Part Time Faculty at Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Adjunct Faculty at Pacific Northwest College of Art
- Artist in Residence at Srishti School of Art Design & Technology
- Emerging Economy Analyst at CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
- Past
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- Graduate Student Instructor at University of Michigan
- Software Consultant at Knowledge Navigation Center
- Columnist at The Michigan Daily
- Neighborhood Studios at Greater Hartford Arts Council
- Education
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- University of Michigan
- Syracuse University
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Zack Denfeld’s Experience
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Adjunct Faculty
Pacific Northwest College of Art
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Taught five courses at the Pacific Northwest College of Art including a first time offering Art History: New Media for upper division and graduate students. Other classes included Art, Design & Contemporary Society, Digital Tools, and 2D Design.
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Artist in Residence
Srishti School of Art Design & Technology
(Design industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Designed and implemented a trans-disciplinary curriculum for a postgraduate program studies at the Centre for Experimental Media Arts, an artist-run lab space focusing on ecology, technology and cities. Recruited and advised the first two cohorts of students, co-taught seminars and studios, and oversaw the first year of the program. Managed the physical and digital infrastructure of the lab. Organized the Bangalore Space and Culture Symposium and managed a BioArts wet lab at the National Centre for Biological Sciences.
Wrote course outlines and taught project-based classes at the undergraduate level for a newly implemented project-based foundation curriculum. Lead a month-long field research course for 20 students in Bhuj, India.
Conducted research and co-taught a course on urban computing for informal settlements in the Drishya alternative school with collaborators from the MIT Media Lab. -
Emerging Economy Analyst
CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
(Privately Held; Design industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Managed the seven country study The Emerging Economy Report, a business innovation report for companies designing information products and services for users at the urban and rural base of the pyramid. Conducted field research in Sao Paulo, Brazil, including home visits, user ethnographies and visual research.
Co-edited the Report, leading the informal urbanism, information design and innovation strategy efforts. Continued research includes focus on the informal economy, urban sustainability in emerging economies and mobile services for the countries at the base of the pyramid.
Responsible for training of new employees, facilitated user research sessions, and created customized web tools for collecting and sharing design research between offices in Delhi and Bangalore and public and private researchers in the U.S and Europe. Other projects have included rural health initiatives, ethnography of transportation in India, and interactive services -
Graduate Student Instructor
University of Michigan
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Taught discussion sections of the following classes in the School of Art & Design:
Art & Design Perspectives: Technology and the Environment
Art & Design Perspectives: Society
Art & Design Perspectives: Philosiphy -
Software Consultant
Knowledge Navigation Center
(Libraries industry)
January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )
Helped faculty and graduate students integrate multimedia, publishing and bibliographic software into their research and teaching.
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Columnist
The Michigan Daily
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Weekly columnist for the student newspaper.
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Neighborhood Studios
Greater Hartford Arts Council
(Arts and Crafts industry)
May 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 4 months)
Helped Managed, provided instruction, and did marketing for an educational program run by the Greater Hartford Art Councils that converted abandoned storefronts into art studios where high school students were paid to work with master artists creating art for sale and performing in public.
Zack Denfeld’s Education
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University of Michigan
MFA , Creative Work , 2004 — 2007
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Syracuse University
B.A. , Policy Studies , 2000 — 2004
Additional Information
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Zack Denfeld’s Interests:
noise, silence, wetlands
Zack Denfeld’s Groups:
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Green Building Connect
Zack Denfeld’s Contact Settings
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