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Filling Station: A Faculty Research Presentation
Fall 2017 Lineup
Pirooz Kalayeh (Visual and Performing Arts): September 29, 12-12:50 pm, in
8-200
Artist and author Pirooz Kalayeh is an Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies
for the Visual and Performing Arts Department. His films include Shopl
ifting From American Apparel, The Human
War, Brad
Warner's Hardcore Zen, and Zombie Bounty
Hunter M.D. His novel The Whopper
Strategies details an advertising executive's journey to
package Enlightenment in a Box. His fifth feature Ctrl Alt Del
is currently in post-production with ILIKENIRVANA Productions. His
bi-monthly podcast with Brad Warner is Once Again Zen. He blogs at Shikow. For his
presentation, Pirooz will discuss the making of The Human War and show
slides and clips from the film.
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Elizabeth Johnston (English/Philosophy): November 17, 12-12:50 pm, in
8-200
An Associate Professor of English at MCC, Elizabeth Johnston received her
PhD in 18th Century British Literature from West Virginia University and has
been teaching college writing and literature for twenty years. Her work on
Medusa has appeared in The Altantic, Yellow Medicine Review, and the
collections Bad Girls And Transgressive Women In Popular Film And
Television (Palgrave 2017) (Palgrave 2017) and Women Versed In
Myth (MacFarland 2016). For her Filling Station presentation, Elizabeth
will "trace the various representations of the iconic figure of Medusa from her
origins in Greco-Roman myth, through the reclamation of Medusa's narrative by
second- and third-wave feminist poets, to the re-appropriation of her story by
late 20th and 21st century film, advertisement, and gaming culture.
Representations of Medusa in popular culture evidence a backlash against
feminist gains." Johnston will also point to "the ways in which powerful women
like Hilary Clinton have historically been aligned with the monstrous female
icon to dismiss and/or vilify their authority."
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Christopher Kumar (Engineering Science and Physics): December 01, 12-12:50
pm, in 8-200
Christopher Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Science and
Physics Department, where he also serves as Department Chair. He received his
MA in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Rochester (2008). He also
holds a BA in Physics from The University of Burma (1992) and a BA in
Biomechanics from The University of Rochester (2003). According to Chris,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is continuously evolving from military
applications, to various industries, to that enjoyed by backyard enthusiasts.
As a result, "The UAV industry expects to bring in over $90 billion by 2020.
Job growth in this area is projected to be extensive for the next ten years."
Chris's Filling Station presentation will focus on how MCC's Engineering
Science and Physics Department has been preparing their students through
extracurricular exposure to UAV-based methods.
Leuzzi, Anthony
English/Philosophy
05/16/2017