Robert Muffoletto *
Vita
Name: Robert Muffoletto, MFA, Ph.D.
Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Appalachian State University
Boone North Carolina 28608
Home: 1178 Mtn. View Baptist Church Road
Deep Gap, North Carolina 28618
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Current Position: Associate Professor of Educational Technology and Media Studies,
Coordinator: Educational Media Graduate Online Program: New Media and
Global Education (http://edtech.ced.appstate.edu)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Date of
Completion Degree Location
1984 Ph.D. in Education University of Wisconsin at Madison
1974 MFA in Visual Studies State University of New York at Buffalo
1969 BS in Education State University of New York, College
at Buffalo. (Elementary Education)
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TEACHING POSITIONS (Selected)
Date Position Location
1998- present Associate Professor College of Education
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
1998-99 Invited Lecturer NOVA University, Fl
Educational Technology
Graduate Program
1990-1998 Associate Professor College of Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA Awarded tenure 1993
1995 Fulbright Scholar University of Iceland, Teachers
College. Reykjavik (spring 1995)
1987-1990 Associate Professor School of Education
California State Polytechnic
University at Pomona, awarded
tenure, May 1990
1987-1988 Visiting Lecturer Education Dept. Chapman College,
Orange, CA
1986 Visiting Instructor Center For Media Studies
SUNY at Buffalo
1984-1987 Assistant Professor School of Education
California State Polytechnic
University at Pomona, CA
1984 Visiting Lecturer Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
University of Wisconsin at Madison
1981-1983 Classroom Supervisor Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
Supervision of Student Teachers in
Elementary Education and Seminar in
Elementary Education. University of
Wisconsin at Madison
1981 Lecturer University of Wisconsin at Madison,
Extension, Instructor in Photography
1980-1982 Lecturer New York State Department of Education,
Summer School for Film and Media.
Center for Media Study, Buffalo, NY
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1980 Lecturer Department of Art, State University of
New York at Buffalo
1971-1973 Teacher School Without Walls, High School,
Rochester School District, Rochester, New
York
1970-1971 Teacher Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo, New
York, sixth grade
1969-1970 Teacher Santa Ana Public Schools, Santa Ana,
California, sixth grade
Professional and Administration Experience (selected)
Date Position Location/Description
1998-present Project Director, Cross-Cultural Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
International Education Project Poland and Appalachian State University
Boone, NC USA.
1993-present Book Series Editor Media, Education, Culture, Technology A
critical issues book series published by
Hampton Press, N.J
2001 Planning Committee, International International Visual Literacy Assoc.
Conference Planning Committee Sweden.
1999-2001 Graduate Coordinator Appalachian State University
Educational Media Program Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Boone, NC
5th International Visual Literacy Research
1998-1999 International Symposium Committee
Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden (Nov.
1999)
1997-1998 Acting Department Head Department of Curriculum & Instruction,
University of Northern Iowa
1994- 1997 Director/Board Chair CedarNet, A community based non-profit
computer information/communication
network. www.cedarnet.org
4th International Visual Literacy Research
1995-1996 International Symposium Committee
Symposium, Deventer, the Netherlands,
May 1996
3rd International Research Symposium,
1992-1993 International Symposium Committee
Visual Verbal Research, Delphi, Greece,
June 1993
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1991-1993 Coordinator of Speaker Series Critical Issues in Education, 1992
speaker series, University of Northern
Iowa. This included a monthly regional
forum on educational issues in eastern
Iowa
1991 Planning Committee Conference on Teacher Education
Reform, University of Northern Iowa
1984-1990 Coordinator Graduate Program California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, School of Education. Designed
and implemented a graduate certificate
program in Educational Technology and
Media Studies
1989-1990 International Planning Committee 1990 Symposium on Verbo Visual
Literacy, London, England
1989 Consultant/Evaluator California State Department of Education,
Instructional Materials Evaluation Panel
1988-1993 Founding Board Member AERA, SIG on Media, Culture and
Curriculum
1988 Planning Committee California Council on the Education of
Teachers, 1988 fall conference
1987-1990 Editor FRAME/WORK: A Journal on Images and
Culture, Los Angeles Center for
Photographic Studies
1987-1989 Researcher Ford Foundation and Wisconsin Center for
Educational Research, Urban Mathematics
Collaborative Project
1986-1987 President International Visual Literacy Association
1986-1987 Co-Chairperson Symposium: Verbo Visual Literacy:
Research and Theory, University of
Stockholm, Sweden
1985-1990 Board Member University Media Board, California State
Polytechnic University. The Media Board
is responsible for all university
publication, budgets and staffing.
