CURRICULUM VITAE ARINA E. MELKOZERNOVA

phone: (480) 456-4931 2620 S. Fairfield Dr. e-mail: Tempe, AZ 85282 [email protected]

Willing to accept new challenges and responsibilities in higher education setting, multidisciplinary collaborations, online education and curricular development. Keeping my professional development continuous throughout my career as a teacher, a media, a data visualization and web technology expert, and an artist. Actively supporting services that celebrate diversity and inclusion. Tri-lingual: fluent in English, Russian with basic conversation skills in French.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Instructional Designer, School of Sustainability, ASU o Collaboratively plans, designs, develops and revises online and hybrid 07/2011 – present courses and course materials to meet University, College, and department standards. o Provides direct assistance to faculty and consultants in the design and development of accessible, engaging, interactive, and instructionally sound curriculum that address various learning styles for face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online classes.. o Researches and evaluates emerging technologies that have potential value for teaching and learning. o Recommends effective and creative uses of technology to enhance instruction for traditional, hybrid and online learning environments. o Keeps faculty informed about instructional-technology events and resources. Facilitates communication about the use of technology in the curriculum. o Develops training materials including self-help documents, online tutorials, and other multimedia materials to assist faculty with the use of course management tools, instructional design and other technologies. o Provides technology support for faculty, students and staff using online teaching and learning products including ASU’s Learning Management Systems. o Serves as a media contact in the instructional design team, assisting with creating video collections of lectures and adding close captioning and tags. o Designs and develops content for SOS Teaching Resources website in partnership with website developer for site maintenance (WordPress). o Provides Digital Media/Visualization: conveyance of Ideas/information in forms such as audio, text, pictures, diagrams, video, photos, maps, 3D models, etc. o Co-developed/Taught ASU 101: ASU Experience o Developed/Taught SOS 394: Classroom Facilitation

• Graphic Designer, Rio Salado College 11/2006 –06/2011 o Instructional Design Services

• Adjunct Faculty, University of Phoenix 02/2011 – 08/2018 o Taught online ART101 – Introduction to Art o Taught online ART125 – POP Culture and the Art

• Adjunct Faculty, Rio Salado College 01/2008 – 08/2011 o Taught online CIS120: Photoshop CS5 o Taught online CIS120: Flash CS5

• Faculty Associate, Intermedia 08/2008 – 05/2010 School of Fine Arts, Arizona State University 1

o Taught ART346: 3D Computer Imaging/Animation o Taught ART348: Animation Motion Studies 08/2005 – 05/2007 o Taught ART449: Computer Animation and Video o Taught ART494: Install Multi-Media Spaces: experimental approaches

• Instructional Designer, American Express 10/2005 – 11/2006 o Designed and developed storyboards, course content, materials, assessments and evaluations.

• Instructor, 3D/2D Computer Animation & Graphics 08/2005 – 05/2006 Herberger College for Kids, Arizona State University o Taught Intro to Photoshop o Taught Intro to 3D Imaging

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, 3D Computer Animation 08/2002 – 05/2005 School of Fine Arts, Arizona State University o Taught ART348: Animation Motion Studies 2002 - 05/2005 o Taught ART449: Computer Animation and Video 2004 - 05/2005

• Graduate Research Assistant 02/2000 – 07/2002 The Institute for Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University o Developed video and interactive DVD archiving

• Student Library Assistant 02/1999 – 07/2002 Noble Science Library, Arizona State University

• Office Management 03/1996 - 04/1997 Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino, Russia o Provided assistance to a Professor and managed paperwork in the office o Updated computer databases according to standardized test's results

• Research Technician 10/1986 - 02/1996 Institute of Biochemistry, Pushchino, Russia o Provided preservation of microorganisms (Yeasts) for Collection

• Research Assistant 10/1984 - 02/1985 Institute of Ecology, Perm, Russia o Conducted monitoring of the environment (E.coli) in the industrial zone

