Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae - Updated April 2012
Gregory O'Toole
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CURRENT
The Pennsylvania State University
Web Media Technologist, Web Developer
Social Science Research Institute
College of Information Sciences and Technology
Adjunct Professor, College of Arts and Architecture CE
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
March 2009 - Present
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
Assistant Professor, Media Arts Division, Department of Web Design and Interactive Media, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
February 2009 - Present
CMI OpenWeb
Owner/Manager, A web media organization dedicated to media design, development, education, understanding, and research.
2003 - Present
www.cmiopenweb.com
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. ABD)
Media and Communication Philosophy, Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien - European Graduate School EGS, Saas-Fee, Ringacker, Switzerland, Dissertation: The Legitimation Problem: From the Eradication of the Metanarrative to the End of the 20th Century, Advisory Chair: Hubertus von Amelunxen, 2008
Doctoral Coursework
Theology, Philosophy and Cultural Theory, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA, 2007
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Digital Media Studies, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA, M.A. Thesis Project: "New Media New Journalism", Advisory Board: Dr. Trace Reddell, Professor Tim Weaver, 2005
Post-Baccalaureate Studies
Visual Communication, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2000
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Communication Photography, College of Communications and Fine Arts, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA, 1995
PROFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES
HTML, XML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Coldfusion, Flex, Joomla!, WordPress, Drupal, Plone,TAL, PHP, MySQL, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, QuarkXPress, FTP, SVN, Hg, RSS, Moodle, blogging, ancillary channeling and social media networking
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Pennsylvania State University PSUWeb
Social Science Research Institute (PSU)
College of Arts and Architecture (PSU)
College of Information Sciences and Technology (PSU)
OVPR Web Accessibility Committee (PSU)
Plone Users Group (PSU)
Social, Life, Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC), Human Electrophysiology Facility (HEF) (PSU)
Penn State University Sustainability Council
Academic Support Committee, Department of Web Design and Interactive Media, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Media Ecology Association
Open Learning Initiative (OLI), Carnegie Mellon University
GRANTS
HEF Research, Human Electrophysiological Facility; Social, Life, Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011,2
Dean's Graduate Academic Scholarship Award, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies, 2004, 2005
The National Endowment for the Arts, Montana Arts Council, Opportunity Grant, 2002-2003.
The Bare Walls Scholarship Endowment, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.
AWARDS
2010, Teaching Excellence Award, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
2009, Webby Award, Honorary Mention
2008, Webby Award, People's Choice
2007, Kotka Photographic Center, Finland, NanoArt, (Most Viewed)
2007, Top Five Award, International Memefest
2006, Colorado Book Award
2006, Valparaiso University Poetry Review, Recommended Books List
2006, Denver Westword, City of Denver Literary Collective
2005, Graduate Deans Academic Scholarship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
2004, Graduate Deans Academic Scholarship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
2004, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
2003, Montana Arts Council Opportunity Grant
2003, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Opportunity Grant
2002, Best News Photograph, Montana Newspaper Association
2000, Bare Walls Scholarship Endowment, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
O'Toole, Gregory. The Virtual Eq. Learning Environment, A chapter in DEMONSTRATING RELEVANCE: RESPONSE-ABILITY - Theory, practice and imagination of socially responsive communication. Edited: Oliver Vodeb, Ph.D. and Nikola Janović, Ph.D. Publisher: University of Ljubljana and Memefest. Series: Psychology of Everyday Life. Available in English and in Slovene language, 2011.
O'Toole, Gregory. Social Impact of Digital Media and Advertising: A Look at Consumer Control. A chapter in The Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising. Publisher: University of Texas, Austin and IGI Global, 2010. ISBN10: 1605667927.
