Minneapolis College of Art + Design B.F.A. Media Arts 1996
University of the Arts M.A.T. Art Education 2006
PA State Certifications Art Education - K-12 Library Media Specialist Communications
2008 to present
The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
Media Arts Teacher, Library Media Specialist, TTL (Teacher Technology Leader) Founding faculty member 2006-2008
High School of the Future
Arts Teacher, Library Media Specialist Founding faculty member 2001-2006
Graphic Designer (Freelance)
Specialized in projects for museum, nonprofit, and educational institutions. Clients included: Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP), TIDES Foundation, University of the Arts, Media Tank 2002-2003
Philadelphia University
Adjunct Faculty Digital Design, Interactive Design 1997-2001
Walker Art Center
Web Designer/Producer Education Technology Specialist 1998-1999
Minneapolis College of Art + Design Adjunct Faculty Digital Imaging
City of Neighborhoods Brooklyn, NY
2006 A community based design education program for educators offered by the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum that integrates collaborative problem solving and design thinking. The program applies design education to a neighborhood context, providing access to museum and community resources including subjectmatter experts and content knowledge.
Teaching For Understanding
2007 An online, professional development course offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The course focuses on helping teachers to clarify educational goals, link student work to experience, design active learning instructional units, develop effective assessment practices, and reflect on their own teaching practice.
Poweful Voices For Kids
2010 Temple University Media Education Lab. A university-school partnership program designed to strengthens children’s ability to think for themselves, communicate effectively, and use their powerful voices to contribute to the quality of life in their families, their schools, their communities and the world.
Copyright Clarity Workshop Philadelphia, PA
2010 A train-the-trainers workshop held at Temple University on August 19, 2010, 29 educators from the Delaware Valley and across the United States gathered to better understand copyright and fair use as it applies to media literacy and digital learning.
Project Foundry Unconference Minneapolis, MN
2011 In preparation to pilot the Project Foundry Learning Management Platform in my school, I attended this gathering of innovative educators who were using this tool to help them relinquish responsibility for learning to their students. These education professionals embody the notion that a teacher’s role is to create learning experiences that provoke reflection. The Project Foundry Management tool facilitates this process.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conventions
2008 & 2009 Presentation: Snapshot Stories Lesson Plan published in Lesson Plans for Creating Media Rich Classrooms (Edited by
Mary T. Christel & Scott Sullivan, 2007)
2009 & 2010 Presentation: NCTE Annual Film Festival Co-Chair (with Jane Nickerson, Professor of Film Studies, Galludet University)
PBS Student Reporting Labs 2009-2013 Sponsored by PBS NewsHour
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
20011-2013 Partners students with international journalists
The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center 20012-2013
PHOTOGRAPHY
MOVIE STILLS
PORTRAITS
CUBISM
MINIMALISM
DESIGN BOOK COVERS
CHARETTE: BUILD THE TALLEST STRUCTURE
POSTERS: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
FILMMAKING