EDUCATION
PhD, University of Missouri; Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum (2015)
MAAE, Maryland Institute College of Art, The Center for Art Education (2009)
BFA, Colorado State University, Department of Art and Art History (2000)
University of Oldenburg, Germany (2002)
Santa Chiara, Italy (1998)
 
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Art Education
Florida State University (2020-present)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Education
Florida State University (2019-2020)
Assistant Professor of Art Education
California State University, Sacramento, California (2015-2018)

Visual Art Educator
Columbia Public Schools, Missouri (2011-2014)
Shawnee Mission School District, Kansas (2005-2011)
​Weld County School District 6, Colorado (2000-2003)

​SELECT AWARDS
Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator Award nominee (2021)
Exceptional Levels of Service to Students Award, CSUS (2018)
Retirees Association’s probationary faculty grant nominee, CSUS (2016)
Certificate in Qualitative Research, MU (2015)
Mary J. Rouse Award nominee, Women’s Caucus, NAEA (2015)
​Verna Wulfekammer Doctoral Fellowship, MU (2012-2015)
Mary McMullen Packwood Scholarship, MU (2014-2015)
Donald K. Anderson Graduate Teaching Assistant Award nominee, MU (2014)
Member Art Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Mixed Media/Collage, MAEA (2014)

​SELECT SERVICE
Co-organizer & Co-facilitator of the ICQI Arts-Based Research SIG (2021-present)
Associate Editor, Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal (2020-present)
Outreach Coordinator, Women’s Caucus Board, NAEA (2018-2021)
Research Coordinator, Women’s Caucus Board, NAEA (2016-2018)
​Pacific Regional Director of the Higher Education Division, NAEA (2016-2018)
Editorial Review Board, Art Education, NAEA (2012-2015)