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Steven Alan Carr
Curriculum Vitae
GENERAL INFORMATION
Present Rank and Affiliation
Associate Professor of Communication with
Tenure and Graduate Program Director, Indiana University - Purdue
University Fort Wayne.
Address
Department of Communication NF 230
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 Coliseum Blvd E
Fort Wayne IN 46805 |
Phone: (260) 481 - 6545
Fax: (260) 481 - 6183
Email: carr@ipfw.edu
Web: http://users.ipfw.edu/carr |
Educational Experience
1987 - 1994 |
The University of Texas at Austin. Ph.D. in Radio,
Television and Film. Dissertation: "The Hollywood Question: America and the
Belief in Jewish Control over the Motion Picture Industry before 1941." |
1986 - 1987 |
Northwestern University. M.A. in Radio, Television and
Film. |
1982 - 1986 |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A.B. with
Honors in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures. Undergraduate Honors Thesis:
"Hester Street: Ethnicity, Feminism, and the Independent Film." |
Academic Appointments
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
| |
2009 - present |
Co-Director, Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Successfully proposed an IPFW Center for Excellence to promote the study of the Holocaust and Genocide in Northeast Indiana. The Center oversees a $30,000 annual budget and a three (3) year commitment for funding. |
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2004 - 2006 |
Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) Fellow
Represented the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs in
multiple technology initiatives, such as supervising the overhaul of numerous
campus and school-level websites (including the OAA website), disbursement of
grant moneys for technology innovation, and the development of a campus audio
portal. |
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1994 - 2000 |
Assistant Professor of Communication, Tenure Track
Taught classes in Media and Public Communication Track,
including media history, media aesthetics and new technology. |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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2002 - 2003 |
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
Held in residence in Washington DC; conducted archival
research and gave numerous presentations for general as well as scholarly
audiences. |
Northwestern University
| |
July 2002 |
Faculty, Seventh Annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust
and Jewish Civilization
Taught a four-class unit on Holocaust film to 25-30
Fellows, selected from competitive applications of current and prospective
college faculty, who teach courses on the Holocaust. |
Sam Houston State University
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1994 |
Lecturer, Division of Public Communication, Temporary
Non-Tenure Track
Taught classes in video production, scriptwriting and mass
media. |
Licenses, Registrations, and/or Certifications
| 2002 |
Indiana
University Graduate School Certification |
| 1994 |
Purdue
University Graduate School Certification |
Awards and Honors
2002 |
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend to
supplement U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for Advanced Holocaust
Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship. |
2000 |
Induction into Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on
Excellence in Teaching to recognize teaching excellence at the statewide
level. |
1999 |
Stephen H. Coltrin Award for Communication Excellence,
presented by the International Radio and Television Society Foundation for
winning a team Case Study Competition on children and television, $2500
(shared among team members). |
1995 |
Best Debut Paper Award, Theatre Division, Speech
Communication Association, "A Peculiar Jewish Monopoly: Life and the
Accusation of Jewish Control over the Theater." |
Memberships in Academic, Professional, and Scholarly
Societies
2005 - 2006 |
Association for Jewish Studies |
1999 |
University Film and Video Association |
1998 - 2002 |
Modern Language Association |
1997 - 2000 |
International Association of Mass Communication Research |
1997 - 1999 |
Broadcast Educators Association |
1996 - 1997 |
American Association of University Professors |
1995 - 2002 |
International Communication Association |
1994 - 2004 |
National Communication Association |
1990 - 2003 |
Society for Cinema Studies |
TEACHING
Credit Courses Taught at IPFW
Student Evaluations of Credit Courses
Publications and Productions Related to Teaching
Book Chapter
Carr, Steven Alan. "The Perfect Take: Multiculturalism in the Production Classroom," Shared Differences : Multicultural Media and Practical Pedagogy. Diane Carson and Lester D. Friedman, eds. Urbana : U of Illinois P, 1995: 246-58.
Guest Lecture
"Isolationism, Intervention, and Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942)." Ryerson University, Toronto ON, Canada, 31 Jan. 2003.
"Popular Culture after 9/11." Ryerson University, Toronto ON, Canada, 30 Jan. 2003.
"Studying the Holocaust." Presentation for the Honors Program Lunch Seminar. Indiana U - Purdue U Fort Wayne IN, 5 Oct. 1998.