• Teacher 10/1983 - 02/1984 High School, Perm Region, Russia o Taught biology and chemistry o Initiated the chemical lab facilities for chemistry courses practice o Initiated the art studio for youth

QUALIFICATIONS

Teaching and Instructional Design Skills

• Organize knowledge: build course content items in the LMS (Blackboard, Canvas, RioLearn, eCampus, eCollege, Moodle, etc.) • Organize resources (built SOS instructors’ resources: https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/new-sustainability- instructor-resources/ • Organize information: design infographics, posters, and banners • Develop Curriculum for teaching the course for student success at ASU and the School of Sustainability • Develop Curriculum for teaching the course for classroom facilitation at the School of Sustainability, ASU

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• Develop Curriculum for teaching courses in 3D animation and Video Compositing at higher education setting for undergraduate students (Herberger Institute of Art and Design, Arizona State University) • Develop Curriculum for teaching Photoshop and 3D animation to youth (Herberger College for Kids, Arizona State University) • Initiate and run the art studio for youth at high school (high school, Russia) • Redesign training and supplemental materials to meet changing needs and objectives for Art Appreciation online course (University of Phoenix) • Perform online course evaluation and Quality Matters best practices and processes • Practice as a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer • Train the ASU 101: ASU experience facilitators; revise the ASU 101 course content; develop rubrics (School of Sustainability, ASU) • Build courses on Blackboard (Bb)/Learning Studio/Canvas; assist faculty/staff/students with Bb issues; introduce new educational technology tools to faculty/students • Experience with the following: o using the Blackboard learning management system as an instructor or course administrator o writing, proofreading and editing instructional materials; o project management (e.g., managing time, establishing priorities, distributing responsibilities, meeting milestones and deliverables); o capturing and editing instructional video. (studio experience as well as desktop software experience) o troubleshooting and supporting instructional technology tools. o supervising student workers • Maintain blog about eLearning educational tools: http://qaetools.blogspot.com/ • Design storyboards, course content, training materials, assessments and evaluations in a corporate setting (ASU projects, American Express Company) • Design, deliver and implement training programs, workshops and seminars on Internet, multimedia and other instructional technologies. • Assist individual faculty in the design and development of engaging, interactive and instructionally sound materials that address various learning styles and are accessible to all students for face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online classes. • Develop Curriculum for teaching Science at high school (high school, Russia) • Conduct science research in Academia setting on preservation of microorganisms for Collection (Institute of Microbiology and Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino, Russia)

MultiMedia Skills

• Video editing and compositing (Adobe Premiere Pro, Digital Fusion, FinalCutPro, DPS Reality&Velocity, DVDStudioPro, AVID, AfterEffects) • Graphic design and layout (Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop; Adobe ImageReady, Quark EXPress). • Storyboarding • Web design and multimedia applications (Flash, Dreamweaver, Captivate, Camtasia, PowerPoint, LiveMotion, FileMakerPro, PageMaker, HTML, XML) • Sound editing (ACID PRO, Audacity, Vegas, SoundForge, AudioAdaptation, I Tunes) • Computer graphics and 3D animation (Maya, 3D StudioMax, SoftlmageXSI) • Interactive design (Max MSP, Jitter, SoftVNS) • Illustrating, sketching and painting

Technology Skills

• Experienced videographer with a record of award winning national and international presentations – a link to my portfolio: https://www.behance.net/arinaM • Experienced video editor and image manipulator • Provide training at workplace in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere, Flash, Presenter, Power Point • Taught face2face undergraduate students on software use in higher education setting (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Camtasia, Captivate, Flash) • Taught online CIS120: Photoshop, Flash • Provide media consulting in collaborative projects with different departments in high education setting 3

• Fluent in building courses at different LMS (Blackboard, Learning Studio, Canvas, RioLearn) • Provide training at workplace in Blackboard or other LMS • Designer of interactive DVD • Web Developer  Prepare multimedia for the web  Design websites for Arizona State University Conference “Surrealism and American West”, personal website http://www.public.asu.edu/~amelkoz/  Build website applications

