LEENA JAYASWAL
Leena Jayaswal
Film and Media Arts Division Work 202.885.2662
School of Communication Cell 202.341.6911
American University leenajayaswal.com
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Sept. 2017
Washington, DC 20016
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Director of the Photography Concentration
2017- present School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
Associate Professor, Director of the Photography Concentration
2009-2017 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
Assistant Professor, Director of the Photography Concentration
2003-2009 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
Nominated for University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in a Full Time Appointment 2008
Assistant Professor, Temporary Line
1999-2003 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
Photography Instructor
2000-2006 Discover the World of Communications, American University, Washington, DC
Adjunct Lecturer, Photography
2001 Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, VA
2000 The Art League Old Town Alexandria, VA
1996 Adult Education Fairfax, VA
1995-1999 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
COURSES TAUGHT
Principles of Photography, Fine Art Photography, The Radical Image, Visual Literacy, Movies, Masala Magic, Basic Visual Media Production, Basic Digital Imaging, History of Photography
University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in a Tenure/Tenure Track Line 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Official Photographer for the Patsy Cline Museum
2006 Celebrating Patsy Cline Organization, Winchester, VA
Assistant to Photography Dealer
1995-2003 Sandra Berler Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
Member of the Photography Collective
2003-2005 International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC
Art Instructor
2000 Maryland National Parks and Planning Visual Development Program,
Riverdale, Maryland
Assistant to Mary Ellen Mark
1997 New York, NY
Teaching Assistant
1993-1997 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Executive Photographer
1995 Black Entertainment Television Show- Story Porch, Washington, DC
University Publishing Printing Office
1994 American University, Washington, DC
Polaroid Facilitator
1995-2000 Polaroid Education Program, Mid-Atlantic Region
Photography Lab Supervisor
1994-1996 School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC
SOLO PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
Motherland, Gandhi Memorial Center, Washington, DC Invited, 2012
din ke sapne (dreams of the day), India Mela, Germantown, MD Invited, 2004
din ke sapne (dreams of the day), International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Identity: A Photography Exhibition, Communication via the Universal Language, North Bethesda Warehouse District Art and Architecture Festival, North Bethesda, MD Invited, 2017
What Keeps You Up At Night? Volume II curated by Tomiko Jones, The Arts at CIIS, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, Invited, 2017
ASMP DC Member Exhibition, National Geographic Central, Washington, DC Invited, 2016
Photography/Praxis Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2016
Curious Camera 8th Annual ArtsEye, Tucson, AZ, Juried, Juror Anne Simmons-Myers 2nd Place, 2016
Rendering The Spirit, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD, Juried, Juror Scott Davis and Mac Cosgrove-Davies, 2016 (5 photographs from Indian Bride Barbie Series)
Typecast, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, Juried, Juror Jarvis DuBois, 2016
Photographers @ Work, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2015
Portraiture, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2013
American University South Asian Arts Festival, American University, Washington, DC, Invited 2013
Revisit: The Inconstancy of Being, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2012
Mark and Master, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC Invited, 2011
Slideluck Potshow, Fotoweek Central, Washington, DC Juried, 2010
The Digital Silk Road of the 21st Century, Bridging Nations, Washington, DC Invited, Photography Donated and Sold, 2007
Remix: East- West Currents in Contemporary Art, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA Juried, Jurors Debra Diamond, Claudia DeMonte, Carol Lukitsch, 2006
Best Friends, Capital Arts Network, Bethesda, MD Juried, Juror Kathleen Ewing, 2006
Travel Afar, Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD Juried 2006
Photography NOW, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY Juried, Juror Sam Abell, 2006
All Hung, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD 2006
Photography Collective, A.Salon, Washington, DC 2005
New Faculty Work, Terrace Dining Hall, American University, Washington, DC 2005
Digital Image Gallery, Red Brook Gallery, Washington, DC 2004
Photography Collective, A.Salon, Washington, DC 2004
Harmony of Hues, Indus Woman Leaders Conference, Boston, MA Juried, Juror Rebecca Karamehmedovic 2004
Dog Days Dog Show, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC Juried, Juror Kathleen Ewing, 2004
Annual National Juried Competition Photography/Digital Photography, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ Juried, Juror Katherine Ware 2004
ASEAN Film and Photography Festival J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC Invited 2003
The Photography Collective, International Visions Gallery, Washington, DC 2003
Annual Silent Auction, Medina General Hospital Foundation, Medina, OH Invited, Photography Donated and Sold, 2003
5 Profiles: Studio 311, Watkins Art Gallery, Washington, DC Invited 2002
Not Yet Titled, Corcoran Gallery of Art/Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC Juried, Juror Chan Chao, 2002
India Through Your Lens, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC 2001
All Hung, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD 2001
