CURRICULUM VITAE


CITIZENSHIP: Canadian, American
LANGUAGES: English, French

Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Film, York University

Canada Research Chair in Art, Digital Media, and Globalization, York University

Academic Cross-Appointments

Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought

Graduate Program in Communication and Culture

Graduate Program in the Humanities

Education

1992
Ph.D., Social and Political Thought, York University
Dissertation: “The Moving Image in the Aura of Science: Identity, Technology, History”

1987
M.A., Department of Film, York University
Thesis: “Some Implications for Avant-Garde Practices in the Cinema”

1982
B.A., Communication Studies, Concordia University

Honours and Awards

2008-13
Canada Research Chair in Art, Digital Media, and Globalization (Tier II)

2003-08
Canada Research Chair in Art, Digital Media, and Globalization (Tier II)

1992-94
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1987-90
Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide ŕ la Recherche (FCAR) Doctoral Fellowship

Scholarly and Professional Activities

2009
Co-Curator, "The Leona Drive Project," eighteen site-specific installations in vacant bungalows in Willowdale, Ontario

2008-10
Organizing and Planning Committee, 2010 International Experimental Media Congress, Toronto (A collaboration between York University, University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design, and Images Festival)

2008-10
Co-Investigator, The Media Events of Expo 67, investigates the media experiments of Montreal’s Expo 67 with the more general purpose of understanding World Expositions as pedagogical events.

2007
Co-Founder, The Future Cinema Lab, a state of the art research lab at York University to study new stories for new screens (www.futurecinema.ca)

2004-pres
Member, Editorial Board, Cinémas Journal

2003-pres
Advisory Board Member, Images Festival

2003-pres
Director, Visible City Project + Archive (www.visiblecity.ca)

2003-pres
Executive, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University

2002-03
Chair, Department of Film, York University

1999-2002
Graduate Program Director, Graduate Program in Film, York University

1999-pres
Board Member, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

1987-pres
Founding Co-Editor, Public: Art/Culture/Ideas

1987-pres
Founding Member, Public Access Visual Artists’ Collective

1997-99
President, Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC)

1996-98
Founding Co-Editor, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

1996-98
Associate Director, Centre For Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions, McGill University

1991-95
Board Member, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto

1987-91
Member, Editorial Board, CineAction

1987-89
Founding Board Member, Images Film and Video Festival, Toronto

Academic Employment

2000-pres
Associate Professor, Department of Film, York University

1998-2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Film, York University

1994-98
Assistant Professor, Department of English, McGill University

1992-94
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of English, McGill University

1985-91
Lecturer, Department of Film and Photographic Arts, Ryerson University