Jan Millsapps

Education

• Certificate in Cosmology, University of Central Lancashire, 2005
• Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition, University of South Carolina, 1990
• Summer study in film, Harvard University, 1979, and M.I.T., 1977
• M.A. English, Winthrop College, 1977
• B.A. with honors, visual arts, UNC-Charlotte, 1972

Multimedia/Web Cinema

• “CineShred,” with Spring 2008 CINE 623 class
• “Top Ten Reasons I'm a Digital Filmmaker,” manifesto, 2005
• “Holy Moly Tora Bora,” with 2003 CINE 623 class
• “Coverage,” featured installation, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2002
• “Look But Don't Touch,” with 2000 CINE 623 class
• “Y2K_I_Do” with 2000 CINE 623 class
• “Episodes,” multimedia installation, with La Casa de las Madres, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco Public Library, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Bay Area, National Latino Health Conference, 1997
• “Pleasure Island,” live web performance at USC's "Interactive Friction” conference, Mill Valley Film Festival, 1999
• “CinePlay,” featured installation, National Educational Film and Video Festival, 1993

Films/Videos

• “Maternal Life,” experimental narrative award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1991
• “A Southern Film Experience,” S.C. Educational Television, 1985
• “True Romance,” Ann Arbor Film Festival, S.C. State Art Collection, 1983
• “Folly Beach Journal,” Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1982
• “Parthenogenesis,” first place award in animation, North Carolina Film Festival, 1976

Events

• “MiniCine,” live event, with Spring 2007 CINE 623 class
• “Changing Frames,” conference, 2000
• “Building Without Boundaries,” multimedia performance, 1995

Publications

• Corrective Lenses, historical novel (in progress)
• “Type a Letter, Take a Look,” feature article, The Lowell Observer, Fall 2008
• Screwed Pooch, historical novel, 2007
• “Academic Intersections,” online journal, contributing editor, 2007-present
• “Al Gore: Oh What a Good Boy is He,” op-ed essay, SF Chronicle, September 3, 2000
• “Hail to the Bubba in Chief,” op-ed essay, SF Examiner, 1993
• “Maya Deren, Imagist,” feature article, Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. XIV (1986)
• “The Way It Was,” short story South Carolina Fiction Award, 1986
• “Close-Up,” review, Film, Radio and Television Journals, 1985

Awards/Honors

• Research Residency, Lowell Observatory, 2008
• Apple Distinguished Educator, 2004-present
• Creative Work Award, 1998
• Invitation and full scholarship, Digital Artists’ Workshop, AFI, 1997
• SFSU Technical Initiative Awards, 1994, 2002

Courses Taught

• CINE 310: Intro to Filmmaking
• CINE 354: Short Format Screenwriting
• CINE 423: Intro to Digital Filmmaking
• CINE 523: Exploration in Interactive Cinema
• CINE 623: Cinema as an Online Medium