Rebecca_MushtareDepartment: Art
Rank: Assistant Professor

Contact Info: rebecca.mushtare@oswego.edu
Web:  http://cyberthread.nethttp://courses.cyberthread.net ; @cyberthread on Twitter

Education:
MFA 2006 Syracuse University
BFA 2003 State University of New York at Oswego

Specialization:
Web Design and Interactive Media

Honors/Awards:
2014 Curriculum Innovation Grant, SUNY Oswego

Current Publications:
Chesler and Mushtare. ‚Collaborative Media Production, Authorship, and Distribution.‚ Issues in Engaged Scholarship: An Exploration of Community-Campus Collaborations. Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership & NYMAPS. New York, 2013. Print.[http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/ci/powell/about/publications/upload/Issues-in-...

Burns, Mushtare and O‚Connor ‚Cross-Disciplinary Digital Literacy in the Age of Apps and Mobile Devices.‚Äù Emerging Pedagogies for the New Millennium: A National Symposium (2011). Web. [http://www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/emerging.pedagogies/Burns.Mushtare.O...

Faculty Resource Network, Conference Editors. New York, 2011. Web. [http://www.nyu.edu/frn/publications/engaging.students/Mercer.Mushtare.Na...

Current Performances/Exhibitions:
2015
Fragments: The Art of Collage and Assemblage, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA. (Juried by Robert-Jean Ray)
2015 Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. (Juried by Katie Waugh and David Hornung)
2015 Solo Exhibition. Playing With Plastic, East Central College (ECC) Gallery, Union, MO. (Juried)
2014 Retrospective Part II 2005-2014, Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Gallery, Peekskill, NY. (Invited) 
2014 SUNY Oswego Faculty Art Exhibition, Art Association of Oswego, Oswego, NY. 
2014 {__+__}, {__+__}, {__+__}: A Collage Show, (SCENE) Metrospace, MI. (Juried by Michelle Word)
2014 Fiber Options, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD. (Juried by Aaron McIntosh)
2014 STE(A)M, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY. (Invited. Curated by Patricia Miranda [catalog])
2014 Made in NY 2014, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. (Juried by Michael Sickler and Kim Waale)
2014 Tinkers, Artists, Innovators: Bricolage, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY. (Invited. Curated by Patricia Miranda)

Conferences/Presentations:
2015
Workshop, ‚For the Love of Typography,‚ Hillhacks, Upper Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. 
2014 Presentation, ‚Engage Digital Natives to Design for Older Adults.‚ RGD 2014 Design Educator Conference, Centennial College, Toronto, ON. 
2014 Presentation, ‚Design Like an Ally,‚ Create Upstate Conference, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY. 
2013 Presentation, Student Collaborations with the Community: Considerations of Quality, Attribution and Longevity.‚
2013 SUNY Oswego Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Oswego, NY. 
2012 Collaborative media Production, Authorship and Distribution.‚Äù Co-panelist with Giovanna Chesler, 4th Annual NYMAPS Symposium, St. John‚Äôs University Manhattan Campus, New York, NY.

Current Research/Research Interests:
Gender and Technology, Design for Social Change, Designing With and For Aging Populations, Designing Experiences, Fiber Art, Thermochromic Pigment

Professional Affiliates:
AIGA