning,” 2013.

Guest Speaker/Filmmaker, The Silvey Society, 2013.

Guest Speaker/Filmmaker, Department of Geography Doctoral Program, 2013.

Guest Lecturer, UNT Honors College Terry Scholarship Group, 2013. Invited Film Director, Rhodes College Center for Outreach in the Development of the Arts, Memphis, TN, 2012. Lecture: "The Environment through the Lens." Keynote Speaker/Film Director, 22nd Annual Headwaters Conference, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Colorado, 2011.

Adjunct Professor, University of Savoie- Annecy, France, 2010.

Visiting Faculty, Universidad Panamericana- Toluca, Mexico, 2010.

Infusing Peace Studies into the Curriculum - UNT International Education Week, 2010.

Keynote Speaker, Scholars' Day, University of North Texas Honors College, 2010.

Moving Women Faculty Up the Ranks: Provost's Panel UNT, 2008.

Lectures on Media Representation, Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2008.

Invited Visiting Lecturer, College of Western Galilee, Acco, Israel, December, 2003.

Lectured on Media coverage of politics, the "War on Terror" and U.S.-Israeli relations to Political Science, International Relations, Communications and Women's Studies students and faculty, 2004.

Guest Filmmaker, Chamizal lndependent Film Festival and the Southwest Alternate Media Project, El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, 2004.

Visiting Artist and Guest Speaker, Texas Media Arts Conference, funded by the Southwest Alternate Media Conference, Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001, 2002 and 2003 in Houston and Amarillo.

Lecturer. Dallas Video Association's Summer Video Institute, 2002 and 2004.

Visiting Filmmaker, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, workshop on documentary filmmaking, 2002 and 2003.

Visiting Artist and Guest Speaker, The University of Oklahoma Filmmaking Consortium, two-day Intensive Documentary Session, November, 2001.

Visiting Artist and Consultant, Latino Public Television, Los Angeles, California, 2001. Two-day seminar on preproduction, grantwriting and production management in San Antonio, Texas, April, 2001.

Guest Speaker. The Dallas Video Festival and USA Film Festivals, 2000 and 2001.

Member and Featured Speaker, Texas Commission on the Arts Media Arts Task Force, 1999-2000.

Featured Speaker, Hot Springs Film Festival. Lecture on "TV Watching in England,” 1996.

OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS HELD WITH SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS Board Member and Media Director, Innermost Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization analyzing historic Transcendental Philosophies and current applications. 2017-present.

President, University Film and Video Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that oversees the International Kodak Grant and supports the work of educators in media. 2009-2015. Partnerships with Technicolor and AbelCine.

Past President and Board Member, University Film and Video Association 2010.

President of The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) 2006-2008.

North American Delegate (one of two), Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et Television, Brussels, Belgium, 2006-2008 and 2010.

Conference Host, University Film and Video Association, 2006,

Conference Vice President, University Film and Video Association, 1999-2001. Directed two national conferences, based in Colorado and New York. Executive Committee and Secretary, University Film and Video Foundation, 1999-2006. Conference Chair, Formal Screening Sessions for the annual conference, the University Film and Video Association, North Carolina School of the Arts, August 1998, and Emerson College, Boston, August 1999. Board of Trustees, University Film and Video Foundation, 2002-current. Chair, Membership Committee, University Film and Video Association. 1995-1997. Chair, Nominating Committee, University Film and Video Association, 1995.

Co-Chair, Formal Screenings for the annual professional conference of the University Film and Video Association. 1994.

Co-Editor, Broadcast Education Association's Production-Aesthetics-Criticism Digest,1996-1997.

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL CONFERENCES

(Pending): Panel chaired by John Stauffer, Chair of the Department of English at Harvard University – Emerson and Thoreau’s vision: Transcendentalism in Photography, Film and other Media. Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, Concord, Massachusetts, 2019.

Screening: Mongolia: Earth and Spirit at University Film and Video Association, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2018.

Panel: Positioning Film & Video Programs for Anticipated Immigration Restrictions by the Current U.S. Presidential Administration, California State University, Los Angeles, 2017.

Panel: Best Practices in Tenure and Promotion, University Film and Video Association, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.

Panel: International, Environmental Pedagogy in Cuba. University Film and Video Association, American University, Washington, D.C., 2015.

Panel: Kodak International Student Scholarship Grant Award Winners. University Film and Video Association, American University, Washington, D.C., 2015.

Panel: Finding Our Way In, Getting the Word Out: Melinda Levin – Activist Documentary, The Case of Inner Mongolia. University Film and Video Association, Montana State University, 2014.

