Curriculum Vitae

Michael R. Nutt, born July 30, 1979 in Jackson, MS

Education

M.S., Information Science, expected completion spring 2011
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership, 2008
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work

B.A., Communication Studies, 2004
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Media Studies/Production emphasis
cumulative GPA 3.57; major GPA 3.93

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Employment and Work History

Information and Technology Resource Center Lab Assistant, starting August 2009
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Support School currently ranked #1 by US News and World Report

Multimedia Technician, August 2005-August 2009
Communication Studies Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Support undergraduate Media Production program for 800-student department, third largest department in the College of Arts and Sciences
• Train faculty and students to use media production equipment
• Manage and repair $.5M equipment inventory
• Supervise two student employees in an equipment room that checks out 1938 pieces of equipment per semester
• Increased students' digital camcorder usage by 24%

Assistant Manager/Disc Jockey, June 2002-February 2008
WXYC, Chapel Hill, NC
• Served as Special Events Director
• Interviewed, hired, trained, and mentored new DJs
• Wrote articles for In/Audible magazine
• Wrote reviews for rotated albums
• Hosted regularly scheduled variety show

Bartender, September 2004-November 2006
Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC

Reporter, September 2004-May 2005
WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC
• Produced daily What You're Saying series
• Researched, reported, and produced 2-3 stories daily for morning news show
• Conducted and edited interviews

Field Representative, August 2004-April 2005
eMusicLive
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
• Negotiated recording contracts with bands playing at Cat's Cradle
• Recorded live concerts
• Marketed and sold eMusicLive products

Administrative Assistant, March 2004-May 2004
Center for Educational Development and Informatics
School of Dentistry, UNC-CH
• Executed digital transfer of film slides
• Managed front reception desk

Intern, May 2003-August 2003
Merge Records, Durham, NC

Lead Grocery Clerk, June 2000-2002
Weaver Street Market, Carrboro, NC

Head Waiter/Corporate Opener, September 1999-June 2000
Amerigo, Jackson, MS
• Supervised morning wait staff 5 days a week
• Trained and counseled new servers
• Evaluated restaurant operations
• Directed new wait staff for the opening of a new Amerigo restaurant

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Professional Qualifications

Audio/Video Equipment

Over three years professional experience repairing, maintaining, and operating:
• Sony and Panasonic HDV cameras
• Sony and Canon miniDV cameras
• Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, AKG, Shure, Electro-Voice microphones
• Fostex, Tascam, Marantz digital audio recorders
• Lowel, Mole-Richardson, and Kliegl studio and field lighting equipment
• various digital SLR cameras, Super 8mm cameras, 16mm film cameras and projectors

Multimedia Software

Adobe Photoshop, Audition, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat; Apple Final Cut Pro, Sountrack
Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, iMovie, Garageband; Digidesign Pro Tools; Audacity

Additional Computer Experience

Mac OS X, Windows XP, HTML, CSS, Swift Publisher, Blogger, Google Apps, TikiWiki CMS, Microsoft Office Suite

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Honors and Awards

2009

Scholar, Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory Scholars program, hastac.org
Juror, Carolina Film Festival, UNC-CH
Recipient, Friend of the Department Award, Department of Communication Studies, UNC-CH
Juror, Student Documentary Contest and Screening for fellowships to Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, UNC

2008

Juror, Advanced Projects Course, Department of Communication Studies, UNC
Juror, ScreenArts Annual Student Film Festival, UNC
Juror, Eva Marie Saint-Jeffrey Hayden Media Award, UNC

2007

Juror, ScreenArts Annual Student Film Festival, UNC
Juror, Eva Marie Saint-Jeffrey Hayden Media Award, UNC

2004

James C. Lampley Award for Excellence in Multimedia, UNC-CH

2003

Golden Ear Award, Duke University, Durham, NC

2002

Employee of the Month, Weaver Street Market, Carrboro, NC

1997

Finalist, National Merit Scholarship, Murrah High School, Jackson, MS

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Publications and Web Projects

radicaLISm: the zine of radical library and information science
http://www.ils.unc.edu/~nutt/files/radicalism.pdf
February 2010
• Editor-in-chief
• Author, The Creative Commons License Is For Rich People

HASTAC Scholar blog
http://www.hastac.org/blogs/mikenutt
August 2009-present
• blogger for the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory

Growing the New Technopolis
http://thenewtechnopolis.edublogs.org
March 2008-present
• Contributing blog author
• Website goal is to promote scholarship, civic engagement & social entrepreneurship through technology integration
• writing team includes Doug Edmunds, Assistant Dean for IT at the UNC School of Law and Robert Bradley, Director of Technology Integration at Tennessee State University

http://wikumentary.net
December 2007-present
• Creator of web project to explore community development through the intersection of wikis and documentaries
• Administer TikiWiki CMS based website
• Author of On Wikumentary blog

Nutt, M. and Schwartz, G. (2008). The Story Economy: Digital Storytelling in Community and Economic Development. 5th Prato Community Informatics & Development Informatics Conference 2008: ICTs for Social Inclusion: What is the Reality? (ISBN 978-0-9581058-4-2). Caulfield, East Australia: Centre for Community Networking Research.

Nutt, M. and Kirven, K. (2007). Carboy: A Five Gallon Bucket of Homebrew for the Masses. Self-published zine.

Heather
http://www.unc.edu/~nutt/heather.html
• Author of interactive autobiography
• Programmed multimedia interactivity with Flash
• Completed as capstone project for Interactive Media class with Joyce Rudinsky

Nutt, M. (2004). West Coast Waves. In/Audible, vol. 3, Fall.

Stewards of the Land
http://stewardsoftheland.org/
May 2002-April 2003
• Audio producer for 5 profiles of organic/sustainable farmers
• Recorded oral histories

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Exhibits and Screenings

2010

"A Slow Finger"
WXYC Locally Produced Digital Music Showcase, C.H.A.T. Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Running time: 3:54
Media: digital audio

"Disestablishmentarianism"
C.H.A.T. Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Running time: 4:41
Media: high definition digital video, super 8 film, miniDV, document scans

2006

Fire! Patty Learns What to Do, 3:20, Super 8 film and audio, Attack of the 50' Reels, Carrboro, NC

2004

Acquisition, 4:00, audio, ScreenArts Annual Student Film Festival
The Body Electric, 15:20, audio, Johnston Center Multimedia Festival

2003

Stewards of the Land, multiple audio documentaries, Century Center, Carrboro, NC
Stewards of the Land, multiple audio documentaries, Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro, NC

Scholarships and Grants

2009

Michael Hooker Fellowship, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-CH

2008

$500 International Conference Award, Center for Global Initiatives, UNC
$500 Staff Development Grant, Department of Communication Studies, UNC-CH

2004

$1790 Escheats Grant, UNC-CH
$2000 Pell Grant, UNC-CH
$650 Tuition Grant, UNC-CH

2002

$500 Tuition Grant, UNC-CH

2001

$500 Tuition Grant, UNC-CH

1997

$3275 Presidential Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

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Community Involvement

Present

Volunteer, Growing Healthy Kids Project, Carrboro, NC

Past

Volunteer Board Operator, June 2004-August 2004, Golden Hours Radio
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR

President, March 1996-August 1997
Lakeshore Congregational Methodist Church Youth Group, Jackson, MS

Professional Affiliations

Present

Member, UNC General Alumni Association
Member, American Society for Information Science and Technology
Member, ScreenArts Executive Committee, UNC-CH
Participant, Community Informatics Research Network

Past

Member, Interdepartmental Communication Committee, Weaver Street Market, Carrboro, NC