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DR M'S CV: EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, and VICTORIES

DR M'S CV: EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, and VICTORIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

WHAT'S BELOW:

  • PRESS & MEDIA
  • EDUCATION
  • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • START UPS AND PLATFORMS
  • RESEARCH: PUBS & TALKS
  • EDUCATION INITIATIVES
  • ADVOCACY INITIATIVES
  • ART INITIATIVES
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PRESS and MEDIA APPEARANCES

FORBES
CBS: MINNEAPOLIS
NBC: MINNEAPOLIS (TOLEDO, HOUSTON, SACREMENTO)
OPEN SOURCE (CANADA)
NEBRASKA PUBLIC TELEVISION

HUMAN LAWYER
NEXT GENERATION POLITICS
AI & YOU 
OUR BLACK NEWS
AG NEWS
SLOAN FILM SUMMIT

OMAHA WORLD-HERALD
NEBRASKA LAWYER
PIONEER PRESS (SAINT PAUL)
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
OMAHA DAILY RECORD
DAILY NEBRASKAN
NEBRASKA PUBLIC TELEVISION

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THANK YOU TO MY PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND ALGORITHMIC DIVIDE

  • ACLU MN
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    CODED BIAS (NETFLIX)
    ASEMBLIES OF GOD
    LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY

    BYTES MEDIA
    RECLAIM THE BLOCK
    SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE
    ACLU NE
    MN SECOND CHANCE COALITION
    CIVIC NEBRASKA
    URBAN EDUCATORS
    MN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER
    MN EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER
    DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
    MN DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

  • AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
    IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION
    NEBRASKA BAR ASSOCIATION

    NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
    INDIANA UNIVERSITY
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    MCGRAW-HILL
    HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
    UNIV OF WISCONSIN: LA CROSSE
    HAIFA UNIVERSITY

  • SEN. SCOTT LUCERO
    (R-MN)
    COUNCILMAN SIMON TRAUTMANN
    (D-RICHFIELD)
    COUNCILWOMAN LATRISHA VETAW
    (D-MINNEAPOLIS)
    COUNCILWOMAN NANCY YANG
    (D-ST. PAUL)
    COUNCILMAN STEVE FLETCHER
    (D-MINNEAPOLIS)
    SEN. PEGGY SCOTT
    (R-MN)

    (R-MN) COUNCILMAN WARSAME
    (D -MINNEAPOLIS)
    SEN. SCOTT JENSEN
    (R-MN)
    CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE SCOTT BARRTET
    (R-MN)

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CURRENT GIGS

CO-FOUNDER / EXEC DIRECTOR
The Institute for Digital Humanity
2019-PRESENT

CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
2017-PRESENT


VISITING SCHOLAR
OSTROM WORKSHOP

Indiana University
2019-PRESENT

DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

North Central University
2018-2023
School of English, Communications,
and Digital Media

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Hamline University
2011-2017
Division of Rhetoric and Digital Media

SPEECHWRITER

The Ohio State University
Office of the President
2007-2009


GRADUATE FELLOW
INSTRUCTOR
WRITING PROGRAM ASSOC.
ASST. EDITOR: NARRATIVE
THE DIGITAL MEDIA PROJECT (ASSOC.)

The Ohio State University
2001-2010


EARLY DAYS

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
1997-2001


PAC COORDINATOR
Nebraskans For Peace
1998


GEN X DREAM JOB
Homer's Records and Gifts
1997-1999

RESUME

START UPS and FOUNDED ORGANIZATIONS

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    THE INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY


    CO-FOUNDER/EXEC. DIRECTOR
    2018-PRESENT

    Started when I became an echo-chamber diversity hre at a Bible college to prove my methods could get conservatives, liberals, Christians, Muslims, and Jewish-Americans to work together on sane and pragmatic technology solutions.

    VISIT THE IDH 

  • THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY


    CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    2017-PRESENT


    The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy is a thriving Twin-Cities art collective that catalyzes and curate allegedly “impossible” cross-cultural and multi-faith conversations on technology, misinformation, identify politics, and public/mental health.

    VISIT THE IAA 

  • COMMONPLACE
    (MCGRAW-HILL & OHIO STATE)


    CO-FOUNDER/DESIGNER
    2007-2012

    The Commonplace project – a partnership between McGraw-Hill and Ohio State’s First Year Writing Program – networked approximately 15,000 students across 5 campuses and 100s of classrooms, generating $750k in revenue.


    MORE ON COMMOPLACE 
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. and M.S.L.
    (Masters in the Study of Law)

    The Ohio State University 2012

    Focus: Digital Culture, Law,  & Politics
    Unique interdisciplinary joint program between the Dept. of English and Moritz College of Law.