1987-1990 Chairperson Cal Poly Conferences on Visual Literacy
1985 Chairperson International Visual Literacy Conference,
Claremont, CA Theme- Creating Meaning
1983-1984 Instructional designer Annenberg Foundation, Teletext design for
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Congress We The People, Instructional
Television program
1983-86 Board Member International Visual Literacy Association
1979-1984 Editor/publisher Camera Lucida: Journal of Photographic
Criticism
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Educational Communication and Technology
North Carolina Middle School Association
International Visual Literacy Association
International Visual Sociology Association
International Society for Technology in Education (SITE)
MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST
Critical Theory and the Sociology of Knowledge
Technology in Education and Culture
Distantance Education and Teacher Education
Media Studies and Education
Instructional Design
AWARDS/VISITING SCHOLAR
Visiting Scholar: University of Rhode Island Fall 2001
Visiting Scholar: University of Limerick, Ireland
Fulbright Scholar, 1995 Distance Education, University of Iceland, Teacher s college
Merit and Professional Promise and Performance Award, CSU-Pomona, 1987 and 1989
Recognition Award: Los Angeles County Art Education Council, 1988
PUBLISHED WORKS
Editorial Experience
In-press Editor, Breaking the Classroom Walls: The internet, testing, and democratic practices.
Creskil, NJ: Hampton Press.
1992-present Series Editor, Media, Education, Culture, and Technology. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton
Press.
2002-present Editorial Policy Board. Journal of Visual Literacy.
2001 Editor, Technology and Education: Reflective practices. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press
1998 Invited editor, Review Journal of Philosophy Social Science.
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1993 Co-Editor, Computers In Education: Social, Political, Historical Perspectives. R.
Muffoletto & N. Knupfer (Eds.), Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press
1986-1990 Editor, FRAME/WORK: A Journal on Images and Culture, Los Angeles Center for
Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA.
1979-1984 Editor/publisher, CAMERA LUCIDA, The Journal of Photographic Criticism,
Baumgartner Publications, Madison, Wi.
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Published Essays/Book Chapters, and Critical Reviews
Muffoletto, R. (2004). The end of education the dawn of education. In W. Strykowski & W.
Skrzydlewski (Eds.), Media competences in the society of knowledge (pp. 358-363). Poznan:
Edukacyjna Wydawnictwa Press.
Topol P., Muffoletto, R., & Gilbet, S. (2004). Polish-American student exchange project. In W.
Strykowski & W. Skrzydlewski (Eds.), Media competences in the society of knowledge (pp. 296-
302). Poznan: Edukacyjna Wydawnictwa Press.
Muffoletto, R. (2004). The end of education as we know it. In D. Willis (Ed.), Society for information
technology & teacher education 2004 annual. Norfolk: AACE.
Muffoletto, R. (2003). Ethics: A discourse of power. Tech Trends, 62-66.
Muffoletto, R. (2003). The potential of the internet to enhance the community in medical integrative
medicine. In J. Janowiak (Ed.), Integrative medicine: The mind-body connection (2nd ed.). Pacific
Grove: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
Andersson, C., Griffin, R., Muffoletto, R., & Pettersson, R. (2003). Some experiences from teaching
online: A virtual roundtable discussion. In R. Griffin, J. Lee, & S. Chandler (Eds.), Changing
tides (pp. 25-34). Loretto, Pa: IVLA.
Muffoletto, R. (2002). Collaboration as a response to individualism. In M. Driscoll & T. Reeves (Eds.),
World conference on e-learning in corporate, government and higher education. New York:Allyn
&Bacon.
Muffoletto, R. (2002). Collaborative learning, the individual, and the internet. In W. Strykowskiego &
W. Skrzydlewskiego (Eds.), Media I edukacja. Poznan: Adam Mickiewicza University Press.
Muffoletto, R. (2001). An inquiry into the nature of Uncle Joe s representation and meaning.
