Curriculum Vitae
Michael Bodhi Green
Lecturer
FMS ASU Online Coordinator
Barrett Honors Faculty
Film and Media Studies Program
English Department
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
480.510.9785
EDUCATION
Ø M.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Jan. 2008
o Thesis: The Sepulchral City: A Novel
Ø M.A. Humanities/Film Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Aug. 2006
o Thesis: A Difficult Choice: Deep Cover and African American Cinema in the Early 1990s
Ø B.A. Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, May 2003, Summa Cum Laude
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Ø Lecturer, Film and Media Studies Program, English Department, Arizona State University, Fall 2008 – Present
Ø Faculty Associate, Film and Media Studies Program, Arizona State University, Fall 2007 – Summer
2008
Ø Adjunct instructor, English Department, Mesa Community College, Spring 2007 – Spring 2008
Ø Graduate Teaching Assistant, Film and Media Studies Program, Arizona State University, Fall 2004 –
Present
Ø Graduate Teaching Assistant, Chicana/Chicano Studies Department, Arizona State University, Fall
2005 – Fall 2006
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Ø 2013 – Nominated for ASASU Centennial Professor Award
Ø 2013 – Nominated for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award: Lecturer of the Year
Ø 2012 – Nominated for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award: Lecturer of the Year
Ø 2011 – Nominated for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award: Lecturer of the Year
Ø Awarded ASU Institute for Humanities Research grant as a member of the “Friending Facebook”
Social Media research cluster (2010 – 2011)
Ø 2010 – Nominated for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award: Lecturer of the Year
Ø Sun Devil Award for Service (5 years), 2009
Ø Fellow, 2007, Casa Libra en La Solana Writing Residency, Tucson, Arizona
Ø Fellow, 2007, International Writer’s Retreat, Sankriti Kendra Institute, Delhi, India
Ø Fellow, 2006, Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State, Tempe, Arizona
Ø First place in the ASU long story contest, from the Martindale Educational Foundation, 2005
2002-03 Dean’s Council Scholarship from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT
Arizona State University: Film and Media Studies Program
Ø FMS 522: Los Angeles: Movies and Culture (online)
Ø FMS 511: Screenwriting the Short Film (online)
Ø FMS 506: Race and Gender in American Film (online)
Ø FMS 494: Screenwriting Workshop: Adaptation
Ø FMS 494: Screenwriting Adaptation Studies
Ø FMS 440: Los Angeles: Movies and Culture (in-class and online)
Ø FMS 300: Media and Cultural Studies
Ø FMS 270: Race and Gender in American Film (in-class and online)
Ø FMS 209: Screenwriting Fundamentals (online)
Ø FMS 110: Introduction to New Media
Ø FMS 100: Introduction to Film (in-class and online)
ASU Online Courses Built (through Pearson/Learning Studio)
Ø FMS 209: Screenwriting Fundamentals
Ø FMS 100: Introduction to Film
Ø FMS 270: Race and Gender in American Film (under construction)
FMS Online Flash-Based Distance Learning Courses
Ø FMS 522: Los Angeles, Movies and Culture
Ø FMS 511: Screenwriting - Short Film
Ø FMS 506: Race and Gender in American Film
Ø FMS 440: Los Angeles, Movies and Culture
Mesa Community College: English Department
Ø Instructor: Hum 205—Introduction to Cinema, Spring 2007 – Summer 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Los Angeles, Movies and Culture (edited anthology). Pearson Custom Publishing: 2009
Articles:
Ø “Screenwriting Representation: Teaching Approaches to Writing Queer Characters.” Journal of Film and Video. Ed. Emily Edwards. Volume 64, Nos. 1-2, (spring/summer 2013).
Ø “Securing the Frontier for Whiteness in Tron” in Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability. Johnson Cheu editor. North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2013.
Ø “Glasnost in Space Revisited: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” Bright Lights Film Journal. Ed. Gary Morris. 76 (May 2012). http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/76/76startrek_green.php
Ø “Star Trek Annotated Bibliography” (with Daniel Bernardi), in Oxford Bibliographies Online: Cinema and Media Studies. Ed. Krin Grabbard. New York: Oxford University Press. Article launched 10/28/2011. http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/view/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0138.xml?rskey=vGg9G8&result=50&q=
Ø Book review, Journal of Film and Video, 62.4 (Winter 2010) pp 58-59.
Ø “Awake and Alive: On Twenty Years of Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes,” Chautauqua Literary Review,
4 (June 2007) pp 38-45.
Ø “Distant Horizons: Unpacking the Trend of Setting Novels in Africa,” Marginalia, Vol 2.4 (Spring
2007) pp 27-29.
Ø “Mysterious Alchemies: The Science—and Magic—of Literary Adaptations,” Marginalia, Vol 2.3
(Fall 2006) pp 24-28.
Ø “True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl: Laurie Notaro and the Art of Living Your Art,” (Interview with
Notaro), Marginalia, Vol 2.2 (Spring 2006) pp 13-14.
Ø “Exceptions to the Rule: Russell Banks and the Brave New Novel,” (Interview with Banks)
Marginalia, Vol 2.2 (Spring 2006) pp 38-40.
Ø “Tayari Jones: Emerging Author Profile,” (Interview with Jones), Marginalia, Vol 2.1 (Fall 2005) pp
11-13.
