Education:

 

Master of Fine Art in Studio Arts | Studio Art | University of North Texas

• Graduate Student Council Senator

• Learning and Development coursework and training

• 4.0 GPA

Master of Art | Art History | 4.0 | University of North Texas

• Interdisciplinary research

• Historical Photography and the relationships between society and economics​

• Library Ambassador for Graduate Students

• 4.0 GPA

Bachelor of Fine Art | Photography | Honors | The Art Institute of Dallas

• Honors

• Graduated with the Outstanding Portfolio Award

 

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Professional Experience

 

2018 – Present Adjunct Professor | University of North Texas

• Manage, develop, and execute courses of up to 280 student utilizing lecture and semester long projects

• LMS, Adobe Suite, and Integration

• Course design and implementation

• Assessment design

• Adult Learning

• Metric Analysis (qualitative and quantitative) to improve course effectiveness and outcomes.

• Teaching Programs:

  • Interdisciplinary arts and design

  • Photography & New Media

  • Art History

• Managed up to 4 Teaching Assistants

• Reporting, and documentation following regulatory and university guidelines.

• Interdisciplinary methods and content

• Human centered approach for quantitative and qualitative outcomes

• Coursework Overview: Art and business, entrepreneurship, digital and analogue photography, new media, business models for artists, Digital Arts, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator, Video and photo editing, proposal writing, budgeting, project management

• See “teaching experience” for full course list

 

2021-Present | Adjunct Professor | Collin College

• Manage, develop, and execute courses utilizing lecture and semester long projects

• Course design and implementation

• Assessment design

• Adult Learning

• Metric Analysis (qualitative and quantitative) to improve course effectiveness and outcomes.

• LMS, Adobe Suite, and Integration

• Interdisciplinary methods and content

• Human centered approach for quantitative and qualitative outcomes

 

2020 -2021 | Director of Outreach | National Association of Graduate Professional Students

• Develop education professional development videos and content

• Assist with graduate student programs across the southwest region of the United States to help support, encourage, and lead graduate students to success.

• Grew membership in the Southwest Region by 20%

• Planned 2021 Regional Conference

 

2010-2012 | Chilis Bar and Grill | Culinary Manager

• Store was used to test new initiatives and menus

• Extensive hands-on training developed and implemented

• Store Management and Leadership

• Create positive company culture

• Profit and loss

• Labor monitoring

• Inventory

 

2012-2015 | U.S. Army | Medical Specialist

• Leadership

• Expert Field Medical Badge

 

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Skills

 

Project management                                     Photoshop                                  Asana

Curriculum Design                                         Illustrator                                   Organization

LMS Learning Management Systems            Premier                                      Multitasking

Excel                                                              After Effects                               Research

Word                                                              Time Management                     Budgets

PowerPoint                                                     Digital File Management            Ambitious

Written and Verbal Communication               Leadership                                 Adaptable

 

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Training and Certificates

 

• Harvard Business School Online | Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability

• Google Project Manager: Professional Certificate

• Google Project Manager: Agile Course Training

• Organizational Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Specialization

• Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Professional Certificate

• Regulatory Compliance Specialization

 

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Course List

 

2023:  

• Art and Business | Adjunct Professor | University of North Texas

  • entrepreneurship, digital photography, business models for artists, Digital Arts, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator, After Effects, Video and photo editing, proposal writing, budgeting, project management, management

• Digital Communication for Art and Creative Entrepreneurship | Adjunct | University of North Texas

  • entrepreneurship, digital photography, business models for artists, Digital Arts, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator, After Effects, Video and photo editing, proposal writing, budgeting, project management, management

  • Student Exhibition

• Beginning New Media: Time and Movement | Adjunct Professor | University of North Texas

  • Digital Arts, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator, After Effects, Video and photo editing, proposal writing, project management

• Art Appreciation | Adjunct Professor | University of North Texas

  • Research methods, proposal writing, critical thinking skills, observation and analysis

• Foundations of Art | Adjunct | Collin College

  • Digital Arts, Photoshop, proposal writing, research methods

• Art Appreciation | Adjunct | Collin College

  • Research methods, proposal writing, critical thinking skills, observation and analysis

• High School Summer Camp | Photography Class | Collin College Summer Camps

 

2022:  

• Digital Communication for Art and Creative Entrepreneurship | Adjunct | University of North Texas

• Beginning New Media: Time and Movement | Adjunct | University of North Texas

• Alternative Process Photography | Adjunct | University of North Texas

• Darkroom Photography | Adjunct | University of North Texas 

• Art Appreciation | Adjunct | Collin College

• High school Summer Camp | Photography Class | Collin College Summer Camps

 