Management /Administrative Experience

• Supervise students-facilitators for ASU 101 – ASU Experience class. • Member of the Academic Excellence Through Diversity proposal review committee, ASU • An appointed member of ASU Committee for Campus Inclusion (CCI) • Lead the efforts to implement best practices for applying teaching and learning theories and instructional technologies to online courses at the School of Sustainability (ASU) • Lead in a media team for short term transition period (Rio Salado College) • Assisted with grant paperwork (Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino, Russia) • Overseen computer databases according to standardized test's results (Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino, Russia)

Professional Development

• ASU Committee for Campus Inclusion (CCI), Tempe, appointment 2015 – Present • University Hearing Board Title IX Member, 2018 - Present • Member of the SILC Search Committee for Environmental Humanities position, 2019 • Conferences attended: Doing Research in Indigenous Communities Conference 2018, UnCamp 2018, DISI Graduate Conference 2018, 19th American Indian Studies Association Conference 2018, AASHE Sustainability Diversity Equity & Inclusion Workshop 2017, HASTAC 2016, ICELW 2015, Learning & the Brain; Quality Matters; the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education; ASCD 2014; CAA 2010 • Certificates of completion of online workshops: critical thinking, positive psychology, learning teams, engaging learning in the classroom through metacognition, copyright • Certificate of completion of Quality Matters Peer Reviewer program • Completion of ASU Online and UTO workshops • Sustainability Literacy Program Certificate • E-Learning Webinars, ASU SOLS webinars participant • CCI and Culture workshops, Sustainability, the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Jewish and Melikian centers events - participant

EDUCATION:

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, (Expected 2023) School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University • M.F.A in Intermedia, 2005 School of Fine Arts, Arizona State University (Advisors: Profs. J. Sharer, M. Magenta, C. Mesch) • Maricopa Skills Center, 1998, Phoenix, Arizona • B.Sc. (Biology), 1983, Perm State University, Department of Biology, Perm, Russia • Tri-lingual: fluent in English, Russian with basic conversation and reading skills in French.

PUBLICATIONS

1) Presentation “Mapping the ‘Mediterranean Diet’, the knowledge systems of traditional foods from the Campania region” - at the research conversations session in the SILC graduate colloquium, 2019 2) A.Melkozernova (2017) WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE: KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOPI. A Prototype for the Future Research: Sampling and Patterns. Poster presentation. DISI Graduate Research Conference, Tempe, AZ,

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2018. The 19th Annual American Indian Studies Association Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2018. HTRC UnCamp 2018, UC Berkeley. 3) A.Melkozernova, C.Blake, N.Mattar, AJ Niehaus (2005) Purposeful Integration of Collaboration in the Development of Emerging Interactive/Interdisciplinary Performance Work. Proceedings of the 2005 joint Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association convention. San Diego, CA, 2005 4) A.Melkozernova, C.Blake, N.Mattar, (2005) The Eyes of the I's. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of Interactive Media and Design. Turkey, 2005 5) A.Melkozernova (2003) Catalog of CyberArts International Compendium PRIX ARS. PRIX ARS Electronica. Austria, 2003)

