Diego Bonilla, Ph.D.

California State University, Sacramento ● Mendocino Hall 5023 ● 6000 J Street ● Sacramento, CA 95819

diego@csus.edu ● www.hypergraphia.com

Birth Date: August 13, 1969

Citizenship: Mexico / Permanent Residency Status: United States

Languages: Spanish, English

Programming Skills: Multimedia and 3D Authoring, Digital Video/Image/Sound, SPSS

Research Interests: Computer Mediated Communication, Non-linear Film/Storytelling, Data Tracking, Online Learning, Immersive Virtual Environments

Education

Ph.D. in Mass Communications (Doctoral Prize) August 1998- June 2003

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University ● Syracuse, NY

Dissertation: The Medium is the Measure of Itself. Using tracking data for deductive and inductive analysis of the users of an interactive experience and their behavior.

M.S. in Media Management August 1996- May 1998

Joint Degree (School of Public Communication and Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University)

B.A. in Business Administration August 1989- May 1995

Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Mexico City, Mexico

· Summer 1991: University of California, Los Angeles ● Los Angeles, CA

· 1993-1994: Simon Fraser University ● British Columbia, Canada

Work Experience

Communication Studies Department - California State University, Sacramento ● Sacramento, CA

Associate Professor June 2006 – Present

Assistant Professor August 2001 - May 2006

· Graduate Course: Computer-Mediated Communications

o Developed and taught first computer-mediated communications course for university.

· Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Digital Media, Communication and American Culture, Advanced Multimedia Authoring, International Communications and Project Planning and Management.

· Coordinator, CSUS Teaching Institute (2008 - Present): Implemented technology training institute for faculty with a specific focus on Hybrid/Online Classes, Universal Design, and Large Class Instruction. Duties include: Recruitment and selection of faculty members and mentors, hardware/software procurement, curriculum development and mentor training in learning styles and assistive technology.

· Faculty Mentor, Center for Teaching and Learning (2005 - Present): Mentor faculty members to successfully incorporate technology into their classroom teaching.

· Exhibition: Bonilla, D. & Clarke, R. Bio Electric Dot, University Union Gallery (2002): A collaborative computer art exhibition exploring the effects of new communication technology in human relationships.

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications - Syracuse University ● Syracuse, NY

Adjunct Professor August 1999 - May 2001

· Undergraduate-Graduate Course: Communicating with Computers

· Undergraduate Course: Critical Issues in Visual Media

El Nacional Newspaper ● Mexico City, Mexico

Weekly Columnist/Information Technology Analyst October 1996 - June 1997

· Produced weekly column focusing on the Internet and society.

· Consultant for the deployment of El Nacional's online presence.

Hypergraphia ● Mexico City, Mexico

Owner and Director January 1995 - August 1996

· Created third Internet-related company in Mexico. (See historical sites here: 1996, 1997, 1998)

· Provided Internet services, including website design, consulting, planning, and deployment.

Pendulo Magazine ● Mexico City, Mexico

Founder/Editor March 1992 - August 1996

· Managed all editorial and financial functions for Mexico’s first online literary magazine, including the magazine’s transition from paper to digital format.

Regularizacion y Actualizacion Academica School ● Mexico City, Mexico

Owner and Director October 1989 - November 1991

· Developed and managed tutoring company that provided 1-1 assistance to students ranging in ages from 12-18. Duties included: teacher and student recruitment, bookkeeping and individual tutoring.

· Tutored students in mathematics (calculus and below), statistics and physics.

Research, Scholarly and Artistic Activities

Books

· Bonilla, D. (2008) Making Sense of Tracking Data: Connecting Interactive Storytelling, Computer Use and Cognitive Processing. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller e.K.

· Bonilla, D. & Del Toro, J.J. (1996) Mercadotecnia e Imagen en Internet. (Marketing on the Internet.) Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Iberoamerica.

· Bonilla, D. (1992) El Anfiteatro de la Memoria. (Amphitheater of the Memory.) Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Praxis.

Online Learning

· Bonilla, D. (2008) Digital Media Primer

o Created 30 class-length interactive multimedia lessons to teach students Introduction to Digital Media. Available online in Spring 2009. Available now via USB drive.

· Bonilla, D. (2006) Functional Director

o Created 22 class-length interactive multimedia lessons to teach students advanced multimedia authoring using Director MX 2004: Functional Director Showcase Video.

o Selected for an interview about the pedagogical uses of the e-learning lessons by the Center for Distributed Learning for the California State University System: Functional Director Interview Segments.

· Bonilla, D. (2002) LINGO by Osmosis

o Created interactive multimedia tutorials that were used to facilitate learning in Communicating with Computers.

New Media

· Bonilla, D. et al. (2004) Jose Juan Tablada Poesia Densa (Jose Juan Tablada Dense Poetry) Mexico City, Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Filologicas y Publicaciones Digitales, DGSCA, UNAM

o Developed a reading system in which all of the words in a large volume of text are hyperlinked to themselves so the reader can discover an author's use of language.

