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

Photography, Media Arts 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.

Ceramics Instructor

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

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.

The New York Times Teaching Project

Summer 2020

Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting

Summer 2019

HOW TO GET SOCIAL WITH YOUR MEDIA

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

Student and Publication Recognition

Listed at The Panther Press