Introducing... James Dignan

James is currently searching for media- or teaching-based employment

in Dunedin or coastal Otago.

James is currently working as

an artist, arts reviewer, and part-time radio announcer and musician

James is

a writer
an artist
a teacher
a presenter
an editor
a designer
a researcher

He has skills in

languages
mathematics
computer graphics
art
music
desktop publishing
website design

His strengths include

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Extensive general knowledge in a wide variety of fields
Wide-ranging job experience and skills
Proficient with a wide range of computer software
Considerable desktop publishing experience and expertise

His qualifications

B.A. and M.Sc. in Psychology at Otago University
Writer-member of Australasian Performing Rights Association
Artist-member of Otago Art Society
Administrator on Wikipedia on-line encyclopaedia

His experience

4 years of teaching first-year university classes
3 years as a private English and mathematics tutor
4 years as a scientific research assistant (psychology)
On-air radio announcer since 1985
1 year as a radio station assistant manager
6 years as a proofreader and subeditor
Columnist and reviewer in the print media since 1988
16 years experience of public performance (mainly music)
Freelance journalist/reviewer since 2001
Artist since 2002
1 year as a library assistant
Professional quiz researcher and compiler since May 2006

His major accomplishments

Member of the 1984 national champion team, TVNZ's University Challenge
Highest mark in third-year university psychology individual project, Otago University, 1990
Eleanor Gibson award for postgraduate psychology, Otago University, 1999
Member of organising committee for 1989 national science fiction convention
Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Committee member of national science fiction organisation
Took a 4-page club newsletter and turned it into a bi-monthly 32-page magazine
Official guest of honour at 1996 national science fiction convention
Music album Partial Rapture Theory released in 1996
Articles published in high-circulation newspapers and magazines since 2001
Five solo art exhibitions since 2002
Writer of catalogue notes for two major art exhibitions
Member of judging panel for Otago provincial flag design competition, 2004
Many articles written for Wikipedia on-line encyclopaedia - administrator since 2005

His publications

Dignan, J.R.E., and O'Shea, R.P. (1995). Human use of metric measures of length. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 24, 21-25
"The orange and the green", Critic, March 13, 2000
"Flying the flag for Otago", Otago Daily Times, October 20, 2001
"Let's fly a new flag with pride", New Zealand Herald, May 9, 2002
Abstraction and still life: A contemporary survey. Milford Galleries, Dunedin, January 2004
"Part traditional, part modern: A flag for all", Otago Daily Times, March 8, 2004
Jo Robertson: The agony and the ecstasy. Exhibition catalogue, December 2006
"20 years hard out", Art News New Zealand, Summer 2008
"Pilots of the airwaves still", Otago Daily Times, February 14, 2009

plus: regular weekly column in student newspaper Critic in 1988 (occasional columnist since that time)
over 100 arts and performance review columns for Otago Daily Times since mid-2002
daily quizzes in the Otago Daily Times since May 2006

His referees

Prof. Robert O’Shea, c/- School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. ph. xx61-6659-3313
Dr Tamar Murachver, c/- Dept. of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, NZ. ph. xx64-3-479-8351
Stephen Higginson, c/- Milford House Galleries, PO Box 1477, Dunedin, NZ. ph. xx64-3-477-7727
Nigel Benson, c/- the Otago Daily Times, Allied Press Building, Lower Stuart Street, Dunedin, NZ. ph. xx64-3-477-4760

last updated May 28th 2009

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