Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Steven Alan Carr
Curriculum Vitae

GENERAL INFORMATION

Present Rank and Affiliation
Associate Professor of Communication with Tenure and Director of Graduate Studies, Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Address

Department of Communication NF 230
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 Coliseum Blv
d 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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

1999

University Film and Video Association

1998 -

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

2005 – 2006

Association for Jewish Studies

 

 
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