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
O'Toole, Gregory. "Better Communications Lead to a Decrease in Understanding." A Manifesto for Media Education Project, The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP), Media School at Bournemouth University, Higher Education Funding Council for England, January 2011. http://www.manifestoformediaeducation.co.uk/2011/01/greg-otoole/
O'Toole, Gregory. "The Machined Word." The International Journal of the Arts in Society, Vol 2, No. 3. ISSN 1833-1866. Common Ground Publishing. 2007.
O'Toole, Gregory. "The Machined Word" (abstract). National Communication Association Human Communication Technology pision, May 1, 2008.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Multimedia-Casting Syndication for Educational Purposes", British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 38 No 5 2007 939-941.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Podcasting in Law School", Learning Technology; IEEE, Vol. 8, Issue 1/2, January/April 2006.
BOOKS
O'Toole, Gregory. The Legitimation Problem, From the Eradication of the Metanarrative to the End of the 20th Century, Civic Media Press, 2011, ISBN 0-9711125-4-1.
O'Toole, Gregory. The Last Modern Day Road Worn Think Tank Bazaar: A Memoir, Civic Media Press, 2011, ISBN 0-9711125-5-X.
O'Toole, Gregory. Electromania, Observations from Inside a Media-Rich Culture: Jack Kerouac to the Present, Civic Media Press, 2011, ISBN 0-9711125-7-6.
O'Toole, Gregory. Electromania. Rocky Mountain Communication Review, University of Utah, 5(1), 75-75. July 7, 2009, ISSN 1542-6394.
O'Toole, Gregory. Quantumedia, Cultural Considerations in the Age of Information, RMS Civic Media Press, 2011, ISBN 0-9711125-4-55555.
O'Toole, Gregory. Big City Freight Train Blues, Denver Poems. Ghost Road Press, 2005: ISBN 0-9760729-6-3.
O'Toole, Gregory. Outlaw, American Poems on the Run. Ed. Sam Compton and Kara Tatone. Denver: Number Nine Books, 2003: ISBN 0-9711125-1-7.
O'Toole, Gregory. Say No More, Poetry from the Back Roads and Blue Highways (...) Prophet. Boulder: RMS Books, 2001: ISBN 0-9711125-0-9.
O'Toole, Gregory. The Gadabout Letters Highway Insights and Lifelike Correspondence Letters 2000 - 2005. 775 ppg. Number Nine Arts & Books Denver 2005.
ANTHOLOGIES
O'Toole, Gregory. Open Windows 2005. Ghost Road Press, 2005.
O'Toole, Gregory. Chicago Poetry Anthology 2005. Chicago Poetry, August 2005.
O'Toole, Gregory. Green Door House. Number Nine Arts & Books, LLC.
NEWS ARTICLES
O'Toole, Gregory. "Topics In Digital Media" Publisher: Radio-QMX Fast, Faster, Fastest: Relative Speed for Controlled Effect. Radio-QMX, 04 January 2008.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Eloquence of the Great Forgetting." unKnown Zone. DMSpace University of Denver 15 May 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Double Helix 0s and 1s." unKnown Zone. DMSpace University of Denver 31 Mar 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Remediation of the Burn-out John Bender" unKnown Zone. DMSpace University of Denver 25 Feb 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Remembering Smokey" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group July 25, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Roundup Victims & the War on Drugs" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group. July 3, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Wolves, Ranchers & the Words of Louis Armstrong" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group. July 5, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group. May 15, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Ten Years After" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group May 8, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Maybe Sometimes the President Just Wants to Look Good" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group. May 1, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "ANWR: The Maddness Continues" Vagabond Notebook. Flathead Publishing Group. March 2, 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. "iDMAa Focus is Higher Education." DMSpace University of Denver 27 Apr 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Industry Profile: Carrie Mandel." DMSpace University of Denver 4 Feb 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Student Profile: Peet Guercio." DMSpace University of Denver 14 Jan 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "DMOC Looking to Grow." DMSpace University of Denver 07 Jan 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Colorado Saloon Makes History." Clarion University of Denver 28 Oct 2003:2.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Concert Promotes Aiding Women Deal with Body Image." Clarion University of Denver 7 Oct 2003:3.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Science, Astronomy, and the Existence of God." Clarion University of Denver 26 Sept 2003.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Prescribed Island Burn Goes Well." Lake County Leader 2 May 2002:B7.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Fire on the Island." Bigfork Eagle 24 Apr 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Skateboarding is Not a Crime." Bigfork Eagle 3 Apr 2002:9.
