bio.

Jillian D. Round
jillian@jillianround.com

Education

PhD University of Texas at Dallas Aesthetic Studies in Humanities, December 2014 Frank Dufour (co-chair), Michael L. Wilson (co-chair), John Pomara, and Dean Terry Examination Fields: Sound Documentation, Film Documentation, Art and Politics

MFA University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Technology, May 2008
supervisor Frank Dufour

BA University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Performance
emphasis in Technical Theater, May 2006 AA Collin County Community College Arts, December 2004

Teaching Experience

Theatre Director- Hunt Middle School, Frisco ISD, 2017- Current
Duties:
• Act as educational leader for students participating in extra-curricular theatre activities. • Act as liaison between students, administration and parent booster groups. • Attend meetings of district-wide theatre directors. • Set rehearsal and performance schedules (Fall/Spring productions, community performances) in cooperation with other school activities. • Design content of extra-curricular activities. • Coordinate communications/publicity for all related events. • Coordinate auditions for extra-curricular activity. • Coordinate maintenance of the performance facility including scenery, lighting, sound, props • and costumes. • Plan field trips as appropriate within board policy. • Arrange transportation related to extra-curricular events. • Coordinate and facilitate performances of extra-curricular activity. • Coordinate fundraisers and maintain accurate records. • Participate in county-wide arts functions. • Participate in appropriate adjudications (in- and out-of-system) • Collaborate with Arts colleagues on arts related functions within the school (e.g. Directing the Musical Theatre Production). • Coordinate and facilitate recruiting for the theatre program. • Perform other duties as assigned by the school principal.

Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication, 2015-Current
Courses: Basic Design Principles and Practices, Computer Imaging, Design I, Design II, Internet Studio I Lead Instructor - Southern Methodist University, Continuing Education (CAPE) Summer Youth Program, 2015 Courses: 2D Video Games, 3D Video Games, Code Breakers, Lego Games, Minecraft Designers, Minecraft Modders, Video Game Animation Lecturer I - University of Texas at Dallas, Arts and Technology, 2010-2015 Courses: Basic Design Principles, Basic Interactive Design, Computer Imaging, Internet Studio, Intro to Arts and Technology Contract Instructor - Southern Methodist University, Continuing Education Program (CAPE), 2014-2015 Courses: Adobe Acrobat, Drawing I, Illustrator, Pop Art and Photoshop Instructor - Southern Methodist University, Continuing Education (CAPE) Summer Youth Program, 2014 Courses: 2D Video Games, Code Breakers, Lego Games, Video Game Animation Associate Faculty - Collin College, Applied Graphic Design Technology, 2012-2015 Courses: 2D Animation 1, 2D Animation 2, Computer Illustration, Digital Imaging, Intro to Graphics, Storyboard Adjunct Faculty - Brookhaven College, Business Studies Department of Visual Communications, 2011-2015 Courses: Digital Imaging I, Digital Video I Guest Lecturer, Dallas Museum of Art Center for Creative Connections August 2, 2008 – Art and Sound (families) November 15, 2008 – Art of Sound Design (adults) January 10, 2009 – Photoshop Mash-Up (families) February 1, 2009 – Digital Mash-Up (teens) March 28, 2009 – Teacher Technology Workshop: Photoshop (adults) Solo Exhibitions Exhibitions Re-Appropriating Meaning- Brookhaven College Atrium Gallery- 2015 Emotions- Performance Installation, Mezzanine Gallery University of Texas at Dallas- May 2008 Voices of Paintings: Jackson Pollack’s Cathedral- Sound, Dallas Museum of Art- January 2007 Untitled #1– Sound, Dallas Museum of Art- 2007 Group Exhibitions Edges and Intersections Art Show- Edges and Intersections-Dallas- 2015 reflex soul- University of Texas at Dallas Visual Arts Gallery- 2014 Faculty Exhibit- Brookhaven College Atrium Gallery- 2014 The Return of Big Tex, Brookhaven College Atrium Gallery- 2013 Faculty Exhibit- Brookhaven College Atrium Gallery- 2013 Faculty Exhibit- Collin College Spring Creek Campus- 2012 Faculty Exhibit- Brookhaven College Atrium Gallery- 2012 Times Twenty- MFA Gallery, Dallas, Texas- 2010 X20+- McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas- 2010 Timeline- Performance Installation, Spring Arts Festival, University of Texas at Dallas- 2007 Installations- Sound Collective installation, University of Texas at Dallas- 2007 Apparitions- Sound, Arts and Technology Showcase, University of Texas at Dallas- 2007 The Passage of Time- Sound, Dallas Museum of Art- 2006 Juried Film Festivals “A Love Poem” Dallas Twenty-Four Hour Film Race: Video Association of Dallas- 2016 “Inside the Athlete” Dallas Twenty-Four Hour Film Race: Video Association of Dallas- 2007 Grant Proposals Narrative Threads: The Creation of Digital Memorialization Applications for the AIDS Memorial Quilt Dr. Anne Balsamo NEH Public Programming Grant Graphic Design Lead Summer 2016 Presentations “Design Polymath: Encouraging a Diverse Design Portfolio” ATEC Watering Hole- Richardson, Texas April 22, 2016 “Duality” Feminist Research Collective-Richardson, Texas April 15, 2016 “Re-Appropriating Meaning” Feminist Research Collective-Richardson, Texas November 6, 2015 Publications Round, Jillian Diane, PhD. Re-appropriating Meaning. Diss. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, 2014. ProQuest. Works in Progress- Round, Jillian Diane, PhD. Design Polymath: Encouraging a Diverse Design Portfolio. Cognella Academic Publishing- December 2017 Service Design I and Design II (ATEC 2384, ATEC 3384) Curriculum Development The University of Texas at Dallas Summer 2016-Current Project Manager for UT Dallas’ HIV/ AIDS Awareness Week The University of Texas at Dallas November 28- Current Project Manager "Until the Last One: An Installation of Blocks from the Aids Memorial Quilt." Greater Denton Arts Council- Denton, Texas Sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas and The Names Project March 2016- Current Project Manager (AQT) AIDS Quilt Touch The University of Texas at Dallas November 28- Current Project Manager (AQT) AIDS Quilt Touch- The Names Project Interactive Installation- Atlanta, Georgia February 1-Current Reflective Teaching Seminar-Center for Teaching and Learning The University of Texas at Dallas Fall 2016- Current Research Associate for Public Interactives Research Lab School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Fall 2016- Current University Committee for the Support of Diversity and Equity Fall 2015- Current Professional Recognition NACURH, INC. Institutional Faculty/ Staff of the Month The University of Texas at Dallas Campus Winner October, 2016 Professional Multimedia Designer - Brookhaven College Mathematics and Science Division 2008-2011 AV Technician I / Sound and Video production - University of Texas at Dallas, 2008 Sound Lab Technician - University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Technology, 2006-2008 Tutor - Exceptional Home Care, 2004-2007 Assistant to the Technical Theatre Director - University of Texas at Dallas, 2005-2006 Graphic Design Freelance Aunt Em’s Bakery- 2014 Parallel Play- 2014 Deep Ellum’s Designate a Driver- 2013 Twisted Life-2013 Eric Smith Interior- 2012 Denton County MHMR- 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017 Rebrand Emcare- 2011 GaydenLee- 2010 Technical (Light, Set, Sound) Medea University of Texas at Dallas Theater 2006 Parade Water Tower Theater- 2007 Masonic Mysticism- 2007 The Mystery Plays: Filmmaker’s Mystery- 2007 The Way They Shine UT Dallas Theater- 2007 This is Our Youth Upstart Productions- 2009 Texas Bitter Queens Rat Pac- 2006 Cold Equations- 2011 Cargo- 2010 Wild Aces- 2010 Chubby Animated short- 2007 Parallel Play 2011-2014 Art Love Magic: Girl Show 2011-2013 Art and Coffee 2012-2013 Underground 2012 Gayden Lee 2011 Parallel Play Found Out About You- 2011 To Each Their Own- 2013 Elle Danceworks- 2017 Acting Ms. Paddy- The Curious Savage- 1992 Maria- Wet Side Story- 1993 Anne- The Diary of Anne Frank- 1994 Abby Brewster- Arsenic and Old Lace- 1995 Victim 1- Pit Hair- 1998 Coach- Inside the Athlete- 2007 The lawmaker- To Each Their Own- 2013 Angst- The Love Poem-2016 Voice of Reason- Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover- 2017 Directing Monster Hunters- 2017 This is a Test-2017/18 Festival of Scenes- 2018 The Phantom Tollbooth- 2018 Hunt Rocks Lip-sync Competition- 2017, 2018 I Want My Mummy- 2018 The Great Pandemonium- 2018/19 12 Angry Pigs- 2019 The Curious Savage- 2019 Video/ Photography UT Dallas’ HIV/ AIDS Awareness Week- 2016 Parallel Play: Farwell Show-2016 Parallel Play Found Out About You- 2011 Elle Danceworks- 2017 Certifications Art EC-12- Texas Educator Certification Technology Education 6-12- Texas Educator Certification Theater EC-12- Texas Educator Certification