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Brian Harmon 803.201.9808 Columbia, SC

www.harmonmedia.org brian@harmonmedia.org

SUMMARY As teacher, researcher, and producer, I bring a unique combination of digital communication skills to bear on sophisticated commercial, educational, political, and non-profit media production and classrooms. More than twenty years of traveling, teaching, and producing in multiple modes has resulted in a diverse set of skills and a wide variety of digital media projects. Throughout my recent graduate study, I have worked to maintain a productive mix of academic and community engagement in and outside the classroom. I am eager to deploy this knowledge and experience in progressive, theoretically robust classrooms that emphasize public, ethical, and effective digital communication for the 21st century. EDUCATION

PhD, Rhetoric and Composition, University of South Carolina,

Expected 2016, Focus: Visual Rhetoric, Documentary, Digital Media Production and Pedagogy MA, Media Arts with Certificate of Visual Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 2010, Thesis: To See A World – The Ethics and Aesthetics of Philanthropic Documentary BA, Literature, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, 1998

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of South Carolina – Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor (2010-present) -ENGL 101 (Critical Reading and Composition) -ENGL 101 (Theme Course: A Search for Documentary Truth) -ENGL 102 (Rhetoric and Composition) -ENGL 460 (Advance Writing: Digital Documentary) -ENGL 462 (Technical Writing) -(GTA) FILM 110 (Introduction to Film) -(GTA) MART 590 (Media Art Theory) English Language Instructor (Taiwan; New Zealand; Boston, MA; Columbia, SC) (2001-2008)

FUNDED RESEARCH University of South Carolina “Ghosts of South Carolina College” Duncan Buell and Heidi Rae Cooley (co-PIs) Role: Graphic Design, Documentation and Archiving, Media Production

University of South Carolina Honors College “The Trial of Othello” David Miller Role: Mentor, Graphic Design, Documentation and Archiving, Media Production University of South Carolina “Resounding Composition” Byron Hawk Role: Visual Ethnographer, Documentation and Archiving, Media Production

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INSTITUTES & PRESENTATIONS

Institute Participant (Summer 2015) RSA Summer Institute, University of Wisconsin

‘Multimodal Composition’ Presenter (January 2015) MLA, Vancouver, Canada

‘Resounding Composition’ Presenter (December 2014) Visible Evidence XXI, New Delhi, India

‘Bombay Beach: The

Presenter (Summer 2014) RSA Conference, San Antonio, TX ‘The Digital Documentary Interface: Reframing Rhetoric, Advocacy and Pedagogy’

Presenter (Summer 2014) Computers & Composition, Pullman, WA

‘A Documentary Methodology: Exploring Documentary Practice as a Participatory Ethnographic Research Method and Pedagogy in the Digital Humanities

Presenter (Spring 2014) FYE Multimodal Workshop Series, Columbia, SC

‘An Introduction to Audacity, Sound Cloud, and the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives’ Institute Participant (Summer 2013) Digital Media and Composition, Ohio State University

Institute Participant (Summer 2013) RSA Summer Institute, University of Kansas ‘Rhetoric and Documentary’ HASTAC Scholar (2012-2013) Presenter (March 2013) Networked Humanities Conference, University of Kentucky ‘Toward Methodography’ Presenter (Summer 2012) RSA Conference, Philadelphia, PA ‘Multitudes Hashtagging Revolutions’ Presenter (Spring 2012) Carolina Rhetoric Conference, Clemson, SC ‘Live Tweeting Revolutions’ Presenter (Spring 2011) Carolina Rhetoric Conference, Columbia, SC ‘An Articulation of the Materiality of Memory: Chai’ Presenter (Summer 2009) Visible Evidence XVI, Los Angeles, CA ‘To See a World’ Presenter (Summer 2009) 4th FLAVA (Florida Visual Anthropology) Gainesville, FL ‘To See a World’ SERVICE

2010-2015 Various production support for faculty projects and multimodal publications (see online portfolio) -Performance, social media research, digital media production across platforms, MOOCs 2013-2015 Assistant Director for Technology First Year English, University of South Carolina -Mentor incoming First Year English teachers -Responsible for Humanities Computer Classroom (Macs)

