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Jessica Pissini

Digital communication professor

Education

  • Ph.D., arts administration, education, and policy, The Ohio State University
  • M.A., historical and cultural visualization, Duke University
  • B.A., classics and ancient Mediterranean studies, Pennsylvania State University
  • B.A., integrative arts, Pennsylvania State University

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor of digital communication, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCADnow
  • Visual and digital arts teacher, 2020–22, Arts & College Preparatory Academy (ACPA)
  • Graduate teaching fellow, 2019–20
    Graduate teaching associate (instructor of record), 2016–20, The Ohio State University, Arts Administration, Education & Policy
  • Research assistant, 2015–16, Nasher Museum of Art
    Research assistant, 2015, Information Sciences & Information Studies Lab, Augmented Reality Applications, Virtual Media, Duke University
  • Collections intern, 2013, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, California
  • Graduate assistant and photographer, 2010–12, Mendes Excavation, Tell El-Ruba, Egypt, Penn State University

Professional

  • Photographer, designer, and digital artist, 2008–present, Columbus, OH
  • Production assistant, museum exhibition design and fabrication, 2018–20, Roto Group, Dublin, OH
  • Designer, fabricator, and upholsterer for film and television production, 2010–14, Studio Art & Technology, Los Angeles, CA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Research Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Nasher Museum of Art, 2016
  • Summer Research Grant, Kress Foundation, 2015

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • Presentation of Dissertation Research and Virtual Artworks, Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Feb. 2020.
  • Presentation of Dissertation Research and Virtual Artworks, Graduate Research Arts Education Conference, The Ohio State University, Oct. 2019.
  • Presentation of Dissertation Research and Virtual Artworks, Tilt Symposium, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design, The Ohio State University, April 2019.
  • Presentation of Master's Thesis, Duke University, Fall 2015.
  • Presentation on Roman Trastevere & Google Maps, Wired! Lab Rendezvous, Duke University, Fall 2014.

Museum exhibitions, interactives, gallery installations

  • Assemblage, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH, 2019
  • Solo Project, Nasher Virtue, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2016
  • Ancient Collection Re-install, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2015

Film productions (designed and/or fabricated props, set pieces and costume pieces for the following)

  • Jurassic World, Batman VS Superman, Tomorrowland, Hunger Games Mocking Jay Pt. 2, 2015
  • Divergent, 300 Rise of an Empire, Robocop, Fast and Furious 7, Transcendence, Hunger Games Mocking Jay Pt. 1, American Sniper, Dawn of Planet of the Apes, Captain America 2 Winter Soldier, Need for Speed, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers 4 Age of Extinction, 2014
  • Oz the Great and Powerful, G. I. Joe Retaliation, Oblivion, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, Star Trek Into Darkness, After Earth, Ender's Game, Hunger Games 2 Catching Fire, 42, Grown Ups 2, Gangster Squad, Identity Theft, Scary Movie 5, 2013
  • Avengers, Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises, Expendables 2, Looper, Argo, Django Unchained, 2012
  • M.I. 4 Ghost Protocol, J. Edgar, We Bought A Zoo, 2011
  • TV productions (designed and/or fabricated props, set pieces and costume pieces for the following): American Horror Story, Glee, Parenthood, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Sleepy Hollow, Castle, Chuck, The Event, True Blood, Happy Endings, NCIS-LA, Hawaii 5-0, The Mentalist, Parks and Recreation, Harry's Law, The Mindy Project, The Neighbors, Touch, Suburgatory, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Salem, 2010–14

Theatre productions (designed and/or fabricated props, set pieces and costume pieces for the following)

  • The Wedding Singer, North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre, 2016
  • Cirque du Soleil Iris, studio art and technology, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
  • Word Up!, hip hop dance musical, Penn State University, 2008
  • Die Fledermaus, operetta, Penn State University, 2008
  • PUSH, play, Penn State University, 2008