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Education 
MFA Candidate, 2024 Interdisciplinary Art and New Media
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

MA Art Education, 2008
Summa Cum Laude,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX

BFA in Painting and Drawing, 1995
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Academic

Appointments
Spring 2023 TA,  Intro to Screen Studies,
Fall 2022 TA, Intro to Audio Arts, Research in Immersive Sound,
Spring 2022 RA, Sometimes I Dream in Farsi
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
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2012 Thesis Director,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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2003 Art Museum Education Paid Internship,
Art Institute of Chicago
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2002-2003 Marcus Fellowship for leaders in Art Education and Technology
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Exhibitions
 
2024 Artspace 304, Alt Art, Carbondale, IL
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2023 Growing Notes: Create an Environmental Journal, supported 
by The Field School of the Lower Mississippi River Hub and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, College of Arts and Media

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2023 Southern Illinois University, More Than Reel, Carbondale, IL
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2023 Southern Illinois University, 2023 SIU Conference on Women: Telling our Stories, Carbondale
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2022 Southern Illinois University, Transmissions, Carbondale, IL
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2022 Southern Illinois University, Plein Air Show, Carbondale, IL

2022 Making Kin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2022 Plein Aire Painting, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2020 Summer Residency Exhibit, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT

2020 Great Plains Annual Juried Art Show, Centre Gallery,  Southeastern University, Best in Show, Durant, OK

2020 20/20, Grayson College 2nd Floor Gallery, Denison, TX

2020  Sherman Cultural District Art Dash, Sherman, TX

2019 Great Plains Annual Juried Art Show, Centre Gallery, Southeastern University, 3D Award

2019 Call and Response: A Multi-Media Exhibition of Regional Art, Ghost Town Arts Collective, Sherman, TX

2019 Annual Winter Members Exhibition, Ghost Town Arts Collective, Sherman, TX

2019 Small on the Wall, Mary Karam Gallery, Denison, TX

2019 Gallery Off The Square, Sherman, TX

2018 Small on the Wall, Mary Karam Gallery, Denison, TX

2018 Summer Show , Oddball Art Society, Denison, TX

2018 The Up-Cycled / Recycled / Repurposed Art Exhibition, 2nd Floor Gallery at Grayson College, Denison, TX

2017 Featured Artist, The Anxious Child’s Alphabet, 413 Makers Gallery, Denison, TX 

2017 10th Annual Local Photographers Exhibit, Mary Karam Gallery, Denison, TX 

2017 The Lowly Tea Bag Art Exhibit and Silent Auction, 2nd Floor Gallery at Grayson College, Denison, TX 

2016 Down the Rabbit Hole Exhibit, 2nd Floor Gallery at Grayson College, Denison, TX

 
Publications
September 2019 Apparitions, a publication of the Ghost Town Arts Collective (a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization)
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January 2019 Featured Artist for the Mom Egg Review: Literature and Art 
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Teaching Experience
2019-2021 Art Teacher, Dillingham Intermediate School, Sherman, Texas  Fine Arts Team Lead 
 
2014-2019 Art Teacher, Wakefield Elementary School, Sherman, Texas 
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2013-2014 Writing Teacher, Germaine Lawrence School, Arlington, MA
 
2011 Teaching Artist, St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Summer Program, Dorchester, MA

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2011 Visual Arts Teacher, Memorial Spaulding Elementary School, Newton, MA
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2007-2009 K-12 Art Teacher and Art Department Director, The Selwyn School,  Denton, TX
Art Museum
Education
Experience 
2011-2012 Museum Education Coordinator, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
 
2004-2005 Gallery Instructor, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX 
 
2005 Online Social Studies Museum Learning Curriculum Developer, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX 
 
2003-2004 School Programs Talented and Gifted Teacher, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX        
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