M.S. candidate in Information Design and Technology Program (GPA 4.0)

Expected graduation date: June 1999

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

M.A./Ph.D. program in the Graduate Institute for the Liberal Arts

Terminal M.A. degree will be awarded: May 1999

U.S. Cultural Studies concentration (GPA 3.95)

Areas of concentration: Media & Communication, Semiotics, Gender Studies

University of California, Berkeley, CA

B.A. in Women's Studies and Mass Communications (double major) - May 1991

Summa Cum Laude; Dean's List (GPA 3.87)

Barnard College/Columbia University, New York, NY

Centennial Scholars Program; Dean's List, 1986-1988 (GPA 3.85)

Graduate Student Assistantship: Webmaster / Web Designer (April 1998 - present)

• Responsible for initial site design and on-going maintenance of the Southern CrossRoads website (http://www.sox.net) which provides information and resources regarding Georgia Tech's leadership and participation in the Internet2 project. Currently, the majority of the site’s content resides in a private section of the site for Southern CrossRoads members only.

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA

Webmaster/Web Designer (February 1997 - present)

• Responsible for maintenance, expansion and troubleshooting of law school website (http://www.law.emory.edu).
• Independently re-designed and produced all graphics for main site in Summer, 1997.
• Design and maintain course webpages, departmental webpages, and affiliate organization sites.
• Maintain and implement CGI- and JavaScript-based scripting.
• Oversee several live RealVideo webcasts each year.
• Provide basic UNIX system administration.

Manager of the Computing Help Desk (June 1996 - February 1997)

• Responsible for scheduling of 6-person staff, trouble-shooting of computer hardware and software problems, creation of e-mail accounts for incoming students, and resetting passwords.
• Supervised student use of computer lab equipment, purchased and installed hardware and software, and upgraded existing hardware and software.
• Created and maintained self-extracting zip files and web pages offering downloading and configuration instructions for university PPP access software (Windows 3.1 & Windows95 versions) and anti-virus software.
• Implemented the shift from Windows 3.1 to Windows95 operating systems on lab workstations.

Computing Support Technician (January 1996 - February 1997)

• Responsible for troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrade support of law school staff and faculty workstations.

Dr. Jay Bolter and Dr. Richard Grusin, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Graduate Research Assistantship: Editorial Assistant (September 1997 - March 1998)

• Assisted two Georgia Tech professors in researching, gathering and securing copyright permissions for over 100 images to be used in their book, Remediation, published in Fall 1998 by MIT Press.

The Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C.

Web Designer (Fall 1997)

• Re-designed The Sentencing Project's website with Tal Herman as a student project for Dr. Jay Bolter's Hypertext Design class. The re-designed site is available at http://www.sentencingproject.org

Georgia Public Television, Atlanta, GA

Production Intern (July 1994 - January 1995)

• Assisted a producer of GPTV documentary and multi-part series projects in all phases of pre-production (research, grant-writing, scheduling, planning), and production (contacting interview subjects, scheduling travel and accommodations, location shooting).
• Projects included:

Eugenia Price's South (one-hour documentary)

Coming of Age: Changing the Way We Think About Aging in America (series)

Beyond Mediocracy: Examining American Democracy (series)

Video Transfer Center, San Francisco, CA

Audio/Video Technician and Customer Service Representative (June 1990 - August 1992)

• Responsible for film-to-tape transfers, standards conversions, and mass duplication of most formats, as well as all aspects of customer service at a small, consumer-level video transfer and duplication company.

Released December 16, 1998 by Daemon Records, Atlanta, GA

• Responsible for concept development, design, and production of the multimedia portion of Big Bang: A Daemon Multimedia Compilation, an enhanced CD sampler for the Atlanta-based independent record label, Daemon Records.
• Designed and programmed Lingo for the Macromedia Director interface, produced and shot five of the ten video clips, digitally edited and compressed all video clips, designed and produced graphics, edited sound clips, and burned the master in CD-EXTRA format.
• For more information, see my cd-rom portfolio page or visit the Big Bang page on the Daemon Records website.

Two-Spirit People

Released in 1991 by Gender on a Stick Productions, Berkeley, CA

Distributed in the U.S. by Frameline Distribution, San Francisco, CA

• During my senior year at the University of California, Berkeley, I co-produced, directed, and edited Two-Spirit People, a 23-minute documentary video on the berdache tradition in Native American history and cultures.
• For more information, see my video portfolio page or visit the Two-Spirit People page on the Frameline website.

Invited Lecture and Screening: "Two Spirit People"

Teaching Associate: Liberal Studies 112: American Identities(Spring 1996)

Teaching Assistant: Film Studies 373: Television and American Culture(Fall 1995)

Platforms:

Windows 3.1, Windows95, WindowsNT, MacOS, and UNIX

Web:

HTML, CGI/Perl, Javascript, Acrobat Exchange (PDF), RealVideo® webcasting

Graphics:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Equilibrium Debabelizer

Multimedia:

Macromedia Director 6.0/6.5 (& Lingo), Adobe Premiere 4.0/5.0, Adobe After-Effects 3.0, Macromedia SoundEdit16, Media Cleaner Pro 3.0, Media100 Digital Video Editing System

Office:

Microsoft Word/Excel/Access/PowerPoint/Publisher, WordPerfect 7.0/8.0