Traveling, Western Reserve Bank, Medina, OH Invited, 2001
Photo 2000 An Annual Regional Exhibition, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Juried, Juror Elizabeth Krist 2000
Art-O-Matic, Hechinger Building, Washington, DC 2000
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Newton White Mansion, Mitchellville, MD Invited, 2000
Show, Greenhouse Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1997
Graduate Photography, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1996
School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC 1996
Your Shot, Our Show, Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC 1995
Dress Without Fear, Washington, DC 1994
Bender Library, American University, Washington, DC 1993-1994
School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC 1994
Dress Without Fear, Washington, DC 1994
Third Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Juried, Juror Thomas Beck 1994
PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLISHED WORK
Food, Media, and Culture, Cover Photograph, e-journal, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, September 2014
Food, Media, and Culture, Cover Photograph, e-journal, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, September 2013
Mallet Avenue Media Author photo for website by Gillian Gaynair, October 2013
“How McGruff and the Crying Indian Changed America: A History of Iconic Ad Council Campaigns” Author photo for book by Wendy Melillo, June 2013
India Abroad “Through photographic art, Leena Jaiswal connects with her motherland” May 4, 2012
Rediff.com, “My Green Card is at home, where is yours?” web article, May 29, 2012
American Literary, Faculty Contributor, Fall Issue Invited 2011
Contexts: The Memory Issue, The New School, New York Juried 2007
Society for Photographic Education Multicultural Caucus, Website 2006
Society for Photographic Education Mid-Atlantic Region, Website 2006
Daddy, Can I Tell You Something? Anthology 2006
Barrelhouse Magazine Issue II, Juried 2006
The Washington City Paper, “din ke sapne”, by Louis Jacobson, Critic’s Pick of the Week, City Lights 2004
American Literary, Faculty Contributor, Spring Issue Invited 2004
Photographers Collective website 2003
Watkins Gallery of Art website 2002
School of Communication, American University, Website 2002
The American Observer website, September 11, 2001
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery website, “India through Your Lens” 2000
American Literary, Spring Issue Juried 1996
Planned Sponsor Magazine, April Issue 1995
Tinkle, compact disc, 1995
Eggs, compact disc, 1994
GROUP INSTALLATION EXHIBITIONS
I’m Not The Nanny, director, cinematographer, editor
“Motherlines: Mothering, Motherhood, and Mothers In and Through the Generations: Theory, Narrative, Representations, Practice, and Experience” Conference, Galway, Ireland, July, 2017
“A More Perfect Union: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia” Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA, Juried, Juror Dave Kyu, 2017
MY WORLD: Video Art Exhibition, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD, Juried, Juror Na’ama Lewin, 2016
Typecast Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, Juried, Juror Jarvis DuBois, 2016
Framing Parenting, co-producer, co-director, cinematographer, co-editor
iDEAs 12: A Retrospection, International Digital Media Arts Association Conference, Miami, FL Juried 2012 Award of Merit
University Film and Video Association Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, IL Juried 2012
Draupadi, producer, director, editor
University Film and Video Association Conference, Champlain College, Burlington, VT Juried 2010
Partition Revisited, producer, director, cinematographer, editor
Society for Photographic Education, Multicultural Caucus screening, Dallas, Texas Juried 2009
iDEAs 08 Continuum, International Digital Media Arts Association Conference, Savannah, GA Juried 2008
University Film and Video Association Conference, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Juried 2008 Winner of Best Scholarly Merit New Media Award
The New F Word, co-producer, co-director, co-cinematographer, co-editor
Visions in Feminism Conference, American University, Washington, DC Invited 2008
iDEAs 07: Beyond Boundaries, International Digital Media Arts Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Juried
The National Museum of Women in the Arts 20th Anniversary Festival of Women’s Film & Media Arts, Washington, DC Juried 2007
University Film and Video Association Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, TX Juried 2007
Coding Identity: The Symbolic Deconstruction of Hurricane Katrina, co-
producer, co-director, co-editor
University Film and Video Association Conference, Chapman College, Orange, CA Invited 2006
iDEAs> Emerging Codes of the Digital, International Digital Media Arts Association Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH Juried 2006
FILM
Mixed (Work in Progress) Co-Producer, Co-Director, Cinematographer
Fiscal Sponsor through Documania Films from International Documentary Association, June 2016
$10,000 Donation from the Shirley Brownrigg Charitable Trust 2016
$4,000 School of Communication Grant 2016
$20,000 Donation from the Norman Lear Foundation 2016
$5,200 School of Communication Grant 2015
$10,000 Provost Grant 2014
Public Talks
“Included” Tedx American University with Caty Borum Chattoo, American University, June 2017
“#franklycurious” Frank 2017, University of Florida with Caty Borum Chattoo, Gainesville, FL, March 2017
Articles/Media
“Interracial Relationships on Screen” On Point, NPR, July 27, 2017
International Documentary Association’s Documentary of the Week, July 5, 2017
The Eagle, “SOC professors make documentary on mixed race” April, 24, 2017
Mixed: A Documentary Film with Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal, Episode 100. Multiracial Family Man Podcast. January 11, 2017.
