Professor Dennis Darling School of Journalism/College of Communication

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1 Revised 1/7/14 Professor Dennis Darling School of Journalism/College of Communication Institution and Location Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Georgia State University, 1970 Associate of Applied Science, M.V.C.C. Utica, State University of New York system, 1967 Academic Career Full Professor, School of Journalism, College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, 1981-present Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chairman Photography, Portfolio Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Chairman Photography, Art Institute of Atlanta, Academic Career/University of Texas at Austin Photojournalism Area Head/School Of Journalism & Full Professor 1998 Assistant Professor 1981 University and Departmental Service Graduate Studies Committee, School of Journalism Graduate Studies Sub-Committee for Admissions School of Journalism Undergraduate Scholarship Committee School of Journalism Budget Council Faculty Reviewer for GEO Studies Abroad Program 2005-Present Faculty Mentor for Student Fulbright Fellowship 2005-Present Member of Eastern European Studies, Affiliated Faculty Committee Member and Juror for the Co-op Mitchell Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Students Advisory Positions Advisory Board of the Photographic Technology Department, Austin Community College Advisory Board of The Texas Photography Society Advisory Board Granite County Historical Society, Montana Teaching 6 year period Chair for 28 Graduate Thesis Reports Member for 3 Graduate Thesis Reports Member on 1 PhD Dissertation Committee

2 Additional Teaching Resident Director of UT College of Communication Summer Abroad Program, Prague, Czech Republic 2006-Present Mentor for World Press Photo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Advisor, Plan II Mentor, for Bridging Disciplines program Mentor, Westlake High School, Austin, Mentorship program Selected Exhibitions Families Gone To Ash: Giving voice to the survivors of Terezin, The American Center, American Embassy, Prague, Czech Republic. June 18 - July Mexico lindo y querido, The Wittliff Collection, Southwestern Writers and Photography Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. August 1- December 31, 2013 The Collector s Eye, curator Ann Tucker, FotoFest, Houston, Texas. October 19 - December 15, 2012 Terezin Creativity In The Face Of Death, Texas Performing Arts, Bass Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas October 3 - December 21, th Anniversary Exhibition, The Wittliff Collection, Southwestern Writers and Photography Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. August 2011 Portraits from the Collection, The Wittliff Collection, Southwestern Writers and Photography Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, October 2011 The Portrait, Nowlin Gallery, Austin, Texas June 2010 Viva Mexico, The Wittliff Collection, Southwestern Writers and Photography Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, April 2010 Centennial Exhibition : Art In Texas, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, September New Work, La Fontaine Obscure Gallery, Aix-Provence, France, November 2009 Street Life American Photographs From the 1960 s and 70 s featuring the work of Garry Winogrand, Dennis Darling, Danny Lyon, and Susan Meiselas, The High Museum Of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. December 22, April 20, 2008

3 Selected Publications and other creative activities A Lifetime of Photos in a little Retrospective, National Public Radio, April A Retrospective of a lifetime with a camera, one at a time, Austin American Statesman, June, 9, 2012 Portraits of Holocaust Survivors, National Public Radio, August Work appears on various photography related web sites during this time period Photography of Terezin Holocaust survivors, 2011-Present Researching labor union activities and the Free Speech movement in the West during the second decade of the 20 th century and the murder of labor agitator Frank Little in Butte, Montana Present. Ongoing research for a Montana historical society of photographs taken between 1865 and 1920 of frontier life in Montana s first mining region. Selected Presentation and Lectures Oklahoma high school art teachers, Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma, October Presentation: Austin Documentary Photography Group, Austin, Texas September 2012 Presentation: UT Magazine Club, March 2012 Presentation: UT International Week, October 2012 Presentation: UT International Week, October 2012 Texas Book Festival Moderator, Austin Music, Mathew Sturtevant, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, November 2012 Texas Book Festival Moderator, Hard Ground, Michael O Brian, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, November 2011 Presentation: Keynote speaker for family Weekend, University of Texas ballroom, Austin, Texas, October 2010

4 Presentation: Destination Photography, University of Texas International Education Week, November 2010 Presentation: Central Texas Documentary Photography Society, Austin, Texas, September 2010 Presentation: Trends in Contemporary Photojournalism, National College Media Convention, Austin, Texas November 2009 Moderator: Minority Report: The Roma in Albania and Kosovo Today, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at UT, October 2009 Presentation: Sebastiao Salgado Exhibit, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas November 2009 Presentation: Trends in Contemporary Photojournalism, National College Media Convention, Austin, Texas November 2009 Oklahoma high school art teachers, Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma, October Presentation: Publication Design, Community Impact Newspapers, Austin, Texas, September 2009 Oklahoma high school art teachers, Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma, October Presentation: National Education Association, Storytelling with Images, West Regional Conference, Austin, Texas, April Photographic Juror, Global Connections, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, April 2007 Presentation: Texas School Public Relations Association, Excellence In Graphic Design, Austin, Texas, November 2007 Lectures each semester to various journalism classes of Dawson, Dalby, Garlock, Chyi and Reed Presentations to various visiting high school groups, parent weekend, student orientations, visiting perspective students and educators. Selected Miscellaneous Activities

5 External Evaluator for Assistant Professor Bruce Berman for promotion and tenure at University of Texas at El Paso s Department of Journalism. October 2013 One of 3 national jurors for the 33 rd annual photography contest for Photographer s Forum magazine. August 2013 External Evaluator for Assistant Professor Carol Trish Simonite for promotion and tenure at Trinty University s Art Department Dad s Association Centennial Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Fall 2008 Nominated for the 2008 and 2009 UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers External Evaluator for Assistant Professor Carol Schwalbe for promotion and tenure at The Arizona State University s Walter Cronkite School of Mass Communication. 2008