International Reading Association electronic journal. Retrieved 2001 from
http://readingonline.org/
Muffoletto, R. (2001). The need for critical theory and reflective practices in educational technology. In
R. Muffoletto (Ed.), Education & technology: Critical and reflective practices. Cresskill, NJ:
Hampton Press.
Muffoletto, R., & Bokwa, A. (2000). The construction of awareness: Educational images of weather and
climate from textbook to the internet. In B. Obrebska-Staskel (Ed.), Images of weather and
climate. Krakow: Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Press.
Muffoletto, R. (2000). Distance education and interactive learning environments. In J. Morbitzer (Ed.),
Techniki komputerowe w orzekazie edukacyjnym. Krakow:Wydawnietwo Naukowe Adademii
Pedagogicznej.
Muffoletto, R., & Wach, A. (2000). Teaching instructional design over the internet. In W. Strykowski
(Ed.), Media a edukacja. Poznan:University of Adam Mickiewicza Press.
Zygulski, K., Muffoletto, R., & Bokwa, A. (1999). Ksztalcenie na odleglosc. Kwartalink geograficzny.
NR 4(12).
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Muffoletto, R. (1999). The image. In T. Velders (Ed.), Information design. Deventer: Saxion University
Press.
Muffoletto, R. (1998). Technology, curriculum and knowledge. Review Journal of Philosophy & Social
Science, 22(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1998). Quest for knowing: Educational media and curricular representations. In R.
Branch & M. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Educational Media and Technology Yearbook Englewood:
Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
Muffoletto, R. (1998). Re-thinking education, technology, and a democratic society. Review Journal of
Philosophy & Social Science. 33(1 & 2).
Smaldino, S., & Muffoletto, R. (1997). The educational media experience in teacher education. Tech
Trends.
Yeaman, A.R.J., Hlynka, D., Anderson, J., Damarin, S., & Muffoletto, R. (1997). Postmodern and
postructural theory. In D.H. Johassen, (Ed.), The handbook of research and educational
communuication and technology (pp. 253-295). New York: Scholastic.
Muffoletto, R. (1997). Media education: Bringing someone s world into the classroom. In W.
Strykowski (Ed.), Media a edukacja (pp. 21-27). Poznan: University of Adam Mickiewicza.
Muffoletto, R. (1997). Reflections on designing and producing an internet-based course. Tech Trends,
42(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1996). A discourse of benefit: Technology and school reform in the USA. Journal of
Information Technology for Teacher Education. 5, (1 & 2).
Muffoletto, R. (1996). Technology, curriculum, and knowledge. Review Journal of Philosophy and
Social Science.
Muffoletto, R. (1996). Media education as critical pedagogy. In T. Velders (Ed.), Beeldenstorm in
Deventer: Multimedia in praxis (pp. 136-142). Deventer, Netherlands: Riijkshoeschool Ijselland.
Muffoletto, R. (1995). Community, self, internet. Critical Issues Concerning K-12 Internet Use. A
monograph of the Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa. 5, (3).
Muffoletto, R. (1995). Thinking about diversity: Paradigms, meanings, and representations. In R. Martin
(Ed.), Practicing what we teach: Confronting diversity in teacher education. New York: State
University of New York Press.
Muffoletto, R. (1994). The discourse of change: Technology and school reform. In Willis, Robin, Willis,
(Eds.), Technology and Teacher Education Annual - 1994. Charlottesville: Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education.
Muffoletto, R. (1994). Technology and restructuring education: Constructing a context. Educational
Technology. 26(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1994). Education and technology in a global society: Look for equity and social justice.
In N. Metallinos (Ed.), Verbo-visual literacy: Understanding and applying new educational
communication media technologies. Montreal: Concordia University.
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Muffoletto, R. (1994). The visual experience, the political moment. Interface, 9(1), 5.
Muffoletto, R. (1994). Drawing the line: Questions of ethics, power, and symbols in state policy and the
whittle concept. In A. DeVaney (Ed.), Watching channel one: The convergence of students,
technology, and private business. Albany: State University of New York.
