| CV |
 |
 |
|
Personal Profile: Highly motivated teacher and researcher. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Good organiser; networking skills. Remaining calm under strict deadlines. Email:
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
personal homepage www.notarofam.com/annawork Twitter identity: notanna1 Education: Secondary School, Liceo Classico, (Italy), 1975-80. Diploma in Classics. Istituto Universitario Orientale (Italy) 1980-85, BA in English and Modern Languages, (English, German, Spanish) First Class Honors (Summa cum Laude). Dissertation: ‘The Methodologies of Cultural Studies’ University of Sheffield (UK) 1990-91, Degree of Master of Arts in The Language and Philosophy of Criticism. Dissertation: ‘Criticism, Ideology and Deconstruction’. Grant of the Italian Ministry of Education. University of Sheffield (UK) 1992-96 Ph.D .in English Literature. Thesis: ‘Fluctuations of Fantasy: Postmodernist Contaminations in Angela Carter's Fiction'. Grant of the Italian Ministry of Education. Current Employment: (Since December 1st 2005): Lecturer & Programme Leader in Contemporary Media Theory, Art & Media, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee (UK). Main duties: Teaching at UG level. UG & PhD Supervision; Research & Dissemination. Administrative duties: Socrates/Erasmus students exchange programme coordinator for Illustration, Animation and TBA/Digital Film Students (2005-2010); Currently: member of the following committees: DJCAD Board, CASE College Board; CASE Equality & Diversity; DJCAD Research Committee. Regularly sits on appointing committees for academic posts as subject specialist and/or as external senior academic representative.
Areas of current teaching and research: New Media and Digital Communication, Cinema & New Technologies, Digital Culture, Internet Studies, Video/Net Art, E-textuality. Previous Employment: 1986-1990 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of English Language & Literature, Istituto Universitario Orientale, (Italy). 1995- 1997 Postdoctoral Leverhulme Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London working on the research project: ‘Imperial Cities: Landscape, Space and Performance in Rome and London (1850-1950)’. 1997-2003 Research Fellow in Visual Culture, School of American & Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham, UK, working on the research project: ‘Literary and Visual representations of Three American Cities 1870s-1930s’. Project’s Web Site http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/3cities/ Main duties: Teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level (see Teaching Portfolio below for details); Research and dissemination; Collaborated to the design of the 3Cities Project Web Site http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/3cities/ Co-editor and contributor to City Sites: Chicago and New York, 1870s to 1930s, A. Notaro et al eds. Electronic Book; available at http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites/ Supervision of Undergraduate, MA and PhD Dissertations; Internal PhD examiner; Regular convener of the Urban/Visual Culture(s) Research Seminar; Organiser, in the context of the 3Cities Project, of the Symposium ‘Urban Space and Representation’, Nottingham, 16 May 1998; Organiser, in the context of the 3Cities Project, of the International Conference 'Cities and Representation II', Nottingham, 4-5 April 2003 (Plenary Speaker: Prof. Giuliana Bruno, Harvard University, conference programme at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/3cities/ Administrative duties: Personal Tutor, Socrates, students exchange programme coordinator and personal tutor, European Research Contact for the School of American & Canadian Studies; Director of the Visiting Speakers Programme 2004-2005 Assistant Professor, Television and Digital Media, Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) Main duties: Teaching: (UG) ‘Digital Art & Culture in a Postmodernist Context’, ‘Gender, Sexuality and the City’, ‘Visual Culture’; UG & PG Dissertation Supervision; Research and Dissemination Administrative duties: Socrates/Erasmus programme co-ordinator; first year tutorship programme co-ordinator TEACHING PORTFOLIO: University of Nottingham (UK) 1997-2003
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) 2004-2005 Art & Media
Professional Status/Memberships: (2010-current) MEMBER OF THE AHRC PEER REVIEW COLLEGE PGCAP (The Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice), Training and Staff Development Unit, University of Nottingham. Accredited by the ILT (The British Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education) and by SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association). February 2001. (1985-1990) Member of the Italian Association of English Studies (AIA)
(1997-2003) Member of the British Association of American Studies (BAAS) (2005-current) Member of the Media and Communication Association (SMCA) (2007-current) Member of the American Association of Cultural Studies (ACS) (2008-current) Member of the Society for Media & Cinema Studies (SMCS) (2008-current) Member of the Media, Communication & Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) (2009-current) Member of The European Network for Cinema & Media Studies Association) (NECS) (2009-current) Member of the European Association For Communication Research (ECREA)
Brian Kelly's Seminar Being a "connected educator": the role of social media in facilitating collaboration & enhancing impact 7th November 2012 Angela Dunsire's seminar "Capturing the lecture, not lecture capture" 24th October 2012 Smarter Feedback and Feed Forward on Wednesday 26th January 2011
Objective-Setting and Personal Review, 23rd April 2010 Equality & Diversity Training Certificate 17 February 2010 Using Technology in Face to Face Teaching 2 December 2009
Web 2.0, 13 March 2008
APD First year Experience Conference 19 June 2007 organized by CASE
Good practice in working with International students 6 June 2007
Developing & Supporting student professionalism through the curriculum 30 May 2007
Voice care for lecturers 31 January 2007
Blackboard Bytes; wikis. blogs & podcasting 7 December 2006
Introduction to MY PDP pg the university's personal development planning resources for research postgraduates 10 November 2006
Plagiarism detection 1 November 2006 Staff Working with International Students', Training and Staff Development Unit, University of Nottingham, May 2003 'Using the Internet in your Teaching' Information Services Directorate, University of Nottingham, April 2002 'E-Learning' Seminar, University of Nottingham, School of Education, February 2002 'Career Planning' Workshop, Training and Staff Development Unit, University of Nottingham, October 2001 'Assessment Options in the Web Environment', Information Services Directorate, University of Nottingham, May 2001 'Introduction to PowerPoint 97', IT Staff Training, School of Continuing Education, December 2000. ‘A Web Publisher’s Guide’ Training and Staff Development Unit, University of Nottingham’, June 2000. ‘Create Your Own Web Pages’ Course, Training and Staff Development Unit, University of Nottingham, October 1997 Juror for the European Academic Software Award, EASA, 2000 Journal of Historical Geography
Associate Editor for the volume of The International Journal of the Book CG Publisher http://ijb.cgpublisher.com
In the advisory committee for the following research projects:
‘Mobile Cities and their representation in contemporary Anglo-American Culture’, University of L’Aquila (Italy), Project Director: Professor Laura Di Michele.
Fluency in languages other than English: Italian (native), Dutch, German & Spanish (intermediate).
Computer Skills: Word, Power Point, Internet, Outlook, GroupWise, Eudora, Blackboard Hobbies: Classical music, Opera, Internet, theatre, travel.
|
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 January 2013 11:11 |