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  POLLY CARD
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POLLY CARD, PhD, creates documentaries and visual media for education, art and communities.  She worked as Senior Video Producer at San Diego State University, California and as a film and radio Producer at the BBC, London.  She has freelanced for clients including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The University of Cambridge, The Spanish Ministry of Education, The Guardian, European Union, Runnymede Trust and Lord's Taverners. 

In 2020 she produced The Pump Room a documentary, and Mother's Day, a 360 virtual reality film about the experiences of mother scholars at The University of Cambridge, part of The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge art programme for Cambridge University Library.

Polly recently served on the California Arts Council panel 'Arts and Public Media' Programme, was awarded the SRS Library Award at SDSU, and with her team won the Enterprise Video Award, Award for Excellence at the Videographer Awards and the Hermes Creative Award. 
SKILLS: director, writer, researcher, instructor, producer, script writer and editor, casting, self-shooter, film editor, grading, graphics, pitching and delivery, international events organiser
PROGRAMMES: Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro X & 7, Premier, SADIE, VCS, SAP, Highlander, Proteus, BPS, ENPS, IPS, Pro tools, MS Office, PowerPoint, Fastfoto Picturedesk, Media Library, ibroadcast, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Premiere, Audition, ProTools, Final Draft

 email: pollycardfilm@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS & PRIZES

2020
THE PUMP ROOM
DOC AND VR PROJECT ON MOTHER SCHOLAR EXPERIENCES AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSIY
RISING TIDE: WOMEN AT CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, UK  

2019
PH.D.
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY & SDSU, USA
EDUCATION
FILM, RACE & GENDER

SENIOR VIDEO PRODUCER
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, USA
STUDENT MENTOR, DEVELOPMENT CREATIVE, LEADER OF AWARD-WINNING MEDIA TEAM PRODUCING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

XCHANGES
PUBLICATION "VISUALISING AFFECT USING VIRTUAL REALITY"

THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH & PRACTICE
PUBLICATION "THE IMPACT OF FACULTY VALIDATION ON MALE STUDENTS OF COLOR AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE"

STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, SDSU
PRESENTATION, WON LIBRARY AWARD

IMAGINE, SDSU
PRESENTATION 'VISUALISING AFFECT USING VIRTUAL REALITY'

DIGITAL HUMANITIES SHOWCASE, SDSU
​PRESENTATION 'TIDEPOOLS'

2017
NCCMC WORKING GROUP
PRESENTATION, 'TIDEPOOLS: HOW MEN OF COLOR EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE'

CESCal
PRESENTATION, 'VISUALISING AFFECT USING VIRTUAL REALITY'

ARTS & PUBLIC MEDIA
PANEL, CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL

​CENTER FOR VISUAL LITERACIES, SDSU
RESEARCH FELLOW

​HERMES CREATIVE AWARD


EQUITY, INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP
DUAL LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LEARNER CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION, 'THE IDEOLOGICAL CLARITY MACHINE'

STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, SDSU
PRESENTATION, 'STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE LEARNING GLASS'

LEARNING MEDIA DIGITAL INNOVATOR
PBS

CENTER FOR VISUAL LITERACIES
RESEARCH FELLOW

2016
PANEL CHAIR 'ARTS ON THE AIR'
CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, USA

EXHIBIT 'IN/VISIBILITY AND DIFFERENCE'
BARD COLLEGE, BERLIN, GERMANY

ENTERPRISE VIDEO AWARD, SONIC FOUNDRY

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, VIDEOGRAPHER AWARDS

2014
FILMMAKER/WRITER
BBC, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SPAIN, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, 
EUROPEAN UNION, LORD'S TAVERNERS, RUNNYMEDE TRUST

2013
CURATOR
GOLDSMITH'S/IVSA, LONDON
'VISUALISING AFFECT' EXHIBITION ON RACE, GENDER, SEXUALITY

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
KIOSKO, BOLIVIA
'THE BLUSH MACHINE' A MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE

2011
PRODUCER
BBC MEDIA ACTION, LONDON
WRITE, DIRECT & EDIT FILMS FOR WEB AND BROADCAST

2010
PRODUCER
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA, LONDON
WRITE, DIRECT & EDIT COMEDY, DRAMA & MUSIC PROGRAMMES

2008
ASSISTANT PRODUCER
BBC WORLDWIDE CREATIVE, LONDON
WRITE, DIRECT & EDIT PROMOS, CONTINUITY WRITER & PRODUCER

2007
OPERATIONS
BBC RADIO 4, LONDON
MANAGING RADIO 4 SCHEDULE, NEWS & TRAILS

2005
RESEARCHER
THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER, LONDON
PICTURE & FOREIGN DESK

2004
PROJECT CONSULTANT
INTERNATIONAL FILM COLLECTIVE, LONDON
CO-ORDINATE DEVELOPMENT OF 156 FEATURE FILMS

2003                            
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
FILM STUDIES MA                
ENGLISH LITERATURE BA

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