Muffoletto, R. (1994). Something to consider: Critical pedagogy and media education. Iowa English
Bulletin, 42.
Muffoletto, R. (1993). Schools and technology in a democratic society: Equity and social justice.
Educational Technology, 26(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1993). Questions concerning Goodlad and educational reform. A Dialog on Teacher
Education Reform. A monograph of the Institute for Educational Leadership, University of
Northern Iowa, 3(1).
Muffoletto, R. (1993). The machine as expert. In R. Muffoletto and N. Knupfer (Eds.), Computers in
education: A social foundation. Cresskill: Hampton Press.
Muffoletto, R., Pettersson, R., Metallinos, N., Muffoletto, R., Shaw, J., & Takakuwa, Y. (1993). The use
of verbo-visual information in teaching of geography: Views from teachers. Educational
Technology Research and Development, 41(1).
Muffoletto, R. (1993). You, me, and them. Visual literacy: A spectrum of visual learning. Englewood
Cliffs: Educational Technology Press.
Muffoletto, R. (1991). Technology and texts: Breaking the window. In D. Hlynka & J. Belland (Eds.),
Paradigms redefined: The uses of illuminative, semiotic and post-modern criticism as modes of
inquiry in educational technology. Englewood Cliffs: Educational Technology Press.
Muffoletto, R. (1991). Two teachers perspectives: A case study from the Los Angeles urban
mathematics/science/technology collaborative project +PLUS+. In T. Popkewitz & S. Myrdal
(Eds.), Case Studies of the Urban Mathematics Collaborative Projective: A Report to the Ford
Foundation. Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Muffoletto, R. (1990). Media education as critical pedagogy. Journal of Thought, 25(1 & 2).
Muffoletto, R. (1990). Technology and texts: Breaking the window. In D. Hlynka and J. Belland (Eds.),
Paradigms regained: The uses of illuminative, semiotic and post-modern criticism in educational
technology. Englewood Cilffs: Educational Technology Publications.
Muffoletto, R. (1989). Reflective teaching and visual literacy: Teacher intervention and programmed
instruction. Journal Of Visual Literacy, 8(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1989). Re-presenting curriculum representations. The Cal Poly Scholar, 1.
Muffoletto, R. (1987). Technology and texts: Breaking the window. Educational Media International,
23(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1987). The third person. In M.Douglass (Ed.), Claremont Reading Conference, 51st
Yearbook, Claremont Graduate School: Claremont, CA.
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Muffoletto, R. (1987). Reading the visual text: Dancing to the music. In Braden, Beauchamp & Miller
(Eds.), Visible & viable: The role of images in instruction and communication, Commerce: East
Texas State University.
Muffoletto, R. (1986). Reflective teaching and visual literacy: Teacher intervention and programmed
instruction. Journal of Visual Verbal Languaging, 6(2).
Muffoletto, R. (1984.) Visual literacy and teacher education. In Walker, Braden & Dunker (Eds.), Visual
literacy- enhancing human potential. Blacksburg: Virginia State University.
Muffoletto, R. (1982). Talking it over: Thoughts on photography and language. Scree, no.19-21.
Muffoletto, R. (1981). Teaching photography. Teaching Photography.
Muffoletto, R. (1981). Teaching photography. Expsoure: Journal for the Society of Photographic
Education, 18(3).
Muffoletto, R. (1981). The reading of pictures: Considerations for developing a critical model. In Braden
and Walker (Eds.), Television & Visual Literacy. Bloomington: University of Indiana.
Muffoletto, R. (1981). Significant variables: The teaching of photography. Camera Lucida: The Journal
of Photographic Criticism. No. 4.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS/PAPERS DELIVERED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Date Title/Where Presented
2004 The end of education as we know it, March 2004, Atlanta, Ga., SITE
Developing an onlinemasters program: challenges and obstacles, March 2004, Charlotte
NC., North Carolina Teaching and Learning Conference.
Getting from the same old stuff to true innovartion a panel discussion, March 2004,
Charlotte NC., North Carolina Teaching and Learning Conference.
2003 Some Experiences from Teaching Online: A Virtual round Table Discussion.
Internaitonal Visual Literacy Conference, New Port Beach, RI. (Co-authors: C.
