CHRIS BOESE
CREATIVE PRODUCER WRITER/CONTENT DEVELOPER
INTERACTION DESIGNER INFORMATION ARCHITECT
CYBERCULTURE RESEARCHER ART DIRECTOR
OBJECTIVE
- Technical, creative & journalistic writing
- New media production, project management & consulting
- Graphic design and photography freelance projects
- Work in computer-based training, HCI, or usability
RESULTS-ORIENTED NEW MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
- Writer; Researcher/Associate Writer for redesigned CNN Headline News with convergent media interface. Wrote & edited headline ticker live during some major events in recent U.S. history, 9/11 and 2 wars. Worked on broadcast and web visual redesign for 1-yr anniversary of original overhaul. Cyberculture/cult media columnist, "HotBox" and tech columnist, "HotWired." Freelanced for CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" NYC prime time show.
- First Web-based dissertation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receives international recognition (1998 to present). Permanent site is required reading in graduate seminars both within & outside the USA, receiving international trAce award (UK) & site traffic avg of 5,000 unique visits a month 4 years later. Author interviewed in New York Times article on cult TV.
- Built Clemson Interactive Research Studio to test interface theories on the Public Service Activities web portal (1998-2001). Site redesign, launched 10/99, began pulling more hits than the Clemson University Home Page within 1 year (it has since been redesigned by another group). Directed team of grad assistant web consultants to develop Studio Computer Manual, Consulting Training & Procedure Guide, Web Design Standards & Specifications, & a formal Usability Study (with coded video data). Clemson University named Time Magazine Public College of the Year 2000 largely for the professional communication & writing across the disciplines programs. Students from the Research Studio were some of the most highly placed from the program.
- Electronic Media, Arts, & Communication (EMAC) Web Site received Best of RPInfo award, 1996 (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). EMAC Web recruitment effort & program development doubled enrollment in 1 year & helped gain national media attention. Author won the Rensselaer Founder's Award (highest award given at RPI) for work with EMAC.
- Applied same dual-purpose web design as with EMAC to RSVP, Rensselaer's prestigious distance learning program (1997-98) for recruitment & e-learning.
OTHER AWARDS
Collaborative Learning Environment Faculty Fellow, Clemson University, Summer 1999, $5,000. Service Learning Fellowship, $500, Clemson University, Fall 1999. Master Teaching Fellow, Rensselaer, 1995-96. Macromedia Director Poetry/Animation/Voice/Music & Photography Projects won McKinney creative writing awards at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1994-97. Award of Achievement, Society for Technical Communication, 1996 Publications Competition, Lighting Research Center Partner's Day Posters. Runner-up Lily Peter Fellowship, Poetry, University of Arkansas, 1988.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficiency: Director, Flash, & Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Premiere, PageMaker, Quark, Excel, FileMaker Pro, HTML, CSS.
Basic Knowledge: UNIX, javascript, XHTML, XML, MySQL, PHP.
SELECTED URLs
The Ballad of the Internet Nutball Dissertation: www.nutball.com
Clemson Public Service Activities Web Portal Archive (original site has since been redesigned): http://www.nutball.com/archive/psaportal/ie/index.htm
South Carolina Botanical Garden Web Site: www.clemson.edu/scbg
T.E. Garrison Arena Web Site: www.clemson.edu/garrison
Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life Web Site: www.clemson.edu/ifnl
EMAC Site Archive (original site has since been redesigned): www.nutball.com/archive/llc/emac
RSS/XML Portfolio & Resume Site: www.nutball.com/portfolio
Flash Portfolio Interface Design: www.serendipit-e.com/boese
JOURNALISM, PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN
Writer; Researcher/Associate Writer, CNN Headline News, Atlanta, GA. (Aug 2001 to present) Prepared material live for on-air screen fonts & headlines, and contributed to convergent interface redesign of broadcast and Web delivery during period of ratings growth in targeted younger demographic. Freelance writer, CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" NYC prime time show.
Design & Marketing Assistant: RSVP: Office of Continuing & Distance Education (1997-98). Responsible for design & production in all print and Web publications.
Graphic Designer: Lighting Research Center, School of Architecture. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1996-97). Desktop publishing of research publications & large posters. Technical schematics, photo-editing, illustration.
Design & Production Intern: University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR (1989). Assisted national award-winning book designers.
News Photographer: Northwest Arkansas Times (daily circ. 13,000) Fayetteville, AR. Thomson chain (1989).
Photographer II (Dept. Manager & Lead Photographer): Photo Services, Division of Information, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1986-88).
COMPUTER-ASSISTED TEACHING & E-LEARNING
Courses Taught: Visual Communication Graduate Seminar, Rhetoric of Web Publishing Graduate Seminar*, Writing for Electronic Media*, Technical Writing, Laptop Composition, Honors Composition, Expository Writing (pilot course for computer-assisted teaching), Writing for Electronic Media* (RPI iteration), Writing to the World Wide Web*, Newswriting, Reporting, Feature Writing, Photojournalism. GT Critical Thinking & Creative Writing (* indicates new courses I developed).
Software Taught: Macromedia Director (since v. 4.0), Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand; Adobe PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator; Quark; Painter; Bryce, Poser, Canoma; Netscape Composer; PageMill; Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
Assistant Professor: Department of English, Masters in Professional Communication Program (MAPC), Clemson University, Clemson, SC (1998-2002).
Teaching Assistant: Language, Literature & Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (1994-96).
Tenure-Track Instructor: Valdosta State University, English (Journalism) Valdosta, GA (1990-1993).
Gifted & Talented Summer School Teacher: Arkansas Governor's School, Conway, AR (June-July, 1990, 1992-94). Project Wet & Wild, Rogers, AR (1986-89).
Teaching Assistant: English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1988-90).
INTERNET RESEARCH, CONSULTING, & CONTRACT WORK
Writer; Researcher/Associate Writer, CNN Headline News, Atlanta, GA.
(Aug 2001 to present) Joined staff with convergent media redesign. Tapped for HLN web redesign team, cyberculture column, & consulted on modular broadcast screen design. www.cnn.com/HLN. Developed RSS/XML Feed on spec.
Companion Web Site: Technical Communication, 9th ed. John M. Lannon, Longman. (May 2001 to May 2002) Content development, student materials, hypertextual structuring. www.ablongman.com/lannon
Director, PSA Interactive Resources Studio: Clemson Public Service Activities. (1998-2001) Implemented a redesign of the PSA web site portal & PSA client sites. Approximate amount funded over 3 years: $100,000. www.clemson.edu/public
Web/Computer Consulting: Cisco Systems, Albany, NY branch. Created database for the NYS government contract to access through a local node of the Cisco Intranet (1998).
Seminar / Site Workshop for the UNISYS Transportation Sector Marketing Group, Bluebell, PA (July 1995).
Marketing & Recruitment Assistant: Electronic Media, Arts, & Communication (EMAC Program). NSF Research Assistant: Design Conference Room for Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW). Language, Literature & Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. (1996-97, 1993).
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Rhetoric & Communication: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1998. GPA 4.0. First electronic (no paper) webbed dissertation (online ethnography) at Rensselaer.
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1990 (60 credit terminal degree).
Bachelor of Arts: University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1985. Major: Journalism. Minor: English.
REFERENCES available upon request.
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