SINGLE POEMS
O'Toole, Gregory; "Uptown Downtown Rhapsody" Westword. Jan 4 2007: 17.
O'Toole, Gregory; "A Painted St. Jude" Open Windows 2005. Ghost Road Press. (2006 Colorado Book Award Finalist)
O'Toole, Gregory. "Two Candles". Chicago Poetry 2005 Literary Anthology. Chicago Poetry, 2005.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Some Day I'll be as Good as Billy Collins." Green Door House May/June (2003):1.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Sun Dried Tomato and She Smiled." Bigfork Eagle 8 May 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Since 3300 Miles." The National Library of Poetry. Ed. Alyssa R. Stokes. Owings Mills, MD: Watermark Press, 1998.
SHORT STORIES
O'Toole, Gregory. "Enter: Barry from the Mandolin Diaries." Green Door House July/Aug (2003):1.
O'Toole, Gregory. "The Muse of Unemployment." Green Door House Mar/Apr (2003):1.
O'Toole, Gregory. "The Psychology of Comedy." Green Door House Jan/Feb (2003):1.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Mayhem Narrowly Averted in Wisconsin." Telluride Daily Planet 7 Nov 2001:2.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Last Chance Before Sunrise." Telluride Daily Planet 7 Mar 2001:2.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Gerome Morrow Proposed to Me the Greatest Con in History." A Radio-QMX e-publication
O'Toole, Gregory. "Heroes, Influences, and then There's Hunter." A Radio-QMX e-publication.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Colfax Shooting." A Radio-QMX e-publication.
VISUAL ARTWORK (PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTINGS, POSTERS, DIGITAL COLLAGE)
O'Toole, Gregory. "Theft in a Poor Fad Foolish Nation" The Art Institutes Gallery, 2011.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Eastern Pennsylvania Sidewalk Storyteller's Bench." The Adirondack Review. Summer 2008. Black Lawrence Press, New York.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Observations on Bacilus Typhosus in Its Filterable State" New York Times, Technology. Barnaby J. Feder, Feb 1, 2008.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Observations on Bacilus Typhosus in its Filterable State" Nanoart of the Day, blog~nano: Nanoscale Materials and Nanotechnology 2007.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Television" International Digital Media and Arts iDEAs Exhibit Catalog 2006.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Crybaby Ranch." Ghost Road Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9778034-4-9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "What Really Happened" Ghost Road Press, 2005. ISBN 0-9760729-1-2.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Chicago Architecture and Light Abstractions" (part of a series of mobile phone photographs) cellBYTES, Austrailia, October 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Phone Call" Robert Canaga Gallery, 2003.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Theft in a Poor Fad Foolish Nation" Blue Pearl Press. New York, New York. Mar 2007.
O'Toole, Gregory. Saturday Night at the Bohemian Hall, Mandan, North Dakota, August 2007.
O'Toole, Gregory and Number Nine Arts + Books, LLC. "Fly Fishing". Ben Suchy, Suchy Records, 2006.
O'Toole, Gregory and Number Nine Arts + Books, LLC. "Head for Home". Ben Suchy, Suchy Records, 2004.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Near Creston Montana" Green Door House July/Aug (2003): 1.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Drunk Still Life." Entertainment Now 28 Nov 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Midwest Dairy Cow." Oil on wood panel. Bigfork Eagle Mar 2002.
O'Toole, Gregory. Aspen Magazine. Christmas Tree Illustrations. Holiday Issue, Winter 1998-9. 45.