Anderson, M. Avgerinou, R. Griffen, R. Muffoletto, R. Pettersson)
The challenge for visual literacy in an age of uncertainty, September, 2003, New Port
Rhode Island, International vidual Literacy Association.
Some experiences from teaching online: A virtual roundtable discussion, September,
2003, New Port Rhode Island, International vidual Literacy Association.
The challenge for Visual Literacy in an Age of Uncertanity. Internaitonal Visual
Literacy Conference, New Port Beach, RI.
Preparing Reflective Teachers to think about Technology in Education Society for
Information Technology & Teacher Education conference, Albuquerque, NM..
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The Dialectics of the Individual and Community in Distance Education Society for
Information Technology & Teacher Education conference, Albuquerque, NM..
Breaking the classroom Walls: Using telecommunications to enhance diversity North
Carolina Middle School Associatioon Conference, Greensboro, NC.
2002 "Collaboration as a Response to Individualism." World Conference on E-Learning in
Corporate, Government and Higher Education. Montreal, Canada.
"Digital culture and multicultural education: A potential for globalization." We the
people, National Association for Multicultural Education, Washington, DC.
"Coming to Terms with Definitions of Distance Education/Learning: A discussion on
current meanings." Association for Educational Communications and Technology
National Conference, Dallas, Texas. (Panel organizer).
"Reflections on Computers in Education: A panel discussion looking behind and
looking forward." Association for Educational Communication and Technology
National Conference, Dallas Texas. (Panel organizer).
2001 "Teaching Instructional Design Over the Internet: Collaboration and Interaction."
Media a edukacja, Poznan, Poland. Co-presented with A. Wach.
(Keynote) "To Teach or Not." Classrooms of the Future Conference, Minneapolis,
MN.
"Integrating the Internet and Collaborative Learning Environments." The World of the
Middle School Conference, North Carolina Middle School Assoc. Annual Conference,
Greensboro, NC.
2000 "The Construction of Awareness: Educational Images of Weather and Climate from
Textbook to the Internet." Millennium: Images and Reconstructions of Weather and
Climate Over the Last Millennium. Jagiellonian University, Crakow, Poland. Co-
presented with A. Bokwa.
"Designing Interactive Learning Environments on the Internet." North Carolina
Educational Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC.
"Internet Delivered Learning Environments." Technology and Best Practices
Conference, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
The Image. 5th International Research Symposium, Sweden.
1999
"Appropriate Uses of the Internet for K-12 Learning Environments." Integrating
Technology into the 21st Century Classrooms Conference. Appalachian State
University, Boone NC.
Designing a Distance Learning Program. Association for Educational
Communications and Technology (AECT), Houston, TX.
1998 Designing Distance Education Learning Environments. North Carolina Educational
Technology Conference, Greensboro, NC.
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Is Visual Literacy Dead?" a discussion with the author, International Visual Literacy
Association Conference, Athens, GA.
1997 (Keynote address) Media Education Conference: Media Education: Bringing
someone s world into the classroom . Poznan, Poland: University of Adam
Mickiewicza. (April 1997).
Reflections on designing and producing an interent-based course at Association for
Education Communications Technology International Meeting, New Mexico (Feb.
1997).
Designing a Distance Education Internet Course, Iowa Distance Learning Association
Meeting, Des Moines, IA.
1996 Panel member: Systematic Change and Educational Reform, Association for
Educational Communication and Technology (AECT), Indianapolis, In.
Media Education as Critical Pedagogy, 4th International Research Symposium on
Visual Verbal Literacy. Ijselland, Rijkshogeschool, Deventer, Holland.
Designing a Course on Visual Literacy for Teacher Education, International Visual
Literacy Conference, Cheyenne, WY.
Designing a Course for Delivery Over the Internet, Iowa Association for
Educational Technology. Cedar Rapids, IA.
1995 Considerations in Teaching Over an Interactive Video System: The Iowa
Communication Network., Invited speaker: (Fulbright) University of Finland,
Tempera, Finland.
Distant Education: The Iowa Communications Network . Invited speaker (Fulbright),
Rijkogeschool, Ijselland, Deventer, Holland.
Building a Community Computer Based Internet Network" Iowa Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development and Iowa Computer Using Educators Joint
Conference, DesMoine, IA.
