EDUCATION
1998 - University of Southern Mississippi - Master of Science in Mass Communication - graduate assistant in the Department of Radio, Television, and Film
1994 - University of Southern Mississippi - Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television and Film - emphasis in film, minor in art - GPA 3.91, 4.0 in major
EXPERIENCE
October 1998 - December 1998 Radio Prague, English Section, Prague, Czech Republic - freelance internship: occasional assignments writing and reading recorded material for international and local broadcast - mainly segue and feature material.
May 1998 - August 1998 University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Residence Life, Hattiesburg Mississippi - Guest Service Agent: organizing on-campus accommodations for guests of the university during 1998 summer conference season, overseeing residence hall and guest customer service.
August 1996 - May 1998 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS - Graduate Assistant in the School of Mass Communication: assisting faculty in the department of Radio, Television and Film with various projects including film editing and research as well as management of film and video equipment.
August 1994 - July 1995 Realtime Associates, El Segundo, CA - Assistant Animator: use of PC based computer Graphics systems to create animation and artwork for home video game software for companies including Sega, Nintendo, Disney and Viacom.
May 1994 - July 1994 Nickelodeon Pictures, Los Angeles, CA - Development Intern: analysis and consideration of books and scripts for possible motion picture production.
SKILLS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
graphics/illustration, IBM PC, MS-DOS, Windows 95, Microsoft Word, Internet/HTML web page construction/graphics, iPhoto, Paintshop Pro, audio/video/film - editing and production - linear and non-linear video editing,
sound recording and editing - both analog and computer based., copy and script writing
FCC licensed amateur radio operator KD5EZN - general class, includes qualifications in radio theory and Morse code, allows operation on short wave and FM bands using voice, code and single sideband transmission.
Member - American Radio Relay League and World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners.
Some reading and speaking knowledge of Russian and Czech languages.
GRADUATE PAPERS
Prague Summer: The world is watching television in the Czech Republic - December 1996
Mass Culture in Danger: What is the European Union trying to protect? - May 1997
Propaganda for the People: Success of Czech propaganda during the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia - December 1997
STUDENT FILM PRODUCTIONS
writer, producer, director - Scissors, Paper, Stone - 16mm short
writer, producer, director - The Ladder Jacob Built - 16mm sound short
writer, assistant director - Bicycle Race - 16mm sound short, student workshop production
HONORS
1993-1994 Outstanding Senior in Film
1993-1994 Radio, Television, and Film Academic Achievement Award
1993-1994 Lawrence Albers Film Scholarship
1991-1992 Outstanding Russian Language Student
1990-1991 Arts Endowment Scholarship
1990-1994 ACT Academic Scholarship
Papers, portfolio of artwork, and samples of film production available. for small sample of artwork see - http://qsl.net/kd5ezn/resume.htm homepage - http://www.qsl.net/kd5ezn