Jessica Anderson jessicology.com 860 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 422-0325 :: [email protected]
Education
MS Digital Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016 Media Thesis project: LuminAI :: iteractive geodesign dome installation, Field Experiment grant competition finalist, hosted by The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts + Sciences & The Goat Farm Arts Center, showcased at the Hambidge Auction & Performance Gala, integrating a performance by T. Lang Dance www.jessicology.com/dome MA English University of West Georgia, 2011 Thesis: “Orality and Enthymematic Reasoning in Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” presented at five national association conferences BA English University of West Georgia, 2006 International Student Exchange Program participant, University of Malta, 2005
Academic appointments
Oct 2020 Co-Instructor, Urban Planning short course, CP 8881: Special Topics, Design Thinking for Future-Focused Cities: Art 2.0, Georgia Institute of Technology 2016-2018 Assistant Director, Design & Innovation Lab, Spelman College managed branding, web presence, social media, grant budget, purchasing designed + facilitated workshops for students + faculty recruited, trained, supervised, mentored lab interns advised student + faculty projects developed in the lab 2014-2016 Graduate Research Assistant, Digital Media Program, Georgia Institute of Technology 2012-2014 Lecturer, English Department, Marshall University led faculty workshops on teaching with social media served curriculum development + hiring committees coordinated two endowed writing awards programs advised a case-load of 50 undergraduates 2011-2012 Instructor, Department of English and Philosophy, University of West Georgia designed, implemented UWG’s first service-learning curriculum 2010-2011 Manager, University Writing Center, University of West Georgia 2009-2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English and Philosophy, Univ of West Georgia 2007-2008 AmeriCorps Fellow, Curriculum Coordinator, Minneapolis American Indian Center volunteer coordinator :: recruited, managed a staff of 30 volunteers liaison to Hennepin County Schools + Native American Charter Schools developed a culturally-based, service-learning curriculum designed community outreach plan to support civic engagement
Courses taught
Marshall ENG 099: Skills for Composition University English 1101: Composition I University, ENG 200: Critical Thinking about Happiness of West GA English 2201: Composition II 2012-2014 ENG 201: Advanced Composition 2009-2012 English 3400: English Pedagogy ENG 240: African American Literature, WAC ENG 241: Ethnic American Literature, WAC
1 Art and design experience
2019-20 Gallery Manager, The Bakery :: Atlanta, GA management of all events + running shows at the gallery, sales, promotion, liaison to artists + press
2019 fence, collaboration with Staib Dance, Emory University :: Atlanta, GA generative projection art accompanying contemporary dance production
2019 Omnipede, showcased at Shape NAC 2019 hosted by World Economic Forum Global Shapers Atlanta, Underground Atlanta :: Atlanta, GA interactive generative art installation
2019 Mission-driven social media strategy, Arts@Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology created social media and content strategy for the Office of the Arts developed + documented templates, assets, and accounts
2018 Safer, mobile app intervention for sexual assault prevention, HBCU Innovation Schowcase at the Association for Advancement in Science & Emerging Researchers National Conference :: Washington, DC prototype + experience design of a social application developed with a team of undergraduate re- searchers at Spelman College Innovation Lab
2018 Palm Reading, the Digital Naturalism Conference :: Koh Lon, Thailand generative computer graphics that respond to the electrical activity measured in a palm tree in the remote island jungle, tech stack :: Plant Spiker Box, Unity www.dinacon.org/2018/07/04/jessica-anderson-sebastian-monroy/ 2018 Elevator, Eyedrum Gallery 20th Anniversary Opening :: Atlanta, GA generative art projection mapped to the top of a shaft in a Metropolitan Complex warehouse www.instagram.com/p/BpM4KptlJ6V/
2018 Meditation Game, Fernbank Museum of Natural History :: Atlanta, GA bio-feedback interactive installation that responds to guests’ brainwaves by generating visual art that is projection mapped onto an assemblage of selenite crystals tech stack :: Neurosky Mindwave EEG sensor, Unity, Madmapper http://bit.ly/meditationinstallation 2018 The Art of Action, Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Gallery 72 :: Atlanta, GA live audio-responsive computer graphics to accompany DJ Stan Zeff 2018 Room: a Tribute to Saul Bass, Cinebash Atlanta Jewish Film Festival :: Atlanta, GA infinity room installation featuring immersive generative art inspired by Bass’s movie introductions https://vimeo.com/284986140 2017 Hibiki, commissioned for JapanFest at the Infinite Energy Arena :: Duluth, GA live audio-responsive animations projected to accompany a performance by traditional Japanese instrumentalists
2016 Lumin AI, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences annual Art Auction & Performance Gala motion-responsive projection art on a geodesic dome installation, developed in collaboration with the Goat Farm Arts Center, T.Lang Dance, The Georgia Institute of Technology Adaptive Digital Media Lab www.jessicology.com/dome
2016 User Experience Designer, contract :: Sublime user flow and wireframes for an early-stage mobile commerce startup
2015 Design Intern :: Goat Farm Arts Center designed user interface + experience of a social web app, and collaborated with artists on installation design + construction
2 Invited lectures and conference presentations
2019 “Career talk: digital art / liberal art” Dr. Jill Hertel, LMC Special Topics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
2018 “People and Planet Centered Urban Resilience” United Nations Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation, UN Headquarters, New York City, NY. http://webtv.un.org/watch/urban-resilience-case-studies-of-socially-inclusive-technology-towards- effective-climate-change-mitigation-adaptation/5793923990001/
2018 “Mobile App Development for Good” Woodruff Library, Atlanta, GA.
