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Jeffrey Patrick Chown Professor Department of Communication |
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Educational Background: Northwestern University (Summer 1985), Post-doctoral work; University of Michigan (1982), Ph.D. (American Studies); University of Michigan (1977), M.A. (American Studies); University of Oklahoma (1976), M.A. (English); University of Michigan (1974), B.A. (English/Journalism) Professional Experience: Northern Illinois University Michigan Technical Institute: Instructor, 1979-90 University of Michigan Graduate Teaching Fellow, 1977-82 University of Oklahoma Graduate Teaching Fellow, 1974-76 Publications and Other Professional Contributions: Book June 1988: Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola (New York: Praeger Press) 230 pp. Articles "Representing the Ghetto Playground: From 'Be Like Mike' to Hoop Dreams," in Vision Question: Journeys Toward Visual Literacy, Robert Griffin, ed., (IVLA: Blacksburg, VA), pp. 149-155. (refereed), February 1997 "Rhetorical Strategies in Abortion Documentaries," in Rhetoric: Electronic, Graphic, and Phonic, ed. Victor Vitanza, (Arlington Texas: RSA, 1991). with Martha Cooper. Pp. 225-240. (refereed) "On Teaching," N.I.U. Faculty Bulletin, V. 53, n. 1, pp. 3-6 (invited) Nov./Dec.1989 "Making It," Media Education Journal, n. 6, (U.K.) (Published by Comedia) pp. 8-16. (refereed) Autumn 1986 "Adaptation and Intention in the Films of Francis Ford Coppola," pp. 70-77, Seventh Annual Purdue University Conference on Film. (refereed) March 1983 Book Chapter "Visual Coding and Social Class in On the Waterfront," On the Waterfront, Joanna Rapf, editor, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003). (refereed) Papers Read at Professional Meetings (competitively selected) February 2005: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL November 2004: War in Film, Television and History Conference,
Dallas, Texas October 2004: Midwest Popular Culture Association, Cleveland,
Ohio February 2004: 29th Annual Conference on Literature and
Film, Florida State University March 2003: Midwest Conference on Language, Literature,
and Media, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL January 2003: American History Association, Chicago, IL January 2002: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL January 2001: Symposium: The Theater of Irish Cinema,
Yale University January 2000: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL January 1999: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL April 1998: Society for Cinema Studies Conference, San
Diego, CA January 1998: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL Sept. 1997: Visible Evidence V Conference, Northwestern
University January 1997: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL Nov. 1996: Centenary Conference, Irish Film Center,
Dublin, Ireland January 1996: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL October 1995: International Visual Literacy Association
Conference, Chicago, IL August 1995: Visible Evidence III Conference, Harvard
University; Cambridge, MA Nov. 1994: Literature/Film Annual Conference, Towson
State University, Baltimore, MD January 1994: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference, Tallahassee, FL January 1993: Florida State University Film/Literature
Conference Tallahassee, FL Nov. 1990: Twelfth Annual Ohio University Film Conference,
Athens, OH June 1990: 40th Annual International Communication
Association Conference Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland March 1990: 16th Annual Association of Art Historians
Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland June 1988: Conference on Literature and Film, Salisbury
State College, Salisbury,MD April 1988: Central States Speech Association, Schaumburg,
Illinois Nov. 1986: Speech Communication Association, Chicago,
Illinois August 1986:40th University Film and Video Association
Convention Ohio University May 1985: Fourth International Conference on Television
Drama,East Lansing, MI April 1985: National Popular Culture Association Convention,
Louisville, KY March 1984: National Popular Culture Association Convention,
Toronto, Ontario August 1983:37th University Film and Video Association
Convention, North Texas State University April 1983: National Popular Culture Association Convention,
Wichita, KS March 1983: Seventh Annual Purdue University Conference
on Film, West Lafayette, IN May 1980: National Popular Culture Association Convention,
Detroit, MI April 1977: National Popular Culture Association Convention,
