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Core Faculty, Center for Creative Change
Summary of Education and Relevant Experience
B.A., Boston University; M.Litt, St. Antony's College, Oxford University;
Ph.D., University of Washington.
B.J. Bullert is interested in visual media, political communication and documentary filmmaking. Her current research focuses broadly on civic engagement: how organizations and governments use digital media to advance their agendas; how public relations professionals seek to influence journalists; and how citizens can make media and be effective catalysts for change. She has 25 years experience as a documentary filmmaker.
Her intellectual moorings rest in the qualitative sociology Howard S. Becker and the historian Howard Zinn. Questions of interest include: How do organizations and governments use digital media to advance their agendas effectively? How can citizen journalists make media and be effective catalysts for change? She is also the author of Public Television: Politics and the Battle Over Documentary Film (Rutgers University Press 1997).
Bullert maintains an ongoing career as a documentary filmmaker. Her company, Seattle Films, is dedicated to producing works about the Pacific Northwest. Among her films shown at film festivals and on public television are "Everett DuPen: Sculptor" (2008), "Fishermen's Terminal" (2006), "Chief Seattle" (2000), "Alki: Birthplace of Seattle" (1997) and "Earl Robinson: Ballad of an American" (1994). Some of her short-format works and cyber videos can be seen on the web. She is working on a follow-up film to Fishermen's Terminal and a new project on the waltz.
Bullert has taught communication at American University, Muhlenberg College and the University of Washington. She has served as a Research Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, where she studied the integral role of public relations professionals in shaping the sweatshop awareness movement.
Affiliations
Professional Interests
- Media reform and democracy
- The arts and social movements
- Visual literacy
- Documentary filmmaking
Select Publications and Recent Films
- "Everett DuPen: Sculptor," half-hour portrait of the artist;
Seattle International Film Festival premiere 2007; KCTS broadcasts 2008
- "Strategic Public Relations, Sweatshops and the Making of a Global Movement," depts.washington.edu/ccce/assets/documents/bj_bullert/strategic_public_relations.pdf
- "Public Television: Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film"
(Rutgers University Press, 1997)
- "Fishermen's Terminal," KCTS broadcast 2005
- "Chief Seattle," KCTS broadcast 2001
To learn more about B.J.'s film work, please visit www.seattlefilms.org and www.fishermensterminal.net. Also, view excerpts from her movies on YouTube.
Contact Information
Center for Creative Change
206-268-4908
B.J. Bullert
206-268-4715
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