Dr. Mladen Milicevic FULL CURRICULUM VITAE Telephone: +1-310-989-8867 e-mail: [email protected] Education • University of Miami, Florida, - D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Composition (1991) emphasis in experimental and computer music • Wesleyan University, Connecticut, - M.A. in Composition (1988) emphasis in experimental music • Academy of Music, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - M.A. in Composition (1986) emphasis in multimedia • Academy of Music, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - B.A. in Composition (1982) • Classical Gymnasium, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Latin and Greek (1976) • Music High School, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Piano (1976) • Elementary Music School, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Piano (1972) Academic Administrative Experience • Chair, Recording Arts Department Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (May 2007 until May 2018) • Recording Arts Program Coordinator Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (May 2001 until May 2007) • Recording Arts Program Coordinator Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Communication Arts Department, (August 1998 until May 2001) • Audio Program Head University of South Carolina, Department of Media Arts (May 1991 until May 1998) Academic Teaching Experience • Clinical Professor, Recording Arts Department Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (January 2019 until present) • Professor, (Tenured) Recording Arts Department Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (April 2004 until 2019) • Associate Professor, Recording Arts Program Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (August 1999 until April 2004) • Visiting Professor, Recording Arts Program Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, School of Film and Television, (August 1998 until May 1999) • Associate Professor, (Tenured) University of South Carolina, Department of Media Arts (Honors College) - Music/Sound for Media Arts (May 1997 until May 1998) • Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Department of Media Arts (Honors College) - Music/Sound for Media Arts (August 1991 through May 1997) • Assistant Professor, Music Associates of Aspen, Aspen Music School/Festival - Advanced Electronic Music Composition (1993 through 1994) • Teaching Fellow, Aspen Music School/Festival, Colorado - Summer courses in Electronic Music (1987 through 1991) • Teaching Assistant, University of Miami, Florida - Music Theory, Ear Training, Electronic Music, Experimental Music Ensemble, (1989 through 1991) • Teaching Assistant, Wesleyan University, Connecticut - Electronic Music Synthesis, Programming and Composition (1987/88) • Assistant Professor, Music Academy, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Music Technology (1982 through 1986) • Visiting Professor, Jeunesse Musicale International Campus, Groznjan, Croatia - Summer course in Electronic Music (1986) Conference Presentations and Proceedings • “Stealth Paradigm Shift through Online Education” keynote speaker at the 19th International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning, Rome, Italy (2020) • “Hollywood Film Music: Constrained Creativity” keynote speaker at the 4rd International Conference on Culture and History, Paris, France (2020) • “Teaching Music Creativity Online” keynote speaker at the 16th International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning, Rome, Italy (2019) • “Decline of Melody in Hollywood Film Music” keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Culture and History, Budapest, Hungary (2019) • “How Music Makes our Brains Tick” keynote speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Culture and History, Amsterdam, Netherlands(2018) • “Transcending Reality with Music” keynote speaker at the 35th International Conference on Psychology and the Arts, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2018) • “Making eMusic with iPhone ” at the 11th International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, New York, USA (2018) • “Altered States of Consciousness and Film Sound” keynote speaker at the 7th International Conference on History and Society Development, Hong Kong (2017) • “Democratization of Music Making Technology and Hollywood Film Music” keynote speaker at the International Conference on Culture and History, Barcelona, Spain (2017) • “Declining Melody in Hollywood Film Music” International Conference on Music and Sounds, Warsaw, Poland (2017) • “The End of Operatic Approach in Hollywood Film Music” AVANCA | CINEMA conference, Avanca, Portugal (2016) • “Hit Songs, Machine Learning, and the Music Business” keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Rome, Italy (2016) • “Oneiric Film Sound and Human Brain” 2nd PAN-American Interdisciplinary