Panel/Screening: International Kodak Student Grants Winners, presented by Melinda Levin. University Film and Video Association, Montana State University, 2014.

Paper presentation, University Film and Video Association, Chapman University, California: Storytelling Tools and Devices for Environmental Documentary Films. 2013.

Paper presentation, Broadcast Education Association annual conference, Las Vegas: Green Film: The Effect of Teaching Environmental Media. 2013.

Panelist, UNT Peace Conference – “The Middle East: A New Era?” Film as Instigator or Mediator of Peace, 2013.

Southern Economic Association 82nd Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Panel: Issues Faced When Doing Interdisciplinary Work. 2012.

Paper presentation, University Film and Video Association, Columbia College-Chicago: Tenure and Promotion: Navigating Transdisciplinarity and International Trends in Higher Education, 2012.

The Society for Ethnobiology, Denver, Colorado. The Mesa Verde Departure: Film Screening and Panel. 2012.

Paper presentation, University Film and Video Association, Columbia College-Chicago: Environmental Media Production: What are the rationales and obligations?, 2012. Invited by NATO to take part in its third annual advanced research symposium entitled "Counter Terrorism in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities" in Antalya, Turkey.

Presented paper: "Enhancing Counter-Terrorism Strategies Through Visual Storytelling Techniques and Community-Empowered Ethnographies" 2011. Film Screening, University Film and Video Association. Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts. "River Planet", 2011.

Panel Presentation, "Environmental Media in Action: Environmental Media Collaborations" University Film and Video Association, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011.

VisComm National Conference Juried Paper Presentation, "Video Mobile Phones and Self-Producing Images." Presented with Jacques Ibanez Bueno, Savoie University, France, Taos, New Mexico, 2011.

CILECT Biennial Congress, Barcelona, Spain. North American delegation panel., 2010.

Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), presenter at the "Commission on International Programs" session entitled the "Education Abroad: Emerging Trends and Outcomes" session. Sedona, Arizona. 2010.

Panelist and Paper Presentation, The Society for Ethnobiology, Victoria, Canada "Science, Life and Politics: Tools for Legitimizing Stories," 2010.

Film Screening, University Film and Video Association, Champlain College, Vermont "Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers from Both Sides of the Border," 2010,

The National Association of Student Affairs Administrators International Education Knowledge Community, roundtable presentation: "Best Practices in Study Abroad Programs" Chicago, 2010.

Academic Chairpersons Conference, Orlando, Florida Panelist "Leading in a Time of Change", 2010.

Waterways and Fluid Frontier International Conference and Symposium, guest speaker and filmmaker, 2010.

Academic Chairpersons Conference, Orlando Florida: "Research and the Academic Chair", 2010.

Society for Ethnobiology, Victoria, Canada; "Storytelling Tools for Scientists", 2010.

National Association of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Symposium, Presentation on International Education, 2010.

Film Screening Presentation, University Film and Video Association, New Orleans "Living with The Land: Sustainable Ranching in the American Southwest", 2009.

Panel member, University Film and Video Association, New Orleans "Full Professorship: Next Steps.", 2009.

Panel member and Presenter, CILECT Congress, Beijing, China "The Global Rivers Project." Held at the Beijing Film Academy, 2008.

Panel member, University Film and Video Association, Colorado College. "High Definition Workflow and the Global Rivers Project.", 2008.

Moderator, presenter, University Film and Video Association, University of North Texas. "The Art of Editing ABC's TV Show Lost.", 2007.

Paper presentation, University Film and Video Association, Columbia College, Chicago. "Going It Alone or the Crew Approach: Issues in Documentary Pedagogy", August, 2005. Formal Screening Respondent, University Film and Video Association, Columbia College, Chicago. "Big Enough: Through an Anthropological Lens." Big Enough (documentary film), directed by Jan Krawitz, Stanford University, August, 2005.

Presenter and Panel Moderator, "The Professional Arena: Proposals and Pitfalls", University Film and Video Association Conference, Toledo, Ohio, 2004.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association Conference to "Laramie Inside Out" by Beverly Seckinger, University of Arizona, 2004.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association Conference to "Bet Herut: The End of the Beginning, directed by Eran Preis, Temple University, Philadelphia, 2003.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to "Picpus: Garden of Memory, directed by Harlan Wallach, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2002.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to "Guerilla Television", directed by John Scott, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001.