"Smothers Brothers and Television Censorship." Manchester College, North Manchester IN, 24 January 1997.
Unpublished Work and Presentations Related to Teaching
Invited Speaker, "Teaching the Holocaust Through Film," U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 3rd Dallas Area Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education, U of Texas - Dallas, Richardson TX, 25 Jan. 2007.
Panelist, "Plagiarism Detection Software." Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching Workshop, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, 14 Jan. 2005.
Panelist, "Reaching In/Reaching Out: Highlights of Communicating Common Ground 2003 Partnerships." National Communication Association Convention, Miami Beach FL, 21 Nov. 2003.
with Jeanne Barone. "Teaching the Holocaust." National Collegiate Honors Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Oct. 2001.
with Jeanne Barone. "Value-Added Pedagogy: Why Team Teaching Matters More." Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. IU - Purdue Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne IN, 16 Feb. 2001.
with Mary Schoeler and Seana Lane. "If You Build It, They Sorta Come: Technology and the Challenge of Computer Literacy." Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 3 Mar. 1999.
Panelist, "In the University, Who Cares?" University Religious Forum 1997-98 Lecture Series, 16 Oct. 1997, Fort Wayne IN.
"Teaching Multicultural Video." Presentation for the Teaching Effectiveness Interest Group, Indiana U - Purdue U Fort Wayne IN, 6 Feb. 1995.
Panelist. Classroom Dynamics and Multiculturalism. Society for Cinema Studies Conference. Los Angeles CA, 25 May 1991.
Student Research Direction
Grants for Teaching Improvement
Special Needs Fund for Experimental and Documentary Film and Video Collection awarded by the IU - Purdue Fort Wayne Senate Library Subcommittee for $1,873.00 to purchase DVDs, 8 May 2009.
Community Fund Access Board Grant awarded by the City of Fort Wayne for $13,272.00 to purchase multimedia production equipment for use at Allen County Public Library Public Access and IPFW for service learning-oriented student projects, 5 Feb 2009.
Special Needs Fund for Holocaust Education and Media Literacy awarded by the IU - Purdue Fort Wayne Senate Library Subcommittee for $2000.00 to purchase Holocaust-related DVDs, 17 Apr. 2003.
Student Academic Advising
Graduate Program Director, Communication Department since 2006.
Institutes, Workshops, Conferences, Expositions, and Other Programs Attended
Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Global Citizenship Workshop, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, 6 Nov. 2004.
Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Citizenship in the 21st Century World Faculty Leadership Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN, 23-25 Apr. 2004.
Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Workshop, Bloomington, May 2000.
C-SPAN Seminar for Professors, Washington DC, 7-9 Jan. 1999.
Faculty Seminar, International Radio and Television Society Foundation, New York NY, 18-22 Feb. 1999.
Faculty Seminar, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, Burbank CA, 1997.
Teaching Excellence Workshop, Concordia University, Fort Wayne, 23 Aug. 1996.
IPFW Summer Institute for Achieving the Goals of General Education, Indiana U - Purdue U, Fort Wayne IN 9-12 May 1995.
Measuring Teaching Effectiveness, Indiana U - Purdue U, Fort Wayne, 17 Sept. 1994
Teaching Awards
Named an "Outstanding Educator" in the IU - Purdue student newspaper, The Communicator, May 2001
Induction into the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) for teaching and service contributions to the Indiana University statewide system, May 2000.
Induction into the IPFW Honors Faculty by the Honors Program Council for teaching and service contributions to Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, 18 April 1999.
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ENDEAVOR
Publications and Productions Related to Research and
Creative Endeavor
Book
Hollywood
and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II. New York: Cambridge U P, 2001.
Reviewed in Journal of Jewish History 56.1 (2005): 170-72; Archiv für Studium
der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 240.155 (2003): 431; The Chronicle of Higher Education 1 Oct. 2004; The London Review of Books 7 Mar 2002; The New Republic 21 May 2001.
Book chapter
"Staying for Time: The Holocaust and Atrocity Footage in American Public Memory." Violating Time: History, Memory and Nostalgia in Cinema. Christina Lee, ed. New York NY: Continuum, 2008 (proof pdf)
"How Some Things Never Change: Britney, the Joy of Pepsi, and the Familial Gaze." A Family Affair: Cinema Comes Home. Murray Pomerance, ed. London UK: Wallflower P, 2008.
