Myrton Running Wolf

Myrton Running Wolf received his Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University, his M.F.A. in film production from the University of Southern California, and his M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU-Tisch School of the Arts. Professionally, he worked behind-the-scenes in Production Management for Walt Disney Studio's ABC Television Group on prime time series "LOST", "Grey's Anatomy", "Private Practice", "Brothers and Sisters", and "Criminal Minds" as well as a Creative Producer for The CW and NBC network television affiliates. He is also a multi-award winning writer, director, and producer with film and theater productions playing across the nation. As a performer, Myrton held numerous lead roles in stage productions in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area as well as supporting roles in feature films like Academy Award winners "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The New World" as well as Steven Spielberg's "Into the West" along with several other network television roles. As a "Race and Media" practice-based scholar, his current work at The University of Nevada, Reno's Reynolds School of Journalism focuses on increasing the inclusion and participation of racial minorities and other marginalized groups in mainstream media production. Using his award-winning teaching style, Myrton taught courses at Stanford University, lectured at Vassar College and Santa Clara University, and led workshops at numerous tribal and junior colleges where his work specializes in cultural diversity, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration (using Stanford's signature "Design Thinking" methodology), the economics and politics of corporate mainstream media, identity politics, and mainstream film/television/theater production.