Paper Presentation "Maya Women and Political Players: Documenting Choices and Actions in Yucatan, Mexico" at the annual conference of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, 2001.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to " The Case of Jonathan Pollard", produced by Eran Preis, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000.

Chair, Production Showcases Panels for the Broadcast Education Association's Production Aesthetics and Criticism Division in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1998 2000.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association Conference to "Burning Contour Matrix" by Simon Tarr, Penn State University, 1999.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to "Color My World: The Arts in Medicine" by James Babanikos of the University of Florida, 1998.

Panel Member, Broadcast Education Association Faculty Production Competition Winners Panel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1997.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to "Gifts from My Father" by Kim McNabb of Ohio University, 1997.

Respondent, University Film and Video Association to "Afro-Americans and World War II Defense Technology" by Robert Johnson, Framingham State University, 1997.

Panel Member, University Film and Video Association: "Looking Through the Lens of Interpretive Ethnography: Women Filmmakers and the Power of the Lens", 1997.

JURIES AND REVIEW PANELS

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, 2017. Jackson Hole / WGBH Boston Science Media Summit, 2016, 2018. National Science Foundation (NSF) project reviewer, 2013. Finalist Juror for the International Kodak Student Scholarship Awards, 2013-2015. Juror for the Broadcast Education Association Documentary Competition, 2012-2014. Juror for the Carole Fielding Student Grants, 2008-2013. Juror, Documentary Feature Films, the Dallas Video Festival, 2012. Reviewer for Montana State University Scholarship and Creativity Grants for Advancement in the Arts, 2009. Juror, The Dallas Video Festival Documentary Competition, 2008 and 2009. Juror, Deep Ellum Film Festival, Dallas, Texas, 2003. Submitted Article Reviewer, The Journal of Media Economics, 2001. Reviewer for Montana State University Scholarship and Creativity Grants for the Advancement of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Grants, 1999-2000. Juror, NextFrame International Student Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998-2003. Juror, Carole Fielding Student Film Production Grants, Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, 2010.

Juror, USA Film Festival, Texas, 1997.

SERVICE To the University: Study Abroad and International Outreach

Distinguished Research Professor Committee, UNT Office of the Provost. 2017-2019. Search Committee, Vice President for International Affairs, appointed by the Provost, 2016. University Committee on International Education, appointed by the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Director of Study Abroad, 2015-2016. UNT President’s Planning and Implementation Workshop (area leader, 2015, attendee 2016.) Task Force on Design/Development of Sack and Save site for UNT, appointed by Office of the Provost. Developed and taught first UNT university course in taught in Cuba, taught in 2014.

“Documenting Post Peak Oil in Cuba: Organoponicos, Food Sustainability and Health.” Took government-approved research trip to Cuba in 2013. I serve as the UNT point person for this initiative, in partnership with the University of Havana.

Globalizing the University Curriculum, appointed by the Associate Vice

Provost of International Education, 2011-2012. Co-Designer of CLEAR program on intercultural/global pedagogy.

Global Learning and Initiatives Director Search Committee, appointed by the Vice Provost and Vice President for International Education, 2010.

International Week invited speaker on "Internationalizing the Curriculum using the United Nations Earth Charter as a Pedagogical Tool", 2010.

One of three founding faculty members to teach the Emerald Eagle Scholar Study Abroad course in Thailand, 2008.

Lead faculty member for undergraduate course "Explorations in Patagonian Ecosystems and Communities", Chile and Argentina 2009. Hosted Visiting Artist Residency of Film Director and Writer Guillermo Arriaga of Mexico, 2009-2010. Established partnership with Savoie University, France for graduate exchanges, 2010. Guest Lecturer and Consultant, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2009.

Founding faculty member and advisory boards for:

UNT Center for Contemporary Arab and Muslim Studies, 2008 – 2010. Initiative for Advanced Research and Technology in the Arts Funded Cluster, 2008-present

Center for the Study of lnterdisciplinarity, 2008-2012.

General:

Finalist Judge for the 2013-2014 Creative Impact Awards, UNT Office of Research and Development. Promotion and Tenure Committee Member, College of Visual Arts and Design, Studio Art Department, 2013. iARTA Cluster Search Committees for 3 new faculty members, 2011-2012. Provost-invited participant on Panel for Moving Women Faculty Through the Academic Ranks, 2010. Provost-appointed member of the UNT Open Access Policy Committee, overseeing the OA Symposium and all issues related to Open Access Scholarship procedures at UNT, 2010.

iARTA Cluster Search Committee for new faculty member, 2010-2011. University Search Committee for Director of Global Learning and Initiatives, 2010.

