Michelle M. Brown is an associate professor and head of the Broadcast & Electronic Media Program at the amazing College of San Mateo. She teaches studio production, digital field production, on-air talent, producing for media, scriptwriting, and Media in Society.After working in TV & video production (corporate, commercial, and agency) for 10 years, Michelle earned her master's degree from San Francisco State University's Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) program, where she later worked as an adjunct faculty member. She has also taught at Academy of Art University - San Francisco and the Art Institute of California at San Francisco. She received her bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University's Broadcast & Cinematic Arts Department.
Michelle was one of 20 media professors from across the country selected for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the Emmys) 2008 Faculty Fellows program. Named a "CSM Scholar" for 2007-08, her original research into pedagogical approaches to media ethics was supported by CSM's Center for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is also an enthusiastic supporter of efforts at Integrative Learning, such as Learning Communities.
Away from campus, Michelle is an award-winning director of photography and editor for a series of cinépoetry (cinematic poetry). Her work has been screened at numerous film festivals worldwide and can be seen on the poet's website (ladonnawitmer.com). Awards include the 2008 Grand Festival Award in Arts at the Berkeley Video & Film Festival. In addition, she researches the classification of cinépoetry (cinepoetry.com), examining a historic film genre's digital incarnation on the Internet. Michelle is also co-owner of Gossamer Media, a busy web programming agency in San Francisco.
Bizarrely, people give Michelle money to say things into a microphone. She has been working as a voice talent for more than 13 years, willingly exploiting her voice to sell stuff like mattresses, software, underwear, cosmetics, and causes (see michellembrown.com).
Michelle is also a rabid hockey fan (Go Red Wings!), TV junkie, and doggy-mama to an incorrigible Boston Terrier named Zeus.
Michelle's Instructor web site
Randy Tan is an experienced industry professional and adjunct faculty member in Broadcast & Electronic Media. Here at CSM, Randy teaches studio and field production, audio courses, and lighting for studio and field. He earned his master's degree from San Francisco State University's Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts Program, where he also teaches undergraduate production courses.Rick Zanardi has decades of professional experience and shows no signs of slowing down, even in retirement. Rick has been teaching at CSM for many years, sharing his personal knowledge of the Bay Area media industry with students. At some point, Rick has taught all of the classes that we offer and helped write the new curriculum. Rick continues to produce great TV programming and is working on an oral histories project to collect the stories of former CSM faculty, staff, and alumni.