Baltimore, MD Reviews Spring 1996: "Television and Democracy" (review essay), The Public, v, 3, n. 2 (Slovenia), pp. 121-125. (invited) Fall 1996: "Billie Holiday by Stuart Nicholson," (book review) Journal of Popular Music, (v. 20, n.3) pp. 221-223. Films and Screenwriting 2005: Lincoln and Black Hawk (director) This 52 minute documentary premiered April 28 at Northern Illinois University. In rough cut form it was the feature presentation at the 25th Annual History Symposium, Springfield, IL. It was also screened at the War in Film, Television and History 3rd Biennial Conference at Dallas, TX. It has also been screened at the Hoard Museum in Fort Atkinson, WI and at the Midwest Conference on Literature, Language and New Media at Northern Illinois Univesity. It is being used as a training video at the New Salem, Illinois National Park Service Interpretive Center. 2001: DeKalb Stories (director) This 62 minute documentary premiered June 23, 2001 at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb, Illinois to an audience of 900 people. It was also shown March 2, 2002 at the 40th Annual Northern Regional History Fair at Northern Illinois University. This documentary chronicles three stories from DeKalb history: Henry Gurler's development of pure milk, Finnish culture in DeKalb, and the World War II defense activities at the Wurlitzer plant. 1999: John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered (director) This 59-minute documentary won first place in the History Division at the 2000 Silver State Documentary Festival (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). It had two major public screening while it was a work in progress. It was shown at the Illinois History Symposium in Springfield, Illinois, December 3rd, 1999. It was the featured film at the Midwest Film/Literature Graduate Conference, held at Northern Illinois University, April 7, 2000. On May 1, 2002, it was screened in Springfield, IL for the Illinois History Society. 1998: Barbed Wire Pioneers: Inventing a Community (director) This 53-minute documentary has been screened on Las Vegas, Chicago, Evanston, and DeKalb Cable Access stations. It was screened at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre December 3, 1998 to an audience of 1200 people and at Baron DeKalb Day to an audience of 500 people. It is now required viewing for NIU Orientation guides and has been catalogued at numerous public libraries. It won 2nd place in the Biography Division of the 1998 Silver State Documentary Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. Screened at "The American West(s) in Film, Television, and History," Conference, Nov. 9, 2002, Kansas City, Mo. and at the Tehachapi Museum in California, August 2nd and 3rd, 2003. 1997: Screenwriter on four scripts for the MPI Home Video Focus On the Twentieth Century series (Denis Mueller, director). Each script was for an hour long documentary, including: 1910-1920, 1920-1930, 1930-35, and 1935-1940. MPI is currently selling the series to education institutions across the country. 1995: North Woods, 104-page narrative screenplay. 1990: Beauty Pageant, 103-page narrative screenplay. 1987: South of the Border, 104-page narrative screenplay. 1985:Script writer for "The City Manager/Council System,"
for the International City Manager's Association, twenty-minute video. April 2004:Presented "Politics and Entertainment: The Case of Michael Moore" at the "New Ideas in History and Political Science Election 2004" conference put on my CLAS for secondary school teachers January 2004: "Michael Moore and Politics/Entertainment" for NIU Learning in Retirement, "NIU Notable Series" July 2003:
"Lincoln on Film" to Elderhostel: The Civil War and Abraham
Lincoln, NIU 2002: "Using Film to Teach about Abraham Lincoln" to the Professional Development Conference "New Ideas: Exposing Old Lies with New Truths," at NIU, sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Science, October 4. 2002: Film Screening and Lecture, Illinois State Historical Society, Abraham Lincoln Library, Springfield, Illinois, John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 2001: Film Screening and Lecture, Lombard Democrats, John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 2001: Competitive Film Screening, Flicker Festival, Northwestern
University, John
Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 1996: Panelist on "Documenting Ireland" at the "Irish Film: A Mirror Up to Culture" conference sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, VA. 1994: Keynote Address, Honors Council Illinois Region Spring Conference, "What is Generation X?"1993: Guest Speaker, NIU Friends of Library, "Hollywood and Literary Adaptations." 1992: Guest Speaker, Geography Department, "Documentary Representation of the Columbian Exchange," (with Dan Dillman, Geography Department). 1987: Guest Speaker, "Media Messages: What They Really Say," at the "Arrive Alive--Don't Drink and Drive" Conference, Freeport, Illinois. 1985: Guest Speaker, "Milius, Coppola and Apocalypse Now," Auburn University. 1985: Guest Speaker, "The Cotton Club: Film Versus Historical Reality," Brandeis University. 