EDUCATION
2011 (degree in progress)
MFA, Media Study
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2009
BA, Summa Cum Laude, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies: Digital Literature and Dynamic Media
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011 (Fall)
Adjunct Professor, Assisting with Large-scale Biosensing Systems I
2011 (Spring)
Lab Assistant, Lab 246/Media Robotics Lab
Teaching Assistant, Wearable Computing
Teaching Assistant, Mobile Media Workshop
2010
Lab Assistant, Lab 246/Media Robotics Lab
Teaching Assistant, Media Robotics 2 (Synthetic Sensing)
Teaching Assistant, Media Robotics 3 (Collective Intelligence)
2009
Lab Assistant, Lab 246/Media Robotics Lab
Teaching Assistant, Media Robotics 3 (Collective Intelligence)
Teaching Assistant, Machine Culture
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011
Fluid Culture Commission, Humanities Institute, The State University of New York at Buffalo
2010
Lois Gibbs Fellowship, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
Dean’s Fellowship, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Sunday Soup Grant, Sugar City (Ecological Disaster Tours)
2009
Dean’s Fellowship, The State University of New York at Buffalo
2008
Ideas for Creative Exploration Project Grant (Meat Out of the Eater)
2007
Ideas for Creative Exploration Seed Grant (Dynamic Reading)
2005-2007
Dean’s List or Presidential Scholar
2006
Phi Beta Kappa
2005
UGA Foundation Fellowship, Premier Undergraduate Scholarship of the University of Georgia
PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
2011
Beyond the Multitude: Scajaquada Drain Toy Boat Float
Commissioned Collaborative Public Performance
Fluid Culture, Humanities Institute, SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Beyond the Multitude: Sewer Study #2
Multimedia Installation
Squeaky Wheel’s Peepshow 2011: It’s Complicated, DNIPRO
Buffalo, NY
2010
Fishsong/Wormsong
Sound Installation
Big Night, Just Buffalo @ Western New York Book Arts Collaborative
Buffalo, NY
Fishsong/Wormsong
Temporary Site-specific Sound Installation
Massachusetts Avenue Project Aquaponics Greenhouse
Buffalo, NY
Beyond the Multitude
Art Exhibit in Coordination with Annual Watershed Clean-up Event
464 Gallery and Blink Gallery
Buffalo, NY
Discover Scajaquada Creek
Prototype Sound Installation and Public Art Proposal (ongoing)
Western New York Book Art Collaborative
Buffalo, NY and Online
http://scajaquada.org
HOOT: Hidden Outfall Observation Tool
Prototype Installation and Project Proposal (ongoing)
Buffalo, NY and Online
Meat Out of the Eater
Multimedia Installation with Lara Glenum, Josef Horáček, Katy Brown
post_moot Festival, Miami University of Ohio
Oxford, OH
Ecological Disaster Tour: WNY
Tour of Western New York’s Ecological Disasters, Environmental Injustices, & Public Health Timebombs
Buffalo, NY
2009
Parktrack
SMS-driven Collaborative Parking Monitoring System
Buffalo, NY and Online
http://jordandalton.com/parktrack
Meat Out of the Eater
Multimedia Installation with Lara Glenum, Josef Horáček, Katy Brown
Open Graduate Studio Opening, SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Meat Out of the Eater
Multimedia Installation with Lara Glenum, Josef Horáček, Katy Brown
&Now Festival of Innovative Writing & Literary Arts, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Buffalo, NY
2008
Dynamic Reading
Collaborative Multimedia Research Project with Professor Margot Ecke and Dr. Jed Rasula
Ideas for Creative Exploration, The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Meat Out of the Eater
Collaborative Multimedia Performance with Lara Glenum, Cal Clements, Mia Mäkilä and others
Ideas for Creative Exploration, The University of Georgia, and Action Books
Athens, GA
Bond Sonnets
Interactive Installation
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
The Saranay Motel
Musician in Film and Accompanying Live Performance
Elliot Earls Residency
Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
2007
Spam Quilt
I [Heart] Net Art, Group Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art
The University of Georgia
Online
Room Poem
No Code, Group Exhibition, Foyer of Lamar Dodd School of Art
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
PRESENTATIONS
2011
“First and Last: The Field of Distribution”
Making, Meaning, and Context: A Radical Reconsideration of Art’s Work, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
[panelist]
“Beyond the Multitude: Psychic Daylighting an Urban Stream”
Staging Sustainability, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, ON
[paper presentation]
2010
“Beyond the Multitude”
Scajaquada Summit, Organized by NY State Senator Antoine Thompson
[panelist]
“Art and Activism”
Power Shift NY 2010, SUNY at Buffalo
[panelist]
2009
“The Margins of Marginalia”
College Book Art Association Conference, The University of Iowa Center for the Book
[panelist]
2008
“Room Poem”
CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Symposium, The University of Georgia
[paper presentation]
2007
“Room Poem”
ICE Open House Night
The University of Georgia
[paper presentation]
The Future of the Book
Round-Table Discussion With Visiting Artist Buzz Spector
The University of Georgia
[panelist]
SERVICE
2011
Graduate Student Association Representative, Environmental Stewardship Committee
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Graduate Student Association Representative, Environmental Task Force
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2010
Secretary, Media Study Graduate Student Association
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Interim Treasurer (June – October), Graduate Student Association
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2009
Secretary, Media Study Graduate Student Association
SUNY at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2008
Volunteer (June – August)
Operation Tech Start (Computer Literacy/Communications Technology for Development NGO)
Tabora Town, Tabora, Tanzania
2007
Volunteer/Visiting Artist (June – August)
Access Space (Open-Access Digital Media Lab)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Pit Member (Bassist)
Urinetown
Department of Theatre and Film Studies, The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
2006
DJ, Music Reviewer (through 2009)
WUOG 90.5 FM
Athens, GA
Sound Designer, Assistant Media Director
Hamletmachine
Department of Theatre and Film Studies
The University of Georgia
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Digital:
C/C++
Java
Unix/Linux
HTML/XHTML/XML
CSS
MySQL
Javascript/AJAX
PHP
Wordpress
Python
Ruby (on Rails)
Perl
Chuck
Pure Data
Max/MSP
Arduino
Processing
Audacity
Adobe Audition
ProTools
Other:
Basic Soldering/Circuit Construction
Upright Bass, Jazz/Improv and Classical