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Currently,
In July 2005 I was appointed the Associate Dean of the School of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago , where I am also a tenured professor. That same weekend I completed graduate studies at Goddard College, in Plainfield, Vermont, and was awarded the degree of M.F.A. My thesis was a novel based on my experiences as press secretary to Chicago mayor Harold Washington, titled Chicago Power and Light. Since 1990 I have taught a course in Politics and the Media, first as a Columbia adjunct, then full time since 1999. I still teach one or two online sections of PR Writing each semester. As a Fellow of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Columbia I was named one of three collegewide finalists for "Teacher of the Year." At Columbia College I have served as
Parliamentarian of the College Council, served on the Task Force on Governance, and chaired several committees, including the Faculty Handbook Committee and the Bylaws Committee.
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Political
career highlights:
- Press
Secretary, Speechwriter,
Mayor Harold Washington, 1985-1987.
- Political
Consultant, Speechwriter, Mayor W. Wilson Goode (Philadelphia),
1989-90
- Communications
Director, Carol Moseley-Braun U.S. Senate primary campaign, 1991-1992
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- Communications
Consultant, United Auto Workers,
Caterpillar contract action, 1993-1998
- Communications
Consultant, Chicago City Treasurer
Miriam Santos, 1993-2000
- Campaign
Manager, Spokesman, Miriam Santos for Illinois Attorney
General, 1997-1998, and Miriam Santos for City Treasurer, 1998-99
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Writing career
highlights:
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Media career
highlights:
- Copy boy (sic), Washington
Post, 1962
- Drama Editor/Critic, Washington
Calendar Magazine and
Washington Star,
Dec. 1976 - Aug. 1980
- Editor and writer of "The
Front Page" (politics, media, arts) section of Chicago
Times Magazine, 1989-90
- Author, CD-ROM presentation for
the Illinois Arts Alliance, "The Arts in Illinois are a
Billion-Dollar Business," 1996
- Culture Editor, In
These Times
, 1996
- Author, lobbying handbook for
the Illinois Arts Alliance, "Democracy in Action," 2000
- Editor, special Columbia College issues of StreetWise, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001
- Freelance
writer, Chicago and Illinois arts, media and politics: American
Theatre, Chicago Tribune, Illinois Politics, Illinois Issues, In These
Times, Newsday, etc. 1989-present
Arts career
highlights:
- Press & Public
Relations, Washington Theater Club:
1966-68
- Technical director,
set designer, Houghton Lake Playhouse,
Houghton Lake, Mich.: Summer 1966
- General Manager,
Wayside Theater, Middletown, Va.:
Summer 1968
- PR & Marketing
Director, Associate
Producing Director, Arena Stage: 1968-76
- (Drama Critic, Washington
Calendar Magazine and Washington Star,
1976-78)
- Managing Director, Washington
Ballet : 1978-83
- General Director, Chicago
City Ballet: 1983-84
- Marketing Communications Consultant,
lecturer, arts advocate for
Illinois
Arts Alliance, 1995-present
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Julie Miles and Hillary
Canary
in Choo-San Goh's Synonyms (1981)
Photo by James E.
Strickland
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Academic
career highlights:
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Columbia College
Marketing
Communication Department, part-time faculty 1990-1999
full-time 1999-2005
awarded tenure February 2005
appointed Associate Dean, School of Media Arts, July 2005
- Smithsonian Institution,
guest lecturer, instructor, 1982
- Georgetown University summer
associates program, visiting lecturer, art history, 1978
1943
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Personal:
Born
July 17, 1943. I lived and worked in Washington, D.C. until 1983, in Chicago 1983-present.
Current and recent
civic activities: formerly Board of Trustees, Protestants for the Common
Good... Board of Directors, Community Media Workshop ...
Harold
Washington Archives and Collection, Advisory Committee of the
Chicago Public Library... formerly Steering Committee, People for Better
TV/Chicago...I'm a member of the National Writer's
Union, UAW Local 1981... Hon. Discharge, U.S.M.C. ... Listed,
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