Educator, maker, and designer with a healthy habit of getting my hands dirty. Over 15 years in the classroom, with teaching + learning focus areas in design, photography, ceramics, communications, media literacy, and journalism, and occasional forays into drawing, painting, and student affairs. Great appreciation for high say-do ratios, strong ledes, the oxford comma, and servant leadership. 

Photography, Design, Art & Visual Communications Teacher / Yearbook & Newspaper Adviser

Strath Haven High School | Wallingford, PA

Re-invigorating photography and video program at state- and nationally-ranked public high school. Courses include Graphic Design I, Visual Communications, Digital Photography I-II, and Video Production. Designed new courses and aligned curriculum to standards of Visual Art department. Supporting students as creative photographers, photojournalists and news and documentary producers, while also coaching college-bound students on portfolio development. Students regularly participate in regional, state, and national contests and shows. Advising club-based yearbook (2020) and newspaper (2022) programs.

Journalism Teacher & Adviser

Malvern Preparatory School / Malvern, PA

In five years, coached extracurricular newspaper from occasional publication in print only, with less than ten staff members, up to a thriving monthly print and online publication with 35+ on staff. Designed elective Journalism and Media Literacy class for seniors, and doubled enrollment after first year, with first-time writers contributing award-winning features for publication. Collaborated with student editors to create staff manual and all staff policies.

Art Teacher

Malvern Preparatory School / Malvern, PA

Courses included high school Ceramics I-IV, Graphic Design I-II, and Journalism. Initiated and facilitated Empty Bowls event, raising $100,000+ over nine years in support of Philadelphia’s homeless community. Established National Art Honor Society chapter. 

Ceramics Instructor

Interlochen Center for the Arts / Interlochen, MI

Taught ceramics to high school and middle school students at world-class educational and cultural center. Managed studio inventory and materials usage.

Studio Art Instructor

Blue Ridge Summer Institute for Young Artists (BLUR) / Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA

Provided structure for college-level courses in visual art, integrated collaboratively with courses in creative writing and theatre. Designed curriculum and implemented student performances and exhibitions.

Studio Art Instructor, Ceramics

Delaware Art Museum / Wilmington, DE

Taught ceramics classes for students ages 6-12 during summers and to adult learners in fall and spring terms. 

Art Teacher

Pitman High School / Pitman, NJ

Courses included inclusive 9th-12th grade classes in Ceramics I & II, Computer Art, Art I & II, and Art Major I. Co-curricular activities included Literary Magazine, National Art Honor Society, a student-led adult ceramics class, and two Empty Bowls events.

Director of Residence Life

Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts / Erie, PA

Coordinated all student services for state-funded five-week residential summer program for 200 high school students. Responsibilities included staff selection, training, and supervision; housing assignments and facilities management for student and faculty housing; 24-hour on-call emergency response; parent communication; and administrative support. 

Assistant Director of Residence Life

Maryland Institute College of Art / Baltimore, MD

Implemented vision, programming, security, and day-to-day operations of a 202-bed upper-division student residence hall and student center for the entire campus. Coordinated student staff selection and training, move-in, orientation, and educational programming designed to meet the developmental needs of a unique student population. 

Student Services Coordinator

South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts / Greenville, SC

Provided supervision, counseling, and intervention at ten-month, state-funded residential secondary school for students gifted in the creative and performing arts.

Pennsylvania Instructional II Certification, Art K-12

Pennsylvania Instructional II Certification, English 7-12

Certified Journalism Educator (CJE)

Journalism Education Association

New York Times Teaching Project

Inaugural Cohort, 2020

Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting

Summer 2019

Presentation – November 2015

National High School Journalism Convention •  Orlando, FL

Collaborated with student editors to share how a publication with a small staff developed and learned to manage social media presence on multiple platforms. LINK

MUD, MEANING, AND THE MOUSE

Presentation – March 2013

National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts  • Houston, TX

Presentation explored meaningful ways in which technology can enhance ceramics education. LINK

CONTRIBUTOR, TEACHING ARTIST JOURNAL

April – December 2013

ALT/space was a project of the Teaching Artist Journal, a peer reviewed print and online quarterly that serves as a voice, forum and resource for teaching artists and all those working at the intersection of art and learning.Essays explored the importance of hands-on learning. LINKS