Dr. Jon Hyde
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Dr. Jon Hyde is an
environmental documentary photographer and a professor of global media and
digital arts. His photographic works
have won multiple awards and have been featured in gallery exhibits and in
publications nationally and internationally.
He’s a former international
Fulbright Fellow, having conducted work in Borneo, Malaysia at the University of Malaysia—School for Applied and Creative
Arts. His work as a photographer,
teacher, and researcher have taken him to over 60 countries on six
continents. Originally from Colorado, he
received his BA from Carleton College and
his MA and Ph.D. from New York University. He currently resides in Burlington, Vermont
and is a Professor of Media, Journalism, and Digital Arts at St. Michael’s
College. Click here to see
selections of his recent work >> Art of the WILD: Photographic Gallery and Museum Exhibitions
Dr. Hyde teaches courses inphotography, filmmaking, digital media
design, and global communications.
He also teaches courses on the impact media and technologies play on
human health, happiness, and the environment.
Former students have gone on to win Pulitzer
Prizes, Fulbright Fellowships and develop careers around the world working for both large and small media
organizations (NYTimes, Disney, ESPN,
CBS, PBS, HBO and others). He has
conducted research and led educational programs in Asia, Europe, the Middle
East, South and Central America. In the Himalayan nation of Bhutan, he worked
with the Bhutan Centre for Media and
Democracy develop one of the first media literacy and collaborative media
education programs for the nation’s teachers and students. This project (Media Nomads) addressed important shifts in culture, health and
happiness in the face of rapid media and technological change