University Search Committee for Director of Sustainability, 2008-2009.

University Search Committee for Faculty Positions in Technology and the Arts, 2008-2009.

University Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research, 2008.

Faculty for Eagle Scholar Study Abroad Trip and Partnership Development with Rahjabat Universities in Thailand, 2008.

Co-Chair, Working Group on New College involving media programs

Faculty Senate, 2000-2006.

Graduate Council, 2003-2006.

University Curriculum Committee, 2001-2004. University Committee on Committees, 2002-2004.

Review Team Member, Academic Program Review for the Division of Art Education and Art History, School of Visual Arts, 2001.

Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, 1999-2000. Invited Participant, University of North Texas Women's and Gender Studies

Research Forum, 1999.

Guest Lecturer, University of North Texas Women's Studies Seminar on the importance of Women's Studies Programs and the role of female faculty at American Universities, January, 1999.

To CAS/College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at The University of North Texas:

Member, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee for the Department of Theatre and Dance, UNT. 2018-2019.

Coordinator, Division of Communication, Media and Performance (Departments of Communication Studies, Dance and Theatre, Media Arts and Technical Communication), College of Arts and Sciences. Reporting directly to the Dean, 2015-2016.

Elected Member, Global Affairs Committee, 2015-2018.

Chair, Department of Linguistics and Technical Communication joint Promotion/Tenure and Personnel Affairs Committee, 2012-2013 and 2014-2015.

Elected Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2012-2015.

Guest faculty member at invitation of Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Advisory and Development Board annual retreat.

Strategic Planning Committee, 2005-2006.

Faculty Council, 2003-2007.

Faculty Mentoring Program, 2004-2005.

Graduate Council, 2004-2005.

Faculty Search Committee for the Dance and Theatre Arts Department, 2001.

Faculty Search Committee for the Dance and Theatre Arts Department, 1999-2000.

CAS Computing Services Committee, 1996-2001.

Solutions '98 Committee, 1998-1999. EXPO Committee, 1996-1997, Co- Chair, Corporate Academic Partners Committee, 1996-1997.

Future of Communications and The Media Committee, 1995-1996 (Appointed by Dean)

To the Department of Media Arts at The University of North Texas:

Chair, Graduate Committee, 2018-2019. Executive Committee, 2017-2019. Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment Committee, 2006-present. Production Committee, 2011-2018. Director, Master of Fine Arts Program, 2013-2016. Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2011-present. Chair, Department of Radio, Television and Film - 2007-2011. Web Development Committee, Chair - 2009-2010. Associate Chair, Department of Radio, Television and Film- 2004-2007. Graduate Committee, Chair, 1999-2002 and Member- 2007-2013. Graduate Director- Department of Radio, Television and Film- 1999- 2002. Executive Committee, 1996-1997 and 2002-2010. Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2002-2013. Chair, Personnel Affairs Committee, 1997 and 2000-2007. Master of Fine Arts Development Sub-Committee 2002-2003. Chair of HEAF Grant Proposal Sub-committee, 2002-2004. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1995-1997 and 2001-2002. RTVF Film Studies faculty position search committee 2002-2003. RTVF Film Studies faculty position search committee, 1999-2000. Production Committee, 1995-2007. Faculty Search Committee Chair for Broadcast Television Production Position, 1998.

Coordinator for Field Production Course Sections, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1997-1998 and 1999-2003.

Space and Relocation Committee, 1997-1998. To the Community:

Department Chair Search Committee Member, SMU Cinema-Television Department, 2007. Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization. "Big Sister" for a local youth, 2003- 2012. Winner, Best Mentor in the Region, National Organization, 2010. This young man is now a first-generation college graduate.

Graduate Committees Served on:

