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Derek Dow, Senior Lecturer
Bio:
Derek Dow is an award-winning director born in the Englewood community on the South Side of
Chicago. After graduating high school, he continued his education at Chicago State
University, where he learned he held a passion for writing, directing, and filmmaking.
Flash forward years later, Dow landed in Los Angeles earning an MFA in film at the
prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinema Arts. He was awarded
the Irvin Kershner Fund for Documentary Filmmaking, helping him to complete his documentary Beyond the Sole, which shed light on the “sneakerhead” culture and which aired on the Aspire Channel.
Dow’s next film, The Big Chop, was licensed by HBO. His newest film, Growing Pains, was shot in his hometown of Chicago and was funded by The Gene Siskel Film Center.
Dow has worked closely with multiple diversity programs to help shine a light on
new voices, and he is currently writing multiple short-form projects across the digital
space.
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Alvin M. Daniels, Senior Lecturer
Office: DH 114
Phone: (773) 995-2502
Email: adanie21@csu.edu
Bio:
Alvin Daniels is a producer, professor and playwright. Using his trademark slogan
“Use What You Got,” Alvin M. Daniels has been producing entertaining television, film
and video projects for over 30 years. Upon graduating from Boston University in 1988,
Daniels began his career in the tape room at Public Broadcasting System, Channel 20
in Chicago. His grandfather, the late Rev. Dr. Hezekiah B. Brady, owned a large warehouse
on the Southside of Chicag, and this is where Daniels began producing commercials
and TV shows through an independent company he formed called Halsted Studios, Inc.
While in this space, he also produced videos for the multiplatinum rap group, Crucial
Conflict and was nominated for an Emmy for a jazz special produced out of the warehouse
called “Live From The Warehouse” which aired on PBS.
Since that time Alvin has traveled the globe shooting and producing television, film
and video productions. Internationally, he has produced videos in the Bahamas, Egypt,
Canada and most notably South Africa putting together videos for Chicago State University
and their bridge program with Universities in Durban and Johannesburg entitled, “Bridging
the Education Gap.” His love for producing has taken him to the Academy Awards to
produce; work with Moet-Chandon and the Brown Wynn Advertising Agency in New York.
He was nominated for an Emmy for his television special, “Hope, Help and Healing:
Ending Domestic Violence” for Public Broadcasting. Daniels documentary “First Step:
A Kids Family Away From Family” was a jury finalist at the 2017 Hollywood Black Film
Festival and 2018 Culver City Film Festivals in Los Angeles. Other films he has produced
include “The Future of Jazz” and “Why” have been featured in film festivals and on
streaming channels throughout the United States. Daniels feels one of his greatest
accomplishments by far is teaching his craft. It started with a grant from After School
Matters where he taught kids at his mom's church the skills to put together a production.
This birthed his teaching brand of “From Concept To Can” for foundations and organizations
across the country. Alvin is a full time lecturer at Chicago State University. He
has a beautiful daughter, Meisha Daniels.
Alvin feels his latest venture has been his signature statement. “Preachers Kids:
The Untold Stories” was created as a stage play series that chronicles the lives of
PK’s and their struggles to support their parents in the ministry. Daniels, a PK himself,
says many of the skills he has today were developed in the church and this is his
way of paying homage to the men and women of God. “It took me my whole life to get
to this production and now that I am here, I really feel I have found a second wind,
to God be the Glory,” Daniels says. The play tours the country every summer and was
turned into a television series that is on many streaming services. Whether producing
a production or teaching his students the art of media, Alvin M. Daniels displays
the very same passion he had the very first day he began in the business. “My mother,
the Rev. Dr. Princella Brady Lee, taught me if you’re going to do anything, give it
all you got and God will take care of the rest.” Judging by his success to this point,
God is shining his choicest favor on Professor/Producer Alvin Malcolm Daniels.
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Bryce Ray, Properties Technician
Office: DH 115A
Phone: (773) 995-2229
Email: bray20@csu.edu
Bio:
Bryce Ray is the Properties Technician in the CMAT department at Chicago State University,
the same department he graduated from in 2013. Bryce is also a filmmaker, having written,
directed, shot and edited films that have been selected for multiple film festivals.
He is also a published photographer.
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Christine List, Ph.D.
Professor of Media Arts
Office: DH 116C
Phone: (773) 821-4987
Email: clist@csu.edu
Bio:
Christine List is an award-winning screenwriter, producer and director whose work
has been exhibited at international film festivals and distributed on PBS. List co-produced
and directed the award-wining narrative film B Love starring Eamonn Walker (Chicago Fire) and Brely Evans (Being Mary Jane). Many of List’s projects focus on social justice issues. Her documentary No Nos Tientes (Don’t Tempt Us: The Students of Guatemala), narrated by Edward James Olmos (Narcos and Miami Vice), received the Audience Choice Award from the Chicago Latino International Film Festival
and was screened for border agents to inform them on issues impacting immigrants from
Guatemala.
In addition to her creative projects, List has served as an evaluator and jurist for
numerous national media organizations and competitions including the National Endowment
for the Arts, the Film Studies Committee of the Fulbright Commission, Chicago International
Film Festival and the ABC New Talent Competition.
