download my full, 2019 curriculum vitae
abbreviated cv, 2019:
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
University of Arkansas, August 2018 to current
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
University of Arkansas, August 2014 to 2018
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Graphic Design
Kansas City Art Institute, August 2010 to May 2014
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Visual Communication Design
Kent State University, August 2009 to May 2010
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Associate Director, School of Art
University of Arkansas, August 2018 to current (interim 2018-2019)
EDUCATION
Master of Graphic Design, 2009 (terminal degree, nasad accredited)
North Carolina State University (ncsu) | College of Design
Thesis: Teen Independent Learning Online: Visual Literacy Tools for Assessing Credibility
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design with honors, 2003
University of Illinois at Chicago (uic)
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
AIGA National Conference. Pasadena, CA, Spring 2019
Led workshop, “Informing Cultural Understanding by Aligning Critical Thinking with Information Receptivity” along with two collaborators, Rebecca Tegtmeyer and Alberto Rigau.
Decipher, DARIA + AIGA National Educator’s Conference. Ann Arbor, MI, Fall 2018
Led a workshop, “Demystifying Collaboration in Design Academia and Industry”, along with collaborator Rebecca Tegtmeyer.
AIGA National Conference. Minneapolis, MN, Fall 2017
Organizer of Panel: The Civically Engaged Designer of 2025. Other panel participants: Tyler Galloway, Kansas City Art Institute, Will Staley, Thrive
Frontier, AIGA National Educator’s Conference. Bozeman, MT, Fall 2016
Presenter of break-out session event, Woman seeking woman. Man Seeking Woman. Collaborator Seeking Collaborator. An Exploration Into Collaborative Speed Dating. Event proposed and executed collaboratively with Rebecca Tegtmeyer of Michigan State University.
Nuts & Bolts, AIGA National Educator’s Conference. Bowling Green, OH, June 2016
Facilitator of workshop regarding Collaboration and design education. Developed and facilitated collaboratively with Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Michigan State University.
Creative Pedagogies Across Disciplines, GLAD (Groups for Learning in Art & Design). Birmingham, England, Feb 2016. Presenter of research project, Collab: Design Ed, developed collaboratively with Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Michigan State University.
IMF, The International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 2015. Presentation of paper and case studies, Humanizing Interactivity Through Storytelling, developed collaboratively with Tyler Galloway, Associate Professor, Visual Communication, University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning.
Colouring Outside The Lines: Teaching for the Future to Meet the Changing Needs of Industry, RGD’s (Association of Registered Graphic Designers) Design Educators Canadian National Conference. November 2014. Presenter of collaborative paper and case studies with Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Exploring New Modes of Low Stakes Collaboration for Faculty and Students.
Connecting Dots, AIGA National Educator’s Conference. March 2014
Presenter of collaborative paper with Rebecca Tegtmeyer, Balancing the Practical and the Possible When Teaching Interaction Design.
Head, Heart, Hand, AIGA National Conference. Oct 2013
Collaborative Pecha Kucha with Rebecca Tegtmeyer: Design Educator + Mom = ?
SERVICE
AIGA National Design Educators Steering Committee, Fall 2015 to current
AIGA NWA Advisory Board
BFA Graphic Design Advisor and Coordinator, University of Arkansas, Art Department, Fall 2014 to current
WRITING
Digital Design Theory Book Review, Dialectic: A scholarly journal of thought leadership, education and practice in the discipline of visual communication design. Michigan Publishing, Spring 2018. Co-authored with Kelly Murdoch-Kitt
Mother’s Day: Design Educators Edition, AIGA Design Educators Community, May, 2017. Web
Opposites Attract: Motherhood and The Tenure Track. AIGA Design Educators Community, Dec, 2015. Web.
“Failure: It’s Not That Bad.” Failing Forward: an experiment in critical design, focusing on the concept of failure as a starting point for success. Ed. Maia Wright. MFA Communication Design Program, Texas State University, January 2014. Print.
Two typography projects included in Type Rules! The Designer’s Guide to Professional Typography, 3rd edition, by Ilene Strizver. Spring 2013
Contributor, Parse, a project of HOW Design
August 2010 to 2012
Invited to write articles, and design supportive images, for the online magazine.
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