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Curriculum Vitae

Kevin Ray Crawford

PERSONAL DATA

§         Citizenship: U.S. (primary) and Canada (dual)
§         Marital Status: Married
§         Wife: Terry Lee Crawford
§         Children: Austin James Crawford; April Charmaine Crawford
§         Health: Excellent

CAREER SPECIALIZATION

Full time faculty experience at the university and film school level with instructional emphasis in creative writing for stage and screen, rhetoric and public culture, and critical analysis of the motion picture arts.
I am also keen to explore how texts, images, and other media operate as a mode of action, with particular regard to those practices defining public thought, identity, and legitimacy.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (ABD) Doctor of Philosophy, Communication (GPA 4.0)

School of Communication & theArts, Doctoral Studies in Media Communication

Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA

M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts, Script and Screenwriting

Degree conferred, May 2007 (w/Distinction, GPA 4.0)
School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-Television
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA

M.Div. Master of Divinity, Philosophical Theology

Degree conferred, August 1986 (w/Distinction)
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY

B.A. Bachelor of Arts, Biblical Literature and Philosophy

Degree conferred, June 1981 (w/Distinction)
Asbury College
Wilmore, KY

EXPERIENCE

2010                                Regent University                                  Virginia Beach, VA
Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV
§         Ph.D. Candidacy (Advanced Dissertation Study)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         ANIM 210 “Writing for Animation” (On Campus, Spring Semester)
2009                                Regent University                                  Virginia Beach, VA
Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV
§         Ph.D. Qualifying Exams (Dept. of Communication, PhD Studies)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         SSW 512 “Writing the Short Film” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
2009                                Regent University                                  Virginia Beach, VA
Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         COMU 100 “The Christian Role in the Arts” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
§         CTVU 210 “Storytelling & Scriptwriting” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
2009                                Regent University                                  Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Glen G. Henson Scholar (Dept. of Communication, PhD Studies)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         SSW 685 “Seminar: Advanced Screenwriting” (On Line, Summer Semester)

Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         COMU 100 “The Christian Role in the Arts” (On Line, Summer Semester)
§         CTVU 210 “Storytelling & Scriptwriting” (On Line, Summer Semester)

2008 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Morse Family Scholar (Dept. of Communication, PhD Studies)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         SSW 685 “Seminar: Narrative Adaptation” (On line, Summer Session)

2008 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         COMU 100 “The Christian Role in the Arts” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
§         CTVU 210 “Storytelling & Scriptwriting” (On Campus, Fall Semester)

2008 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Morse Family Scholar (Dept. of Communication, PhD Studies)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         SSW 685 “Seminar: Narrative Adaptation” (On Line, Summer Semester)

2008 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         COMU 100 “The Christian Role in the Arts” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
§         CTVU 210 “Storytelling & Scriptwriting” (On Campus, Fall Semester)

Undergraduate Studies Division, General Education Department

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of General Studies)
§         PHIL 101 “Intro to Philosophy” (On Campus, Sessions, A and C)
§         PHIL 102 “Logic and Critical Thinking” (On Campus, Sessions B and D)

2007 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         DuArt Rushnell Communication Arts Scholar (Dept. of Communication, PhD Studies)
§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         SSW 510 “Story Structure for Stage & Screen” (Fall Semester, Distance)
§         Screenwriter, Summer Film Project Quantum Effect (Sci-fi/Thriller)
§         Regent University, Summer Endowment Film Project (July 9-27, 2007)

Undergraduate Studies Division, General Education Department

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of General Studies)
§         PHIL 101 “Intro to Philosophy” (On Campus, Session A)
§         PHIL 102 “Logic and Critical Thinking” (On Campus, Session B)

Undergraduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Adjunct Professor (Department of Cinema-TV)
§         COMU 100 “The Christian Role in the Arts” (On Campus, Fall Semester)
§         CTVU 210 “Storytelling & Scriptwriting” (On Campus, Fall Semester)

2007 Prosody Creative Services Jamestown/Williamsburg, VA

Operations Production Assistant/Independent Contractor

§ Event production, operations and logistics for America’s 400^th Anniversary Weekend from May 9 – May 13, 2007 (Attendance: 30,000 per day)
§ A three-day, multi-venue festival, featuring commemorative moments, cultural events, museum galleries, interpretive demonstrations, interactive exhibits, original productions, and family friendly programs at Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Settlement and Anniversary Park.