"Wretched Refuse: Watching New
York Slum Films in the Aftermath of 9/11." The City That Never Sleeps: New York and the Filmic Imagination. Murray Pomerance,
ed. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers U P,
2007. Rev. of "From Street
Scene to Dead End." 229-42.
"Mass Murder, Modernity,
and the Alienated Gaze." Cinema
and Modernity. Murray Pomerance, ed. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers U P, 2006. 57-73.
"L.I.E., The Believer,
and the Sexuality of Jewish Boys." Where
the Boys Are: Cinemas of Masculinity and Youth. Frances Gateward and Murray Pomerance, eds. Contemporary Film and
Television Series. Detroit MI: Wayne State U P, 2005. 316-32.
Drawing on Jewish cultural images of boyhood, Steven Alan Carr's "L.I.E., The Believer, and the Sexuality of the Jewish Boy," deals primarily with Michael Cuesta's
LIE. (2001) and Henry Bean's The Believer (2001). Carr links the sexual representation
of the body of the Jewish boy to a long-standing sense of ambiguity beginning with the
Biblical tale of Isaac and Abraham, a state of bodily dis/ease which has been perpetuated
by the dominant cinema. Carr's critique of these films offers us the possibility of reading
culture-specific representations of sexualized boyhood in ways which might complicate
not only our thinking about sexuality and boyhood, but also how these specific moments
vary with degrees of cultural, social, and racial difference. Carr's argument ultimately calls
for a direct treatment of the sexualization of the Jewish boy, bringing it out of the realm
of speculation and guesswork, into a more readable and discursive environment instead of
allowing it to remain "unseen, unexamined, and unconfronted" (332).
....this is a superb collection of essays dealing with a series of character tropes and resultant identity politics that has too often been ignored. Pomerance and Gateward have assembled an interesting cross-section of theorists to examine the issue of cinematic boyhood and its attendant anxieties, and as a one-of-a-kind volume, this belongs in every serious collection of cinema studies. Tellingly illustrated and meticulously indexed, this volume will set the standard in the field for some time to come, and is thus highly recommended to the general reader, as well as the specialist.
Josh Call, Quarterly Review of Film and Video
"From 'Fucking
Cops!' to 'Fucking Media!': Bonnie and Clyde (1967) for a Sixties America." Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde. Lester D. Friedman, ed. Cambridge U
P Film Handbooks Series. New York: Cambridge U P, 2000.
Article in a scholarly journal
"The Holocaust in
the Text: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and the Allegorical Film Adaptation." Film Criticism 27.1 (2002): 50-65.
"On the Edge of
Tastelessness: The Smothers Brothers, CBS and the Struggle for Control." Cinema Journal 31.4 (1992): 3-24.
Paper published in conference proceedings
"Hollywood, the Holocaust, and World War II." American Judaism in Popular Culture. Studies in Jewish Civilization 17. Leonard J. Greenspoon and Ronald A. Simkins, eds. Proc. of the 17th Annual Symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization-Harris Center for Judaic Studies, Creighton U, Omaha NE; U of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE, 24-25 Oct. 2004. Omaha NE: Creighton U P; Lincoln NE: U of Nebraska P, 2006. 39-58.
"From Street
Scene to Dead End: Hollywood and the Urban Ethnic Im[m]igrant,
1931-1937." La Mémoire
des villes / The Memory of Cities. Proc. of La Mémoire des Villes / The
Memory of Cities, University of Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France, 2 May
2002. Yves Clavaron and Bernard
Dieterle, eds. Saint-Etienne,
France: Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne, 2003.
Published reviews of scholarly or creative work
Review of Art,
Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich. Edited by Richard A. Etlin.
Chicago IL: Chicago University Press, 2002. Clio: A Journal of Literature,
History, and the Philosophy of History 33.4
(2004): 487-93.
Other
"2000 Presidential Election Coverage." The Encyclopedia of Television. 2nd ed. Horace Newcomb, ed. New York NY: Routledge, 2004.
"Luise Rainer." Jewish
Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia.
