Resume

• 2019

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Research Area: Social Media and Digital Technology Impact on Higher Ed Pedagogic Practices

  Educational Leadership

  Higher Education

  Prairie View A&M University

  Business Plan Writing / Entrepreneurship

  Public Speaking for the Non-Native English Speaker

  Introduction to Public Speaking

  Acting for the Camera: Advanced TV and FIlm

  Acting for the Camera: Beginning Acting

  ActWrite: The Script to Screen Boot Camp

  Acting for the Camera: Commercials

• 2014

  LGBT Innovation Summit at the White House

  On July 7th

  a collective of entrepreneurs

  innovators

  and community leaders who share a desire to tackle the major challenges faced by LGBTQ communities through new solutions using technology

  partnerships

  mentorship

  media

  networks

  and creative

  market-driven

  scalable models joined for a day long summit at the White House.

• 2013

  \"Shirts vs. Skins\" follows the life of Dale Michaels

  a trans man \"living stealth\" until a game of pick up basketball changes everything.

  \"Master Piece\" is the story of a man's struggle to face a 100 year old monster he created in 1915. Set in a Los Angeles hotel room in 1915

  a black woman (Red Summer) is helping a white man (Patrick Duffy) tie his necktie and get ready for a night he will never forget. The man: D.W. Griffith. The night: The premiere night of his film The Birth of a Nation\". But who is the woman?

  Terésa

  Prince George's Community College

  Prairie View A&M University

  Dowell-Vest Communications

  University of Virginia

  University of Virginia

  Lone Star College

  Diva Blue Productions & Publications

  American Musical and Dramatic Academy

  California State University

  Dominguez Hills

  Writer

  Producer

  Director

  Filmmaker

  Publisher

  Educator

  Producer / CEO

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Diva Blue Productions & Publications

  Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies

  Teaching original course: From The Drinking Gourd to #BlackTwitter: Social Communication for Social Change

  Visiting Professor

  University of Virginia

  North Harris Campus

  Teaching in the Theater Department

  Adjunct Professor

  Lone Star College

  Hollywood

  CA

  Teach acting and entrepreneurship courses to varying level students:\nBasic Acting: Teaching the beginning actor the fundamentals of working on stage.\nActing for the Camera I: Introduce the beginning actor to the fundamentals ofperforming in front ofthe camera. Monologue work and short two person scenes are used to acquaint actors with the camera and transition them from stage to film.\nActing for the Camera II: Work with the more experienced film actor in advanced scenes. Some multi- camera/tv filming is introduced.\nActing for the Camera III: Teach experienced film actors how to break down commercial copy

  give strong camera slate and profiles to earn more camera time in auditions

  how to use and read cue cards

  and cold readings.\nActing for the Camera IV: Give actors and opportunity to write original material to film.\nEntrepreneurship and the Performing Arts: This class is designed to teach the pro-active actor/creative producer how to write business plans and create their own professional endeavors.

  Professor

  American Musical and Dramatic Academy

  Prairie View

  Texas

  Assistant Professor Of Communication

  Prairie View A&M University

  Largo

  MD

  I teach courses in public speaking and voice/diction. I also work with non-native English speaker and help them add the standard American accent to their skill sets.

  Adjunct Professor

  Prince George's Community College

  Among my many duties and responsibilities as the curator of oral histories and tourism destinations throughout the state

  I created and maintained an online database the VFH shared with the Virginia Tourism Commission. This position was a general faculty position at the University of Virginia

  which I held from January 2000 – October 2002. This is important as it shows my interest and experience leading a program focused in cultivating and preserving history and humanity.

  Program Director

  African American Heritage Program - Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

  Charlottesville

  Virginia Area

  University of Virginia

  Dreams are awesome! \nGoals are motivating! \nBut a DREAM is not a PLAN! \nA PLAN is essential!\n\nI have created a course on Udemy for anyone who has the dream of success but has no plan...a business plan. \n\nThe 7 Step Business Plan That Writes Itself is designed to give you the essential guide to creating a blueprint for your business.\n\nHaving taught this course in higher ed since 2007

  I know the lecture exercises and journal entries will be all you need to create finished business plan. \n\nThe best part: as an introductory offer with Udemy

  I am offering discounts for the first 100 students! \nUsing the following codes: \nTDV_INTROOFFER50 ($50 until 9/18)

  \nTDV_INTROOFFER95 ($95 until 9/30) and\nTDV_INTROOFFER125 ($125 until 10/9)

  \nyou will be able to take the course (reg. $175) for a discounted rate. \n\nYou are going to turn your passionate intangible dream into a tangible business plan!\n\nLINK: https://www.udemy.com/the-7-step-business-plan-that-writes-itself

  Dowell-Vest Communications

  Prairie View A&M University

  Prairie View

  Texas

  Director of Film and Television Production

  Carson

  California

  Teach public speaking course to non-theater majors.