2017 “Designing Interactive Installation Art + Procedural Animation” Woodruff Library, Atlanta, GA.
2017 “Feminist Makerspaces” Google Developers Convention, Atlanta, GA.
2017 “Women Techmakers” panelist, Tech Square Labs hosted by 9to5.tv, Atlanta, GA.
2017 “Digital Humanities Primer” Spelman College Faculty Institute, Atlanta, GA.
2013 “Using Facebook and Other Social Media to Increase Student Engagement” Marshall University Composition Faculty Workshop, Huntington, WV.
2013 “Status Update: A Marxist Consideration of Social Media in the Classroom” West Virginia Assoc. of College Engish Teachers, Montgomery, WV.
2012 “Literature and Politics” Session Chair, Popular Culture Association / American Culture Assoc., Boston, MA.
2012 “The Sophistic Enthymeme as Genesis of Political Consciousness in Sherman Alexie’s Short Stories” Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, Boston, MA.
2010 “Motifs and Icons of the American Western: Enthymematic Premise in Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association.
2010 “Rubber hatchets, dowels, leather pouches’: Factory-made Tomahawks as National Symbols in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine” Native American Literature Symposium, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 “Pop-Culture-Sophistication: Synthesis of Postcolonial Voices in Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” College English Association, San Antonio, TX.
2008 “Celebration of Community-University Partnerships” University of Minnesota, representing the Minneapolis American Indian Center.
2008 “Volunteer Mobilization in the Urban American Indian Community” presented to three Service- Learning courses as the University of Minnesota, two courses at Normandale Community College.
3 Service
Georgia Institute of Technology Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Advisory Board 2014-2016 Georgia Tech Arts Think Tank
Marshall University Undergraduate Programs Committee, member 2012-2014 Maier Endowed Writing Awards Coordinator SCORES Writing Contest Coordinator Academic Advising, 40 English Education majors
University of West Georgia Chair, Service-Learning Committee, Graduate Student Association 2009-2012 Dept of English & Philosophy Undergraduate Conference Committee Founder, ESL Conversation Group Writing tutor, University Writing Center
Honors
2016 LuminAI MS capstone project, Finalist, Field Experiment Grant Competition 2010 Honorable Mention, College English Association, Outstanding Paper by a Graduate Student 2010 Most Outstanding Graduate Student, Univ. of West Georgia, Department of English & Philosophy 2010 Serve-a-Smile Grant, Delta Dental, Indian Youth Sundance Wellness Campaign
Professional development
2017 New York University, ITP Summer Camp 2015 Georgia Institute of Technology, Student Alumni Association, Mentor Jackets 2013 Marshall University, Teaching Certification for “critical thinking” designated courses 2012 Marshall University, Writing Across the Curriculum Certification 2008 Minnesota Alliance with Youth, Youth Leadership 2008 Hennepin County, “Close the Gap” Forum of Public Schools 2008 National Youth Leadership Council Conference 2008 Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, “Therepeutic Approaches to Clients Affected by Historical Trauma” 2007 National Youth Leadership Council, Service-learning in After-school Programs 2007 Minnesota Alliance with Youth, Conflict Resolution Training 2007 Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, Cultural Competency workshop
Affiliations Urban Catalyst Lab Georgia Institute of Technology, Student Alumni Association
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