1994 Education and technology in a global society: Looking for equity and
social justice, 1993 Research Symposium on Verbo-Visual Literacy,
Delphi, Greece.
Beyond Chalkboard 101: Technology and teacher education, Association for
Educational Technology. Knoxville, KY.
Critical literacy, media literacy, 1994 Beginning reading conference, University of
Northern Iowa.
1993 Schools and Technology in a Democratic Society: Equity and Social Justice,
Association for Education Communication Technology, New Orleans.
Education and Technology in a Global Society: Looking for Equity and Social
Justice, 3rd Research Symposium on Visual Verbal Literacy, Delphi, Greece.
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1992 Restructuring and Media Technology, American Education Research Association
Meeting, San Francisco.
Ethics Scenarios: A Critical Theory Symposium, Association for Educational
Communication and Technology, Washington, D.C.
Researching Channel One: A Project Report, Association for Educational
Communication Technology, Washington, D.C.
Educational Computing: Social Considerations (Symposium), Association for
Educational Communication and Technology, Washington, D.C.
1991 Machine As Expert, American Education Research Association Meeting, Chicago,
IL.
The Teaching Machine As Expert, Association for Educational Communication
Technology, Orlando, Fl.
Channel One Project" Report on current research on Channel One., Association for
Educational Communication Technology, Orlando, Fl.
1990 Media Education As Critical Pedagogy, Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation
Association, 1990 Conference, Des Moines, IA.
Teaching Teachers Visual Literacy, workshop/presentation, New Directions in Media
Education, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, UNESCO meeting.
Teacher Education-Media Education, American Educational Research Association,
Boston, MA. An extended version was presented at the second research symposium on
Verbol-Visual Literacy: Mapping the Field, University of London, Institute of London,
London, England.
Representation and Meaning in Education, American Educational Research
Association, Boston, MA.
1989 Media, Messages and Education: Constructing Teachers as Subjects, American
Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Two Case Studies: Urban Mathematics Collaborative, American Educational
Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
1988 Reading the Visual Text: Structuralist to Post-Structuralist Analysis, International
Visual Sociology Conference, Rochester, New York.
Educational Technology: Another Look, California Council on the Education of
Teachers, Irvine, CA.
1987 Teaching Visual Literacy To Teachers" International Visual Literacy Conference,
Tulsa, OK.
The Third Person Claremont Reading Conference, Claremont Graduate School,
Claremont, CA.
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Critical Viewing-Critical Thinking: Reading The Visual Text Symposium on Verbo
Visual Research, University of Stockholm. (extended paper from art education
conference).
The Third Person Trialog 87, Sullentuna, Sweden, Keynote address. (An extended
paper from the Claremont Reading Conference).
1986 Critical Viewing-Critical Thinking: Reading the Visual Text California Art
Education Conference, Fresno, CA.
Effective Utilization of Technology/Media in Teaching Critical Thinking California
State Board of Education and California Association of County Superintendents of
Schools Conference on Staff Development and Curriculum, Asilmar, CA.
System Thinking and Critical Inquiry: Teacher Education and the New Technologies
Association for Educational Communication Technology, Las Vegas, NV.
Photographer Socialization Society for Photographic Education National conference,
Baltimore, MD.
Re-presenting Curricular Representations American Educational Research
Association, San Fransisco, CA.
1985 The Making of Photographers: A Socialization Process, Western Regional Society
For Photographic Education Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Stimulating Visual Thinking Issues In Education Symposium, Otis Parsons School
for Design, Los Angeles, CA.
Understanding Photographs: Recoding Reality American Psychological Association,
Los Angeles, CA.
The Socialization of Photographers, Panel moderator, Society For Photographic
Education, National Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Reflective Teaching and Visual Literacy: Teacher Intervention and Programmed
Instruction, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Anaheim,
CA.. A revised paper was presented at the 1984 International Visual Literacy
Conference, Baltimore, MD.
1984 A Pedagogic Strategy for Visual Literacy, presented at the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Dallas, TX. (a version of
this paper was presented at the IVLA Conference in Bloomington, IN.
1983 Visual Literacy and Teacher Education: A Pedagogical Strategy, International Visual
Literacy Conference, Bloomington, Indiana.
