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Randall Conrad,
M.A., ASI
Education
Information Architect and Webmaster – Calliope, Inc.
§ Repurposed research archives of this award-winning educational media company into an information-rich web site with appeal to multiple audiences. § Enhanced history, literature, and popular culture topics for students and teachers with curriculum builders and interdisciplinary links. § Tailored access and navigation to multiple learning styles.
Art Translations from French (selected) Eric Michaud, "The Real as a Primal Scene (A Note on Art and Devouring)," Utopia Post Utopia, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1988
(Edited and translated)
Robert Benayoun, The Look of Buster Keaton, Pier Paolo Pasolini, "The Cinema of Poetry," in Bill Nichols, ed., Movies and Methods, Berkeley: U of California Press, 1976
Managing Partner & Creative Writing Director – Think! Interactive Design 1996-2000 § Wrote and edited reader-friendly content for HTML files. § Consulted with clients in planning and content sessions. § Collaborated with creative teammates on site design and architecture.
§ Responsible for biweekly web publications promoting high-end systems to enterprise decision-makers. Managed communication with worldwide content contributors. Supervised copywriters, both on-site and remote. § Responsible for consistency of tone, style, and presentation in an unpredictable, engineering-driven, jargon-plagued, highly competitive business environment.
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Supported a
challenging, merger-driven, multi-phase transition
from casual § Created and updated style guides to reconcile traditional, print-oriented corporate guidelines with new, HTML-driven format requirements. § Multimedia specialist (1999) for evolving prototype of ActiveAnswers Development Kit, a complex, web-based tool set for business partners and resellers.
Scholarly Publications (selected)
Book Reviews in Thoreau
Society Bulletin: The Thoreau Institute: Grand Opening Commemorative Book (Lincoln MA, 1998) "A Captain with the Insurgents: Jason Parmenter of Bernardston" in Martin Kaufman, ed., Shays’ Rebellion: Selected Essays (Westfield MA: Institute for Mass. Studies, 1987) "No Blacks or Whites: The Making of Buñuel's 'Young One'" - Cineaste, 20:3 (1994) "Mystery and Melodrama: A Conversation with Georges Franju" - Film Quarterly, 35:2 (1981-82) "'I am Not a Producer!': A Conversation with Serge Silberman" - Film Quarterly, 33:1 (1979)
Full-Time Teaching
Part-Time Teaching and Guest Lectures
(selected)
Awards and Fellowships Conferences American Literary Association. Panelist-presenter. 2002 Conference, Long Beach, CA. Independent Feature Film. Panelist. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sponsored by the Massachusetts Film Office. Independent Feature Production. Organizer and moderator. Boston. Conference supported by the Massachusetts Arts Council. The Independent Feature Project. Steering Committee Member. Founding Conference, New York City. U.S. Conference for an Alternative Cinema. Delegate of Boston Film/Video Foundation. Bard College. Service and Program Administration Calliope.org. Co-founding Officer and Webmaster, 1977-present. A nonprofit multimedia producer and web publisher celebrating 25 years in arts, humanities and public education. The Thoreau Project (a public education initiative of Calliope.org). An Internet learning site for all ages dedicated to the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau and his times: www.calliope.org/thoreau/ Boston Film/Video Foundation. Co-Founding Board Member, 1976-80. President and Chairman, 1980-81. A nonprofit regional center for independent film, video and performance art, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation.
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