Conference, PIC Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016) • “Democratization of Music Making Tools and Erosion of Culture” keynote speaker at the 4th International Conference on Business, Management and Governance, New York, USA (2015) Dr. Mladen Milicevic – FULL CURRICULUM VITAE - page 2 • “Altered States of Consciousness and Film Sound” The 2015 Long Beach Indie Film, Media, and Music Conference, Long Beach, USA (2015) • “Virtual Learning Communities for Online Instruction” 17th International Conference on Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey (2015) • “Semiotics of the New Commercial Music Paradigm” 17th International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design, Istanbul, Turkey (2015) • “Erosion of Culture through Democratization?” 3rd International Conference on Media and Democracy, Athens, Greece (2015) • “Globalization and Democratization of Technology” keynote speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Management and Humanities, Los Angeles, (2015) • “Transcendence and Music: Trance and Ecstasy Brain Processes” Fifth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society at UC Berkeley, (2015) • “Religious Beliefs and Political Culture” International Conference on Re-thinking Politics and Political Culture in Everyday Lives, Vienna, Austria (2014) • “Reshaping Education for the Future” The European Conference on Education 2014, ECE2014, Brighton, UK (2014) • “Apocalypse: Good and Bad” 3rd Global Conference Apocalypse: Imagining the End, Oxford, UK (2014) • “Contemporary Education and Digital Technologies” 3rd. International Conference on Society, Humanity and History, Plymouth, UK (2014) • “Friend or Foe: Film Music” The International Conference on the Arts in Society, Rome, Italy (2014) • “Reshaping Education through Digital Media” International Academic Conference on Education, Teaching and E-learning, Prague, Czech Republic (2014) • “Fluid Education and Digital Media” The Seventh World Universities Forum, Lisbon, Portugal (2014) • “Altered States Of Consciousness In Narrative Cinema: Subjective Film Sound” International Conference on Communication, Film and Media Sciences, Paris, France (2013) • “Objective Interpretations by Subjective Humans: A Postmodern Approach” International Conference on Communication, Visual Arts and Design, Istanbul, Turkey (2013) • “Transcending Reality: Music and Spiritual Experiences” International Association for the Psychology of Religion 2013 Congress, Lausanne, Switzerland (2013) • “Music and Brain Today” 2nd. International Conference on Society, Humanity and History, Barcelona, Spain (2013) • “ Hollywood Film Music: Constrained Creativity” AVANCA | CINEMA conference, Avanca, Portugal (2013) • “What We Know So Far About Music Cognition“ 2012 International Conference on Humanity, Culture and Society - ICHCS 2012, Hong Kong, China (2012) • “Short Cuts to Postmodern Cinema” International Conference on Film and Media Studies, Paris, France (2012) • “Music as an Agent to Divine: New Age and Pentecostal Approaches” International and Interdisciplinary Conference - Meaning, Culture and Values, New Delhi, India (2012) • “Music as Transcendence Agent in New Age Spirituality” Mysticism without Bounds International Conference at Bangalore, Karnataka, India (2011) • “Religion and De-Alienation” 17th International Sociological Association World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden (2010) • “Cyberspace Alienation” 17th International Sociological Association World Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden (2010) Dr. Mladen Milicevic – FULL CURRICULUM VITAE - page 3 • “Cyberspace and Postmodern Music Business” 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Waikiki, Hawaii (2010) • “Cyberspace and Music” IASPM-ANZ (International Association for the Study of Popular Music) International Conference, Wellington, New Zealand (2009) • “Short Cuts: A Postmodern Analysis” - 11th International Conference of ISSEI International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Helsinki, Finland (2008) • “Is Modernism Completely Dead?” - 11th International Conference of International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Helsinki, Finland (2008) • “Creation and Innovation: What is the Difference” - 11th International Conference of International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Helsinki, Finland (2008) • “Pleasantville – A Postmodern Analysis” 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Waikiki, Hawaii (2008) • “Globalization and Music - Electronic Sampling of The Ethnic Instruments” 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Waikiki, Hawaii (2008) • “Objective Interpretations by Subjective Humans: A Postmodern Approach” International Congress of Aesthetics, Ankara, Turkey (2007) • “Globalization and Music: Electronic Sampling of the Ethnic Instruments”