Harrison Apple Email & Phone Number

Subject specialist in LGBTQ archives and Public Health literature on the gay men's bathhouses. Prioritized research goals to support script writing, Conducted broad-based subject research, Facilitated instutitonal support from professional archivists, Delivered research reports, Manage digital asset arrangement and storage.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Coordinate, produce, edit, and publish over fifty oral history interviews about community, identity, & language with deep attachments to place.
• Acquire, process, and archive over 20 audio-visual community collections using Premiere Pro, Audition, Wordpress, Omeka, Vimeo, and MixCloud while adhering to archival standards and publishing through online CMS.
• Liaison for international audiences of the archive users and cultural institutions seeking consultation on educational programming.Founding Co-Director of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project (PQHP); an oral history.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

eSociety Instructor, responsible for developing and teaching:212 - Social Media Strategies Across Professions300 - Digital Storytelling and Culture313 - Digital Discourse and Identity314 - Theories of New Media340 - Information, Multimedia Design, and the Moving Image488 - Surveillance and Social Media

Tucson, Arizona Area

• GWS 150 Gender and Contemporary Society
• Lead four sections of 20 students in an introductory undergraduate course on Gender studies and Feminist Theory.
• Developed presentations and lesson plans to support lead instructor's lecture content and guide student success.

Remote

• Conducted freelance remote historical research (archival public records, newspaper database, and oral interviews) about the owners, occupants, and community at 111 Taylor St, the site of the 1966 Gene Compton's.
• Created a primary and secondary source database using Google Drive for project director, Dr. Susan Stryker (Historian, Filmmaker behind "Screaming Queens", Activist, and founder of the academic field of Transgender.
• Interpreted, summarized and synthesized relevant information into consumable research reports.

Remote

• Conducted remote historical public records research on the professional, academic, and cultural impact of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital in San Francisco.
• Created a diigtal secondary source database using Google Drive for the Preservation Project PI Donna Graves.
• Summarized and Synthesized relevant information about the building, staff, and research into hand-off ready reports.

Tucson

• Published weekly multimedia newsletters.
• Design and develop marketing materials to increasing audience engagement with the Institute’s year-long programming.
• Liaised with University Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Tucson community stakeholders to bring attention to Institute Programming and LGBTQ courses.
• Coordinated and documented the Fall Speaker Symposium, including lectures and live-outdoor cooking demonstrations featuring Dr. Luz Calvo of University of California Santa Barbara.

Tucson, Arizona

• Liaison for SIROW Southwest Regional Network
• Coordinated the Southwest Regional Heads and Director Summit.
• Designed and published the SIROW Regional Newsletter.
• Researched and packaged literature reviews for Institute Director.
• Designed and packaged presentation materials for Institute Director.

Pittsburgh, PA

• Selected by Center for Art in Society Director Dr. Paul Eiss (Global Studies) to pursue my original undergraduate research thesis full time at Carnegie Mellon Univeristy.
• Residency with the CAS (Carneige Mellon University) provided institutional support for design development, fabrication, and exhibition of my community archival research at the Future Tenant Gallery in downtown.

Pittsburgh PA

• Coordinated production teams for high-profile artist and scholar interviews for on-location and in-studio production, including interviews with Vaginal Davis, Dr. Susan Stryker, Dr. Jack Halberstam, Narcissister, Cakes.
• Facilitated on-site shooting, post-production editing, web broadcast, and digital archiving.
• Collaborated on script writing and editing for TransQ telenovela “Mercury in Retrograde.”

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Selected from a competative pool of undergraduate artists and scholars to pursue original independnet interdisciplinary research at Carnegie Mellon University.
• Produced independent research on gay and lesbian history and community formation in Pittsburgh
• Fellowship presentation jumpstarted the Pittsburgh Queer History Project as a case study of sexual identity formation outside of major metropolises.

New York, New York, United States

• Intern to Emilie Baltz, Creative Director at Museum of Sex and owner of BALTZWORKS
• Concept development, sample construction, budget preparation, and installation for large scale exhibition "Obscene Diary" about the life of Samuel Steward.
• Audio and Video Editing for Exhibition Content, supporting the Curatorial Department
• Research and Design Development for interactive sensory installations including Aphrodisiac bar and cafe.

New York, New York, United States

• Photographer for design source material
• Audio and Video Editor for Social Media Content Creation
• Academic and Popular Gastronomic Research

Prepare performance space for screenings, sound works, and performances. (Setup for sound mixers, speakers, projectors)Handling film works

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Pittsburgh social practice artwork/restaurant created by Dawn Weleski and Jon Rubin (Carnegie Mellon University). Conflict Kitchen served lunch daily from cuisines of countries in political conflict with the United.
• Researcher of Persian Gastronomical & Cultural History
• Live Video Segment Producer for Waffle Shop.
• Content Creator for Public Media and Advertising

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

• Intern to Education Director, Carolyn Sickles (now Director of Tulsa Artist Fellowship)
• Museum Liason for Artist Peter Wagner
• Co-Creator for "Norton Abridged" Exhibition Layout Catalog with Rachel Appel
• Writer for Digital Exhibition Audio Tours

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Gender And Women'S Studies

Bha, Studio Art And Global Studies

Archeology Field Work

Student Illustrator at San Bartolo/Xultun Field Site in El Petén, Guatemala. Project Director: Dr. William Saturno