    Dissertation: "Fear and Loathing in the New Media Era: How to Realign our Rhetorical Judgments for the Post-Postmodern, Digital Media Age"



    ACADEMIC CV 

  • M.A. English
    (Narrative Theory and Law)

    The Ohio State University 2005


    B.A. Political Science
    B.A. English
    Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln 1998


    Minors:     Conflict Resolution, History, International Affairs

    Graduated w/Distinction
    Phi Beta Kappa

    Training: China/US politics,
    postmodernism, free speech

  • I'm not a genius, but I was trained by a pile of them.

    In the early 2000s, my mentor was leading one of the top schools in the world for narrative theory.

    My law prof was the old school ACLU lawyer/executive director who defended the Nazis in Skokie.

    My other mentor "invented" (as a diagnosis) postmodernism.

    My other profs were all top in their fields for my side hustles.

    #GoBucks

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RESEARCH: PUBS and TALKS

TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
AI / DISINFORMATION / PRIVACY

FIRST AMENDMENT / FREE SPEECH

POST-DIGITAL AMERICAN POLITICS and CULTURE
DEPROGRAMMING POSTMODERNISM

PUBLIC HEALTH / MENTAL HEALTH
CHRONIC ILLNESS / TRAUMA / POST-FACT SCIENCE

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PRIMEAUX AWARD BEST PAPER (RUNNER UP)

“Using the Lens of Narrative Theory
to Rethink Digital Ethics.” 

International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference. 
With Marci Exted and Thomas Freeman. 

October 2022.

AI ETHICS VICTORIES and SOLUTIONS
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We fix the root cause, by re-finding common values across ideological, religious, and cultural “filter bubbles." 

Click here for the IDH's
disinformation victories and services.

DISINFORMATION/POLITICAL DIVISION VICTORIES and SOLUTIONS
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The privacy crisis is scaring the hell out of IDH students
on both sides of the aisle.

Click here for the IDH's
privacy victories and solutions.

PRIVACY VICTORIES and SOLUTIONS
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It's easy to be for free speech
and against hate and online violence:

Just remember that context
is a civil rights issue. 
And stop thinking like a robot

Click here for the IDH's
free speech victories and solutions.

FREE SPEECH / HATE SPEECH VICTORIES and SOLUTIONS

  • RECENT AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS

    REPORTED IN FORBES
    TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE
    ON HUMANITY AND AI
    REGULATION

    RUNNER-UP: BEST PAPER
    INTERNATIONAL VINCENTIAN
    BUSINESS ETHICS
    CONFERENCE
    (2022)

    WINNER: BEST PAPER AWARD
    MIDWEST ACADEMY
    FOR LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS
    (2020)

  • PUBLICATIONS


    WILLIAM & MARY LAW REVIEW
    NEBRASKA LAWYER
    GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 
    JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE
    MCGRAW HILL
    INTIMA: A JOURNAL OF NARRATIVE MEDICINE
    HAMPTON PRESS
    CICA PRESS
    LEXINGTON PRESS
    COMPETITION POLICY INTERNATIONAL
    WILEY-BLACKWELL

  • INVITED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

    TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE
    ON HUMANITY AND AI
    REGULATION
    DATA, LAW & ETHICS RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
    MIDWEST ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES
    IN BUSINESS
    HEIDER BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM
    INDIANA UNIVERSITY
    NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    NORTH CAROLINA AT & T
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    DREW UNIVERSITY
    HAMLINE UNIVERSITY CENTER
    FOR JUSTICE & LAW

  • COMPETITIVE ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

    AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
    ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LAW, CULTURE, AND THE HUMANITIES
    HUBER HURST RESEARCH SEMINAR
    RHETORIC OF HEALTH
    AND MEDICINE CONFERENCE
    RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
    FOR THE STUDY OF NARRATIVE
    COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION
    THOMAS R. WATSON CONFERENCE
    ON RHETORIC
    EDWARD G. HAYES RESEARCH
    FORUM
    US. NAVAL ACADEMY

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See Academic CV / Links Above for Citations

ADVOCACY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

CO-FOUNDER / EXEC DIRECTOR
The Institute for Digital Humanity
2019-PRESENT

CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
2017-PRESENT

CO-FOUNDER
Commonplace

Ohio State University and McGraw-Hill
2007-2011

THANK YOU TO MY PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND ALGORITHMIC DIVIDE

  • ACLU MN
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    CODED BIAS (NETFLIX)
    ASEMBLIES OF GOD
    LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY

    BYTES MEDIA
    RECLAIM THE BLOCK
    SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE
    ACLU NE
    MN SECOND CHANCE COALITION
    CIVIC NEBRASKA
    URBAN EDUCATORS
    MN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER
    MN EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER
    DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES
    MN DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

  • AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
    IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION
    NEBRASKA BAR ASSOCIATION

    NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
    INDIANA UNIVERSITY
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    MCGRAW-HILL
    HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
    UNIV OF WISCONSIN: LA CROSSE
    HAIFA UNIVERSITY

  • SEN. SCOTT LUCERO
    (R-MN)
    COUNCILMAN SIMON TRAUTMANN
    (D-RICHFIELD)
    COUNCILWOMAN LATRISHA VETAW
    (D-MINNEAPOLIS)
    COUNCILWOMAN NANCY YANG
    (D-ST. PAUL)
    COUNCILMAN STEVE FLETCHER
    (D-MINNEAPOLIS)
    SEN. PEGGY SCOTT
    (R-MN)

    (R-MN) COUNCILMAN WARSAME
    (D -MINNEAPOLIS)
    SEN. SCOTT JENSEN
    (R-MN)
    CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE SCOTT BARRTET
    (R-MN)

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STRATEGIC PR AND CROSS-CULTURAL COALITION BUILDING

INCLUDING BEING PART OF THE HISTORIC MINNEAPOLIS FACIAL RECOGNITION BAN

CIVIL CIVIC FORUMS and COMMUNITY EDUCATION

ON ALLEGEDLY 'IMPOSSIBLE' THIRD RAIL ISSUES RANGING FROM COVID, AI, ABORTION, LGTBQIA, PRIVACY, DEI, DISINFORMATION, AND FREE SPEECH

CURATING COMMUNITY VOICES

BECAUSE EVERYONE DESERVES A SAY IN THE FIGHT FOR A JUST, FREE, AND SANE POST-DIGITAL WORLD
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EDUCATION INITIATIVES

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / DIRECTOR
North Central University
School of English, Communications, and Digital Media

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Hamline University
Division of Rhetoric and Digital Media

CONSULTANT / CURRICULUM DESIGNER
McGraw-Hill / Anti-Defamation League

SPEECHWRITER
The Ohio State University
Office of the President

  • PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

    AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
    IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION
    NEBRASKA BAR ASSOCIATION
    SXSW EDU
    ACLU MINNESOTA
    TUALATIN VALLEY CREATES
    LEWIS AND CLARK UNIVERSITY
    LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY
    MN EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER
    MN LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER

  • PROFESSORSHIPS / CURRICULAR DESIGN / PARTNERS

    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
    MCGRAW-HILL
    NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    INDIANA UNIVERSITY
    CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

    CODED BIAS (NETFLIX)
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    HAIFA UNIVERSITY
    UNIV-WISCONSIN: LA CROSSE
    BYTES MEDIA
    CIVIC NEBRASKA

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ARTS and CULTURAL INITIATIVES

THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY

CREATIVE DIRECTOR / CO FOUNDER

EVERYTHING BELOW

IS A JURIED, GRANT-FUNDED, AND/OR PEER-REVIEWED LOCAL, NATIONAL, OR INTERNATIONAL INSTALLATION OR EXHIBITION

AWARDS / GRANTS

MISSOURI REVIEW
(2ND: MILLER AWARD FOR HUMOR)

MN STATE ARTS BOARD

  • EXHIBITIONS

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR / CURATOR / AESTHETIC ENGINEER / MC / RESEARCHER / SHOWRUNNER

    ACLU MN
    RECLAIM THE BLOCK 
    URBAN EDUCATORS
    LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY
    NATIVE YOUTH ARTS CENTER
    INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY
    PROTECT MN
    SECOND CHANCE MN
    GUNS DOWN, LOVE UP
    INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL HUMANITY
    NORTH SURBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
    THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY


    thank you to my IAA exhibition partners (and hundreds of artists from around the world)

    GO TO THE IAA 

  • INSTALLATIONS

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR / MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST, WRITER, and/or PERFORMER / MUSICIAN


    w/ the IAA

    CZONG MUSEUM FOR
    CONTEMPORARY ART
    (INTERNATIONAL SOLO SHOW:
    SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA)

     TWIN CITIES ZINE FEST   
      MN ARTS BOARD

    FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK  
    ELY CENTER FOR THE ARTS    NORTHEAST SCULPTURE GALLERY   PROJECT PROJECT

    ART EXHIBITIONS 

  • INSTALLATIONS

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR / MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST, WRITER, and/or PERFORMER / MUSICIAN


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    UNIV. OF MN INSTITUTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT   I   MISSOURI REVIEW (RUNNER UP: MILLER AUDIO AWARD FOR HUMOR)   I   HAMLINE MIDWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 


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    MINNEAPOLIS ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL I  NORTHERN SPARK ARTS FESTIVAL    

    ART EXHIBITIONS 
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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND THE HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO SUPPORTED THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS

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