2007 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Undergraduate Studies Division, General Education Department

§ Adjunct Professor
§ PHIL 102 “Logic & Critical Thinking” (On Campus, Session C)

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Screenwriter, Finalist Hollywood FirstGlance Competition, Eden Valley Rain
§         Graduate Portfolio: “Mixing Violence and Religion in The Reckoning: The Scripting of a Postmodern Action Thriller Inside the John Woo-Film Noir Paradigm”
§         Offer to publish, “Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Award,” Chimbelu Chiponda, Editor, VDM Verlag, Germany (VDM Verlag Dr. Müller publishes specialist literature in the fields of management, social science and information technology, publishing more than 2000 outstanding new research titles every year).

2006 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Undergraduate Studies Division, General Education Department

§ Adjunct Professor
§ PHIL 101 “Introduction to Philosophy” (On Campus, Session A)

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§ Screenwriter, Script Supervisor, Associate Producer
§ The Reckoning, Student Film Project

2005 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Script Supervisor, Production Still Photography
§         Holding, Student Film Project
§         Screenwriter
§         Fate Is The Hunter, Student Film Project

2005 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§         Screenwriter, Summer Film Project (Screenplay 1^st Runner-up)
§         The Gravel Drive– 1hr made for TV movie, INSP/I-LIVE TV
§         Screenplay adaptation of Kirk L. Martin’s best-selling novel by the same title

2004 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA

Graduate Division, School of Communication & the Arts, Department of Cinema-TV

§ Script Supervisor, Script Consultant, Production Still Photography
§ Fanfilm, Fall Film Project, 30 minute, HD shoot

1986 – 2004 Pastor/Teacher Educational Consultant/Contract Speaker

§         2000 – 2004                                                    First Alliance Church, Mansfield, Ohio
§         1997 – 2000                                                    Grace Community Alliance, Calgary, AB, Canada
§         1994 – 1997                                                    Evangel Alliance Church, Calgary, AB, Canada
§         1993 – 1994                                                    National Seminars Group, Kansas City, Missouri
§         1990 – 1992                                                    Cypress Creek Community Church, Tampa, Florida
§         1989 – 1990                                                    Tampa First Free Methodist Church, Tampa, Florida
§         1986 – 1989                                                    High River Baptist Church, High River, AB, Canada
§         1981 – 1983                                                    Minister-at-large, TheChristian&Missionary Alliance

ACADEMIC PAPERS & CONFERENCES (selected review)

§         Emotional Appeal as a Definition and Model of Communication, 2004.
§         The Emotional Impact of Blockbuster Media: Focus Group Pilot, 2004.
§         Uses and Effects of Emotion in Blockbuster Media: Content Analysis of the Role of Human Emotional Response to Modern Film Endings, 2004.
§         Narrative Continuity as an Element of the Classical Hollywood Style at MGM, 2004.
§         Narrative Adaptation in the Period of the Unit Producer: Thalberg, Selznick, Hitchcock, and Beyond, 2004.
§         Worldview Discussion: A Screenwriter’s Journey, 2005.
§         The Tools of the Director: A Brief Study of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and Ted Kotcheff’s First Blood, 2005.
§         Christ Observed in Modern Film Stories: Cinematic Expressions of Atonement in The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, 2005.
§         The Semiotics of Religion Post-Theory: Metaphysical Imagery (East vs. West) in Groundhog Day, 2005. Conference Paper, Campbell University (2006).
§         Portrait of a Postmodern Auteur: An Art Historical Analysis of Steven Spielberg and the Impact of 1970s Blockbuster Media, 2006.
§         Blockbuster Media and the Redistribution of Cinema Power: Tragedy and Triumph inside the New Hollywood of Eisner, Friedkin, Spielberg, and Lucas, 2006.
§         The Phenomenology of Suspense: Viewer Activity and Reader-Response Inside Hitchcock’s Narrative Apparatus, 2006.
§         A Different Kind of Fire: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo From Hard Target To Paycheck, 2006.
§         The Visual Comedy of Jacques Tati: Comic Style, Comic Form, Comic Grace In The Character Of Mr. Hulot Revisited, 2006. Conference Paper, VACAS (2007). (Panelists: J. Dennis Bounds, Kevin Crawford, Stephen Krogh).
§         The Rhetoric of Shame: A Proposed Logological Analysis of the “No-Judgment Zone” and Postabortion Language among the Women of Exhale, 2007.
§         Deconstructing Lewis’s Argument from Desire, Intellection and Reason in the ‘Great War’ Debate and Surprised by Joy, 2007.
§         Flannery O’Connor: The Christian Novelist in Art Historical Analysis and Perspective, 2007.
§         Re-thinking Mitchell Stephens’ The Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word: The Hope for New Media, 2007.
§         Discursive Re-constitution of “Panic” in Orson Welles’ 1938 Mercury Theatre on Air Performance of The War of the Worlds, Conference Paper, NCA 2008, San Diego, CA, Panel: “They’re Coming to Get Us!”: The Rhetoric of Panic, Hopelessness, and Hope Across the Entertainment Spectrum. (Panelists: Marc Newman, Todd Lewis, Kevin Crawford, Chair: Tom Carmody, Respondent: Terry Lindvall).
§         The Shape and Style of Indirect Communication: Redemptive and Pre-redemptive Media Forms in the Light of Soren Kierkegaard and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 2008

