Otis College of Art & Design Courses:
Liberal Arts & Sciences Department, BFA
Graphic Design/Illustration BFA
Graduate Graphic Design, MFA
Additional Teaching History
Spring 2013: Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2008 - 2010: Instructor, Getting Your Sh*t Together 8-week Professional Practices Workshop for Artists, Los Angeles, CA
Otis College School Service
Spring 2023: Graphic Design/ Illustration Department Exhibition Curator
Spring 2023: Liberal Arts & Sciences Full-Time Art Historian Search Committee
Spring 2023: Communication Arts Program Review Coordinator
Spring 2022: Graduate Graphic Design Program Review Coordinator
Spring 2022: Communication Arts Senior Exhibition Curator
Fall 2021 - Present: Interdisciplinary Steering Committee
Fall 2021: Spring 2020: Covid-19 Academic Planning Committee
Spring 2020: Covid-19 Remote Instruction Mentor
Spring 2020: Liberal Arts & Sciences Full-Time Art Historian Search Committee
Spring 2019 - Summer 2019: Librarian Search Committee
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019: LAS Program Review Coordinator
Fall 2018: Otis 100% Selection Committee
Fall 2018: Otis College Convocation Panelist, Supporting Today’s Students
Fall 2018 - Present: Assessment Coordinator for The Liberal Arts & Sciences Department
2014 - 2023: Assessment Coordinator for The Communication Arts Department
Fall 2015 - 2023: Assessment Coordinator for MFA Graphic Design Department
Fall 2015 - Present: Assessment Committee Member
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015: Academic Assembly Scribe for The Executive Committee
Fall 2014 - Fall 2015: Illustration Coordinator
Summer 2014 - Summer 2015: Interim Provost Team Member
2013 – 2014: NASAD & WASC Assessment Advisor, Communication Arts Department
Spring 2014: Communication Arts Senior Show Co-Curator
Spring 2014: Communication Arts Opportunity Fair Coordinator
Spring 2013 - Spring 2014: Junior Illustrator Exhibition Director
Fall 2014 - Spring 2014: Curriculum Committee Chair overseeing college-wide Credit & Course Reduction
Fall 2012 - Fall 2014: Curriculum Committee Vice-Chair
Fall 2012 - Present: Academic Mentor for the Communication Arts Department
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012: Rank & Promotion Committee Member
2011 - 2015: Practicum Coordinator for the Communication Arts Department
Otis College Travel Study Initiatives
2019 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2018 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2017 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2016 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2015 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2014 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2013 Three-day writing retreat with 10 Graduate Graphic Design students
2013 Rome, Italy with 10 students from six departments (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2012 Rome, Italy with 8 students (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2011 Three-Day trip to San Francisco with 6 students from the Communication Arts department
Awards & Grants
2023
Sabbatical Recipient
2020
Teaching Excellence Award for Full-Time Faculty
2019
Faculty Development Grant
2016
Faculty Development Grant
Otis Assessment Research & Scholarship Grant
2013
Faculty Development Grant
Otis College of Art & Design Curricular Innovation Grant
Liberal Arts & Sciences Department, BFA
- Graphic Design/Illustration Capstone
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Birth of The Modern
- History of Advertising, Graphic Design, and Illustration
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Travel Study Course: Rome: Real & Imagined
- Capstone (All BFA Departments)
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Queer Art
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Senior Project Research
Graphic Design/Illustration BFA
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Senior Exhibition
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Senior Project Studio
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Communication Studio IV
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Communication Arts Practicum (Lead Faculty)
- Advancing Your Practice: Study Abroad Rome, Italy
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Sophomore Practicum
- Junior Practicum
- Senior Practicum
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Professional Practices
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Gender & Sexuality In Communication Strategies
Graduate Graphic Design, MFA
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Considering Final Projects Intensive Retreat
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Final Projects
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Pushing (More) Boundaries Seminar
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Seminar III: Unpacking Your Practice
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Pushing Boundaries Seminar
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Considering Final Project
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Research & Writing Intensive
- Documentation & Presentation Intensive
Additional Teaching History
Spring 2013: Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2008 - 2010: Instructor, Getting Your Sh*t Together 8-week Professional Practices Workshop for Artists, Los Angeles, CA
Otis College School Service
Spring 2023: Graphic Design/ Illustration Department Exhibition Curator
Spring 2023: Liberal Arts & Sciences Full-Time Art Historian Search Committee
Spring 2023: Communication Arts Program Review Coordinator
Spring 2022: Graduate Graphic Design Program Review Coordinator
Spring 2022: Communication Arts Senior Exhibition Curator
Fall 2021 - Present: Interdisciplinary Steering Committee
Fall 2021: Spring 2020: Covid-19 Academic Planning Committee
Spring 2020: Covid-19 Remote Instruction Mentor
Spring 2020: Liberal Arts & Sciences Full-Time Art Historian Search Committee
Spring 2019 - Summer 2019: Librarian Search Committee
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019: LAS Program Review Coordinator
Fall 2018: Otis 100% Selection Committee
Fall 2018: Otis College Convocation Panelist, Supporting Today’s Students
Fall 2018 - Present: Assessment Coordinator for The Liberal Arts & Sciences Department
2014 - 2023: Assessment Coordinator for The Communication Arts Department
Fall 2015 - 2023: Assessment Coordinator for MFA Graphic Design Department
Fall 2015 - Present: Assessment Committee Member
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015: Academic Assembly Scribe for The Executive Committee
Fall 2014 - Fall 2015: Illustration Coordinator
Summer 2014 - Summer 2015: Interim Provost Team Member
2013 – 2014: NASAD & WASC Assessment Advisor, Communication Arts Department
Spring 2014: Communication Arts Senior Show Co-Curator
Spring 2014: Communication Arts Opportunity Fair Coordinator
Spring 2013 - Spring 2014: Junior Illustrator Exhibition Director
Fall 2014 - Spring 2014: Curriculum Committee Chair overseeing college-wide Credit & Course Reduction
Fall 2012 - Fall 2014: Curriculum Committee Vice-Chair
Fall 2012 - Present: Academic Mentor for the Communication Arts Department
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012: Rank & Promotion Committee Member
2011 - 2015: Practicum Coordinator for the Communication Arts Department
Otis College Travel Study Initiatives
2019 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2018 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2017 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2016 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2015 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments.
2014 Rome, Italy with 12 students from all Otis departments (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2013 Three-day writing retreat with 10 Graduate Graphic Design students
2013 Rome, Italy with 10 students from six departments (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2012 Rome, Italy with 8 students (co-taught with Renee Petropoulos)
2011 Three-Day trip to San Francisco with 6 students from the Communication Arts department
Awards & Grants
2023
Sabbatical Recipient
2020
Teaching Excellence Award for Full-Time Faculty
2019
Faculty Development Grant
2016
Faculty Development Grant
Otis Assessment Research & Scholarship Grant
2013
Faculty Development Grant
Otis College of Art & Design Curricular Innovation Grant
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