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Faye E. Riley, Ph.D.
P. O. Box 5173

Columbia, SC 29205
www.flash2film.com

EDUCATION

2006 Ph.D. University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Film Studies
Dissertation: "Centron, an Industrial/Educational Film Studio,
1947-1981: A Microhistory"
Advisor: Ed Small

M.A. 1996 University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Film Studies
Master’s Thesis: "Motion Picture Film Aspect Ratio: An Historical Survey"

M.S. 1978 University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
Counseling

B.S. 1972 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Business Administration

A.A. 1970 Cloud County Community College
Concordia, KS
Secretarial Science

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of South Carolina
Film and Media Studies Program and
Department of Art, Media Arts area

Columbia, SC
Spring 2008 - present

Instructor

FILM 240 Introduction to Film and Media Studies(F '08)
MART 110 Introduction to Media (Sp '09)
MART 321 Writing for Media (Sp '08, F '08, Sp '09, F '09, Sp '10: two sections)
MART E302 Producing for the Media Arts (Sp '08, F '08)

MART 380 Web Media Arts (F '09: two sections, Sp '10)
MART 572 Single Camera Video Production (Sp '09)


University of Kansas Theatre & Film Department
Lawrence, KS
1997-2004

Lecturer

Th&F 576 Animation
Th&F 684 Documentary Film and Video
Th&F 382 History of American Sound Film
Th&F 384 Walt Disney and the Commodification
of Culture

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Th&F 380 American Popular Culture of: Jazz in Film & Video
Th&F 576 Animation
Th&F 375 Basic Video Production
Th&F 376 Basic Film Production
Th&F 684 Documentary Film and Video
Th&F 593 Experimental Film
Th&F 283 Introduction to Film
Graduate Teaching Assistant Leader

PUBLICATIONS

By invitation:
Riley, Faye. “Centron, an Industrial/Educational FilmStudio, 1947 – 1981:  A Microhistory.” Films that Work. Industrial Film and the Productivity of Media.  Eds. Vinzenz Hediger & Patrick Vonderau.  Amsterdam:  Amsterdam University Press, 2009.

FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTIONS

Film

2008

Geese

2007

Danny
The Bus

2006

Bird
Spring Burning
Spring
Artifacts 2
How to Cook a Turkey

The Last Turkey

2004

Beings of the Universe

1997

The Cake

1996

To the Cuckoo’s Calling
Background Artists Coordinator
Independent feature, Lawrence, Kansas

1991

I Was On Mars
Set Production Assistant Intern
Good Machine Baby, Inc., New York, New York
Independent feature

New York Women in Film
Film Intern
New York, New York

1990

Cows
Leaving

Video

1998

Readings for Ratna
Videographer

City Water Tunnel #3
Videographer

1997

Thanksgiving ‘97’

PRESENTATIONS

"Weaving throught the Noosphere: William Gibson's Theory of Digital Prosthesis and the iPod Coat"
2009 Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association
Albuquerque, NM
February 25-28, 2009

"Centron: The Leo Company "
2006 Film and History League Fourth Biennial Conference: Documentary
Dallas, TX
November 8-12, 2006

" Centron: Educational/Industrial Film 1947-1981"
University Film and Video Association 54th Annual Conference
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
August 16-19, 2000

" Forgotten Film: The Marginalization of Educational/Industrial Film"
Society for Cinema Studies 2000 Conference

Chicago, Illinois
March 9-12, 2000

" Animators and the Blacklist in the 1950s" on the Panel "Topics in Film History"
University Film and Video Association 53rd Annual Conference

Emerson College, Boston, MA
August 4-7, 1999

" Blacklisted Animators: ‘Commie’ Toons and Toonmakers?"
KU/UMKC Film Studies Symposium

UMKC, Kansas City
April 30 - May 1, 1999

WORKSHOPS

"15-Second Movie" workshop. Jack Sholder. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. May 20, 2008.

Writers' Workshop. "Just 'cause you raised the money...doesn't mean you have to shoot!" William M. Akers. South Carolina Film Commission & The University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. April 5, 2008.

Producers' Workshop. Lorin Salob. South Carolina Film Commission & The University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. September 22 and 23, 2007.

GUEST LECTURES

Guest Lecture: Animation History
MART 110 Introduction to Media Arts, September 2007
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

University Film and Video Association
Film and History 2006 Area Chair: Industrial/Corporate/Educational Film
Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association
Society for Cinema and Media Studies

SERVICE

"Women and Prophecy in Three Science Fiction Television Shows," Lindsay Wolfe, Senior Honors Thesis, second reader, 2010

Curriculum Committee
1998-99
Graduate Representative
Theatre & Film Department

Search Committee
Asst. Prof. position
1998-99
Student Representative, voting member
Theatre & Film Department

VOLUNTEER PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES

2007 Archival processing University of South Carolina Newsfilm Library
2002 Pre-judge KAN Film Festival
2001 Pre-judge KAN Film Festival
1999 Projectionist KAN Film Festival
1998 Projectionist KAN Film Festival
1998 Production Assistant Academy Awards Benefit

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2004 Herk Harvey Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Film
2000 Mike Gunter Distinguished Service Award
1999 Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship - University of Kansas
1999 Mike Gunter Distinguished Service Award

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE

MacBook Pro; PC

Canon GL-1
Canon XL-1
Panasonic DVX 100 24P
Sony DVCAM


Bolex 16mm
Bell & Howell DR70 16mm
Nagra
16mm Hot Splicer
Moviolas


Adobe CS3
Dreamweaver
WordPress
Final Cut Pro
Macintosh Avid Editor
Avid Express
Photoshop
SoundSoap
Garage Band

WEB PAGE/BLACKBOARD

2003-2009 Blackboard
2005-2009 Created my own website with Dreamweaver, Flash2Film.com

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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