984: Guest Speaker, "Ethics of Film Programming," Region IX Association of College Unions Fall Conference. Grants and Awards: (since 1988) 2005: NIU Presidential Teaching Award 2004: Sabbatical (Fall Term), NIU 2001: DeKalb Foundation Grant, $10,000 for Avid Editing System (with Drew VandeCreek) 2001: Semi-finalist, Angelus Awards, Los Angeles, California, John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 2001: Production Grant, Illinois Humanities Council, $10,000 for Abraham Lincoln and Society. (with Drew VandeCreek) 2000: Production Grant, Illinois Humanities Council, $10,000 for Abraham Lincoln and Society. (with Drew VandeCreek) 2000: 1st Place Award, Biography Division, Silver State Documentary Film Festival, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 1999: Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award (Illinois Humanities Council) (nominated by Mayor Bessie Chronoupolous, DeKalb, Illinois) 1999: Production Grant, Illinois Humanities Council, $10,000 for John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 1999: Production Grant, Northern Illinois University Foundation, $5,000 for John Peter Altgeld: The Eagle Remembered 1998: 2nd Place Award, Biography Division, Silver State Documentary Film Festival, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for Barbed Wire Pioneers: Inventing a Community 1998: Production Grant, Dillon Foundation, $3,000 for Barbed Wire Pioneers: Inventing a Community 1997: Sabbatical (Fall Term), NIU 1989-90: Fulbright Research/Lecture Scholarship, Ireland 1989-90: Sabbatical, NIU 1989: NIU Nominee for CASE "Professor of the Year" Competition. Teaching Responsibilities: Courses taught since last promotion COMS 356/H:
Critical Interpretation of Film/Television Service
on Thesis or Dissertation Committees: 2003: Paul Butler, "Save Them: The Life of Paul Radar, Christian Radio Pioneer" (55 minute film) 2002: James Macon, "The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County" 2000: Beth Schwar,"Ordinary Greatness" 1998: Gunn Iren Kleppe, "Live Long and Prosper! Today's Myths as Projected into the 24thCentury" David Shulkin, "Behind the Scenes: WXYZ" 1997: Denis Mueller, "Citizen Soldier: The Story of Vietnam Veterans Against the War" 1996: David
Chaytor, "From the African Drum: Challenging Africa's Media Image" 1995: Ann Donahue, "Messages: A Video Examination of AIDS Awareness, Education, Care, and Research Programs " Christopher Miller, "Recordable Compact Disc Systems: An Analysis of Their Slow Introduction" 1993: Carole Burke, "Shock Wave X: Rhythms of Our Generation" Sharon DeVita, "Shock Wave X: Rhythms of Our Generation" 1992: Amy
Bybee, "Expressing Aids" 1991: Sue Hartung, "Corporate Television: A Merger of Mass and Organizational Communication Theories" 1989: Anne
Gravel, "Self-Reflexivity in Documentary and Ethnographic Film" 1986: Amy Kiste,"The Image of Journalists in Selected Contemporary Films, 1976-1986" Directed 14 Undergraduate Honors Theses: Undergraduate honors students: Austin Bartlett, Dan Belue, Arnie Christiansen, Heather Donaldson, Danielle Dushek, Wilfredo Hernandez, Esther Herrman, Iren Kleppe, Lynette Kleisner, Amir Mohabbat, Jeremy Page, Tom Rogal, Jonna Schnittler, Brian Vazsily, and Abel Villalobos. Service on 5 Thesis or Dissertation Committees: 2005:
Lynette Kleisner, Phyllis Gooden 2004: David X. Lee, "Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" 1999: Brian Shelton, "Documentation for the Creative Thesis Motion Picture: The Plot Against Me" 1992: Shane Miller, The Development and Application of a Theory for Analyzing Visual Symbols 48 M.A. (Non-thesis) Committees Chaired (Scholarly Paper Advisor): 2005:
Tim Mosbach, Kasmirah Joyner, Jan Soltys, Aaron Adams Service as Member of 73 Completed M.A. Committees (non-thesis) 2005: Nattira
Nakasiri, Kristie Woodin, John Baldauf, Lynn Hamilton, Greg Hunt Service as Member of 21 exam committees in English Department M.A. in Film/Literature Program: 2003:
Mark Dixon, Sarah Stockwell, Cheri Pettey Service as Member of 6 exam committees in English Department Ph.D. in Film/Literature Program: 2000: Phyllis
Gooden, Daryl Larson Honors and Other Achievements: 2000: Adobe Premiere Non-linear Video Editing Seminar. Funded by Faculty Development Office. 1997:Departmental
Graduate Teaching Award (with Gary Burns) Professional Service: Manuscript Reviewer Style (James Mellard, ed.), "Journal of Popular Music" (Gary Burns, ed.), UMI Research Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Prentice Hall, St. Martin's Press, etc. Institutional Service (since 1988): 1994-2005: Department
Graduate Studies Committee (Chair 2000-present) Public Service Activities: 2004: Assistant Director for A Place to Grow
(2004), (20 minutes) commissioned by DeKalb
Community Consolidated School District 428 bilingual introductory video.
(Currently in use).
2001-3: Lectures for the Institute for Learning in Retirement Series, "Images of Lincoln in Hollywood Film." 2001: Speaker: "Historical Documentary Filmmaking," Kiwanis Club of DeKalb 2001: Speaker: "Purposes of International Education" at Kishwaukee College. 2000: Videotaped
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