· Bonilla, D. (2003) A Space of Time Sacramento, CA: Hypergraphia, LLC (See Awards and Honors)

o Non-linear multimedia movie composed of 700 videos, 180 virtual reality panoramas, 105 audio fragments and 18 Flash animations. Users are able to view two versions of the story:

§ Stream of Consciousness: Statistical formulas control the chronological placement of each segment creating a different story each time the movie is played.

§ Limbo: By participating in an immersive multimedia (photographic quality) experience, users are able to navigate the story’s virtual environment and choose to view individual segments.

o Official selection of the following festivals:

§ VideoBrasil International Electronic Art Festival (Brazil, 2005)

§ European Media Arts Festival (Germany, 2004)

§ Basics Festival (Austria, 2004)

§ Media Arts Festival (Netherlands, 2004)

§ Philadelphia Documentary and Fiction Festival (USA, 2004)

§ Toronto Online Film Festival (Canada, 2004)

§ New Forms Festival (Canada, 2004)

§ Arte Digital: Poeticas y lenguajes (Cuba, 2004)

§ Artronica (Columbia, 2004)

§ Viper Basel (Switzerland, 2004)

• Bonilla, D. and Tronchin, F. (2003) Virtual Tour of Pompeii Pompeii, Italy.
• Captured 12,000 individual photos and programmed Photoshop and Quick Time VR Authoring Studio to create 581 panoramas of historical sites in Pompeii.
• Selected for inclusion in A Day in Pompeii: Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Australia (June 26, 2009 – October 31, 2009).

Included in Anthologies

· Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. (2000) Generacion 2000. Literatura mexicana hacia el tercer milenio. Poesia-Narrative-Ensayo (Generation 2000. Mexican Literature towards the third millennium. Poetry-Narrative-Essay.) Mexico City, Mexico: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.

· Editorial Praxis. (1994) En Concreto. (To the Point.) Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Praxis

Film

• Bonilla, D. (2005) Memoriter (Release Forthcoming): Wrote screenplay, directed and produced film based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges. Currently awaiting permission from the Borges Foundation before release to festivals.

Research Projects

• Bonilla, D. (2007) Dense Space: An Immersive Virtual Experience in Photographic Quality
• Designed method and built robot to capture and present dense photographic immersive virtual environments called “Dense Spaces”. U.S. Provisional Patent Application. See a video summarizing the project at: http://www.hypergraphia.com/DenseSpace/ds.htm.
• Bonilla, D. (In Progress) Pedagogical-Based Tracking System for Online Learning

o Developed online, interactive course for Introduction to Digital Media. Contains an embedded tracking system to be used for a longitudinal study of e-learning behaviors.

Refereed Conference Papers

· The structure as narrative. The use of statistical algorithms for the control of non-linear hypermedia narratives: V Bienal Iberoamericana de la Comunicación, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México. Mexico City, 2005

· Development of a tracking device for statistical inference using the General Linear Model and Time Series Analysis: New research for new media. Institute for New Media Studies. School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2003

· Asymptote: A non-linear multimedia experience: The Dynamics of Convergent Media. College of Mass Communications & Information Studies, University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina, 2002

Subject of Conference Paper

• Dr. Inke Gunia presented a conference paper about my online animated poetry in the 15th German Hispanists Congress. Bremen, Germany. (2005)

Grants, Awards and Honors

Research and Academic

· American Council on Education Internationalization Collaborative Mini-Grant Award (2006): Recipient of American Council on Education grant to develop innovative learning projects using technology. The objective of the grant is to internationalize course curriculum, pedagogy and assessment of learning outcomes and accelerate the impact of internationalization.

· Ford Foundation McGannon Center Scholarship (2005): Scholarship to participate in the Academic Brain Trust group as part of the National Conference for Media Reform.

· Doctoral Prize, Syracuse University (2004)

· All University Fellowship, Syracuse University (1998-2001)

Artistic/Film

• A Space of Time

o Honorable Mention: XV Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival. Brazil, 2005

o 1^st Prize, Internet/Multimedia Category: XXVI Moscow International Film Festival. Russia, 2004

o Art Direction Award: Philadelphia Documentary and Fiction Festival. Pennsylvania, June 2004

o Interview: INSIGHT, Capital Public Radio: Discussion. February 2005. Sacramento, CA.

Literary

· Generation 2000: Selected among other Mexican writers to participate in commemorative government anthology: Generation 2000. Mexican Literature Towards the Third Millennium. Poetry-Narrative-Essay. Mexico: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 2000.

Advisory

National Forum on Information Literacy, ICT Policy Council ● Princeton, New Jersey 2007

Cut Score Committee member

• Evaluated Educational Testing Service’s (ETS) information and communications technology iSkills™ assessment and recommended the proficiency level needed to pass the exam.

California Emerging Technology Fund ● Sacramento, CA 2007

ICT Digital Literacy Leadership Roundtable participant

• Selected to serve on Leadership Roundtable and provide advice on a Digital Literacy Curriculum and corresponding statewide public policy. Sacramento, California, 2007.

La Red INAV ● Universidad de Medellin ● Medellin, Columbia 2006-Present

Founding Member and Current Participant

• Helped form a network of Latin American academics researching/producing audiovisual narratives. The network currently spans seven countries and includes more than 40 participants.