Todd Chandler CV
City University of New York, College of Staten Island, 2011
Adunct Assistant Professor: Advanced Cinema, Documentary and Post-Production courses with focus on approaches to short form film and video, HD video production, tapeless workflow.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2007-08
Teaching Assistant: Intermediate Video class and Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening class. Responsibilities included teaching lab/studio sections, leading critique and feedback sessions, technical support, office hours for students, and grading.
WITNESS, 2005-2006
Lead Editor and Trainer: Conducted video production and video advocacy trainings with local human rights organizations around the world.
Global Action Project, 2002-2005
•Director, Van Lier Media Artist Fellowship Program, for young media artists.
•Lead Educator: Urban Voices advanced video production program.
•Supervising Editor, World Social Forum 2005 Project: Intergenerationally produced documentary shot on location at the 2005 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
•Pilot Program Director: Horizon Academy, Rikers Island. Piloted digital literacy program for incarcerated young men. Focus on storytelling through digital media.
El Puente Academy For Peace and Justice, 1999-2002
•Media Program Director: Designed program, curriculum and taught classes on multi-media projects, media literacy, documentary production and outreach strategies.
•English Teacher: Developed curriculum for and taught twelfth grade English classes on literature of resistance.
•Human Rights Watch International Film Festival High School Program Liaison: Collaborated with teachers, filmmakers and Human Rights Watch staff to use film in the classroom to inspire dialogue and critical thinking around issues of human rights.
•Designed web-based guide for creating integrated arts projects. [view site]
Paper Tiger Television / Indymedia, 2000
Media Educator, Breaking the Bank. Accompanied 6 youth producers to Washington D.C. for two days of protests and gathering footage for a youth-produced segment of a documentary about the 2000 World Bank / IMF protests.
Al Noor School, 2000-2001
Media Educator, Living in Two Worlds: Worked with 12 students to facilitate the production of a documentary about experiences
growing up in a Muslim community in New York City.
Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, 1998-2001
Designed and conducted workshops on media, culture and identity, featuring work by Educational Video Center and Al Noor School.