Zack Denfeld

Zack Denfeld

Part Time Faculty at Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland, Oregon Area

Current
Past
  • Neighborhood Studios at Greater Hartford Arts Council
Education
  • University of Michigan
  • Syracuse University
Connections
50 connections
Industry
Design
Websites

Zack Denfeld’s Experience

  • Part Time Faculty

    Pacific Northwest College of Art

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    December 2008Present (2 months)

    Digital Tools & Introduction to Contemporary Art and Design

  • Artist in Residence

    Srishti School of Art Design & Technology

    (Design industry)

    May 2007Present (1 year 9 months)

    Designed and implemented a transdisciplinary curriculum for a postgraduate program at the Center for Experimental Media Arts at an artist-run lab space.

    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. Conducted research and carried out projects on urban computing and information ecology. (http://cema.srishti.ac.in)

    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. Served as an advisor on two undergraduate
    diploma review committees. (http://srishti.ac.in)

  • Emerging Economy Analyst

    CKS

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    May 2006Present (2 years 9 months)

    Managed and co-edited the seven country study The Emerging Economy Report, a design and business innovation report for companies investing and designing for the base of the pyramid. Conducted the field research for the Brazil section of
    the report in and around Sao Paulo over a 10 day period. Lead the information design and innovation strategy efforts, co-edited and marketed the report. My research focused on mobile media ecologies, informal economies and user driven design for the base of the pyramid. (http://emergingeconomyreport.com)

    In addition to the report, I managed and hosted Pecha Kucha, trained new employees, facilitated user research sessions, and created customized web tools for collecting and managing design ethnographies between offices. (http://cks.in)

  • Graduate Student Instructor

    University of Michigan

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 2004May 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 2005December 2006 (2 years)

    Helped faculty and graduate students integrate multimedia, publishing and bibliographic software into their research and teaching.

  • Columnist

    The Michigan Daily

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

    September 2004May 2005 (9 months)

    Weekly columnist for the student newspaper.

  • Neighborhood Studios

    Greater Hartford Arts Council

    (Arts and Crafts industry)

    May 2001August 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

  • University of Michigan

    MFA, Creative Work, 20042007

  • Syracuse University

    B.A., Policy Studies, 20002004


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Zack Denfeld’s Interests:

noise, silence, wetlands

Zack Denfeld’s Groups:

  •    Green Building Connect

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