Paula Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore, eds. New York: Routledge, 1997. Revised for republication in Encyclopedia
of Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Paula
E. Hyman and Dalia Ofer, ed. Jerusalem, Israel: Shalvi, in press.
Unpublished Work Related to Research and Creative
Endeavor
Lecture or Paper at Professional Meeting
1. "Writing on the Wall: Requiem for (a Radical)
Media?" Issues in Contemporary Media Theory. Society for Cinema Studies
(SCS) Conference. Los Angeles, 24 May 1991.
2. "Coon or Cohen? Animation and the Transmutable Ethnic
Stereotype." Icon and Stereotype. Society for Animation Studies
Conference. Rochester, 3 Oct. 1991.
3. "Success or Conspiracy: The Durable Myth of the Hollywood
Movie Mogul." Film Techniques and Texts. Textual Technologies. College
Station, 29 Mar. 1992
3a. Revision of 3. Ethnic Portrayal in American Films and American
History. Society for Cinema Studies Conference. Pittsburgh, 3 May 1992.
3b. Revision and expansion of 3a. "The Hollywood
Question." Finding Aids to History: Popular Culture as a Lens on the Past.
International Communication Association. Montreal, May 1997.
3c. Revision and expansion of 3b. "The Hollywood Question:
American Film Historiography and the Jewish 'Problem.'" Cinema and Diverse
Ethnicities. Society for Cinema Studies. Washington DC, 24 May 2001.
4. "Hollywood, the Holocaust and the Biblical Epic." Imagining the Unimaginable: Rethinking Holocaust Imagery. Society for Cinema
Studies. New Orleans, 12 Feb. 1993.
5. "Hollywood, Isolationism and the Jews." Jewish Art,
Drama and Film. Popular Culture Association-American Culture Association. New
Orleans, 8 April 1993.
6. "The Hollywood Movie Mogul and the American Jewish
Question." Competitive Paper, Historical Studies in Popular Communication.
International Communication Association. Albuquerque, 27 May 1995.
7. "A Peculiar Jewish Monopoly: Life Magazine and the
Accusation of Jewish Control over the American Theatre." New Voices in
Theatre II: Dialectical, Rhetorical, and Social Perspectives. Speech
Communication Association. San Antonio, 19 Nov. 1995.
8. "Virtual Paranoia in the '90s." Society for Cinema
Studies. Dallas, March 1996.
9. "Contemporary Discourse on Bonnie and Clyde." Bonnie
and Clyde: A Thirtieth Celebration. Society for Cinema Studies. Ottawa, May
1997.
10. With John Parrish-Sprowl. "Tobacco Denial and the
Discursive Body." Evidence in Popular Culture. Border Subjects II: Bodies
of Evidence. Normal IL, 3 Oct. 1997.
11. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Jew? Disney's "The
Three Little Pigs" and Depression-Era America." Drawing from the
Past: Animated Films' Regressive Visions. National Communication Association.
Chicago, 22 Nov. 1997.
12. "Reading Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) as Holocaust
Melodrama." 23rd Annual International Conference on Film and Literature.
Tallahassee, 30 Jan. 1998.
13. "Have You Witnessed a Holocaust Lately? NBC, Ford and the
Network Premiere of Schindler's List." Revisiting Spielberg's Holocaust:
Critical Perspectives on Schindler's List ‑‑ Five Years Later.
International Communication Association. Renaissance Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 21
Jul 1998.
14. "Lewinsky's Mouth." International Association of
Mass Communication Research. Strathclyde U, Glasgow. 28 Jul. 1998.
15. "'If You Don't Talk to Your Kids About Sex, We Will':
Indiana and the Secularization of Abstinence-Only Education." International Association of Mass Communication Research. Leipzig, Jul. 1999.
16. "Reconstructing Wildman Woody: Reconfiguring Identity,
Ethnicity and the Incest Taboo." New Critical Perspectives on Woody Allen.
University Film and Video Association. Boston, 4 Aug. 1999.
17. "The Holocaust in the Text: Film Adaptations of Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables in the 1990s." French Cinema at the Millennium. 25th
Annual Conference on Literature and Film. Tallahassee, 28 Jan. 2000.
18. "Holocausts of the Hyperreal: Life Is Beautiful in
Postmodern America." Should Life Be So Beautiful? A Crisis in Representing
the Holocaust. Society for Cinema Studies Conference. Chicago, 9 Mar. 2000.
19. "There's No Place Like Oz: HBO and 'Quality
Television.'" "We're Not in Kansas Anymore": HBO's Oz and the
Changing Landscape for Dramatic Television Series. International Communication Association.
