Ferris State University
Dissertation Defense, October 24, 2014, Presentation
Ferris State University Capstone Presentation (March 2014) – Presentation on artifact for the Comprehensive Interviews and Presentations (CIPs), considered the integrative capstone experience for DCCL students.
The Quest for Transformation, a tongue-in-cheek video celebration of the final stages of completion towards my doctorate.
Presentation at League for Innovations 2012 conference in Philadelphia, PA, co-presenter
Moving from At-Risk to At-Promise, At Issue publication, March 2012, co-editor/co-author
Developing Purpose – Chickering & Reisser’s Vector #6, Spring 2012, co-author
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Fulbright, Cultural Journalism, May 2012 – Ekaterinburg, Russia
Public Presentation on Cultural Journalism, American Embassy Library, Ekaterinburg
Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art (EACA)
Lectures for short course in Cultural Journalism
EACA Lecture – Day 1 – An intro to Cultural Journalism, Craft in America assignment.
EACA Lecture – Day 2 – Introducing Creative Blog project and Victory Day article assignment.
EACA Lecture – Day 3 – Introducing Ethics, Art and Media Responsibility; Art, Ethics, & Journalism short article assignment.
EACA Lecture – Day 4 – Introducing Assignment #5 (Final) – Finding Your Voice, choosing their media.
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Miscellaneous Writings/videos
Foreign No More: A Community College Group’s Voyage of Discovery of Citizenship in a Global Village
Foreign No More video – This video was the subject of the paper above.
A Virtual Artistic & Cultural Exchange
Patterns of the Ancients: Fijian Tapa cloth A traditional art form meets 20th century economics
Visual Language: A 19th Century Comet in Fiji
An Expat’s Journal ~ Stories from the edge…
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Michigan State University: Se(a) Crossings (MFA Thesis)
Shared here are four videos included in this multi-media installation. They were edited to run simultaneously with different segments becoming more prominent at different times throughout the 7 min. and 11 sec. that they ran.
Se(a) Crossings Water Sequence – Not used in the original installation, but included in the Mott Art Gallery version. This video was “splashed” upon a side wall to create an ambiance.
Se(a) Crossings Time Poem II – projected into a 36″ frosted “bowl” suspended from the wireframe ceiling, acting as the “oracle” reciting Time Poem II. (Time Poem I was printed on the floor.)
Se(a) Crossings Flint-side Sequence – projected on the verso of an large translucent image suspended from the wireframe ceiling.
Se(a) Crossings Fiji-side Sequence – projected on the verso of an large translucent image suspended from the wireframe ceiling.
Installation of Se(a) Crossings: Time in the Midst of Chaos, MFA Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, MSU, East Lansing, 2005.
MFA Thesis (2005) – Se(a) Crossings: Time in the midst of the pressures of chaos
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Publicity, reviews, or citations
Dr. Mara Jevera Fulmer, ED.D., MFA, MA From New York to Fiji to Flint, My City Magazine, June 1, 2018
Mott exhibit features Flint-area Holocaust survivors, Grand Blanc View, June 30, 2011.
Mott art students’ journeys to Fiji chronicled in multimedia exhibit, Feb. 9, 2006, Flint Journal
Exhibit tells gutwrenching stories of homeless women, July 7, 2006, Flint Journal
Portraits of Homelessness, WSU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2006
Book art exhibit to open at Bright Hill Center, Sept. 29, 2005, The Daily Star (upstate NY)
Six grandes dames mount the best M.F.A. show in recent memory, March 30, 2005, City Pulse
Media: News of Fiji, By Way of Flint, July 14, 2000, Chronicle of Higher Education
Taking a Coup in Your Stride, by Christine Gounder, Pacific Journalism Online, August 2000.
Blogs & Podcasts
You can read my latest blog post at MarasBlog.com (also known as emjayfulmer.blog
Go directly to older entries via the links below:
Archived Blog Posts (2005-2011):
- Mara’s Blogs, Podcasts & Se(a) Crossings – Opening page to old blog with two sections from 1/31/2009 and 12/21/2012.
- The Invisible Artist – originally published 4/10/2007
- Creative expression, educators…and the mental health system. – originally published 4/23/2007
- healing and vicodin-induced thoughts – originally published 8/2/2007
- 21st Century learning at the community college level… – originally published 9/7/2007
- Thanks for the well wishes – originally published 9/7/2007
- Thoughts from a stressless recliner… – originally published 11/30/2007
- Why does it need to be the holidays? – originally published 12/25/2007
- Lost iPod… Found faith in fellow humans. – originally published 2/28/2008
- Making a living, and just living a life in hard times – originally published 1/31/2009
- Packages from my Uncle – originally published 3/8/2009
- Life is but a dream – originally published 1/17/2011
- Life is but a dream…Part II – originally published 2/4/2011
- Life is but a dream…Part III – originally published 3/7/2011
- Thoughts on a Current Project (2005-2006) – Originally published October 31, 2005. Opening entry of a blog capturing the creative process during the development of the Telling My Story Detroit project, capturing the visual narrative portraits of eight women on a path to recovery from homelessness.
- Daisy’s Portrait, originally published November 7, 2005.
- Interlude on Daisy, originally published November 15, 2005
- Through the Eyes of Ida, originally published November 19, 2005
- Ida’s Portrait, originally published November 20, 2005
- Rebecca’s Soliloquy & other causes of heartache, originally published December 5, 2006
- Rebecca’s Monologue of Bitterness & Hope, originally published December 16, 2005
- Glenda ~ flee or fight, originally published December 29, 2005
- Glenda’s portrait, originally published January 3, 2006
- aka Jane, crack and rebuilding a life, originally published January 16, 2006
- More on the process up to Jane…, originally published January 16, 2006
- Preparing for Dana, via Sea Crossings, originally published February 19, 2006
Archived Podcasts (2006-2007)
- Se(a) Crossings… as a way of life – opening page to podcast portion, probably published in early 2006.
- Sea Crossings: Time in the midst of the pressures of chaos… (v2) – originally published in Spring 2006
- Reflections on a College Trip – originally published 4/7/2006
- Confessions of a NON… – originally published 4/16/2006
- Reflections on a College Trip – “The Movie” – originally published 4/19/2006
- Mexico Musings in Two Movements…Part I: Meditations on a Mexico Sunrise – originally published 5/19/2006
- Part II: Agitations on the Mexican Autobahn – originally published 5/20/2006
- Telling My Story… and the Art of Rebuilding our Humanity – originally published 9/1/2006
- Playful Thoughts on Art – originally published 4/8/2007
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