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) Community Outreach Coordinator Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento, California (2017)
Visual Art Educator Columbia Public Schools, Missouri (2011-2014) Shawnee Mission School District, Kansas (2005-2011) Weld County School District 6, Colorado (2000-2003)
LEADERSHIP Arts-Based Research SIG Workshop at ICQI, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (2020, Canceled due to COVID) Offsite workshop at MAEA's Spring Conference, Kansas City, Missouri (2019) Higher Education Forums at NAEA's National Convention, Seattle (2018) and Boston (2019) Research panel at ICQI, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (2017-2018) Curriculum SLAM at MAEA's Spring Conference, Jefferson City, Missouri (2014) Symposium at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (2013)
SELECT AWARDS 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)