Acapulco, 4 June 2000.
20. "Ethnicity, Humor, and the Jewish Movie Mogul in
Hollywood." Ethnic and Racial Humor. Modern Language Association. New
Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans LA, 29 Dec. 2001.
21. "Political
Correctness and Literal Correctness." Understanding Globalization.
Educating for the Global Community, Area Dean's Conference, IU - Purdue Fort
Wayne, Fort Wayne IN, 22 Feb. 2002.
22. "From Street Scene to Dead End: Hollywood and the Urban
Ethnic Immigrant, 1931 - 1937." La Mémoire des Villes / Memory of the
Cities. University of Jean Monnet, St. Etienne, France, 2 May 2002.
22a. Revision and expansion of 22. Perspectives on Globalization.
Society for Cinema Studies. Westin Tabor Center, Denver CO, 24 May 2002.
23. "Get Real: Confronting Lord of the
Rings as Allegory." The Fantastic. Literature/Film Association
Annual Conference: Global and American Cinemas. Dickinson College, Carlisle PA,
19 Oct. 2002.
24. "American
Holocaust: The Banality of 9/11 After the Enactment of the USA Patriot Act." Legal Communication in Action Since 9/11/01. National Communication
Association. New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans LA, 22 Nov. 2002.
25. "Oops! We Did It Again: Performance, Family Values, and
the Familial Gaze." A Family Affair. Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis MN, 6 Mar 2003.
26. " 'A Clear and Present Danger of Substantive Evil to the
Community': Film Censorship, Max Ophuls' La Ronde (1950), and Commercial
Pictures Corporation v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New
York (1954)." Project, Production, and Distribution Histories. Max Ophuls
Beyond Borders. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, 29 Mar. 2003.
27. "Hollywood and the Holocaust from World War II to the End of
the Studio System." Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Fellows Presentation.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC, 7 May 2003.
28. "Postwar Representations of Anne Frank in Film and Television," Anne Frank in Film and Literature, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington
DC, 5 June 2003.
28a. Revision and expansion of 28. Cinema Center, Fort Wayne IN, 18 Apr. 2004.
29. "Transparency of Evidence: Viewing Catastrophic Testimony." Interpreting Testimony Summer Research Workshop. U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, Washington DC, 15 Aug. 2003.
30. "New Approaches to Studying Holocaust Film." National
Communication Association Convention. Miami Beach FL, 20 Nov. 2003.
31. "Hollywood and the Holocaust." Anti-Semitism and the
Holocaust. Otherness: The Construction of Race. Webster U, St. Louis MO, 5 Dec.
2003.
32. "Anti-Semitism, World War II, and the Hollywood Social Problem
Film." The American Jewish
Experience Through Film: Part I. The American Jewish Experience as Reflected in Film: A National
Symposium. Queens College, The
City University of New York, Flushing NY, 16 May 2004.
33. "Hollywood, the Holocaust, and World War II." 350 Years of American Judaism in
Popular Culture. The 17th Annual
Klutznick Harris Symposium. Creighton U, Omaha NE, 24 Oct. 2004.
34. "Eichmann TV." Encoded Trauma: Crisis, Popular Media, and Audience Meaning Making. Reception Studies Society 2009 Conference. Purdue U, W. Lafayette IN, 12 Sep. 2009.
Other
Featured U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Speaker, "Hollywood and the Holocaust: Real Reactions from the Film Industry," Denver U, Denver CO, 19 June 2007.
Invited U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Lecture, "Mediated Evil: Re-Enacting the Holocaust for a Global Audience," Norfolk State U, Norfolk, VA, 4 Apr. 2007.
Invited Public Lecture and Featured Panelist, "The Holocaust
in Hollywood Film, the American Press, and Traumatic Memory." Emory University, Atlanta GA, 27 Jan
2005.
Esther and George Kessler
Lecture on Jewish Film and Media, "Hollywood, the Holocaust, and the Crisis
over Propaganda," Michigan State U, East Lansing MI, 11 Nov. 2004.
Invited Public Lecture, "Hollywood, Anti-Semitism, and the
Return of the Passion Film." Purdue University Jewish Studies Public Lecture.
West Lafayette, IN, 12 Feb. 2004.
