Cal Poly Experts Directory - Media
Graphic Design • The Internet • Journalism & News • Graphic Communication • Music • TV & Film
Graphic Design
Sky Bergman, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Art & Design
(805) 756-1538/1148 e-mail: sbergman@calpoly.edu
On-line project "Women/Beyond Borders" (on World Wide Web).
CD-ROM project "Computers and the Intuitive Edge" (also on World Wide Web).
Work has been exhibited at the New York Academy of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, Calif.; Cage Gallery, Cincinnati; Maryhill Museum of Art, Washington; Visions Gallery, San Francisco; Schiebaum & Rusek Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
Areas of expertise:
* fine art and commercial photography
* digital image-making (PhotoShop)
* interactive design--CD-ROM production and Web design
The Internet
David Gillette, Associate Professor
New Media Arts Program, Director
Technical Communications Program, Director, Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts
Office ph. (805) 756-2331, e-mail: ddgillet@calpoly.edu
Areas of Expertise:
* Web site analysis
* Web video/streaming video
* YouTube, web video and culture
Sky Bergman, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Art & Design
(805) 756-1538/1148 e-mail: sbergman@calpoly.edu
Web project, "Women/Beyond Borders," web CD-ROM project "Computers and the Intuitive Edge."
Work has been exhibited at the New York Academy of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, Calif.; Cage Gallery, Cincinnati; Maryhill Museum of Art, Washington; Visions Gallery, San Francisco; Schiebaum & Rusek Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
Areas of expertise:
* fine art and commercial photography
* digital image-making (PhotoShop)
* interactive design--CD-ROM production and World Wide Web design
James Lewis Beug, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
(805) 756-2824 e-mail: jlbeug@calpoly.edu
Areas of expertise:
* the Web
* using the Web to find information
* indexing information on the Web
* the Web's effect on social organization
* Internet culture
John Dalbey, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Computer Science
(805) 756-2921/2824 e-mail: jdalbey@calpoly.edu
Interest in computer impact on society.
Areas of expertise:
* software costs
* software quality
* computer risks
* ethical issues of computers and society: viruses, hacking, piracy, etc.
* certification of software professionals
* software engineering
Daniel J. Levi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
(805) 756-6159/2033 e-mail: dlevi@calpoly.edu
Author of more than 30 published articles on the human impact of technology, manufacturing technology, electronic mail, computer-integrated manufacturing, and concurrent engineering.
Current research on workers' responses to technology in the U.S. and Japan.
Areas of expertise:
* technology and society
* psychological impact of computers and other technology in factories and offices
* social impact of, and individuals' response to toxic contamination and technologies to clean it up
* social and environmental effects of computer use and the Internet
* relationship between Internet use and an individual's relationship to the natural environment
Journalism & News Media
George Ramos
Department Chair, Journalism
(805)756-2508; e-mail gmramos@calpoly.edu
A Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist during his years (1978-2003) at one of the nation's best newspapers, The Los Angeles Times, Ramos joined the Cal Poly faculty as chair of the Journalism Department in 2003. He advises the student-run campus newspaper, The Mustang Daily, and teaches advanced reporting classes.
Areas of expertise:
* media ethics
* ethical news reporting methods
* news writing
* bilingual journalism
* media/newsgathering trends
* news media industry
Music
Alyson McLamore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music
(805) 756-2612/2406 e-mail: amclamor@calpoly.edu
Member, American Musicological Society, College Music Society, and Music Library Association.
Co-editor of Renaissance Essays in Honor of Frank D'Accone. Editor of section in anthology Women Composers: Music by Women Through the Ages; section deals with symphony written by an 18th-century princess of Saxony.
Areas of expertise:
* musical theater
* jazz
* American music
* Classical music
* concerts
* women in music
* music history
* music education
* music skills
* band performance
Craig Russell, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
(805) 756-1547/2406 e-mail: crussell@calpoly.edu
Director of the Mozart Akademie program for young people, part of the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival.
California State University Outstanding Professor (1994-95). Recipient, CSU Wang Family Excellence Award, (2007). Composer, music historian, and master of guitar and lute. His teaching spans the musical field from introductory survey classes, to Mozart, to '60s pop. Trained in classical guitar at the University of New Mexico, he earned his doctorate in musicology from the University of North Carolina before going on to do groundbreaking work which brought to light the forgotten musical heritage of 17th and 18th century Mexican and Californian culture. His original compositions have been recorded and performed nationally as well as at international festivals.
Areas of expertise:
* rock music of the 1960s
* protest music
* Chicano music
* the Beatles
* Bob Dylan
* California mission music
* Mexican music
* cathedral music in the Baroque period
Graphic Communication
Harvey Robert Levenson, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Graphic Communication
(805) 756-6151/1108 e-mail: hlevenso@calpoly.edu
Author of Understanding Graphic Communication. Author of Complete Dictionary of Graphic Arts and Desktop Publishing Terminology. Editor of Literacy and Print Media. Author of numerous articles dealing with graphic communication technology and trends. Consultant, speaker, and expert witness. Award of Excellence, Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Educational Council. Elected to the Graphic Arts Technical foundation Society of Fellows.
Areas of expertise:
* organizational communication
* printing and technology
* production and dissemination of print media
* desktop publishing
* promotion of basic literacy skills
* in-plant training programs
Television & Film
Hernan Castellano-Giron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
(805) 756-1620/1205 e-mail: hcastell@calpoly.edu
Author of eight books and numerous articles and essays. Internationally known artist with many group and individual shows in Europe, North America and Latin America. Recipient of many literary awards, including the Hispamerica Prize for a short story (1978).
Areas of expertise:
* Spanish and Italian languages and cultures
* Latin American literature--especially 20th century
* Magical Realism, Surrealism and Neo-realism
* cinema and graphic art in Latin America
* the Renaissance
* Italian movie art
* Federico Fellini
* Luis Buñuel
Douglas Keesey, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Director of Cal Poly’s General Education Program
(805) 756-5067 / e-mail: dkeesey@calpoly.edu
Author of books on Paul Verhoeven, Erotic Cinema, and Don DeLillo.
Areas of expertise:
* film
* contemporary literature
* general education