O'Toole, Gregory. Aspen Magazine. Martini Article Illustrations. Holiday Issue, Winter 1998-9. 68.
O'Toole, Gregory. "After the Fires." Bigfork Eagle 28 Aug 2002:13.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Bill Sears." Environmental Portrait. Bigfork Eagle 28 Aug 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Migrant Workers in Flathead Valley." Bigfork Eagle 31 July 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Joseph/Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." Entertainment Now 27 June 2002: Cover+8.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Emergency Crews on Hwy 35 II." Bigfork Eagle 26 June 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Male Red-Winged Black Bird." Bigfork Eagle 19 June 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Little Shop of Horrors." Entertainment Now 6 June 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "White Water Festival Program." Flathead Publishing Group 1 June 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Tirzah Ballard, Tennis." Hungry Horse News 23 May 2002:B4.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Kats in State Tournament." Hungry Horse News 23 May 2002:B4.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Lake MacDonald." Bigfork Eagle 22 May 2002:Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Emergency Crews on Hwy 35 I." Bigfork Eagle 15 May 2002:Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Fire on the Island." Bigfork Eagle 24 Apr 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Flathead Lake Pollution" Bigfork Eagle Apr 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Fred Newcomb." Artist1s Photo Story. Bigfork Eagle 17 Apr 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Miss Rodeo Montana." Entertainment Now 4 April 2002: Cover+.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Skateboarding is Not a Crime." Bigfork Eagle 3 Apr 2002:9.
O'Toole, Gregory. "Vernon Turner War Hero." Photo Story. Bigfork Eagle 27 Mar 2002:9.
ACADEMIC INTERNET POSTS
O'Toole, Gregory; "Addendum: Poems of Media Ecology" Media Ecology Association (2007)
O'Toole, Gregory; "Baudrillard and Iraq" Media Ecology Association (2007)
INTERVIEWS
On 'Big City Freight Train Blues' Ghost Road Press, May 2005.
PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS, PARTNERS, CONTRACTS BY INDUSTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL
Sunoco, Inc.
ENTERTAINMENT
Harpo Studios (The Oprah Winfrey Show)
Aspen Magazine
Excalibur, Chicago
NEWS MEDIA
New York Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Denver Post
Telluride Daily Planet
Whitefish Pilot
Missoulian
Bigfork Eagle
Lake County Leader
Entertainment Now
University of Denver Clarion
Denver Westword
Daily Inter Lake
ADVERTISING, MARKETING & RETAIL
Gaston Advertising
Ambrosi Black Dot, Inc.
Sears Holdings Corporation
TECHNOLOGY
SDI Chicago
Aspen Group
Qwest
USG
NIIT
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Creation Chamber / Xylem Interactive
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Number Nine Foundation
Compass House Boulder
Hyatt Regency Chicago AIDS Auction
ARTS, LITERATURE & CULTURE
National Endowment for the Arts
Montana Arts Council
Ben Suchy, Musician
Green Door House
Ghost Road Press
Gallery 1633, Chicago
Robert Canaga Gallery, Portland
Rhonda Schaller Gallery, New York
Blue Perl Press, New York
Chicago Poetry Anthology
Kotka Photographic Center, Kotka, Finland
Adirondack Review
Jest Gallery, Montana
Buffalo Trails Gallery, Montana
International Memefest
Cellbytes, Australia
Artocracy
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
Symes Historic Hotel, Montana
Bigfork Art Museum, Montana
Raptors of the Rockies Benefit Auction, Montana
Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Montana
Coffee Traders & Saddest Pleasure Books, Montana
Art Chicago Open
Purgatory Mountain 1st Annual Art Exhibition and Wine Tasting, Colorado
ACADEMIA
The Pennsylvania State University
European Graduate School
The British Journal of Educational Technology
IEEE Computer Society
The International Journal of the Arts in Society
The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
Enterprise Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd.