Invited Guest Lecture, "The
Holocaust and the Documentary Tradition," Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter
MN, 27 Oct. 2003.
Invited Guest Lecture, "Cinematic
Representations of the Holocaust," Eastern Michigan U, Ypsilanti MI, 24 Oct.
2003.
Invited Keynote Lecture, "Hollywood and Anti-Semitism." Eastern Michigan University Lecture Series. Ypsilanti MI, 23 Oct. 2003.
Invited Keynote Lecture, "Hollywood
and the Holocaust," Summer Holocaust Institute for Florida Teachers, University
of Florida, Gainesville FL, 10 July 2003.
Invited Keynote Lecture, "The Holocaust and the Alienated
Gaze in Postwar American Film," The Psychology of Hatred: The 9th Annual Holocaust Commemoration, Weber State U, Ogden UT, 14 Apr. 2003.
Invited Guest Lecture,
"Hollywood and Anti-Semitism," U of North Texas, Denton TX, 9 Nov.
2001.
Panelist for Meet the New
Right: "Compassionate Conservatism," Free Market, and State Policy, the inaugural panel of the 2001-02 American Studies
Lecture Series at Indiana U - Bloomington, Bloomington IN, 29 Nov. 2001.
Instituted, organized and
coordinated conference on the Holocaust at the University of Texas at Austin
with John D. H. Downing, Austin, 29 April 1993.
"Free Speech." Issues on
Campus. Carrying It On: A New Jewish Agenda National Conference Organizing
Against Anti-Semitism and Racism. Philadelphia, 9 Nov. 1991.
Grant Acquisition and Current Grant Proposals
2002 |
National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend for "Hollywood and the
Holocaust from World War II to the End of the Studio System, $5,000.00 United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum Center for the Advancement of Holocaust Studies
Fellowship for "Hollywood and the Holocaust from World War II to the End
of the Studio System, $27,000.00 Purdue
Research Foundation International Travel Grant for $485.00 to present
"From Street Scene to Dead
End: Hollywood and the Urban Ethnic
Immigrant, 1931 - 1937" at the University of Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne,
France. IU - Purdue
Fort Wayne International Conference Fund grant for $400.00 to present
"From Street Scene to Dead
End: Hollywood and the Urban Ethnic
Immigrant, 1931 - 1937" at the University of Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne,
France. |
2001 |
IU - Purdue Fort
Wayne Research Support Fund grant for $400.00 for archival research on
"Hollywood and the Holocaust from World War II to the End of the Studio
System." |
1998 |
Indiana
University Overseas Conference Fund Award, $400.00 to present
"Lewinsky's Mouth" at the International Association of Mass
Communication Research Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Purdue
Research Foundation International Travel Grant, $1,280.00 to present
"Have You Witnessed a Holocaust Lately? NBC, Ford and the Network
Premiere of Schindler's List" at the International Communication
Association in Jerusalem, Israel. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne Summer
Research Grant, $5,000.00 to complete "Have You Witnessed a Holocaust Lately?
NBC, Ford and the Network Premiere of Schindler's List." |
1997 |
Purdue Research Foundation
Faculty Summer Grant, $5,000.00 to complete "From 'Fucking Cops!' to
'Fucking Media!': Bonnie and Clyde (1967) for a Sixties America." |
1996 |
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne Summer
Research Grant, $4,000.00 to complete archival work for Hollywood and
Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History, 1880-1941. |
Institutes, Workshops, Conferences, Expositions, and
Other Programs Attended
Participant, Interpreting
Testimony Summer Research Workshop, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington
DC, 4 Aug - 15 Aug 2003.
Chair. Perspectives on
Globalization. Society for Cinema Studies. Westin Tabor Center, Denver CO, 24
May 2002.
Respondent. Popular Film and
Beyond. International Communication Association. Washington Hilton, Washington
DC. 24 May 2001.
Co-chair (with Walter Metz).
Should Life Be So Beautiful? A Crisis in Representing the Holocaust. Society
for Cinema Studies Conference. Chicago, 9 Mar. 2000.
Chair. Studies in Cinema Panel.
International Communication Association. San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco.
31 May 1999.
Chair. Sites of Trauma in Public
Memory Panel. Society for Cinema Studies. Hyatt, San Diego, 5 April 1998.
