EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate in Communication (anticipated 2008)
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Paul Messaris, Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dr. John Jackson, Jr.
M.A. in Communication, 2006
University of Pennsylvania
M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 2000
Nova Southeastern University
B.A. in English, 1995
State University of New York at Albany
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Falzone, P. (2008). Speaking (un)truth to power: Fishtales from the ethnographic front. Transforming Anthropology
Falzone, P. (2006). The final frontier is queer: Polysemic perversity, narrative edgeplay and audience generated folklore in K/S slashfiction. Western Folklore Vol. 64 (3/4)
Falzone, P. (2004). Transcendent ethnography: Designing an action research approach to ethnographic film within cultures of conflict. Action Research. Vol. 2(3)
REFERENCE ARTICLES
Entry on “Hip-Hop, Inc.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature (forthcoming).
Introduction to film section. LGBTQ America Today (forthcoming, Greenwood Press).
Entry on Robert Rauschenberg . LGBTQ America Today (forthcoming, Greenwood Press).
Entry on George Segal . LGBTQ America Today (forthcoming, Greenwood Press).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Structure and Metaphor (graduate course), Lecturer, University of the Arts, Summer 2007
Visual Communication (undergraduate course), Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2007
Visual Communication, Teaching Assistant to Prof. Paul Messaris, UPenn
Introduction to Communication Behavior, Recitation Leader and TA to Prof. Vincent Price, UPenn
History of Documentary Film and Video, Teaching Assistant to Prof. Katherine Sender, UPenn
The Business of Television, Teaching Assistant to Prof. Howard Blumenthal, UPenn
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rhetorics Within Rhetoric: An Holistic Analysis of Reagan’s Address to the Nation and Other Countries on U.S.-Soviet Relations
International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference—Paris, France; 7/07
Outlaw Photojournalism: Technology and Transgression in the New Media Environment
International Communication Association Conference—Dresden, Germany; 6/06
Beyond the Fear Appeal: A Cognitive Functional Model of Art Production
International Communication Association Conference—Dresden, Germany; 6/06
Truth and Reconciliation, Activism and Celebrity: A Case Study of Media and Stakeholder Dynamics in the Sierra Leone Peace Process
Re:Activism: Re-drawing the Boundaries of Activism in a New Media Environment Conference,
Central European University—Budapest, Hungary; 10/05
Paid Killers, Volunteer Martyrs: Media, Belief and the Nontraditional Death Energy of the Nation
Media and Belief in an Interdependent World International Conference
American University of Paris—Paris, France; 3/05
People, Persuasion and Protest: Methods for Augmenting Activist Art
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities—Honolulu, Hawaii; 1/04
SELECT MEDIA PRODUCTION
From the Mixed-Up Files of Locally Localized Gravity
experimental documentary, 16 min. 2007
Produced for the Locally Localized Gravity exhibition and basekamp/Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
CRISES
Curated a multichannel installation of film, digital video and experimental multimedia to commemorate the anniversaries of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.
Annenberg School for Communication, September-November, 2006
Various Features, Pledge Segments, Interstitials, and Commercials
Produced for WYBE Independent Television, 2006-2007
Variously acted as producer, editor, director, floor director, technical director, sound, lighting, etc.
“Untitled”
experimental film, 2 min. 2006
Installed at the video kiosk, Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
First Person Connect Project
series of 50 audio segments ranging between 1-3 min. 2005
Produced for First Person Arts with the support of the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Philadelphia, PA
System Failure: Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the California Youth Authority
documentary, 30 min. 2004
Producer
Documentary Film produced for WITNESS and Books Not Bars.
Official Selection, Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival
Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Criminal Justice Award Winner
Prevention for a Safer Society (PASS) Award winner
First film ever screened at the California State Capitol
Boutique
experimental film portion of installation by artist Romy Scheroder, 8 min. 2004
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery Window on Broad, Philadelphia, PA
Producer/Editor
A Life Lived Differently
documentary, 30 min. 2000
Director/Producer
Oral histories of Republican and Loyalist former political prisoners. Made for the Peace & Reconciliation Group, Derry, Northern Ireland
SELECT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
World Bank/Center for Global Communication Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2006
Research for forthcoming publication “To Give People Voice: Guide to Good Policies and Practices for Media Development”
Center for Global Communication Studies
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2006
Helped develop training documentary for Iraqi media in covering the January 2005 elections
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2003-present
Research Assistant to Prof. Paul Messaris and Prof. Katherine Sender
Wellspring Advisors
New York City, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, 2003, 2004, 2005
Research for private philanthropic consulting firm
Annenberg/Oxford University Summer Institute
Oxford, UK, 2005
Seminar in Global Media Policy: Technology and the New Themes in Media Regulation
Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics
Palm Desert, California, 2005
Seminar in Focus Group Methods
Annenberg/University of Buenos Aires Summerculture Program
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005
Seminar in Collective Memory and State Repression
Peace & Reconciliation Group
Derry, North Ireland, 2000
Fieldwork with Republican and Loyalist former political prisoners.
Broward County Sheriff’s Office
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 2000
Performed field research in county jails, administrative offices and with on-duty officers. Developed a five-part conflict resolution training workshop
Nova School
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1999
Worked as part of a team performing qualitative and quantitative field research in a K-12 setting; designed and conducted a two day conflict resolution training series based on results of research
HONORS, AWARDS AND SERVICE
Co-Chair, Provost’s Council on Art and Culture, University of Pennsylvania
Community Advisory Board Member, WYBE Television/Independence Media, Philadelphia
Advisory Committee Member, First Person Arts, Philadelphia
2005 Samuel S. Fels Fellow
Full Scholarship Recipient, Annenberg/Oxford University Summer Institute
Full Scholarship & Stipend Recipient, Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics
Full Scholarship & Stipend Recipient, Annenberg/University of Buenos Aires Summerculture Program
2004 PASS Award Recipient
Graduate Council Representative, Annenberg School for Communication, 2003-2004
Full Scholarship and Stipend Recipient, Annenberg School for Communication, 2003-present
Student of the Year Nominee, Nova Southeastern University, 2000
Magna cum Laude, SUNY Albany, 1995
General Education Honors Scholar, SUNY Albany, 1995
Alumni Scholarship Recipient, SUNY Albany, 1995 |