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From January-July of 2005, I was Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication
at University of the Virgin Islands in St.
Thomas. UVI is a land grant HBCU charged with educating residents of the U.S.
Virgin Islands, many of whom are living
below the poverty line. I was charged with updating the required Communication
curriculum for the media age, and using activist pedagogy to better involve
students in the university community. While at UVI, I taught the following
courses:
- Public
Speaking: Updated this required course to include PowerPoint training,
recording (audio and video) of speeches, and code-switching exercises for
25 students with West Indian accents. Students required to research, outline
and deliver both academic lectures and persuasive speeches on selected topics
in Communication Studies.
- Group
Communication & Conference Techniques. Self-designed seminar in
which six students acted as a learning
community to research, design and publicize a a
half-day conference devoted to student concerns at the University of
the Virgin Islands.
- Reporting I/II. Self-designed undergraduate seminar in which ten students of mixed levels researched, wrote and produced print, broadcast and radio pieces.
In Fall 2002, I designed and taught a graduate seminar at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) called "Subcultures in Cyberspace." The web site is available, here.
In Fall of 2000, I taught
at NYU's undergraduate Dept.
of Drama. The course, which I designed, was called "Just Be Yourself?"
Acting, Technology, Reality." Here
is the class web site, for those who are interested.
In Spring of 2000, I taught the first half of an autobiography performance
studio class at Pratt Institute's Art and
Design Education department (Theodora Skipitares taught the other half. )
I've supervised a number of Independent Studies while at NYU's Gallatin School. These are one-two hour individual tutorials on subjects selected by students. Here is a short list of some I've done over the last two semesters:
• Gift economies and new media collaborations
• Networks and social orders
• Italian Futurism and the aesthetic roots of techno-fetishism
• Donna Haraway, cyborgs and animal intelligence
• Persuasion: From Aristotle’s Art to Weber’s Bureaucracy
• Branding the twenty-something American female magazine reader
• White gay men sing like black women: Race, sexuality, and performance
• What makes a Great Speech? From Sophists to Televangelists
From 2002-2004, I worked for The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Gallatin allows students to choose courses from all over NYU to complete a self-designed interdisciplinary degree in Individualized Study. Gallatin also has a mandate to integrate “ancient” Western and non- Western texts (written before 1650) into contemporary paths of study.
As a member of the Gallatin Advising Team, my job was to talk to students about administrative issues, conduct tutorials on Concentration-building and the foundations of interdisciplinary education, and help students find courses around NYU to fit their academic needs.
I also helped students prepare for Colloquium, a two hour oral exam between student and faculty. Colloquium addresses a topic designed by the student, and is expected to span twenty ancient and contemporary texts.You can find the Colloquium Workbook I prepared for the students, here.
I have supervised interns, both at NYU's Gallatin School and at Pratt Institute of Art. My responsibilities included responding to internship journals and analytical essays from students engaged in production-based internships at MTV Networks (The Comedy Channel), The Jane Pauley Show, Lizzie Grubman Public Relations, and ABC Networks.