Respondent. Resolving Identity
Through Memory Panel. International Communication Association. Renaissance
Jerusalem, Jerusalem. 22 July 1998.
Respondent. Studies in Film
Panel. International Communication Association Conference. Sheraton Chicago,
Chicago. 25 May 1996.
Respondent. Listening to the
Audience Panel. Speech Communication Association Conference. San Antonio. 18
Nov. 1995.
Chair. Jewish Art, Drama and
Film. Popular Culture Association-American Culture Association. New Orleans, 8
April 1993.
SERVICE
University Service
Purdue University System
IPFW Representative, Purdue University Graduate Council, 2008 - present
Interim IPFW Representative, Purdue University Graduate Council, appointed by Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to disseminate information about and coordinate activities pertaining to graduate offerings and programs at IPFW, 2007.
Member, Purdue Jewish Studies Committee, 2004 - 2007
IPFW
Purdue Representative, IPFW Graduate Subcommittee, 2008 - present.
Member, Instructional Technology Coordinating Committee, appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to improve the support of instructional technology on the IPFW campus, 2008 - present.
Member, Campus Communication Ad Hoc Subcommittee, appointed by Chancellor to develop ways to improve internal communications at IPFW, 2004 - present.
Member, Publications Committee, appointed by Chancellor to promote the production of informational publications which adhere to established campus standards and appropriately represent IPFW, 2004 - present.
Member, Web Advisory Committee, appointed by Chancellor to advise the web manager and establish priorities and guidelines for the development of the web at at IPFW, 2004 - present.
Member, Peer Review Committee for IPFW Journalism Program,
2004 - 2005
Office of Academic Affairs Associate, 2004 - 2005
Member, LEAD Grant Selection Committee, 2004 - 2005
Member, Web Redesign Committee, 2004 - 2005
Member, DECCO Tools Subcommittee, 2004 - 2005
Member, American Democracy Project Planning Committee, 2004
- 2005
Creator and Owner, colloquy-l@ipfw.edu,
a discussion listserv devoted to faculty concerns, 2004 - 2005
Partner with Larry Williamson, Comcast, Partners in
Learning, 2004
Representative, Faculty Senate, 2002
Member, Publications Committee, 2000 - 2001
Member, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
Diversity Subcommittee, 1998 - 99
School/division
Committee Member, Third Year Review for Visual Communication and Design Professor Benita Brewer, 2007.
Representative, Arts and Sciences Council, 1996 - 99
Department/program
2008 - 09
Chair, Assistant/Associate Professor and Journalism Program Director Search Committee
2005 - 06
Chair, Faculty Assistance Committee for Katrina Fullman (until 2008)
Member, Faculty Assistance Committee for Irwin Mallin
Member, Grade Appeal Committee
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (ongoing)
2003 - 05
Grade Appeal Committee (Chair, 2003 - 04)
2002 - 03
Chair, Faculty Assistance Committee for Isabel Guzman Molina
1999 - 00
Co-Director, Jumpstart Program, campus-wide initiative to
offer technology training (since 1998 - 99)
1994 - 95
Member, Faculty Assistance Committees for Marcia Dixson and
Mary Anne Higgins
Student Counseling and Advising
Faculty Advisor to the IPFW F.I.L.M and Anime Clubs, 2008 - 09.
Lead Undergraduate Advisor, Communication Dept., 2002 - 03.
Faculty Adviser, IPFW Film Club, 1995
Service to the Profession
Refereeing and
Manuscript Reviewing
Reviewed 3 manuscripts for Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 2007.
Reviewed 1 book manuscript for SUNY Press, 2007.
Reviewed 1 book proposal for SUNY Press, 2006.
Reviewed 1 manuscript for Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 2006.
Reviewed 1 manuscript for The Journal of Holocaust and
Genocide Studies, 2005.
Reviewed 2 drafts of a book manuscript for Southern Illinois
University Press, 2005.
Reviewed 1 book manuscript for Southern Illinois University
Press, 2004.
Reviewed 1 essay manuscript for Popular Communication, 2004.
Reviewed 1 manuscript for The Journal of Holocaust and
Genocide Studies, 2002.
Reviewed 1 manuscript for Popular
Communication, 2002.
Reviewed 1 book manuscript for U of Texas P, 2002.
Reviewed 1 book proposal for Oxford U P, 2002.
