PERSONAL

DeVos Communication Center
Grand Rapids, MI
brian.fuller@calvin.edu

1810 East Beltline Avenue
19546-5951  USA
616.526.8787

 

  EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Drama (Film and Video Production), University of North Carolina at Greensboro. May 1992.
Course Work Includes: Animation History and Production; Broadcast Management; Charlie Chaplin and Silent Comedy; Directing for the Stage; Drama Theory and Criticism; Electronic Music; Film and Television Lighting; Film Theory; Media Aesthetics/Structural Analysis; Video Editing; Women and Film; Writing for Film and Television.
Additional Post-Graduate Training: Avid Video Editing; ProTools Audio Editing (101, 110, 201, 210P)
Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication (Broadcasting and Cinema), University of North Carolina at Greensboro. December 1986.
Course Work Includes: Broadcast Electronics; Cinematography; Communication in Society; Communication Theory; Development of Broadcasting; Development of Cinema; Directing for Television; Freedom of Speech and Censorship; John Ford and the American Western; News and Documentary in Broadcasting and Cinema; Radio/TV/Cinema Media Workshop; Radio and Television Announcing; Science Fiction in Broadcasting and Cinema; Speech Performance; Television Production
Associate of Arts, Montreat-Anderson College. June 1983.

 

  TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences,
Calvin College. July 2005 to present.
Courses Taught: Introduction to Video Production; Oral Rhetoric; Multi-Camera Production; Audio Design and Aesthetics; Advanced Media Production; Independent Study in Media Production; Multi-Sensory Worship (DCM)
Associate Professor of Communication,
Montreat College. April 1998 to May 2003.
Courses Taught: The American Western (an Elderhostel course); Applied Stage Directing; English Composition; Development of Broadcasting; Development of Cinema (see a sample syllabus here); Editing Workshop; Field Education; Graphic and Photojournalism; Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Acting; Introductory and Intermediate Journalism; Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Stagecraft; Principles of Speech; Public Affairs Communication; Novels into Film.
Assistant Professor of English Communication,
Montreat College. August 1992 to April 1998.
Courses Taught: Applied Stage Directing; English Composition; Development of Broadcasting; Development of Cinema; Editing Workshop; Field Education; Graphic and Photojournalism; Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Acting; Introductory and Intermediate Journalism; Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Stagecraft; Oral Interpretation; Principles of Speech; Public Affairs Communication; Public Speaking and Presentation; Theater Practicum.
Internship Supervisor and Private Tutor.
As head of an independent corporate video production company, I supervised interns provided by the University of North Carolina and oversaw extracurricular projects in Beginning Cinematography and Video Editing. January to August 1992.   That continues to the present, as I supervise student interns from Montreat College.
Graduate Instructor,
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Courses taught: Advanced Film Laboratory; Development of Broadcasting; News and Documentary in Broadcasting and Cinema. September 1991 to May 1992.
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Course taught: Development of Cinema. September 1990 to May 1991.