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Karen vanMeenen
Karen vanMeenen
Lecturer
A114 Liberal Arts
Phone: (585) 475-6925
Email: kmvgla@rit.edu

PhD Student in Media and Communication
European Graduate School
Master of Arts in Media Studies
The New School (Expected May 2012, with Honors)
Master of Arts in Transformative Language Arts
Vermont College
Graduate of Media Literacy Intentive trainings by Project Looks Sharp and the New Mexico Media Literacy Project
Professional certification as a Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator (Master’s-level clinical degree)
Bachelor of Arts (with Honors) in Literature and Creative Writing
Binghamton University

Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Media Literacy, Visual Literature, Graphic novels, documentary photography, socially aware fine art photography, video installation, Photojournalism and the aesthetics of atrocity

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

EDITOR of Afterimage, The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS (EDITOR; SELECT)
 

The Bookworks of Doug Beube. Forthcoming
 

Nevermore: Poetry and Prose by Edgar Allan Poe, published by Big Pencil Press, Rochester, NY, 2009
 

Light At the End: The Jesus Poems by Lyn Lifshin, published by Clevis Hook Press, Rochester, NY, 2009
 

A Glorious Adventure, by Carter Catlett Williams, published by Pioneer Network in Culture Change, Rochester, NY, 2008
 

Women, Trauma and Visual Expression, by Amy Stacey Curtis. 2005. 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards Finalist (Psychology/Mental Health) (co-editor)
 

Giving Sorrow Words: Poems of Strength and Solace, published by the National Association for Poetry Therapy, 2002

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS (CONTRIBUTOR)
 

Art criticism published in Art New England, Art Papers, Afterimage, Source: Ireland’s Photographic Review, City Newspaper, Film Festival Reporter, National Association of Artists’ Organizations Newsletter, Western New York Artist Residency Exchange Catalogs, the Pyramid Arts Center Newsletter and essays in numerous exhibition catalogs including Maternal Metaphors: Artists/Mothers/Artwork.