Reviewed 1 book proposal for Cambridge U P, 2001.
Reviewed 4 papers for the Popular Communication Division,
International Communication Association, 2001.
Reviewed chapters from 1st and 2nd editions of Richard Campbell, Media and Culture (New York: St. Martin's P, 1997) for $150 per review, 1998-99.
Two reviews of Chris Harper, The New Mass Media for Houghton Mifflin, $250, 1999.
Reviewed 10 manuscripts for the Popular Communication
Division, International Communication Association, 1998.
Reviewed 6 manuscripts for the Popular Communication
Division, International Communication Association, 1997
Reviewed 12 manuscripts for the Popular Communication
Division, International Communication Association, 1996
Reviewed 4 manuscripts for the Mass Communication Division,
Speech Communication Association, 1995.
Reviewed 12 manuscripts for the Popular Communication
Interest Group, International Communication Association, 1994.
Reviews of Grant
Proposals
Review Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities,
2002.
Community Service
Public and/or
Governmental Service Activities
IPFW Campus Liaison, Bike Fort Wayne Task Force, 2009 - present. Help prepare bicycle transportation plan for the City of Fort Wayne.
Member, Academic Advisory Committee for a major
exhibition curated by Steven Luckert at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nazi propaganda,
Washington DC, opening November 2008.
Member, Education and Outreach Advisory Committee for
KCET/BBC co-production Auschwitz and the Nazi State, 2003 - 2006.
Expert witness for Florida class action litigation against
tobacco companies in historic Broin and Engle trials, 1997 - 1999.
Publications and/or
Presentations for Lay Audiences
Interviewed by Pravda (Slovakia) on relevance of the film 300 (Warner Bros., 2006) to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, 31 Mar. 2007.
Panelist for a post-screening discussion of Inside Deep
Throat (HBO, 2005). Cinema Center, Fort Wayne IN, 18 May
2005.
Guest lecture on Anne Frank in Film and Television to
religious high school students, Congregation Achduth Vesholom, Fort Wayne IN, 9
Jan. 2005.
Invited Public Lecture, "Anne Frank in Film and Literature." Fort Wayne Jewish Federation and the Fort Wayne - Allen County History
Center Public Lecture. Cinema Center, Fort Wayne, IN, 18 Apr. 2004.
Interviewed by The News-Sentinel on holiday greeting cards, 5 Apr. 2004.
Interviewed by The Journal-Gazette on The Passion of the Christ (2004), 29 Feb. 2004.
Panelist for public screening of PBS documentary Berga:
Soldiers of Another War. Indiana University
- Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne IN, 20 Oct. 2003.
"Road Map to Speciousness: Peace, Pretext, and the
Leveraging of the Israeli Right." Fort Wayne International Affairs Forum, Fort
Wayne IN, 30 Sep. 2003.
Invited Guest Presentation, "Hollywood and the Holocaust." Wings of Memory Fundraising Event. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Washington DC, 28 Apr. 2003.
Invited Guest Speaker on Life Is Beautiful (1997) for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Church
Relations Program at Vienna Presbyterian Church, Vienna VA, 1 Apr. 2003.
Invited Guest Speaker for Rear Window (1954) at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art,
Northwestern U, Evanston IL, 7 Feb. 2003.
Invited guest speaker for The Sorrow and the Pity (1971; Milestone, 2001) for the film series Journeys
and Investigations: Films on the Holocaust, held in conjunction with the
exhibition The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz at the Mary and Leigh Block
Museum of Art, Northwestern U, Evanston IL, 5 Oct. 2002.
"Myths and Realities about the Attacks." 4 Oct. 2001. Picked
up by the Progressive Media Project and distributed via the Knight
Ridder-Tribune Syndicate. Published in The Tallahassee Democrat, The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne IN) and other newspapers.
"Prosperity and Tuition Increases" 11 March 1994. Article
distributed to Texas newspapers and broadcast stations statewide through the
Texas Lone Star Forum.
Other
1996 to 2001 |
Commentator for National Public Radio Affiliate in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, WBNI FM 89.1. |
1996 to 2001 |
Board member for Cinema Center, a nonprofit venue for
alternative and independent film in Fort Wayne |
1998 |
Weekly radio movie reviews for WOWO 1190 AM, Fort Wayne IN |
2003 to present |
Board member for Windsong Film Festival |