American University website, “Mixed: Documentary to Explore Interracial Families” by Gregg Sangillo, December 15, 2016
http://www.american.edu/media/news/20161215-Mixed-film.cfm
Houstonia Magazine, “Gross Anatomy When are we right to be disgusted?” by Scott Vogel, November 21, 2016
Documentary.org, “ ‘MIXED’ Values: Biraciality in Non-Post-Racial America” by Caty Borum Chattoo, September 23, 2016
Rising Up to Climate Change: Storytelling With Saris (Work in Progress) Co-director, Cinematographer
Screening/Discussion/Artist Talk, Librairie du Cinema du Pantheon, Paris
France, October 14, 2017
Installation/Performance, Galerie Six Elzevir, Paris, France, October 16, 2017
Spring 2017 Finalist for the Roy W. Dean Grant
Food Law & Policy: The Fertile Field’s Origins & First Decade 2014, Director, Co-Producer, Cinematographer, Editor Companion video/ trailer for published Wisconsin Law Review paper by Baylen Linnekin and Emily Broad Leib.
Articles
“Groundbreaking Article about Food Law & Policy, Co-authored by FLPC Director Emily Broad Leib, Published in Wisconsin Law Review” Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation Harvard Law School, June 19, 2014
Seize This! (Work in Progress) Co-Producer, Co-Director, Cinematographer
UFVA (University Film and Video Association) Conference, Chapman University, Orange, CA 2013
River Planet 2011, Producer, Cinematographer of the Ganges River portion
Project Sponsored by CILECT, UFVA, Panasonic, AVID
Awards
BEA (Broadcast Education Association) Technical Award of Excellence in Cinematography, Las Vegas, NV 2012
Telly Award Religion/Spirituality Category 2011
University Film and Video Association Top Merit Faculty Juried Screening Documentary Category, Boston, MA 2011
Grants
Faculty Research Grant, American University, $4125 2007
Screenings
Big Muddy Film Festival, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 2014
Thin Line Documentary Festival, Denton, TX 2012
American Documentary Showcase, Northeastern Thailand, Vietnam 2011
Anchorage International Film Festival, Anchorage, AK 2011
Ekofilm Fest, Prague, Czech Republic 2011
Costa Rica International Film Festival, Montezuma, Costa Rica 2011
Environmental Spring Symposium, State College of Western Colorado 2011
The Rivers Panel at UFVA, (Work in Progress) Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 2008
World Premier at CILECT, Work In Progress) Beijing, China, 2008
Crossing Lines 2007, Co-Producer, Co-Director, Cinematographer
www.crossinglinesthefilm.com
Awards
University Film and Video Association Honorable Mention Faculty Juried Screening Documentary Category, University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 2009
The Heart of England Film Festival, Best American Documentary, Tamworth, England 2009
Mexico International Film Festival, Bronze Palm Winner, Shorts 2009
Gracie Allen Award, Outstanding Documentary-Short Format, American Women in Radio and Television, New York, NY 2009
California Arts Association Digital Short Film Festival, Best Documentary, $500, Cupertino, CA 2009
The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival, Runner Up Best Short Documentary Film Competition 2008
Distribution
New Day Digital 2010
New Day Films Cooperative 2009
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association) for Public Television 2008
Book-Sociology in Practice: Thinking about Race & Ethnicity DVD including clips from Crossing Lines, published by W.W Norton and Company
Film Review
Teaching Sociology: An Official Journal of the American Sociological Association, Professor Tanni Chaudhuri, July 2015
Grants
Department of Education Grant, Awarded for Closed Captioning and DVI 2008
University of Maryland Research Grant (Awarded to co-producer) 2007
The Richard Eaton Foundation Grant (Awarded to co-producer) 2007
Faculty Research Grant, American University, $5000 2004
Festival Screenings
Beyond Bollywood, as part of the Indian American Heritage Project, traveling to multiple venues from February 2015-2020,
Smithsonian Institution 2015
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, May-July 2015
Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Freemont, CA, Aug-Oct 2015
Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA, Nov 2015-Jan 2016
Mathers Museum, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, Jan-April 2016
Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, April- July 2016
John E. Conner Museum, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, July- Oct. 2016
City of Raleigh Museum, North Carolina, Oct 2016-April 2017
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, South Carolina April – July 2017
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, July 2017-Jan. 2018
Asian American Resource Center, Austin, TX, Jan – April 2018
New Americans Museum, San Diego, CA, April- July 2018
Ontario Museum of History & Art, Ontario, Canada July-Oct 2018
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, Minnesota October 2018-Jan.2019
Namaste India Festival, The National Village Museum, Bucharest, Romania, Invited, 2016