Rob Furr

Robin Furr

Pronouns: he, him

Positions

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Arts, Department of Art and Art History

Contact information

Phone number

Mobile: +1 (403) 629-8837

Location

Office: AB661

For media enquiries, contact

All media requests should be through the University of Calgary: mediarequests@ucalgary.ca 

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Art History, James Madison University, 1992

M.F.A. Film Studies, University of North Carolina, 1998

Research

Areas of Research

Video Games as Art, Stop Motion Animation, Digital Art, Media Arts

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
ART 323 Digital Sculpture
ART 319 Digital Illustration
ASHA 222 Ways of Making and Knowing
ART 235 Introduction to Photography and Digital Imaging
ART 251 Media Arts: Practice and Theory
ART 253 Media Arts: Practice and Theory II
ART 311 Topics in Art (History of Video Games)
ART 313 Video Art
ART 331 2D Digital Imaging
ART 333 Contemporary Art Forms II
ART 334 Time Based Art
ART 421 Advanced Topics in Digital Arts
ART 605 Critical Study and Research
ART 661 Thesis Studio Practice
ARTH 341 Art and Technology
ASHA 422 The Nature of Research

Awards

  • High-powered microcomputed tomography [CT] at the University of Calgary, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology Small Equipment Grant Program. 2009
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic factors regulating ungulate diversity through time, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2006

Publications

  • IMPROVING THE REPEATABILITY OF LO MAGNIFICATION MICROWEAR METHODS USING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING. Fraser, D, J C Mallon, R Furr, and Jessica M Theodor.. PALAIOS. 818-825. (2009)
  • High Dynamic Range Imaging as applied to paleontological specimen photography. Theodor, J. M. and R. S. Furr. Palaeontologia Electronica. (2009)
  • . Improving low-magnification micro techniques using High Dynamic Range Imaging. Fraser, D., R. S. Furr and J. M. Theodor. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. (2008)
  • deciduous dentitions and tooth eruption sequences in fossil and recent artiodactyla. A. Foss, S., J. M. Theodor and R. S. Furr. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. (2005)
  • High Dynamic Range Imaging as applied to paleontological specimen photography. Fraser, D, R Furr, J Theodor. High Dynamic Range Imaging Conference. (2008)