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2014 RSA@USC Graphic design for Debra Hawhee’s RSA talk. -Organized successful fundraising campaign through Kickstarter

2014 Videographer for USC Domestic Partner Benefit Colloquium 2014-2015 Reviewer for Carolina Core Assessment

2013-2014 RSA@USC ‘Web Czar’ 2013 RSA@USC Graphic design for Christian Lundberg, Susan Heckman invited talks 2011 RSA@USC Graphic design for Carolina Rhetoric Conference 2010 Internship with SC Film Commission (Location Manager for “Civil”)

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE Harmon Media/Ballast Group (Freelance) – Researcher, Writer, Producer, Consultant

(2008-present) -Scott Hall Catering – Video (promotional, reality TV) -Drip on Main – Design (Menu) -Osamu Kobayashi / One Columbia / Columbia Museum of Art – Video and Design (Promotional) -Environmental Action (Washington, DC) – Video (Non-Profit, Political, Event, Social Media) -Josh Roberts and the Hinges – Video, Design, Strategy (Concert Film, Music Video, Album Design) -Killingsworth Home for Women – Video, Design (Non-Profit, Web Design, Social Media) -Guild for Service (Delhi, India) – Video, Design (International, Non-Profit, Promotional) -Sows Ear Engineering – Video, Design, Branding Harmon Productions Incorporated (2003-2008) -Go English (NZ, China, US) – ESL based reality TV project -Real Estate, Food/Beverage, Hospitality/Tourism, Journalism, Non-Profit Artworks Web Design (Christchurch, NZ) (2006-2007) -Copywriter, Photographer, Creative Direction Gorilla Pictures (Christchurch, NZ) (2006-2007) -Producer-“Last of the Living” -Actor/Producer/Photographer-short film “Eat, Eat, Die, Die”

-Official Photographer-2007 Christchurch Jazz Festival Alpin Photo (Interlaken, Switzerland) (1999-2000) -Lab technician and office manager -Photographer (Bungee, Canyoning, Paragliding, Rafting

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

2015 “Untitled India Project” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Short promotional documentary for Guild for Service 2015 “Josh’s Wings” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Short food/cultural documentary about smoked wings in Columbia, SC 2014 “Chemex” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Short video instruction manual for high-end coffee system

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2014 “My Father’s House” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Successful Kickstarter campaign (4 short films) and performance documentation 2014 “Re-Sounding Composition” – Co-producer/Photographer/Editor -Visual ethnography of a Texas recording studio 2013 “The Clean Drinker” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Short adaptation of Hemingway’s “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” 2013 “The Trial of Othello” – Co-producer/Photographer/Editor -Short educational documentary for The Honors College at USC 2012 “Artemis Challenge” – Producer/Photographer/Editor -Interactive educational Ipad Application 2011 “Chai” – Producer/Photographer/Editor (official selection-2011 Indie Grits) -Dual projector film event featuring Indian chai culture 2011 “Visual Sonata” – Co-Producer/Editor (City Art-Columbia, SC) -Multimedia fundraising exhibition for SC Symphony Orchestra 2010 “B is for Beer” – Producer/Director/Editor (official selection-2010 Indie Grits) -Short object documentary about Tom Robbins and beer 2009 “To See A World” – Photographer (India International Center-New Delhi, India) -Photography fundraising exhibition for Guild for Service 2009 “Canoeing for Kids” – Producer/Director/Editor (official selection-2009 Indie Grits) -Short promotional documentary for Canoeing for Kids

SKILLS / RESEARCH INTERESTS

-Documentary Production (planning, writing, DSLR shooting, audio, editing, digital/online distribution) -Research, Technical Writing, Marketing, Public Relations, Branding, Graphic Design -Social Media, New Media, Crowd-Sourced Fundraising -Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse) -MS Office, Evernote, Mendeley (PDF filing and archiving), Wordpress, Kickstarter

Portfolio available online at www.harmonmedia.org