  Adjunct Professor

  California State University

  Dominguez Hills

  National Honor Forensics (Speech and Debate) Fraternity

  Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha

  BEST DIRECTOR \" Piece of My Heart\" by Shirley Lauro at the Morgan Wixson Theater (Santa Monica

  CA) Santa Monica Theater Guild

  Geoffrey Awards

  BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE \"Flyin West\"

  Nominee: BEST DIRECTOR \"Flyin West\" by Pearl Cleage at the Morgan Wixson Theater (Santa Monica

  CA)

  NAACP Theatre Awards

  BEST DIRECTOR \"Flyin' West\"

  BEST DIRECTOR \"Flyin West\" by Pearl Cleage at the Morgan Wixson Theater (Santa Monica

  CA)

  Geoffrey Awards

  BEST SOUND DESIGNER \"Flyin West\"

  BEST SOUND DESIGNER \"Flyin West\" by Pearl Cleage at the Morgan Wixson Theater (Santa Monica

  CA) Santa Monica Theater Guild

  Geoffrey Awards

• 1994

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

  Member of the California Repertory Company

  Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

  Member of the California Repertory Company. Cal Rep House Manager 1996; Cal Rep Public Relations Manager 1997

  California State University-Long Beach

• 1990

  Bachelor's degree

  Was a member of the nationally ranked speech and debate team; was ranked #5 speaker in America (#1 female speaker; #1 African American speaker)

  Theatre/Theater

  Nationally Ranked Public Speaker with the Speech Team

  James Madison University

• PVAMU TV: It's About Time - Ep 203 (President Ruth Simmons)

  Host

  Deandre Nicholson interviews Prairie View A&M University's President

  Dr. Ruth Simmons.

  PVAMU TV: It's About Time - Ep 203 (President Ruth Simmons)

  \"Frederick Douglass Was A Blogger\" - Lesbians Who Tech Summit 2015 @teresadowelvest

  \"Shirts vs. Skins\" a short film by Teresa Dowell-Vest SVS 720 (FINAL/FESTIVAL VERSION)

  Diva Blue Productions and 3.21 Productions Presents a Terésa Dowell-Vest film \"Shirts vs. Skins\" Dale Michael is a successful business man with great friends...

  \"Shirts vs. Skins\" a short film by Teresa Dowell-Vest SVS 720 (FINAL/FESTIVAL VERSION)

  Teresa Dowell-Vest's Bookstore | Blurb Books

  Check out the books of Diva Blue Publications! Novels

  Journals

  and Coffee Table Books by TerĂŠsa Dowell-Vest

  direct plays; act; other support work

  Live Arts (Charlotttesville

  VA)

  Portrait Photography

  Teaching

  Proposal Writing

  College Teaching

  Event Photography

  Creative Writing

  Writing

  Film Production

  Improvisation

  Speech Writing

  Acting

  Feature Films

  Short Films

  Theatre

  Performing Arts

  Film Editing

  Photography

  Drama

  University Teaching

  Digital Photography

  The Box 69: My Photographic Chronicle in Verse

  Song

  and Crayons

  \"The Box 69\" is a photographic coffee table book featuring images of crayons matched with poems

  short stories

  essays and music to express the importance of maintaining a childlike enthusiasm for art as adults.

  The Box 69: My Photographic Chronicle in Verse

  Song

  and Crayons

  “Passage Home” is the story of the day America killed currency

  demolished the Social Security program

  federally issued new tracking numbers for all citizens

  mass deported those who could not prove citizenship

  sealed the borders

  and sent Black Americans back to Africa...in less than a year. Set in the year 2019

  this 400 year anniversary of Africans in America would be like no other celebration we have ever known. \"Passage Home\" looks at what happens when the curtain is pulled back on the relationship between the federal government and large corporations in the name of progress.

  Passage Home

  Director of 15 interviews of women veterans of all the military branches on behalf of the Library of Congress and Congresswoman Donna L. Edwards.