July, 1981 - June, 2000:
Director, El Futuro Maya: Voces del presente, a documentary about the Maya Movement in Guatemala, with Julie K. Kline, Executive Producer, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UWM and R. McKenna Brown of Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Foreign Languages. Received Professional Teaching Award 1998, North Central Council of Latin Americanists. Spanish, available with English subtitles.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Recuerdos de mi barrio: Spontaneous Settlements in Cali, Colombia (Asentamientos espontaneos en Cali, Colombia), with Harry Van Oudenallen, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UWM. Versions in Spanish and English. -Award of Merit, Latin American Studies Association. Professional Teaching Award, North Central Council of Latin Americanists-
Co-principal investigator, producer and director José Carlos and His Spirits: The Ritual Initiation of a Zelador Dos Orixás in a Brazilian Umbanda Center, with Sidney Greenfield, Anthropology, UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, A Brazilian Pilgrimage: The Festa de São Francisco in Canindé, with Sidney Greenfield, Anthropology, UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Spiritist Healing in Brazil, with Sidney Greenfield, Anthropology, UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, The Return of Dr. Fritz: Healing by the Spirits in Brazil, with Sidney Greenfield, Anthropology, UWM.
Co-principal investigator and executive producer and director, Literacy, Development and Social Change: Nicaraguan Case Study, with Russell Bartley, History; Richard Cummings, Cultural Foundations of Education; and James Otis Smith, Sociology, UWM, resulting in three on-location documentaries. -Silver Medal, International Film and Television Festival of New York and Award of Excellence, Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies-
Co-principal investigator and executive producer of one hour on-location documentary, Cuban Encounter,with Russell Bartley, History and James Otis Smith, Sociology, UWM.
Co-developer, and executive producer of one hour documentary, Cuban Exodus, 1980. Award of Excellence, Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies.
Director, Canudos Revisited / Canudos, de Novo, with Julie K. Kline, Center for Latin America UWM and Robert Levine, History, University of Miami. -Professional Teaching Award, North Central Council of Latin Americanists-
Producer-director, Hispanic Arts Series, with Rodolfo Cortina and Mark Careno, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Executive producer, for three-part series about Puerto Rican nationalism, Reclamando Patria: Entrevistas con Lolita Lebron,Oscar Collazo, Rafael Cancel Miranda e Irvin Flores.
Executive Producer and director, Entrevista con Juanita Castro , with Russell Bartley and James Otis Smith.
Co-developer, Milwaukee Area Media Symposium on Cuban Refugees in the Media,with Russell Bartley and James Otis Smith.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Dance and Music of West Africa: Passing it On, with Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker Bronson, founder, Ko-Thi Dance Company, and UWM School of Theatre and Dance.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Native American Philosophy and Relationships to Plant Life,with Keewaydinoquay, Native American Studies, UWM.
Producer, Third Symposium on Africology, with Patrick Bellegarde Smith, UWM.
Director, Hot Water: Intercultural Issues Between Men and Women, with Roseanne Roraback, International Studies, and Lisa Bradford, Communications,UWM. Distributed by NAFSA
Producer-director, Not Strangers but Friends: International Students in the U.S.
Producer-director, Nursing's Response to the Health Needs of the Hmong, with Alice Kuramoto and Judith Dean, School of Nursing, UWM.
Producer-director Alzheimer's: Making Connections, with Paul Haussman and Gerald Becker, Center for Consumer Affairs, UWM, and Debra Mickelsen and Jill Magliocco, Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, A Holistic Approach to the Treatment of Individuals with Neurogenic Impairments, with Mary K. Madsen, School of Allied Health Professions, Elam Nunnally, School of Social Welfare, UWM, and Charles Barnard, Family Therapy Program, UW Stout.
Producer-writer-director, Application of the Nursing Practice in the Care of Ethnic Minorities, with Alice Kuramoto, School of Nursing, UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Like You and Me, Different But Not Disabled, Eliminating Handicapism, with Fran Coffey-Stanat, Human Kinetics, UWM.
Videographer/director, The Changing Shore of Lake Michigan, with Bill Kean, Geosciences, UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director of Limnological Sampling Techniques on the Great Lakes, with Arthur Brooks, Center for Great Lakes Studies.Co-principal investigator, producer and director, Exploring the Depths of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, with Larry Boyer, Center for Great Lakes Studies.
