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About John Duvall

John Duvall, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Communications at Dominican University of California. He is the author of "Savage Messiah: Ken Russell’s Forgotten Masterpiece"; "Elemental as Mythic and Existential Parable"; and the book The Environmental Documentary: Cinema Activism in the 21st Century. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled Peak Oil and Transition: The Making of a Documentary Video. John previously worked in motion picture sound effects post-production in Hollywood, and is a graduate of the USC Cinema Program.

Positions

2004 - Present Associate Professor, Dominican University of California ‐ Department of Communication and Media Studies
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1997 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Elon University ‐ Department of Journalism and Communications
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1994 - 1996 Associate Instructor, Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Department of Telecommunications
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1982 - 1983 Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California ‐ Department of Cinema
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2007 - 2011 Doctoral Support Grant
Dominican University of California
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Honors and Awards

  • Sabbatical – Updating of Dominican’s AASHE STASRS sustainability assessment report (Fall 2015)
  • Semi-Finalist, Script Magazine Open Door Contest, 2002
  • Quarter-Finalist, Writer’s Network Screenwriting Competition

Education

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2011 Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies ‐ Transformative Studies
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1996 M.S., Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Department of Telecommunications
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1983 M.F.A., University of Southern California ‐ Department of Cinema
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1973 B.A., Indiana University - Bloomington ‐ Department of English
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Contact Information

Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901

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Articles (1)

Dissertation (1)

Books (1)

Presentations (9)

Professional Film/Video Production and Screenplays (11)