2021:  

• Photography 1 | Adjunct | University of North Texas

• Darkroom Photography | Adjunct | University of North Texas 

• Art Appreciation | Adjunct | Collin College

• Digital Media | Adjunct | Collin College

• Art History | Teaching Assistant | History of Photography | University of North Texas

 

2020:  

• Photography 1 | Instructor of Record | Teaching Fellow | University of North Texas | Fall

• Photography 1 | Instructor of Record | Teaching Fellow | University of North Texas

 

2019:  

• Design I Lab | Teaching Assistant | University of North Texas

• Art History | Teaching Assistant | Modernism | University of North Texas

• Design II Lab | Teaching Assistant | University of North Texas

 

2018:  

• Design I Lab | Teaching Assistant | University of North Texas

 

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Lectures, Talks, Workshops, and Publications

 

2022:  

• The photographs of Lady Hawarden: Privilege, Representation, and the Irish Working Classes | Lecturer | Texas Center for Working Class Studies 8th Annual Conference

• Photography: Digital and Cyanotypes | Workshops | Collin College Summer Camps

 

2021:  

• Fragmenting Time | MFA Thesis Defense | University of North Texas

• Fabricating Irish Labor: Picturing Gender, Class, and Politics in the Photographs of Lady Hawarden | Research Project Colloquium Presentation | University of North Texas

• Professional Portraits | Workshop | NAGPS Regional Conference

 

2020:  

• Perseverance | Roundtable Discussion Host | NAGPS National Conference

• Cubism | Workshop | American Association of Teachers of French

• Impressionism | Lecturer | American Association of Teachers of French | Regional Retreat

 

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Exhibitions

 

2022:  

Biennial Artists’ Books Competition and Exhibition | Greater Denton Arts Council | Denton, TX 

 

2021:  

• 8th Annual Rising Star 2021 | Turner House | Oak Cliff, TX 

• Now | Contemporary 2021 | ArtRoom | Fortworth, TX 

• Faculty Exhibition | Bill and Anita Collins Gallery | Wylie, TX 

• #NewVisions2021: A Student Exhibition | Texas Photographic Society | Online 

• Fragmenting Time | MFA Thesis Exhibition |Cora Stafford Gallery |Denton, TX 

• College Expo | 500x Gallery | Dallas, TX 

 

 2020: 

• Electromagnetic Radiation | Union Gallery | Denton, TX 

• Prism | Envisions Arts | Online 

• College Expo 2020 | 500X Gallery | Dallas, TX 

• Union Art Show | Union Gallery | Denton, TX 

• Abstraction | Photo Place Gallery | Middlebury, VT  

 

2019:  

• Pernicious Blue | Lillian Bradshaw Gallery | Dallas, Tx 

• Art in the Atrium 19 | Frisco City Hall | Art in the Atrium 19 | Frisco, TX 

 

2018:  

Exposed | Solo Exhibition |500x Gallery | Dallas, TX

Woman | Studio & Gallery | Durango, CO

Texas National 2018 | Cole Art Center | Nacogdoches, TX                                                             

The Portrait | A Different Path Gallery | Brockport, NY    

 

2017:  

• Solo Exhibition | BFA Showcase | Pegasus Gallery | Dallas, TX

• 2017 Wichita National All Media Exhibition | Mark Arts | Wichita, KS

• 2017 National Photographic Arts Exhibition | Mark Arts | Wichita, KS

 

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Professional and Volunteer Service

 

2022-2023:    

Camp Instructor | Highschool Summer Art camp | Collin College

 

2020-2021:     

• Senator | Graduate Student Council | University of North Texas

• GSC Senator | Staff Senate | University of North Texas

• Graduate Student Library Ambassador | University of North Texas

• Marketing | 2020 National Conference Planning | National Association of

• Graduate Professional Students

• Southwest Regional Senator | National Association of Graduate Professional Students

 

2018:              

• Employee Advocacy Committee | Chewy.com

 

2013-2014:    

• Change of Command Ceremonies Photographer | U.S. Army

 

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Awards and Scholarships

 

2020-2021:      CVAD Voertman-Ardoin Scholarship

J E Bond Memorial Scholarship

2019-2020:      CVAD J Robert Eger Scholarship

                        CVAD Scholarship

2018-2019:     CVAD Voertman-Ardoin Scholarship

2017:               BFA Honor Graduate | Art Institute of Dallas

Outstanding Portfolio | Art Institute of Dallas                                   

2013:                Expert Field Medical Badge | U.S. Army

2012:                 Honor Graduate| Advanced Individualized Medical Training | U.S. Army

 

 

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