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www.brianharmonmedia.com EDUCATION PhD, Rhetoric and Composition, University of South Carolina, 2010-present Focus: Visual Rhetoric, Social Documentary, Digital Media Production and Pedagogy MA, Media Arts, University of South Carolina, 2008-2010

Thesis: To See A World-The ethics and aesthetics of philanthropic documentary Certificate of Visual Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 2010 BA, Literature, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, 1998 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2001-2011 English Language Instructor (Taiwan; New Zealand; Boston; Columbia, SC) 2008-2009 Graduate Staff Assistant-University of South Carolina (Media Arts) 2010-2012 First Year English Instructor-University of South Carolina (ENGL101 & 102) 2011 Developed and taught ENGL 101 theme course: ‘A search for documentary truth’ PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE 2006 “Go English” TV Pilot (NZ)-Executive Producer/Writer/Still Photographer 2009 “In Search of an Exhibition”-Producer/Director/Editor/Photographer 2009 “Canoeing for Kids” Short film-Producer/Director/Editor (official selection-2009 Indie Grits) 2010 “B is for Beer” Short film-Producer/Director/Editor (official selection-2010 Indie Grits) 2010 “To See a World” Short film-Producer/Director/Editor 2010 “Civil” SC Film Fund Short Film-Location Manager/Still Photographer 2010 “Resignification” Short Multimedia-Producer/Photographer/Editor 2011 “Chai” Multimedia- Producer/Director/Editor/Photographer (official selection-2011 Indie Grits) 2012 “Chironography” Multimedia- Producer/Director/Editor/Photographer EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & CONFERENCES 2001 River Gallery (photography)-Chung Li, Taiwan 2004 Stoddard’s Cottage (photography)-Christchurch, New Zealand 2008 McCrory Gallery “To See a World”-Columbia, SC 2008 SC Film Commission Gallery @ State Museum-Columbia, SC 2008 Internship-SC Film Commission 2009 ‘To See A World’ India International Center-New Delhi, India 2009 ‘Potpourri’ 186 Outpost Gallery-Boston, MA 2009 ‘To See a World’ 4th FLAVA (Florida Visual Anthropologists) Annual Digital Assembly Conference on

‘Materiality’-University of Florida 2009 ‘To See a World’ Visible Evidence XVI, Los Angeles, CA 2011 ‘Visual Sonata’ City Art-Columbia, SC 2011 ‘An articulation of the materiality of memory: Chai’ Carolina Rhetoric Conference-Columbia, SC 2012 ‘Artemis Challenge’ (Interactive First Response Ipad Application) 2012 ‘Multitudes Hashtagging Revolutions’ RSA Conference-Philadelphia, PA 2012 ‘Ghosts of the Horseshoe: A Critical Interactive’ (Research Assistant/Aesthetics Coordinator)