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Randall Conrad,
M.A., ASI
Summary Free-lance editing, writing, research, indexing services… and more Member: American Society of Indexers, Emerson & Thoreau Societies, Phi Beta Kappa.
ü Published historian and literary scholar. ü Creative background in arts, humanities, and award-winning filmmaking. ü High-level experience as a senior writer-editor for print and web in corporate and marketing communications. ü Specialties: o academic studies o biography o environment o information technology o film history and criticism o fine art o history o literary history & criticism o popular culture o social studies
Education
Scholarly Publications (selected)
"Totem and Taboo in the Lone Star State: A Second Look at John Sayles’s Lone Star" – Forthcoming @ MyMovies, 2003 "'I Heard a Very Loud Sound…': H. D. Thoreau Reports the Sudden, Violent Death of Three Workmen" – Forthcoming in ESQ "'A Sylvan Appearance': An Instance of Wordplay in The Maine Woods" – Thoreau Society Bulletin No. 233 (Fall 2000) "A Lot in the Woods: Results of the First Annual Thoreau Pun Survey" – Thoreau Society Bulletin No. 231 (Spring 2000)
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)
Translations (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
Information Architect and Webmaster – Calliope, Inc.
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Repurposed
research archives of this award-winning educational media company into an
information-rich web site with appeal to multiple audiences.
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Enhanced
history, literature, and popular culture topics for students and teachers with
curriculum builders and interdisciplinary links.
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Tailored
access and navigation to suit multiple learning styles.
Consultant – National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
1998-2001
Contributed to the planning
of the Smithsonian's ultimate Mall museum as a contract consultant with Rare
Media Well Done, a museum conceptualization company:
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Contributed research
and copywriting to vision statements supporting architects' exhibit
plans.
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Consulted
on architecture and navigation for an intranet reference tool
designed to support technical decision-making by staff and contractors.
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Collaborated with virtual team to construct the relational databases
at the core of the prototype. § Collaborated on Practices Guidelines, ensuring that all content respects and reflects the values of Native American peoples of North and South America.
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.
Business Writing 1986-2003 Some Clients: Adobe | BioQuest Venture Leasing | Compaq Computer Corp. | Converse | Hewlett-Packard | Rare Media Well Done | Shiva | Silver Burdett & Ginn | Thoreau Institute | Think! Interactive Design | Walden Woods Project
Awards and Fellowships
Full-Time Teaching
Part-Time Teaching and Guest Lectures (selected) 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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