Justin Horton Curriculum Vitae

Transcription

1 Justin Horton Curriculum Vitae Georgia State University Department of Communication The Program in Moving Image Studies Web: justinhorton.net Phone: (770) Education Ph.D. Georgia State University: Atlanta, Georgia (Anticipated Defense: April 2015) Moving Image Studies Committee: Jennifer M. Barker (chair), Angelo Restivo, Greg M. Smith Research areas: Film-Philosophy, Embodiment, Sound Studies, Film Realism M.A. Georgia State University: Atlanta, Georgia (August 2010) Moving Image Studies Thesis: The Flow of the Water: Contemporary American Realisms Committee: Angelo Restivo (chair), Jennifer M. Barker, Ted Friedman A.B.J. University of Georgia: Athens, Georgia (May 2002) Major: Journalism (video production emphasis) Certificate: Film Studies Peer-reviewed Publications The Unheard Voice in the Sound Film, Cinema Journal 52, no. 4 (2013): *Winner of the 2012 Society for Cinema & Media Studies Student Writing Award* Mental Landscapes: Bazin, Deleuze, and Neorealism (Then and Now), Cinema Journal 52, no. 2 (2013): The Sound of Uncertain Voices: Mumblecore and the Interrogation of Realism, Cinephile 7, no. 2 (2011): Web Publications Spells of Speech and Silence : Sound and Voice(-out) in Hush. Cinema Journal s Afterthoughts and Postscripts (2013). Conference Presentations Vibration, Resonance, Deformation: Deleuze s Soundful Aesthetics. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Seattle, March (accepted) Respondent to panel on Resonance. Rendering (the) Visible II, Georgia State University, February Horton 1

2 Disembodiment and Ecstatic Perception in The Tree of Life. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Chicago, March Ekstasis: Autoscopy and Malick s The Tree of Life. Film and Philosophy Conference, University of Florida, February Pasolini, Deleuze and The Cinema of Poetry. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Atlanta, November The Unheard Voice in the Sound Film. Music & the Moving Image VI Conference, New York University, May The Limits of Vision: Sound and Subjectivity in Gus Van Sant s Paranoid Park. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, New Orleans, March What Do You See? : Bazin, Deleuze, and David Gordon Green s George Washington. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Los Angeles, March Southern (and Other) Accents: Rahmin Bahrani s Goodbye Solo. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Atlanta, November Diamonds on a Jeweler s Felt : Irony, Sincerity, and Mumblecore. National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, New Orleans, April Teaching Experience 2008-present Georgia State University As Course Designer/Instructor of Record FILM 4780: Puzzle Films and Complex Narratives (x1) Upper-level course on narrative and genre theory in contemporary puzzle films Fall 2012 (41 students) As Instructor of Record FILM 1010: Film Aesthetics and Analysis (x4) Introductory course in formal, textual analysis with heavy writing emphasis Spring 2010 (2 sections of 36 students); Summer 2011 (26 students); Fall 2011 (40 students) FILM 2700: History of Motion Pictures (x8) General elective survey of film history from late 19 th century to the present Fall 2009 (2 sections of 30 students); Spring 2009 (2 sections of 30 students); Fall 2010 (35 students); Spring 2011 (113 students); Fall 2011 (34 students); Fall 2012 (120 students) SPEECH 1000: Introduction to Human Communication (x2) Verbal, non-verbal, interpersonal, organizational, intercultural communication and basic public address Summer 2010 (25 students); Fall 2010 (35 students) Horton 2

3 As Graduate Teaching Assistant FILM 2700: History of Motion Pictures (x4) Break-out section discussion leader Fall 2008 (2 sections of 30 students); Spring 2009 (2 sections of 30 students) 2011 The Academy at Harvard Square Suwanee, Georgia Tutor (Reading, English, SAT) for international students, grades 4-12 Digital Humanities Projects 2013 Collaborator, The ATLmaps Project The ATLmaps project combines archival maps, data visualization, and user contributed multimedia in a novel geospatial platform to promote investigation into any number of issues about Atlanta. As audio editor The Religious Sounds Map Project Interdisciplinary partnership between GSU s New & Emerging Media 2CI Cluster and the Department of Religious Studies to record, archive, and map the sounds of religious events personal and public, formal and informal, planned and spontaneous that arise in Atlanta's religious diverse communities, often in unexpected places (schools, shopping malls, public spaces) in order to document geographic distributions and migrations of distinct religious communities. Awards & Recognition As audio editor and researcher The LGBTQ History Project A collaboration between GSU s New & Emerging Media 2CI Cluster and GSU s Special Collections and Archives that combs a significant collection of oral histories on the rise of Atlanta LGBTQ community from the 1960s to the present. Testimonies are cross-referenced with archival materials in order to map the varied public and private spaces, many of which no longer exist, that were instrumental in turning conservative Atlanta into one of America s gayest cities Society for Cinema and Media Studies Student Writing Award, 1 st Place ($500) Scholarships & Grants GSU Department of Communication Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies GSU Second Century Initiative New & Emerging Media Fellowship ($22,000) GSU Second Century Initiative New & Emerging Media Fellowship ($22,000) Horton 3

4 2011, 2012 GSU Communication Graduate Student Association Travel Grant ($200) GSU Department of Communication Graduate Assistantship ($15,000) GSU Department of Communication Graduate Assistantship ($9,000) Media Appearances 2013 Horton, Justin. Interviewed by Michael Kackman. Cinema Journal Presents Aca-Media, audio podcast, March 31, Service 2014 Conference reporter (invited) for Cinema Journal, Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Seattle, March 2014 Invited panelist, Advice from Seasoned Graduate Students, GSU Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA) Professional Development Seminar, February 2014 Judge, Georgia Independent School Association Region 1AAA Spring Literary Competition, Holy Springs Preparatory School, February Presenter, GSU Recruitment Event: Writing and Mentoring Secretary, GSU Communication Graduate Student Association 2011 Co-organizer, Rendering the Visible Conference A two-day international conference on the digital turn organized by Georgia State University s Program in Moving Image Studies and featuring keynotes by Vivian Sobchack and Akira Lippit; and a film screening and Q&A with experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon. Mentor to incoming graduate students teaching their first courses 2010 Book Manuscript Colloquium with Dudley Andrew & Natasa Durovicová A two-day workshop on Andrew s in-progress book on transnational cinema. Research Research Assistant Dr. Jennifer M. Barker Spring 2008 Research Assistant Dr. Jaye Atkinson Horton 4

5 Academic Affiliations 2008 present 2009 present Society for Cinema & Media Studies Member, Sound Studies Special Interest Group Member, Contemporary Theory Special Interest Group Member, Graduate Student Organization South Atlantic Modern Language Association Technical Skills 16mm and digital video production; Final Cut Pro; Wordpress Updated February 2014 Horton 5