Dissertation Committees: David Wachanga, School of Library and Information Sciences, 2008 Graduate Thesis Committee Chair: Rania Elmalky (expected graduation 2019 – MFA) Andrew Valentine (expected graduation 2019 – MFA) Jakob Schwarz (graduated 2017 – MFA) Garrett Graham (graduated 2017 - MFA) Johnathan Paul Martin (graduated 2016 – MFA) Sharie Vance (graduated 2015 – MFA) Ron Lechler (graduated 2015 – MFA) Travis Barnes (graduated 2015 – MFA) Abbey Hoekzema (graduated 2014 – MFA) Sean Greenthaner (graduated 2014 –MFA) Denny George Thomas (graduated 2013- MFA) Jonathan Quam (graduated 2012- MFA) Mingyun Zhang (graduated 2012- MFA) Fritz Dent (graduated 2012 -MFA) Fadi Wahbeh (graduated 2011 -MFA) Ivana Corsale (graduated 2011 -MFA) Scott Thurman (graduated 2010 MFA) Marek Dojs (graduated 2009- MFA) Sarah Gibson (graduated 2009- MFA) Liz Daggett (graduated 2008- MFA) Jennifer Horst (graduated 2008- MFA) Tania Khalaf (graduated 2007- MFA) Cory Meiser (graduated 2006- MFA) Jessica Schoenbaechler (graduated 2006- MFA) Jamie Lambert (graduated 2005- MFA) Nefin Dinc (graduated 2005 - MFA) Danish Mumtaz (graduated 2003 - MA) Cristobal Borges (graduated 2003 - MA) Sandi Holzgraeffe (graduated 2003-MA) Michael Mullins (graduated 2002 -MA) Hongyi Yang (graduated 2002 -MA)

Jason Shutt (graduated 2001 - MA) MiJung You (graduated 2001 - MA) Kelli McKinney (graduated 1999- MA) Catherine Wallace (graduated 1999 - MA) John Ahearn (graduated 1998- MA) Jill Snyder (graduated 1998- MA) Graduate Thesis Committee Member: Claire Dejarnett (expected graduation 2019 - MFA) Michael B. Mullins (expected graduation 2018 - MFA) Sunil Kilaru (graduated 2018 - MFA) Tuarean Hodge (graduated 2016 – MFA) Lauren Cater (graduated 2015 - MFA Andrew Nelson (graduated 2014 – MFA Tingting Li (graduated 2014 – MFA) Kimberly Davis (graduated 2012 – MFA) Leah Bell (graduated 2007 -MFA) Beth Holder (graduated 2003 - MA) ByungKyu Ahn (graduated 2003 -MA) Ashley Smith (graduated 1999 - MA) Fahmui Phatthanodom (graduated 1998 - MA) Ivan Lee (graduated 1997 - MA)

Service to Other Universities:

Dissertation Committee Member Marlene Riddle, Texas Women's University,1999.

GRANTS PENDING – Co-PI, 2017-2018 National Science Foundation Grant (David Hoeninghaus, Associate Professor Biological Sciences Lead PI) The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that ensure that graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. Co-PI’s include Sam Atkinson (Biology), Lisa Henry (Anthropology) Irene Klaver (Philosophy), Melinda Levin (Media Arts), Kelly Reyna (Biology), Aaron Roberts (Biology), Andy Sansom (Texas State University), Michael Wise (History). GRANTS RECEIVED - (see separate grants for research and creative activities listed above) Mongolian Environmental Ministry, $12,000 (Mongolian Chronicles) Performing Arts Ministry of Cuba, $35,000 (Cuban Earth) Co-PI: Wells Fargo grant for support of an environmental arts event called eARTh, at Arts/Environmental conference, 2011. $5,000.

UNIVERSITY/STATE GRANTS

Charn Ushwachoke International Development Grant for documentary production work in Mongolia, 2013.

Charn Ushwachoke International Development Grant for documentary production research and location scouting in Cuba, 2013.

RECEIVED for Equipment:

Research Infrastructure Support: $23,288 Co-PI with Dr. Brian O'Connor, Library and Information Sciences, for purchase of high-resolution digital still photographic equipment, in conjunction with the School of Library and Information Sciences faculty, 2008.

Provost's Incentive Funds, $675,000 for Video/Film/Audio Equipment President's and Provost's Discretionary Accounts: $500,000 for Departmental Equipment, principally to support transition to High Definition technologies, 2008.

Initiator and proposal writer, 1999 University of North Texas Higher Education Acquisitions Fund Grant. $596,000 for Departmental Equipment. 1997 University of North Texas Provost's Innovative Projects Program Grant. This award of $40,000, along with a separate grant of $5,000 from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, provided the Department of Radio, Television and Film with seed money to purchase digital nonlinear editing equipment for student use.

Additional University Grants for Creative Work:

Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (IAA), 2016-2017 Artist Fellow. $10,000, plus one-semester sabbatical for research and creative work in Massachusetts.

Center for the Study of lnterdisciplinarity, grant in support of collaborative research/artistic project on the Mesa Verde Departure in Colorado and Utah, 2011 ($15,000).

Administrators Professional Enhancement Grant, UNT Provost's Office, 2010.

($20,000) Charn Uswachoke International Grant to support travel for documentary production in Thailand, 2008. ($4,000).

