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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 of Howard S. Becker and the histories written by Howard Zinn.
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.
Contact Information
Center for Creative Change
206-268-4908
B. J. Bullert
206-268-4715
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