Daniel Atkinson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

A sample of my writing that addresses the power of controlling your narrative and equity in the United States

Tacoma, Washington

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Co-curator of Global Rhtyhms: https://townhallseattle.org/arts-culture/global-rhythms/Co-curator of Saturday Family Concerts: https://townhallseattle.org/arts-culture/saturday-family-concerts/

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Fieldwork to document tradition bearers; craftspeople, carvers, quilters, foodways specialists, painters and musicians, in the greater Baton Rouge in order to write a multimedia essay for the Baton Rouge Folklife Survey for publication on the Folklife in Louisiana website.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

• Developed the Summer African Language Institute.• Student recruitment, advising and management of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. • Faculty Advisor of Students for Social Justice in the Middle East.• Faculty Advisor of Jayhawks Without Borders• Member of the KASC Executive Committee• Member of the University of Kansas Diversity Leadership Council.• Curator of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival.• Consultant for the See/Saw Film Festival: A Panorama of Diverse Childhoods.• Organizer of the 2014 Mid America Association of African Studies (MAAAS) Conference.• Organizer of the 2014 University of Kansas Graduate Student Workshop.• Prepare center publications press releases, manage website and social media.• Conduct and/or support K-12, University, and community outreach activities.• Planning, implementation, and coordination of seminars, “brownbag” talks, conferences, graduate research workshops.• Work with the Director on preparing grant proposals and reports including Title VI funding.

Chico, California Area

• Management of volunteer on air staff, radio announcing and production.• Collection management, cataloging and distributing all incoming music for the station (blues, folk, jazz, new age, western classical, world, etc.).• Liaison to music industry, development, station reporting and production. • Managed website development, analytics, audio streaming and social media.

Greater Seattle, Wa

• Programed more than thirty, three-hour community showcases including the first from the local Video Jockey community: Cinemasonic Audio Visual Showcase in the Sky Church at the Experience Music Project (EMP) and from the Thai community.• Project Manager—Rhythm and Moves: An after school program teaching West African drumming and dancing at the Seattle Bilingual Orientation Center in Seattle: http://vimeo.com/9500720• Project Manager—Family Days: Monthly, family friendly, community dances at EMP with artists from local ethnic and occupational groups: http://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/family-days-at-the-emp/• Project Manager—Folklife Commons and Discovery Zone: Family friendly area on the Broad Street lawn of Seattle Center Campus. • Established partnerships with Arts Corps, the Northwest African American Museum, Festal, the Seattle Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the King County Library System, Seattle Public Schools, Emerald City Trapeze Arts, the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club, Vera Project and the Seattle Fandango Project for both festival and year-round programming.• Represented Folklife on the Seattle Public School’s taskforce to develop new International Schools • Represented Folklife at monthly Festal meetings at Seattle Center: http://seattlecenter.com/events/festivals/festal/default.asp. • Audio recording, archiving, and release of an annual compilation of music from the Northwest Folklife Festival (2005-2008).• Photography, videography, database management, office management, training and supervision of volunteers.

Greater Seattle Area

• Consulted on the first Lead Belly Foundation authorized documentary.

San Francisco Bay Area

•I provide content and production support for Resident Composer, Howard Wiley: www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=15847

Greater Seattle Area

• The LEEP program is designed to foster intellectual curiosity within youth who are transitioning from middle to high school with emphasis on risk taking, respect, teamwork and critical thinking.• Academics: English, math and Geography. Other activities: Basketball, rowing, soccer and a three-day camping trip in the Washington wilderness.

Greater Seattle Area

• Project Coordinator: Voices in Academia (round table discussions on various topics in academia)• Event Management: Getting Connected, Staying Connected and Prospective Student Days• Recruitment of under represented minorities into the Graduate School, University of Washington• Office and database management

Greater Seattle Area

• Afro-American Music, American Popular Song, History of Jazz, Music Cultures of the World: Africa —(with Philip Schuyler), American Ethnic Literature—(with Sherman Alexie)

Greater Seattle Area

•Processed, cataloged, edited and digitized archival recordings and video. •Assisted with requests for information and copies of recorded material. •Database management and troubleshooting. •General assistance to archivist Laurel Sercombe.

Greater Seattle Area

• Researched in both The Henry and the Special Collections archives at the University of Washington for content to be presented in “Photography in/out of Fashion” in 2011 and 2012.• Assisted in the planning of the layout and content for future exhibitions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Curatorial assistance for Dan Sheehy, Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Lonnie Bunch, Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and archivist Jeff Place. • Produced content for the collaboration among Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Smithsonian Global Sound, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture including promotional web content for the Paschall Brothers: http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/paschall.aspx • Production Assistant: Richmond Blues: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3216 White House Workers: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3221

Greater Seattle Area

•Negotiated with both EMP and the Louisiana State Penitentiary and authored several proposals in order to secure funding and access.•Recorded interviews and music of inmates at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, the world’s largest maximum security prison.•Archive and database management of field data for use in future exhibitions and scholarly inquiry.

San Francisco Bay Area

•Song research and selection, writing liner notes, contract and royalty administration.•Consulted on three releases for National Geographic Society on the music of Africa, New Orleans, world romance and the blues.

Chico, California Area

•Managed volunteer on air staff, radio announcing, archiving, cataloging and distributing all incoming music for the station.•Write, selected and produced content for “Evening Jazz” the only jazz music broadcast from Sacramento to the Oregon border, six nights per week from 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM.

San Francisco Bay Area

•Stage management, copy editing for air, log keeping and announcing and general assistance to jazz content producers Becca Pulliam, Tim Owens and Thurston Briscoe.

Certification, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (Emt Paramedic)

Ma/Phd, Ethnomusicology

My dissertation explores the critical discourse of a capella gospel music at former slave plantation Angola State Penitentiary.

Ba, Music Insustry

Double Minor in Business Administration and Art Studio

Aa, Visual Concepts

Education record