curriculum vitae

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education

current position

  • 2007-present Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Communication Arts, Marymount Manhattan. New York, NY.

recent exhibitions/screenings

  • 2010 “Repurposes” Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norlfolk, VA. (Consumption Quilts)
  • 2010    FLEFF: Map Open Spaces, Online Exhibition. Juried. (Self-Disclosed)
  • 2009 “Art Daze Teaching Artists”, Aldrich Museum, Connecticut. (Consumption Portraits)
  • 2008 “Pieced Together”, Hewitt Art Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY. (Consumption Qulits)
  • 2008 “It’s Not Easy“, Exit Art, New York, NY. (Consumption Quilts)
  • 2008″ 3 Cones of Respect” donated to subRosa’s “Out-Rage-Us Joy” project exhibited during”The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

recent publications

  • 2010    Mushtare, Rebecca. “Confessions of a Feminist Cyborg.” Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone. By Laura Finley and Emily Reynolds Stringer. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010. 178-179. Print
  • 2009    Mushtare, Rebecca. “Failing is NOT an Option.” Defining and Promoting Student Success: A National Symposium (2009). Faculty Resource Network, Conference Editors. New York, 2009. Web. <http:// www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/>.
  • 2004    White, Rebeccca. “What is a Book? A Visual Exploration.” International Journal of the Book: Volume 2 (2004): n. pag. Web 1 July 2010.Web. <http://ijb.cgpublisher.com>.
  • White, Rebecca. “A Semiotic Experiment.” Cosign 2004: 4th International Conference on Computational Semiotics for Games and New Media. University of Split, Croatia. 14-16 September 2004.  Conference Proceedings: n. pag. Web. <http://www.cosignconference.org/conference/2004/papers>.

recent conferences/symposia

  • 2010 MIT humanities + digital: visual interpretations conference. “The Process of Visualizing Data as a Mode of Inquiry.” MIT, Cambridge, MA.
  • 2009 6th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities: “Teaching and Learning the Hudson Valley: Builiding Capacity for Place-Based Education” Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Co-Panelist & Co-Moderator with Alessandra Leri: “Environmental Studies and Digital Media”
  • 2009 NYMAPS October Meeting: “Sharing the Spoils: Creating Projects and Products That Benefit Campus and Community.” Marymount Manhattan College, NYC. Panelist.
  • 2009 Service-Learning Symposium: “Beyond the Classroom: Co-Educating Students in the Service-Learning Partnership” City College of New York.
  • 2008 Faculty Resource Network National Symposium on Defining and Promoting Student Success. University of San Francisco, San Fransisco, CA. Promoting Student Success Through Experiential Learning Panel: “Failing is NOT an Option”.
  • 2008 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference. Hunter College, NYC. Workshop & Discussion: Be Del.icio.us! A Discussion of the Role of Open Source and Free Software in Grassroots Campaigns. Co-Presented with Terri Dewhirst.
  • 2008 NJCA 12th Annual Conference: Collaboration and its Offspring. Session: Putting the Community in Communication: Collaborative Community Projects as Progressive Learning.Co-Presented with Terri Dewhirst.

recent awards

  • 2010 AAC&U Bringing Theory to Practice Grant for Course Development and Assessment. Co-Awarded to Giovanna Chesler.
  • 2010 Junior Fellowship to develop “Self-Disclosed.” Marymount Manhattan College.
  • 2009 Sokol Grant for collaborative project “Spatial Dialogues,” Marymount Manhattan College.
  • 2008 Service Learning Fellowships for Faculty to develop course, “Critical Production for Critical Times,” Marymount Manhattan College.

recent lectures

  • 2009 Dialogues in Dance Presents “Spatial Dialogue-Work in Progress,” Dance Department, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY. (October 23)
  • 2007 Art Department, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

professional development

  • 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, New York, NY (June 28-30)
  • 2010 Digital University Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY.
  • 2009 Live-I Workshop, 3LD, New York, NY.
  • 2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival & Workshop
  • 2009 Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamp, Hunter College, New York, NY.
  • 2009 PACC Assessment Institute, Alvernia University, Reading, PA.
  • 2008 Community Partners as True Partners, The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, NYC. Round table Discussion Participant.