§         The Principle of Analogy: Revisiting the Form and Function of Theological Language in the Thought of St. Thomas and Immanuel Kant, 2008.
§         Theology and Communication in Walker Percy's Delta: A Deleuzian Meditation on the Metaphysics of Immanence in His Literary Form, 2008.
§         "You Can't Stop What's Comin'": Antiocular Critique of Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men, 2008.
§         “My daughter is an alcoholic, but her father is a mess!” Stigma and Sobriety beyond the Parsonage: An Exercise in Critical Autoethnography, 2008.
§         "Becoming” Redemptive: Deleuzoguattarian Perspectives on Prosocial Media Forms and their Reception in Popular Culture, 2008.
§         Entertainment Education as “Major” and “Minor” Discourse: Analysis of “Territorializing” and “Deterritorializing” Effects of Redemptive Media Forms and their Reception in Popular Culture, 2008.
§          Fragments of Bonhoeffer’s Indirect Communication Found: Associating Disassociated Elements in the Writings of Søren Kierkegaard, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Flannery O’Connor, 2008. (COHORT: Dr. Benson P. Fraser, Ph.D.)
§         Re-visualizing Environmental Activism as "Green"-space, "Created"-space: Christian Ethical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth, 2009.
§         Beyond Partisan Spaces: Analyzing Redemptive Experiences, Parasocial Interaction and Media Sensation in The Shack Book Blogs, 2009.
§         Deleuzoguattarian Constructions on the 'Real': The Literature of Flannery O'Connor in Revised Critical Perspective, 2009.
§         Archetype, Dialectic and Total Depravity: Religious Rhetoric and American Film. Religious Communication Association (Paper Session, 2A), NCA, Chicago, Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. Panelists: Thomas Carmody, Chair; Mark Steiner, Respondent; Presenters - Andrew Harris, Michael Finch, Chad Neuman, and Kevin Crawford.
MFA PORTFOLIO
§         Mixing Violence and Religion in The Reckoning: The Scripting of a Postmodern Action Thriller inside the John Woo-Film Noir Paradigm, ©2007. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database.
BOOKS & NOVELS
§         Cyberia – Novel Project (Arriving Summer 2010).
CREATIVE WRITING PROJECTS/FILMS
The Inner Stage – Student Short (Produced), ©2004.
The Gravel Drive – TV Spec/Feature-length Screenplay (Family Drama), ©2004.
A Severe Mercy – Feature-length Screenplay (Suspense/Thriller), ©2004.
Red Sky Morning – Feature-length Screenplay (Action/Thriller), ©2005.
Eden Valley Rain – Feature-length Screenplay (Psychological Thriller), ©2005.
Black And Blue – TV Spec (Police Drama/HBO Original Series “The Wire”), ©2005.
Fate Is The Hunter – Student Short (Action/Police Drama/Produced), ©2005.
The Reckoning – Student Short (Action/Thriller/Produced), ©2006.
The Zero Option – Feature-length Screenplay (in process), 2006.
The Hole – Feature-length Screenplay (Sci-Fi/Suspense), ©2006.
Quantum Effect – Regent University Endowment Film (Sci-Fi/Thriller), Produced, Summer 2007. (Sundance entry ‘09, Student Academy Award entry ‘09, Marketing to Sci-fi Channel as a possible 1-hr in 2010).
The Ghost in the Atom – A Play in Two Acts, Science-Fantasy/Historical Drama (Festival contender off-off-broadway), ©2007.
Borderworld – A One Act Play, Fantasy/Suspense Drama (Festival contender off-off-broadway), ©2007.
The Reckoning – Feature-length Thesis Project (Political Thriller), ©2007.
Ricochet: A True Story – Feature-length Screenplay (story rights in progress), 2007.
The Rooster of Baghdad – Feature-length proposal (in progress), 2007.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (past and present)
American Screenwriters Association
Writers Guild of America
International Communication Association (ICA)
National Communication Association (NCA)
Paradigm Literary Agency
Aimee Entertainment Agency
Baptist Union of Western Canada
The Christian & Missionary Alliance – U.S.
The Christian & Missionary Alliance – Canada
Free Methodist Church of North America
Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