Ø “Gale Force: Kevin Spacey Takes Another Controversial Role in ‘The Life of David Gale,’ and
Wonders if Critics will Cry Politics,” (Interview with Spacey) The State Press Magazine, Feb. 2003.
Ø More than 120 articles, interviews, profiles, editorials, news and sports stories, reviews and letters in such publications as ASU Magazine, The State Press, The State Press Magazine, The Gloucester City News, The Mesa Legend and The Gilbert Tribune.
CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS
Ø Presentation/Workshop of screenplay, “The Correspondents,” at University Film & Video Association national conference Chicago, IL, August 8-10, 2012. Accepted into juried conference and peer reviewed by professional screenwriters.
Ø Paper, “The Indie Infused Blockbuster: Contemporary Hollywood’s Appropriation of the 1990s Independent Cinema Aesthetic,” at Society for Cinema and Media Studies national conference, Boston, March 21-25, 2012.
Ø Presentation/Workshop of Screenplay Treatment, “The Sepulchral City,” at University Film & Video Association national conference Boston, MA, August 3-6, 2011. Accepted into juried conference and peer reviewed by professional screenwriters.
Ø Presenter, “Friending Facebook” Seminar through Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University, April 2011.
Ø Organizer, “Friending Facebook” Seminar through Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University, April 2011.
Ø Co-moderator, screening portion of “The Place of the Dream: US Television 20 Years After Color Adjustment” Screening and Symposium, Arizona State University, February 2011.
Ø Presentation of IHR grant-funded research from “Friending Facebook” Social Media cluster at the
“Faces and Voices of Islam in the Modern World” conference, Arizona State University, October
2010.
Ø Paper, “Citizen Davis: Body and Soul as a Jewish/Leftist Response to Citizen Kane,” at University
Film & Video Association national conference (Champlain), August 2010.
Ø Member, Panel Discussion: “Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy,” Arizona State
University, March 2010.
Ø Presentation and discussion of The Proposition, for the “Westerns with a Difference” film series at the
Phoenix Art Museum, October 2009 (in conjunction with Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture,
ASU).
Ø Panel Moderator, “Working for the Man: How Prime Time Reifies White Cultural Supremacy” at
University Film &Video Association national conference (New Orleans), August 2009.
Ø Paper, “Once More unto the Racial Breach: Shakespeare and Race in Star Trek,” at University Film &
Video Association national conference (New Orleans), August 2009.
Ø Paper, “Screenwriting Sexual Difference,” at University Film & Video Association national conference (Colorado Springs), August 2008.
Ø Presentation and discussion of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for the “Masterpiece Replayed” film series at the Phoenix Art Museum, Feb 2008
SERVICE
Professional Service
Ø Reviewer, W. W. Norton and Company, Looking at Movies, Oct. 2012.
Ø Judge, University Film and Video Conference, Screenwriting Competition, Chicago, IL, August 6-11, 2012.
Ø Reviewer, Continuum Publishing, Hollywoodland: Cinematic California in Film, History and Culture, 2012.
Ø Judge, University Film and Video Conference, Screenwriting Competition, Boston, MA, August 3-6, 2011.
Ø First Respondent, Screenplay “The Right House,” at University Film and Video Conference, Script Workshop, Boston, MA, August 6, 2011.
Ø Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Higher Education Introduction to Film Textbook, 2009 - 2010
Ø Writing seminar at Jadavphur University, Kolkata, India, January, 2007 (through Piper Center for Creative Writing).
Ø Writing seminar at Oxford Bookstore, Delhi, India, January, 2007 (though Piper Center).
Ø Conducted Creative Writing Workshop for “Margins Write,” Daywalka Foundation, Kolkata, India
Jan. 2007 (through Piper Center).
Ø Instructor, Maestra/Maestro Community Outreach program through the Herberger College of the Arts and The Phoenix Theater, Fall 2005 (taught writing and drama to grade school students).
Arizona State University
Ø Appointed FMS ASU Online Coordinator, January 2013
Ø Faculty advisor, FMS student trip to Sundance Film Festival, January 2013
Ø Faculty advisor, FMS student trip to Sundance Film Festival, January 2012
Ø Obama Scholar Mentor, 2010 – 12
Ø Member, Course Evaluation Form Ad-hoc Committee, 2011-2012
Ø Organizer/administrator of Film and Media Studies TA Training, August 2011
Ø Member, FMS Critical Writing and Pedagogy Ad-hoc Committee, 2010
Ø Member, FMS Curriculum Committee, 2009 - 2011
Ø Faculty Advisor and Professor for FMS Study Abroad program at American University in Rome, (taught FMS 340 Contemporary American Film and Popular Culture), summer, 2009.
Ø Member, FMS Freshman Retention Committee, 2008 – 2009
Ø Member, Media Industries Professor Search Committee, Spring 2008 (the search yielded two current
Ø FMS tenured professors)
Ø Member, Student Media Advisory Board, 2005 – 2006
Ø Coordinator, MFA Graduate Reading Series, 2005 – 2006
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Ø Three-day workshop with novelist Russell Banks, fall 2005
Ø Three-day workshop with writer Lee Gutkind, fall 2005
Ø Five-week workshop with Rhodes Lecturer and Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Weiner, 2001
REFERENCES
Dr. Daniel Bernardi, Professor and Chair, Cinema Department, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA| 415.338.7612. |
Dr. Aaron Baker, Director and Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
480.727.0804 |
Dr. Bambi Haggins, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
480.727.0901 |