Photographic Education: A Technological Paradigm, Society for Photographic
Education, National Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
1982 Coordinator of criticism tract and a panel member on photographic education. Society
for Photographic Education Regional Conference, University of Wisconsin at Green
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Bay.
A Model for Critical Dialogue: A Study For Enhancing Student Response To Visuals,
co-authored with Ann De Vaney Becker (Univ. of Wisconsin), presented at the
Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Dallas.
MEDIA EDUCATION: The Curriculum Reform That Failed, at the Humanizing
Education Conference, Concord, N.Y.
1981 Refrigerators Don t Make Ice: A Model for Critical Dialogue at the International
Visual Literacy Association Conference, Lexington, KY.
1980 Panel, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Concord, N.Y.
1980 Panel, Society for Photographic Education, Northeast Regional Conference, Rochester,
N.Y.
1978 Photo-Transformations of Lucus Samaras: The integration of color as content at the
Third Conference on Photographic Criticism, Apeiron Workshop, Millerton, N.Y.
1977 A Basis for the Criticism of Photography at the Second Conference on Photographic
Criticism, Rochester, N.Y.
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PUBLICATION OF MEDIA WORK
1982 The Taking of Niagara: A History of the Falls in Photography, (Ed) Anthony Bannon,
Media Study- Buffalo.
1979 The North American Review, September 1979, cover and story illustration.
1977 Buffalo Evening News, 2 July 1977, half-page devoted to work of a single artist.
1975 Wild Dog of Heath Street, self-published photography series, includes postcards,
photo- buttons, calendar and prints.
1972 Metaphor I, self-published book of photographs. 1972 Visual Studies Workshop
Portfolio, Rochester, N.Y., hand-printed letter press publication.
EXHIBITIONS OF MEDIA WORK
!995 Stella s, Cedar Falls, Ia.: Paintings by Joe Orffeo and Photographs by Robert
Muffoletto.
1987 California State University-Pomona, Hallway Gallery, invitational.
Brea Civic and Cultural Center Gallery; Reflections, invitational
1986 Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri; Photospiva 86, invitational.
Tzavta Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.; The Photograph as Document, invitational.
1982 Media Study-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Contemporary Views of Niagara Falls,
invitational.
Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., one person exhibition.
Buscaglia-Castellani Art Gallery, Niagara University, The Taking of Niagara: A
history of the Falls in Photography .
1981 Union Gallery, Carol College, Waukesha, Wis., one person exhibition.
Media Study-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1980 Michigan State University, Light Fantastic Gallery, one person exhibition.
Cleveland Photographic Workshop, Cleveland Heights Ohio.
1979 THE ARTS GALLERY, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Accumulated Congregations, One-person exhibit, Hayes Gallery, Shorewood,
Wisconsin.
Water Street Art Center, Milwaukee, Wis., The Muffoletto Look-Alike Contest
Winners .
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1978 Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Midwest Photographers, invitational, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,
Wis.
Photoworks Gallery, Boston, MA., one person exhibit.
Wisconsin Men and Women in the Arts, 1978, juried, West Bend Fine Arts Gallery,
West Bend, Wis.
Artwords-Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles,
CA.
Union Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis.
Documenta, Water Street Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Perihelion Photographic Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis.
1977 Artist Committee Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Fine Arts Gallery, Pennsylvania State University.
Faculty Exhibition, Daemen College, Amherst, New York.
International Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Dortmund, Germany.
Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Faculty Exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
Association of American Artist Gallery, one person exhibition, Buffalo, New York.
1976 Metro-Bus Exhibition, City of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
New York State Bicentennial Barge Exhibit.
Gallery Wilde, one person exhibition, Buffalo, New York.
PHOTO 76, ERIE COUNTY EXHIBITION, Buffalo, New York.
1975 Rosary Hill College, Snyder, New York.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Western New York Exhibition, Buffalo, New
York.,invitational.
Visual Studies Workshop, Thesis Exhibition, Rochester, New York.
1972 Centaur Gallery, Montreal, Canada.
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1970 Lime Light Gallery, one person exhibition, Buffalo, New York.
1969 South Bay Club Gallery, one person exhibition, Newport Beach, California.