Society of Christian Philosophers
American Society for Training and Development
National Seminars Group
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
2010 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Regent University (PhD).
2009 Glen G. Henson Scholar (Doctoral), Communication Department, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2008/9 Morse Family Communication Arts Scholar (Doctoral), Communication Department, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2007/8 Louise Du Art and SQuire Rushnell Communication Arts Scholar (Doctoral), Communication Department, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2007 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Regent University (MFA).
2007 Finalist, Creative Screenwriting Magazine's AAA TV Writing Contest, Hollywood, CA (The Wire: Black And Blue, Police Thriller).
2007 Finalist, FirstGlance Annual Feature Length Screenplay Competition, Hollywood, CA (Eden Valley Rain, Suspense Thriller).
2006 Finalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Hollywood, CA (The Hole, Sci-Fi Thriller).
2006 Finalist, 12^th Annual Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, co-sponsored by WGA Signatory Literary Agencies in Los Angeles and New York (Red Sky Morning, Action Thriller).
2005 Finalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, Hollywood, CA (Eden Valley Rain, Suspense Thriller).
2005 Finalist, American Gem Short Screenplay Contest, FilmMaker’s Magazine, Irvine, CA (The Gravel Drive – Family Drama).
2005/6 Dean’s Award for Academic Merit, School of Communication & the Arts, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA (GPA 4.0).
2004/5 Dean’s Award for Academic Merit, School of Communication & the Arts, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA (GPA 4.0).
Dale and Gloria Chapman Scholar (2005-2006), Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA.
Dale and Gloria Chapman Scholar (2004-2005), Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA.
Stallings Memorial Scholar (2003-2004), Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA.
International Society of Theta Phi (1986), Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY.
National Dean's List Scholar (1980 - 1981), Asbury College, Wilmore, KY.
Leadership Scholarship (1980 - 1981), Asbury College, Wilmore, KY.
Dean’s List, Seven Achievements (1977 – 1981), Asbury College, Wilmore, KY.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
§         P.A.D.I. certification/LHS research project, "Blue-hole Aquatics," For-Far Field Station, Andros Island, The Bahamas, 1977.
§         Resident of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1983-1984, 1986-1989, 1992-2000
§         Became a dual-citizen of Canada on February 2, 2001.
§         Business development and marketing, USANA, Inc., the Upscale Marketing Group, London, England, 1997.
CONSULTING, TRAINING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
§         Organization training and development (MBTI Certified Coaching), Ohio Respiratory Care Board (ORCB), Columbus, Ohio.
§         Educational consultant to the Foothills School Division of Alberta, Canada
§         Contract speaker with National Seminars Group, A Continuing Education Division of Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri.
§         Guest lecturer, Canadian Theological College (CTC), formerly Mountain View Bible College, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
CERTIFICATES/OTHER TRAINING
§         DAS140: Blackboard Certification, (in progress): The Center for Teaching & Learning and The Information Technology Department, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
§         “Alternatives in Dispute Resolution,” Certificate: December 1991, Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
§      Robert McKee's Story Seminar, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, 2004.
§        David Freeman's Beyond Structure, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
§        Novel Workshop, Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, 1997.