Director, Learning Technologies in the Classroom Initiative Pk-12: Advanced Placement Biology -Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Aquatic Activity, Lab.12, with Mary Gruhl, Center for Science Education, UWM, John Grozik, Joy Nielson, IMT, UWM, and Milwaukee Public Schools.
Producer-writer-director, Geography and Mapping Interactive Videodisc and Database, with Sona Andrews, John Grozik, Christopher Baruth, and David Tilton, UWM and the American Geographical Society. Videos include, Changes Through Time, and Maps. Ya Gotta Love 'Em.
Director, Maps and the Colombian Encounter, with Mark Warhus, and J. Brian Harley, Office of Map History, American Geographical Society Collection, UWM.
Producer-director, The Many Discoveries of America: The Impact in America's Heartland, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with Diane Buck, Milwaukee Public Library, J. Brian Harley, Mark Warhus, Clinton Edwards, Geography, UWM, and Jim Stevens, English, Marquette University.
SCIENCE BAG SERIES with Robert Greenler, Executive Producer and Professor of Physics at UWM.
Co-principal investigator, producer and director, In Perspective, with Eric Palson, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UWM.
Participating Artist, An Exquisite Investigation: Collaboration in the Age of Information.
Actor & Studio Liason for Pierre Huyghe's, Walk On, Stand In, with Marilu Knode, Institute of Visual Arts (inova).
Producer-writer-director, Wheels! How to Buy a Used Car or Truck, with Paul Haussman Center for Consumer Affairs, UWM.
Served producer-directors in development, design, production and evaluation of television and other media presentations.
In association with New Orient Media, involved in sales, development and design of multimedia presentations.
Fiscal and creative responsibility for all media used in marketing campaigns. Clients: Bank Marketing Association, Conti Commodity, International Harvester, National Auto Parts Association, PGA-Victor Golf, Standard Oil and Zenith.
Dye-mounter, line worker, and Fabrications Department at injection moulding operation.
Producer-writer, I Marched with Dr. King, and eight part series, Liberty and Justice for All, raising social questions in conjunction with USA's bicentennial.
Developed, organized, and produced the grass roots magazine series, Nosotros, with the Massachusetts Executive Committee for Educational Television, and WBZ-TV Boston. At the same time, taught at Hampshire College and did consulting, media design, and production for Sun Life of Canada, The Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation, Boston State College, Bethlehem Steel, and Educational Development Center.
Successful grant proposal development. Produced nationally distributed series, Harvard Project Physics, Word Workers, Inc., and Drugs, Use and Abuse. Live remotes included Vietnam Moratorium, Harvard Strikes, and coverage of the Massachusetts democratic convention. Consultant for Children's Television Workshop's, The Electric Company.
Four weekly instructional shows for Milwaukee Public Schools. Weekly entertainment programs, Way Off Broadway, with Otto and Nancy Schlaak and The Green Thumb, with Herman Geske Three monthly public affairs programs, Crosstalk, with Jay Sikes.
Fifteen instructional shows weekly for schools at prototype, six channel facility as model for developing countries. Participated in curriculum development for social studies courses.
Producer-writer-cinematographer of documentary, entertainment and instructional presentations for Sierra Leone Television Service. Traveled extensively with SLTV's Film Production Unit in remote parts of the rain forests and highland areas. Fluency in Krio language.
University of Wisconsin, Extension 1982, Human Values in Contemporary
Media.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1986-1989 (College for
Kids) video
workshops and radio drama.
Hampshire
College,
Amherst, Massachusetts. During 1973 and 1974
taught several courses in video production at beginning and
advanced
levels for Hampshire's School of Language and Communications.
Main
objective for both levels was to help students to better see,
hear, and
assemble sound and vision into coherent statements. In 1974,
taught
experimental course for Hampshire's School of Humanities and Arts,
Recording and Performing Arts Workshop.
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, B.A., Liberal Arts, 1963
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1957-1959.
Taller, Colectivo de Desarrollo Humano, 8 de Enero a 9 de
Febreo, 2007,Centro Cultural Esperanza Rodriguez, La Paz, Baja California Sur,
Mexico.
Se Habla...La Paz, December, 2006 La Paz, BCS.
National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Orlando, Florida, 1997.
