Sod, Beads, and Chair: October 2012

Collaborative Photography/Video Performance: Chicago’s Wrigleyville with Raphaelle Ziemba

LCC Lunch-N-Learn: 2008 to 2010

Organized community-wide student-produced symposia ranging from Feminine Representation of Art in Elizabethan England to dramatic reenactments of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

Hands of Faith Mural: November - December 1998

Designed and co-produced collaborative mural: with youth at Lamar, Colorado youth center

Experience

Summer of Discontent; Freelance Bycycle and Blogging Tour: June 2013 - August 2013 

Travel blogs and photo essays: Chicago to Colorado tour, https://saic.digication.com/Summer_of_Discontent

Tagwhat, Inc; Freelance Multi-Media Producer: January 2011 - Present

Co-Launched Tourism-based Smart Phone App: recipient People’s Choice Awards at San Francisco’s Locations & Beyond Summit and New York’s Beta Research Corporation

Lamar Community College; Liberal Arts Instructor: Fall 2001 - Spring 2010

Taught Literature, Arts, and Humanities to a diverse population of students; developed curriculum and textbook selection; administrated liberal arts department with hiring and supervision of adjunct instructors; managed department budget

Education

School at the Art Institute of Chicago: Master’s of Art in Education; Art History, Emphasis 

University of Colorado at Boulder: Bachelor of Arts, With Distinction

magna cum laude, Humanities; 4.0 GPA

magna cum laude, English Literature; 3.98 GPA

 Lamar Community College: Associate of Arts; Valedictorian

summa cum laude, Humanities; 4.0 GPA

Visual Artist: Acrylic, Photography, Multi-media Production

Creative, Editorial, Journalistic, and Academic Author