List is the author of Chicano Images: Refiguring Ethnicity in Mainstream Film and The Screenwriter’s Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons for Film and Television Writers, co-authored with Christine Houston. List enjoys teaching the practicum courses in
digital cinema at CSU. She is currently in production on a feature-length documentary
about the African heritage of 19th century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
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Earle Chisolm-El, Lecturer
Office: DH 117A
Phone: (773) 995-4506
Email: echisolm@csu.edu
Bio:
Earle Chisolm-El is a professional communicator, businessman, public speaker, and
youth impact specialist. As the president of Self Pro Motions T-shirt Printing, his
company has printed thousands of shirts for brands including the Museum of Science
and Industry, Reggios Pizza and Chicago area charter schools. Earle's background covers
all facets of communications including brand management, public speaking, print writing,
online, street and experimental marketing, digital design, radio , TV broadcasting
and more.
From a communications standpoint, Earle has represented such brands as Universal Records,
Warner Bros, Atlantic records,Sony Records,Grant A Wish Inc, and Red Bull Energy drinks.
He is a regularly requested motivational speaker in the Chicago Public School system,
the University of Illinois-Chicago Change Program, the Moorish Science Temple of America
and many other organizations.
Earle lives in Chicago, IL. with his wife and two children, where he serves on the
board of Grant A Wish Inc children's charity and is an active member of the National
Eagle Scouts Association. Earle is an Alumni of Chicago State University. He holds
a MS in Integrated Marketing and Communications from Roosevelt University and a BA
in CMAT from Chicago State University. Earle is an adjunct professor in the Communications
Media Arts and Theater department at Chicago State University.
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Jiba Molei Anderson, Lecturer
Office: DH 116A
Phone: (773) 995-2280
Email: jander52@csu.edu
Bio:
Jiba Molei Anderson is the CEO of Griot Enterprises, a publishing company / visual
communication studio and creator of its flagship property, The Horsemen. He is also
the curator of 4 Pages 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape, an anthology which focuses on independent
works from creators of color and maintains The Afrosoul Chronicles, a blog about comics,
pop culture, politics and race.
Anderson has had numerous one-man and group shows, art directed and published over
12 books and has been invited to speak about his work and the representation of race
and culture at various institutions including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
and the Ohio State University. The Horsemen: Divine Intervention and the anthology
4 Pages 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape have been used as textbooks for classes at OSU.
Anderson has been employed as a graphic designer, animator, art director and graphic
novelist for entertainment and educational institutions such as Universal Music Group,
the University of Illinois - Chicago, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
and the Chicago Academy of Music including The Song of Lionogo: An Indian Ocean Mythological
Remix for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (with Brightseed Collaborative).
Currently, Mr. Anderson is employed as a Part – Time Lecturer at Chicago State University.
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Kamesha Khan, Chairperson & Professor
Office: DH 116B
Phone: 773-995-2952
Email: kjacks25@csu.edu
Bio:
Kamesha Khan is the chairperson of the Communications, Media Arts and Theatre Department.
Professor Khan is an award-winning stage director, a professional dramaturg, and playwright
who holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. She is also
former Education Director for Penumbra Theatre Company and former Resident Dramaturg
for ETA Creative Arts Foundation (ETA). Kamesha Khan is the recipient of best director
awards from the Black Theatre Alliance and the African American Arts Alliance.
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Liefu Jiang, Assistant Professor
Office: DH 111
Phone: (773) 995-2833
Email: ljiang@csu.edu
Bio:
Liefu Jiang received his doctorate from the William Allen White School of Journalism
and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. Dr. Jiang’s research and teaching
interests cover strategic communication on social media, social media engagement,
corrective actions on social media, and the relationship between social media use
and acculturation.
Prior to coming to Chicago State, Dr. Jiang worked in the industries of journalism
and PR for seven years. Jiang also holds a master degree from The University of Texas
at Austin, and a bachelor degree from China University of Geosciences Beijing.
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Troi Tyler, WCSU Radio General Manager
Office: DH 113F
Phone: (773) 995-2832
Email: troi.tyler@csu.edu
Bio:
Troi's warm smile and personality can be heard as the inspiring sweetheart of radio.
Troi has an ongoing love affair with her audience who tune in to hear her on 95.1
Club Steppin. The Heartbeat of Chicago. Troi also keeps her listeners topical, often
discussing views on local, national and social issues ranging from relationship topics
to encouraging listeners of their duty to vote.
A graduate of South Shore High School on Chicago's south side, where she grew up,
Troi went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Radio/Television at Southern Illinois
University. While in college, Troi did news for WSIU-TV and WSIU-FM. After college
she went on to become Operations Manager and midday host for rock station WTAO and
since then worked in St. Louis at KATZ and KMJM, New York at WBLS and Birmingham at
WMJJ.
Prior to joining 95.1. Troi was midday host for V103, she also hosted the number one
rated late show on WGCI:"Whispers in The Dark". Troi loves mentoring young people
and she is very involved with many charitable organizations throughout the year. When
she isn't on the air, she is the General Manager of Chicago State University's WCSU
iHeartRadio. Troi enjoys spending quality time with family and friends.
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