National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, San Antonio, Texas, 1996.
Interactive Videodisc Design/Production Group Workshop, Lincoln,Nebraska, November 1992.
Symposium, The Documentary Today, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1983.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters, Seminar on Project Management, Chicago, Illinois, 1980.
School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Management Seminar, 1980.
National Center for Experiments in Television, San Francisco, California, 1970.
Created
mural in
neighborhood convenience
store and internet service,
La Paz,
BCS,
Mexico.
Volunteer Tutor, Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services, summer 2005.
Consultant and Participant, Cultural Diversity Media Programs, Columbia - St. Mary's Hospitals, with Judy Arleen Spencer, 1996 to present.
Volunteer sailing instructor, Milwaukee Community Sailing Center, 2000-2004.
Volunteer Security Patrol, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center,1990-2003
Diversity/Compliance Advisory Committee, UWM. 1999- 2000.
Associate, Center for Cultural Diversity and Health, UWM School of Nursing, 1998 - 2000.
Presenter, "Video, A Medium for Learning," Sixth Annual Conference on Issues in Undergraduate Education, Center for Instructional and Professional Development, UWM, 1998.
Program, Partnerships and Events Committee , ¿Qué Pasa? Coffee and Books, at Esperanza Unida. 1998 - 2000.
Actor, writer, Social Action Theater, Office of Multicultural Affairs, UWM ,1994 to 1997.
Chair, Communications and Membership,North Central Council of Latin Americanists (NCCLA), 1992-1994.
Presentation, Housing Alternatives for the Poor, NCCLA, October, 1993, Decora, Iowa.
Presentation, The Use and Abuse of Video, NCCLA, October 1992, Milwaukee.
Presentation, Con respecto a una série sobre drogas, Centro de Información y Recursos para el Desarrollo, July 1992, Asunción, Paraguay.
Senate, UWM Academic Staff, 1988-1991.
Wisconsin Arts Board, In-Service Task Force, 1987.
Adjunct Scientist, Urban Research Center, UWM, 1983-1991.
Chair, Academic Staff Professional Development Committee, 1987-1991.
Communications Committee, Goals for Greater Milwaukee 2000, 1984-85.
Steering Committee, Gameliel Chair, Lutheran Campus Ministry, 1985.
UWM Human Rights Committee, 1984.
Publicity Committee, UWM Peace Studies Network, 1983-1988.
Participant, Intercultural Communications and the Built Environment, Johnson Foundation, Wingspread, Racine, Wisconsin, 1984.
Conducted various workshops on Project Management and Proposal Development.
Presentation, Media and Social Change in Nicaragua, at Annual Conference of Wisconsin Sociological Association, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1982.
Presentation, Using Film and Video in the Teaching of Sociology: Cuban Encounters, at Annual Conference of Wisconsin Sociological Association, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1981.
Presentation, Imaginative Uses of Video in Industry, Wisconsin Photographers Association, 1981.
During and in and out of college, worked at Radio
ZNS
Nassau,
Bahamas, and WHOA, San Juan, Puerto Rico as announcer-disk
jockey-
copywriter. In Detroit: Grip at Video Films, Inc., driver
for
Checker Taxi, Chief Production
Assistant for weekly live children's show on WWJ-TV, Milky's
Party
Time! 90 Minutes of Fun & Cheer with Milky The Magic
Clown!
sponsored by the Twin Pines Dairy, (Luchoff
and Wayburn Advertising) and production assistant for Michigan
Outdoors, with Mort Neff, WWJ-TV. These jobs also financed a two month journey into
Mexico.
Crew member,
Schooner Herandis, Nassau, Bahamas.
Starting at age 14, began to immerse mind, body, and soul with great writers and musicians. Explored Detroit's many ethnic communities and neighborhoods such as Skid Row, Greek Town, Chinatown in Windsor, and for nightlife, Paradise Valley, where I discovered the joys of jazz joints, after hours "blind pigs," fellow wild souls, and beer. Financed these cultural immersions with income from successful false proof business. Worked as a copy boy with The Detroit News to finance a motorcycle trip through Europe.
While at UWM, some wonderful years as bass player, songwriter, and back-up vocalist for local Rock and Blues basement band, Lost at Sea. Currently amateur composer with The Collective Butterfly Orchestra via mac software's Garage Band.