Resume

• 2004

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Founding member

  president

  and treasurer of Native American Students in Advanced Academia (NASAA) 2001 - 2009\nGraduate student representative

  Tribal Summit Planning Committee 2007 - 2009\nGraduate student representative

  House of Knowledge planning committee 2007-2009\nDepartment of Communication Graduate Senator

  the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) 2007 - 2009\nJudicial committee member

  the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) 2007 - 2008

  Communication

  Founding member

  Inaugural President

  and Treasurer of NASAA: Native American Students in Advanced Academia\nGraduate Senetor and Judicial Board Member of GPSS: The Graduate and Professional Student Senate\nMortar Board Scholar

  University of Washington

• 2001

  MC

  Earned my Masters and PhD in Communication at UW.

  Communication

  Documentary Filmmaking

  Founding member

  Inaugural President

  and Treasurer of NASAA: Native American Students in Advanced Academia

  University of Washington

• 1999

  BS

  Information Systems Management

  Communication Theory Development

  Ways of Speaking

  Fieldwork Research Methods

  Rhetorical Criticism

  Nonverbal Communication

  Designing Internet Research

  International Communication Systems

  Interdisciplinary Communication Theory

  Documentary Theory

  Form

  and Practice

  Communication Scholarship and Public Life

  Documentary Film/Video Research Methods in Native Communities

  Images of Natives in the Cinema and Popular Cultures

  Methods of Inquiry

  Topics in American History

  Indigenous Films

  Sovereign Visions

• Half of Anything

  Half of Anything was my Masters thesis at the University of Washington. The question

  \"What is a REAL Indian?\" seems at first blush to be a simple question about identity. However

  any question about identity is never simple.

  Half of Anything

  Editing

  Digital Media

  Film

  Microsoft Office

  Curriculum Design

  Photography

  Public Relations

  Qualitative Research

  Community Outreach

  Higher Education

  Program Evaluation

  Curriculum Development

  Teaching

  Adult Education

  Video Editing

  Television

  University Teaching

  Grant Writing

  Public Speaking

  Research

  \"Parallel poleis\": Towards a Theoretical Framework of the Modern Public Sphere and Structural Advantages of the Internet to Foster and Maintain Parallel Socio-Political Institutions.

  Taso Lagos

  The role of the internet in large-scale demonstrations

  as witnessed in the Arab Spring

  has been debated and reflects continued interest in the intermingling of social movements and digital technology. Yet behind these large photogenic events stand other less obvious social activities that may be equally profound

  particularly in the form of alternative institutional frameworks that better meet the social needs of individuals than current models. We categorize these “dissident” frameworks as “parallel poleis” as developed by Czech philosopher and activist Vaclav Benda and offer two case studies to support this contention. At the heart of parallel poleis lies the notion that digital technologies are uniquely positioned to reflect and facilitate the political expressions of individuals due to low-cost transactions

  ease of use and large social network reach possibilities. The sociopolitical ramifications of a parallel polis as conceptualizing the social–technical interaction warrants further discussion.

  \"Parallel poleis\": Towards a Theoretical Framework of the Modern Public Sphere and Structural Advantages of the Internet to Foster and Maintain Parallel Socio-Political Institutions.

  Taylor Prather

  ABSTRACT \nThis paper discusses the relationships between contemporary indigenous games and those played historically on Turtle Island. With Sla’hal as an example

  we look for ancestral philosophies informing old games that might be used today in development of new indigenous games of survivance and survivance games. Using indigenous pedagogies of Anishinaabe

  Choctaw and Lushootseed speaking peoples

  in addition to some of Vizenor’s theories

  we modeled the content of this paper with playful formats to encourage readers to think about their own gaming practices. Beginning with story

  we offer a bit of history

  philosophy

  visuals

  a podcast transcript

  and our system of Indigenous Game Tags to assist your creative understandings.

  How Do You Say Watermelon?

  Jonathan

  Tomhave

  Bellevue College

  Eastern Washington University

  Bellevue College

  NDN Players Research Group

  University of North Texas

  Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  The University of Washington

  Northwest Indian College

  DigiPen Institute of Technology

  Denton

  TX

  Assistant Professor

  University of North Texas

  Muckleshoot

  Auburn WA

  Established and expanded course offerings such public speaking

  intercultural communication

  emotional intelligence

  cinema studies

  statistics and environmental courses on site

  plus maintaining core class offerings with Title VI budget cuts\nChampioned the further development of curriculum and practice that addresses the need for economic development at each site\nRevamped Summer credit retrieval program by providing innovative class offerings that better addressed student needs that were also in compliance with state education requirements\nExpanded site’s social media presence to increase site’s profile and enrollment numbers

  Site Manager

  Northwest Indian College

  Bellevue

  WA

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Bellevue College

  Bellevue

  WA

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Bellevue College

  Eastern Washington University

  Seattle

  WA

  Adjunct Lecturer

  The University of Washington

  Kirkland

  WA

  Through the I-BEST program

  I co-developed with English an integrated curriculum that merged Interpersonal Communication with a focus on emotional intelligence and English that focused on accelerating student proficiency by concurrently teaching tiered developmental English education courses with English 101 students with an aim on retention

  Adjunct Instructor

  Lake Washington Institute of Technology

  Redmond

  WA

  Adjunct Professor

  DigiPen Institute of Technology

  Edmonds

  WA

  Co-created and successfully Kickstarted the card game

  Potlatch which was fully funded over 1000% and provided an educational tool for Washington K-12 since time immemorial tribal sovereignty history initiative\nSpearheaded the qualitative arm of product development

  and playtesting through product testing

  surveys

  and interviews\nDeveloped and maintained the promotional social media campaign for Potlatch

  produce the NDN Players Podcast

  and designed and maintain the NDN Players website\nConsulted with game designers such as Galileo Games

  Lumpley Games

  and Evil Hat Productions on culturally appropriate representation in games

  Co-Founding Member

  Researcher

  Game Designer

  and Consultant

  NDN Players Research Group

  The University of North Texas

  Chair

  Native Special Interest Group Network (SIGN)

  The University of North Texas

  Faculty Advisor

  Anthropology Student Association

  English

  Mortarboard Scholarship Fellow

  A $3

  000.00 scholarship to help pay school expenses.

  Mortarboard Scholarship Society

  Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship

  A $3

  000.00 fellowship to conduct research.

  The University of North Texas

  American Indian Graduate Center Fellow

  A $3

  000.00 scholarship to help pay school expenses.

  American Indian Graduate Center