Education:
M.F.A., New York University - Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Program in Filmmaking - 1988 (Film & Television Production)
M.S., Columbia University - 1982
B.A. (magna cum laude), McGill University - 1980
Areas of Expertise:
Filmmaker and educator with specialization in film and television production, documentary production and sound recording. Faculty program director of Brooklyn College Study Abroad India. A documentary production program in collaboration with the Prasad Film and Television Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The program is offered every January:
http://studyabroad.brooklyn.cuny.edu/india/Welcome.html.
Creative Work
Reflections on Media Ethics screening and discussion. Global Media Ethics Conference. CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. New York, March 16. 2013
Reflections on Media Ethics (TRT: 25 minutes). National and international distribution through Forward In Time.com, www.mediaethicstoday.com. 2011
Reflections on Media Ethics, completed with grants from: Lucius & Eva Eastman Foundation, PSC Research Foundation, Tow Foundation. www.mediaethicstoday.com. 2011
Sales of Reflections on Media Ethics in 2011: University of Southern California (Irvine), University of Minnesota, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ithaca College.
2011
Gandhi's Wheel (TRT: 13 minutes). Documentary profile of the south Indian village of Chinalipatti, Tamil Nadu, known for its weaving collectives, natural dye factories and women tool makers. 2010
Looking Both Ways (TRT: 20 minutes). Documentary produced by CUNY Collaborative Programs. Profile of an innovative teacher training program. 2006
Shanti's Story (TRT: 30 minutes). Fiction film produced and distributed by Pathfinder International on prenatal care and unsafe abortion in India's rural regions. 2005
The Never Ending Path (TRT: 35 minutes). Documentary portraits of five families living in the Dindigul District of rural Tamil Nadu. In the permanent collections of more than 43 universities in the United States and abroad. Distributed by Forward In Time and Parallel Films. info@ForwardInTime.com. 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Leonard and Claire Tow Faculty Travel Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
PSC Research Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Eastman Foundation Documentary Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Fulbright Senior Specialist Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Claire and Leonard Tow Faculty Travel Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship, 2002-03. (Grants and Fellowships) 2002
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Co-chair, Global Media Ethics: Issues of Representation Conference, an interdisciplinary conference co-sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Brooklyn College, New York Women in Film and Television, and the Loreen Arbus Foundation. March 15-16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Documentary Filmmakers" panel moderator. The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. Aug. 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Reflections on Media Ethics" screening and lecture. Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities. Brooklyn College. February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Robert Gardner's 'Forest of Bliss.'" UNIONDOCS. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"International Education and Study Abroad Programs in Communications and Media." American Center. New Delhi, Jan. 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Rural Health Care for Women and Girls in South India." Films screened: Shanti's Story, The Never Ending Path. Asian American/Asian Research Institute. New York, Feb. 28. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Using Video for Health Care Outreach." Invited guest lecturer, MVJ Medical College Department of Community Medicine. Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Jan. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
International Roundtable on Health and Environmental Issues in the Tanneries and Textile Industries. Co-organizer of conference; panel chair on "Media and the Environment." Jan. 22-24. Fulbright Senior Specialists grant. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Creative Use of Media for Rural Development." Keynote address at conference sponsored by the U.S. Educational Foundation in India and the Gandhigram Trust. Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Jan. 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2003
Professional Leadership
Co-director, AV Communications Trust, South India, www.aveducates.org. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2011
Member, Fulbright Arts Task Force. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
President, Fulbright India Alumni Association (FFI), www.fulbrightindiaalumni.org, 2005-12. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Community Activities
Film Department faculty program coordinator, College Now community-based video production workshops, 2003-05. 2005
Other Professional Activities
Co-director and co-curator, DOCWORKS 2, CUNY Graduate Center. Documentary festival including work from Brooklyn College, CCNY, Hunter College and Queens College. October. 2012
CIES - Nehru Visiting Educational Administrators from South Asia. Invited co-host at reception for 20 visiting educational administrators from India. (Recipients of the Nehru-Fulbright Scholarship) 2011
Fulbright Scholars from India: Co-organized welcome reception for 45 Fulbright Scholars from India at Bose Pacia Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2011
Co-organizer and selection committee, Fulbright International Environmental Film Festival. San Francisco, March. 2010
Co-director and co-curator, DOCWORKS, CUNY Graduate Center. Documentary festival including work from Brooklyn College, CCNY, Hunter and Queens. March 9. 2006
Co-organizer, Bridging Cultures through Film Festival. Prasad Film & Television Academy. Tamil, Nadu, India. 2006
