“The instructors were all very inspirational. They provided great models for developing a curriculum that encourages students to create stories that reflect their unique experiences!”
Instructor Biographies
David Stovall received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001.
Presently he is an Assistant Professor of Policy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago(UIC. His scholarship investigates four areas
1) Critical Race Theory,
2) concepts of social justice in education,
3) the relationship between housing and education, and
4) the relationship between schools and community stakeholders.
In the attempt to being theory to action, he has spent the last three years working with community organizations and schools to develop curriculum that address issues of social justice.
His current work has led him to become a member of the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School of Social Justice High School design team, which opened in the Fall of 2005. Furthering his work with communities, students, and teachers, Stovall is involved with youth-centered community organizations in Chicago, New York and the Bay Area. In addition to his duties and responsibilities as an assistant professor at UIC, he also serves as a volunteer social studies teacher at the School for Social Justice.
Salome Chasnoff Executive Director, is a video and installation artist, media activist and educator, whose work is dedicated to expanding media access for the diverse stories of women and girls.
She has a masters degree in Theatre and Performance and a doctorate in Performance Studies with a certificate in Women's Studies from Northwestern University.
She has been an arts educator for the past 20 years in university and community settings, and an artist-activist in the prison moratorium movement for 8 years. She has created more than 20 documentaries and other work on women's issues, and she is a single mother with three fabulous children.
Adán Madrigal BA in Anthropology MFA in film/ Video/ Animation from University of Illinois at Chicago
Adán Madrigal presently works for After School Matters as the Media Arts Coordinator at the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts. He is also a visiting lecturer at the College of Art and design at the University of Illinois at Chicago and teaches video production for the CPS advanced education program at Gallery 37.
He has worked in collaboration with numerous other non-for-profit agencies and independent video artists to promote the use of video, not only as a means to communicate ideas, but also as a teaching tool. Video can also operate as a vehicle to resolve conflicts, help achieve social justice and grasp a better understanding of our society and world. Adán mediates the After School Matters’ video instructor’s forum. The forums primary focus is to make after school programming more effective during regular school hours.
As more After School Matters programs are being utilized by young artists, their work is always being documented on video for future use. These videos are vital for presenting the After School Matters program to the public. Adán makes this possible by organizing, promoting and screening these After School Matters videos in public venues.
Ron Falzone B.A.,Columbia College; MFA, Northwestern University. An award-winning screenwriter and director in theatre and film, he has been responsible for over 70 mainstage theatre productions from Boston to New York to Chicago.
The co-host of “Talk Cinema” screening series, he is an eight-time Artist in Residence at The Ragdale Foundation and a Year 2000 recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting.
Ron is currently the coordinator of the Directing concentration and as founder of the Visiting Director Program, he has been responsible for bringing such directors as Harold Ramis, Todd Solondz, Volker Schlondorff, Margarethe von Trotta and Ousmane Sembene for programs in the department.
He is the Directing Area Coordinator at Columbia College, Dept. of Film & Video.