Center for Spanish Language Media Grant to support travel for documentary film production on the U.S./Mexico border, 2008 ($7,000).

Faculty Development Leave, Awarded for Spring, 2004 semester in support of documentary film production.

Faculty Research Grant to support documentary film production, 2003- 2004 ($4,000).

Provost's Diversity Fund to support travel for documentary film production, Spring, 2003. ($1,550).

Provost's Discretionary Fund to support travel for documentary film production. Fall, 1998. ($1,500).

Provost's Discretionary Fund to support documentary film production. Spring, 1998. ($1,500).

Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship to support archival research. Summer, 1998. ($3,500).

University of North Texas, Faculty Research Grant. Received $3,800 to partially fund production of a documentary film in Mexico. 1999.

University of North Texas Junior Faculty Research Grant, Summer 1998. Received grant of $3,500 for research on two documentary productions.

For Teaching/Updating Skills:

UNT Delegate to the Texas Diversity Council annual conference, 2012. Chair's Leadership Training Sessions in Orlando, Florida, 2009. Dean's Discretionary Funds ($3,000) to attend the American Council on Education Department Leadership Program in San Diego, CA, 2007. University of North Texas Learning Enhancement Grant (2005-2006), project coordinator Dr. Mary Lynn Smith, PI (Dance and Theatre.) Invited Attendee, Avid Technology Education Summit, Sundance, Utah, 2005. College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office travel support to attend the Academy of Arts and Sciences faculty seminar, Spring, 1998. ($962).

College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office travel support to attend the Avid Certification, 2000. Seminar in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Spring, 1999. ($1,200).

GRANTS/PROPOSALS APPLIED FOR:

National Endowment for the Humanities: The Mesa Verde Project: Transdisciplinary Storytelling for Advancing Humanities Research within the Environmental Justice Studies Frame", 2011. National Endowment for the Humanities: The Elm Fork of the Trinity River: Community Based Ethnographies", 2011. National Science Foundation, co-PI with Bob Frodeman and Britt Holbrook on interdisciplinary coverage of the BP Gulf Oil Spill, $40,000.

Digital Media and Learning Competition Grant Proposal for a research project entitled "The World in My Pocket: Mobile Media as a Tool for Personal and Cultural Exchange." Co-PI's include Associate Professor LeAnn Erickson of Temple University, Dean Karla Berry of National University San Diego, and Associate Professor Yuri Makino of the University of Arizona, 2009. Humanities Texas Mini-Grant, 2008 for Rio Grande Film, $1,500. Co-PI, Proposed Research Cluster in Environmental Media, 2008.

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (additional honors specific to research and creative activities are listed under each individual production listings.) Recipient of the first Thin Line Film Festival ORR award for Lifetime Achievement.

Invited Member, United States Speakers Bureau, US Department of State, 2013 to present. First post was in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and Northern Afghanistan. Recipient, UNT Faculty Development Leave (awarded 2013 for 2014.) Winner, University of North Texas Creative Impact Award, 2012. Roving Professor Award in support of Interdisciplinary Teaching, UNT, 2011. Specific emphasis is collaboration with Anthropology and Disaster Management faculty. Award of Excellence in International Teaching, the National Association of Student Affairs Administrators (NASPA), Chicago, 2010. UNT Leadership Fellow, Nominated by CAS Dean, Appointed by Provost, 2008-2009. Administrative Professional Enhancement Award from the UNT Office of the Provost in support of research and creative activities. 2010. Keynote Speaker, UNT Scholars Day Banquet, UNT Honor's College Recipient of Faculty Appreciation, 2008, 2010. UNT Women's Center Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2008. Pursuit of Excellence in Teaching Award given by the University Forum on Teaching, Learning and Assessment (2 awards given each year), University of North Texas, 2001. 2008 "Community Big Sister of the Year", Big Brothers Big Sisters of Texas. 1996 and 1999 "Professing Women" award, presented by the Women's Studies Roundtable of the University of North Texas. Delegate, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation Faculty Seminar, Los

Angeles, California. Selected as one of eighteen participants nationally, 1997. Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society Who's Who in America, 2000-present Who's Who in Fine Arts Higher Education, 2007 Who's Who of American Women, 2000-present Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1999-2008

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

University Film and Video Association University Film and Video Foundation Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society Innermost House Foundation CILECT (International Association of Film and Television Schools, Brussels) Women in Film Broadcast Education Association Society of Ethnobiology Video Association of Dallas USA Triathlon Organization