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERING

1) Collaboration on projects

• The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana: Making History Accessible digital humanity project with Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Heritage Department, 2019 – Present • Video production for the Refugee Health Project (RHP) EcoMedia in collaboration with Refugee Health Partnership, Dignity Health, Catholic Charities Community Services, Arizona State University, 2017 – Present • Video production for the Green Futures Exchange in collaboration with the Stevens Initiative, the Aspen Institute, An Najah National University (Palestine), Arizona State University, 2017 - Present • Video production for Global Sustainability Science (GSS) Program in collaboration with Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, Arizona State University, 2017 – Present • Video production for the ASU SEC Mitigation Project, Arizona State University, 2017 • Video production for the Humanities Lab project, Arizona State University, 2016 • Panel discussion: Innovative Uses of Technology to Promote Inclusion in the Classroom, CCI Diversity & Inclusion Conference, ASU, Tempe, 2016 • Video production for the echo::system project (Collaboration with Grisha Coleman, Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Media and Engineering/School of Dance, Arizona State University, 2014-2015) • Video production for Emerge: The Carnival of the Future (Collaboration with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes & School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2014) • Video production for the West Cluster of the Humanities for the Environment (HfE), Arizona State University (2014 - 2016) • Video production for the Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production (BISfuel), Arizona State University (2013 - 2014) • ASU News Releases: media for Teaching with technology at the School of Sustainability article; media for Natural Capital article • Video production for choreography of Sonia Valle, Paradise Valley Community College (2013) • Video collage projection for Fabric of space: phase II (Collaboration with Yeong Wei Li and Galina Mihaleva - Long Duration Dance Installation @ Hanny's, Phoenix AZ, 2012) • Video production for Emerge: Artists + Scientists Redesign the Future event (Collaboration with Julie Anand and Edgar Cardenas for the Seeing Beyond Ourselves workshop, School of Sustainability & School of Art, Arizona State University, 2011) • Interactive game installation project proposal, Artist in Residency, CAMAC, France (2010) • Exhibition ARTexchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago (2010) • Video production for choreography of Mary Fitzgerald, Herberger College, Arizona State University • Video production for choreography of Sonia Valle, Paradise Valley Community College • Interactive design/video/animation in collaboration with a composer Nahla Mattar, RAMI Intermedia Egypt • Experimental concert, Cairo, Egypt (http://rami.lafriche.org/spip.php?article77 ) • Video production for play “Three Sisters”, Grand Canyon University • Collaborative project with School of Music and Dance Department, Arizona State University. Interactive Multimedia Performance “The Eyes of the I’s” • Video Production “Window” with Tamarra Kaida • Video Production of Haven House Project by Muriel Magenta, spring 2004 • Video documentation of Retrospective Exhibition of Tamarra Kaida • Video Documentation of the artist in residency, Daniel Romaine, Gammage Auditorium, ASU • Video documentation of the performance for A Ludwig Dance Theatre Queen’s Project • Videography (3D animation) for “Seeing in the Rain” in collaboration with guest artist Yin Mei (New York), Dance Department, ASU 5

• Videography for “Lotus Tree” in collaboration with choreographer Dana Shackelford, in New Danceworks II, Dance Department, ASU • Videography for “Godess 17” in collaboration with choreographer Kenneth Balint for Fall Dance Concert, Dance Department, ASU

2) Online collaborative projects • Second Life as an educational tool: Virtual EFRC Symposium Poster Session, ASU • Maricopa Virtual World Project • Interactive video production for “ELPASO” project, Herberger College, Arizona State University

AWARDS and RECOGNITION

• National Humanities Center Internship Program West Fellowship 2019 • The Humanities and the Arts Pitch Competition Research Funds Award 2019 • Graduate College Fellowship Award (GCF) 2019 • SILC Graduate Colloquium Award, 2019 • SILC Small Research Grant Award 2019 • Sun Awards for Individual Excellence, ASU, 2014 - Present • The Knowledge Enterprise Development Service Award 2017 • Professional Development Grant by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2013 • Artist in Residency, CAMAC, France, 2010 • Professional Development Grant by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2010 • Continuing Education Award, Rio Salado College, Spring 2009, Fall 2009 • Invited Artist at the SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes, the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, August 2007, San Diego, California, USA http://www.awn.com/articles/global-eyes-look-near-and-far-siggraph-art-gallery/page/2%2C1 • Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant Award, 2005 • Student Enrichment Grants, 2003, 2004, 2005 • Nathan Cummings Travel Fellowship Award, 2004 • Individual Creative Excellence (ICE) award of the National Broadcasting Association in the Graphic and Animation/Student category, 2004 • Student Travel Grant, 2003 • Nomination of the 3D animation “Self Transparency” in the Short Film Category of DAMAH Film Festival, Seattle, WA, 2003

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