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John Finnegan
Associate Professor
Office: Physical Sciences 003, Indiana University Southeast Campus, 4201 Grantline Road, New Albany, IN 47150
Phone:812-941-2680
Fax:
812-941-2124
Email: finnegan@purdue.edu
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Biography
John Campbell Finnegan is an Associate Professor
of Computer Graphics Technology at the New Albany location. He
received his bachelors degree in theatre at the University of
Massachusetts concentrating in acting/directing and lighting design. His
MFA is from The Ohio State University in Acting and Design. John studied a year
and a half at the Advanced Center for Computer Art and Design at The Ohio
State University focusing on three-dimensional computer animation and
rendering. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, John was the
Coordinator for Student Computer Services for Indiana University Southeast
and an adjunct faculty member for Purdue at New Albany. He also taught in
the Humanities division for IU Southeast. In addition to this he also
pursued a freelance career in graphic design as the principal designer for
Blue Heron Graphics. John is a professional actor/director and puts
these talents to use in a technology sense with multimedia development.
In 2004, the Indiana Theater Association named John Finnegan Indiana's Best Director for his production of ART at South Bend's Civic Theater. John's Computer Graphic Fine Art has been displayed in numerous galleries n Indiana and accross the United States. His work will appear in Art i the Digital Age, Edited by Bruce Wands of the Digital Salon. While at Purdue, John has co-authored two texts, The Web Page Workbook (with Jeffrey Griffin) and Web Design and Development Using XHTML (with Carlos Morales and Jeffrey Griffin). John is an active member of ACM:SIGGRAPH having served on the Education Committee of the SIGGRAPH Executive Committee and as the SIGGRAPH 2003 Educator's Program Chair. John is also the full conference Chair for SIGGRAPH 2006. John is currently developing a course called Acting for Animator's which previewed at SIGGRAPH 2004.
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