National Communication Association, Human Communication Technology pision
International Digital Media & Arts Association
University of Denver
University of Montana
ITT Technical Institute
Georgetown College
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Baker College Online
The National Library of Poetry
Chicago Public Library
University of California at Berkeley
Northwestern University
John Carroll University
University of Chicago
Columbia College
The Poetry Center at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Pennsylvania State University, Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts and Architecture
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division, Full Time Faculty, Department of Web Design & Interactive Media, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Loyola University Chicago, Visiting Lecturer Digital Media & Advertising, Chicago, Illinois
University of Denver, Adjunct Professor, Visiting Lecturer, Digital Media Studies / Electronic Media Art and Design, Denver, Colorado
Long Island University Brooklyn, New York, Visiting Lecturer, Digital Media & Educational Technology
Baker College Flint, Michigan, Adjunct Instructor Online and Graduate Studies, Department of Information Systems
TALKS / SEMINARS / CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"Managing Web Content Provider Groups" Plone Symposium East, PSU, May 2012 (submitted)
"Research Poster Workshop" Population Research Institute, PSU, March 2012
"The Future of the Web: Concepts in Design & Development," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, March 2012
"Managing Web Content Provider Groups" Plone Users Group, PSU, February 2012
"Applications in Neuroresponse to Media Consumption," (applied only), SIGGRAPH Vancouver, BC, August 2011
"The Future of the Web: Practicum," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, May 2011
"The Future of the Web: Concepts," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, April 2011
"Free Open Source Software: A Practicum, Using Joomla!," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, March 2011
"Free Open Source Software: A Brief History and Concept," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, February 2011
"Critique in Writing," The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, October 2010
5th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Technology, Mauritius, 5-7 January, 2009
2nd International Conference on the Arts in Society, University of Kassel, Germany, August 22-24, 2007
Arts and Society, University of Kassel, Germany, 2007
iDEAs, International Digital Media & Arts Conference, National University, San Diego, California, 2006
COURSES AUTHORED
PHOTO100: Introduction to Photography, College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University
WT1320: Intro to Programming
IMD404: Content Management Systems
WD220 Animation & Storyboarding for the Web (online course) ITT Technical Institute. J. Wiley & Sons Publishers, Inc. (2007)
GR300: Graphic Design Production Process I (classroom, Course Author) ITT Technical Institute. J. Wiley & Sons Publishers, Inc. (2007)
DMST 3900: Special Topics: Personal Media Development (classroom, Course Author) Digital Media Studies Department course catalog, University of Denver (2006)
DMST 3900: Special Topics: Environmental Media (hybrid) Digital Media Studies Department course catalog, University of Denver (2006)
COURSES TAUGHT/TEACHING
PHOTO100: Introduction to Photography, College of Arts & Architecture, Penn State University
IMD312: Introduction to Programming
IMD315: Theory and Practice of Interactive System Design
IMD212: Basic Web Scripting
DMST 3900: Special Topics: Personal Media Development, eMAD, Digital Media Studies, University of Denver (classroom)
GA211: Image Editing for Games
GD211: Image Editing
GD280: Advanced Portfolio
INF111: Information Systems Theory
INF131: Internet & the WWW, Information and Computer Science, Baker College (online)
GRC131A: Introduction to Graphic Imaging
IMD131: Screen Design and Graphics
IMD311: Sophmore Portfolio
IMD130: Writing for Multimedia
IMD313: Instructional Design Theory
SERVICE
Web Usability Consultant, Frontline®, Digital Initiative, PBS
Founder/Moderator, Ai Open Source User Group/Brown Bag Seminar Series on Contemporary Web Topics, 2011-
Assistant Editor, The International Journal of the Arts in Society (past)
Assistant Editor, The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability (past)
Assistant Editor, National Communication Association, Human Communication and Technology Division (past)
