Selected Recent Presentations

"Interaction Design Techniques Inform Digital Teaching Library Implementation"
Co-Presenters: Erika Rogers, Mary Somerville.
The 2005 Syllabus Conference, Los Angeles, CA. July 28th,2005.

"Speaking with the Global Voice of Cinema:
Using Cross-Cultural Cinematic Technique to Improve Interactive System Usability."
The IEEE/IPCC 2005 International Conference, Limerick, Ireland. July 13, 2005.

"Putting the Poetry of Film to Use Online."
The 52nd Annual International STC Conference, Seattle, WA. May 9th, 2005.

"Usability on the Cheap and Dirty:
Practical suggestions on how to set up, run, and evaluate
an effective usability test for little or no money.."
Co-presenters: Eliot Burns, Ryan LaBarre, Christie Thompson.
The 52nd Annual International STC Conference, Seattle, WA. May 11th, 2005.

"Speaking with a Cinematic Voice
Adopting techniques from motion pictures into the presentation of technical information."
The 8th Annual ATTW National Conference, San Francisco, WA. March 16, 2005.

"Using Internet II for Teaching and Learning, Part II: Lumiere Ghosting and the Mini-Grant Program"
Co-Presentor: Franz Kurfus, Computer Science, Cal Poly.
Fall Internet II Member Meeting and Conference.
University of Texas, Austin: TX.
September 29, 2004.

"Summoning the Ghosts of Globalization:
Using invention & immersion to teach about media, image & culture"
Co-Presentors: Enrica Lovaglio, Jon Elsdon, Art and Design, Cal Poly.
SIGGRAPH National Conference.
Los Angeles, CA.
August 12, 2004.

"Summoning the Ghosts of Globalization:
Using invention & immersion to teach about media, image & culture"
Co-Presentors: Enrica Lovaglio, Jon Elsdon, Art and Design, Cal Poly.
SIGGRAPH National Conference.
Los Angeles, CA.
August 12, 2004.

"Internet II for Teaching and Learning,
Part I: Interdisciplianry and Cross-College Support Programs"
Co-Presentor: Franz Kurfus, Computer Science, Cal Poly.
National Inernet II Day Teleconference.
Presented from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA.
March 18, 2004.

"Summoning the Ghosts of Globalization:
Creating an interactive, film-based virtual environment, a work in progress"
Co-Presentor: Enrica Lovaglio, Art and Design, Cal Poly.
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Honolulu, HI.
January 10, 2004.

"Pen to Paper to Publication:
Philosophical Debates, & Pleasures of Creating a Community Publication for Arts, News & Enlightenment"
Co-Presentor: Phil Fetzer, Political Science, Cal Poly.
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Honolulu, HI.
January 9, 2004.

"The Politics, Problems and Practicalities of Serving as Effective User
Advocate in Obstinate Organizations."
Co-Presentors: Anna Gaal (FedEx)
Nancy Sandusky-Krantz (University of Central Florida)
Sherry Steward (Unviersity of Central Florida)
IEEE/IPCC/SIGDOC 2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Boston, MA.
September 25, 2000.

"Escaping into the Vortex of Imagination:
Proposing a Poetics of Creativity and Collage for the Digital Arts."
Co-presenor: Barry Mauer.
Incubation: A TrAce International Conference about Writing and the Internet.
Nottingham, United Kingdom.
July 11, 2000.

"Joe's Garage: The Future of Interactive Film and Digital Storytelling."
Panel Presentation with Michael Monello (Haxan Films. Producer, The Blair Witch Project),
Brian Clark (Global Media Design),
Christopher Stapleton (Institute for Simulation and Training, UCF),
Mary Johnson (University of Central Florida, Film Program),
Anne Rosellini (Atom Films),
Erick Dyke (N-Space Game Design).
Florida International Film Festival, 2000. Orlando, FL.
June 17, 2000.

"It's Not Just Eye Candy Anymore, It's The Entire Carnival of Experience:
Proposing a Rhetoric of Use for Emergent Classroom and Commercial Online Environments."
9th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Washington D.C.
May, 26th, 2000.

"Elements of Ethos in Web Design."
Co-Presentors: Dan Jones (University of Central Florida),
Michele Damron (Harcourt Inc.).
47th Annual Society for Technical Communication Conference. Orlando, FL.
May 24th, 2000.

"Redefining the Technical Communication Program:
Adapting to Emergent Information Environments."
Co-Presentors: Roger Grice (Rennsselaer Polytech Institute),
William Gribbons (Bently College),
Phylise Banner (Skidmore College).
47th Annual Society for Technical Communication Conference. Orlando, FL.
May 23rd, 2000.

"Making the Most of Interactivity Online."
Co-Presentors: Sherry Steward (Dimensions International),
Anna Gaal (FedEx),
Debbie Andrisani (Convergys).
47th Annual Society for Technical Communication Conference. Orlando, FL.
May 22nd, 2000.


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