Michella Rivera-Gravage
1010 Alabama Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
mriverag[AT]ucsc[DOT]edu

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz
MFA Candidate: Digital Arts/New Media, 2004-2006

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley
Majors: Rhetoric and Women’s Studies
Minor: Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts Degree, May 1998

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, 9/04 – 11/05
Lead weekly discussions, grade all papers and exams, hold office hours. Courses included:

Research Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, 1/05 – present Research funding opportunities, bibliography information, cultural development in mobile technologies and network theory for Assistant Professor David Crane.

Research Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, 6/05 – 8/05 Research community computing, low cost media tools technology and alternative economies in Buenos Aires for Associate Professor Sharon Daniel.

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Postproduction Supervisor, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California, 2/00 – 8/04 Work extensively with independent artists and nonprofit clients to coordinate their postproduction pathways.

Video Internship Coordinator, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California, 2/00 – 2/01 Manage eight interns, maintain the student database, organize the library and resource center, maintain the jobs page of the web site, manage reception.

Office Manager/Receptionist, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California, 9/99 – 2/00 Coordinate most office systems including supplies office equipment, mail, parking needs and phone system, assist with plant management, manage reception supervise administrative duties of interns.

Business Office Assistant, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California Prepare deposits, maintain invoices, communicate with vendors, order and maintain office supplies for museum, maintain office equipment, mail distribution, assist bookstore manager, supervise office and bookstore assistants, reception work. 6/98 – 9/99

Guest Curator , San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, California, 1/99 – 6/99 Select and program work for one screening in the Eyes Wide Open series. Design flyer, communicate with filmmakers. Write press release, publicize screening.

Screening Committee Member, National Asian American Telecommunications Association, San Francisco, California, 9/98 – 12/98, 9/99 – 1/00 View and assess all works submitted for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, write program notes.

CONFERENCES
"P/Laying train tracks: the Aural Renovation of Commuter Space," First Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Santa Cruz, 2 June 2005.

HONORS
Best Presentation, First Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Santa Cruz, 2 June 2005.

PUBLICATIONS
53/Our Girls/I am Now the Chaste Specter. Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers. Eds. Nick Carbσ and Eileen Tabios. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
litany no. m. Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images. Eds. Evelina Galang, et al. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2003.
Is This Your Train? Babaylan Speaks. Online Journal. February 2003

FILM EXHIBITIONS
Raining Ash, New York Mix Festival, 2001.
Raining Ash, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 2000.
Raining Ash, Visual Communication Film Festival, 2000.

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