Education
Photoshop Certification
Adobe Certified Professional
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop. This is an industry-recognized credential that validates proficiency in Creative Cloud software through rigorous live-in-the-app exams.
MFA - Photography
Rochester Institute
of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology is a leading school for photography. Kodak was founded in Rochester, NY, and has had ties to the school from the beginning. During this time, I focused on technical aspects of photography, such as lighting and composition, as well as concept and storytelling within my photographs. I also took courses in moving-image using Adobe Premiere Pro.
BA - Studio Art
The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is a small liberal arts college where I studied art, photography, film, and many other areas. I took courses in Adobe Photoshop and learned to make complex composite images.
Most Relevant Work Experience
2021-2022
Consultant
ZoneFive & MS Art Conservation
As a consultant and conservation assistant, I worked on organizing and preserving historic photographs. I also designed Adobe Photoshop and Camera Raw instructional workflows for conservation. I designed and recorded presentations for conservation using Adobe Premiere Pro.
2020-2021
Curator/Faculty Curator
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
I was hired by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center for several specific projects. I researched examined and cataloged the museum's entire photography collection. I also worked as a curatorial consultant on two exhibitions: Ansel Adams Masterworks, and Eugène Atget: Photographing Paris, 1898–1925. For these exhibitions, I worked on image selection and other curatorial concerns, contributed to the exhibition text, and designed graphics and text for educational materials. I later was hired to curate the exhibition Brett Weston: Working Towards Abstraction by myself. I also produced exhibition documentation photographs of several exhibitions for the museum.
2014-2020
Assistant Professor of Art
Colorado College
As a college professor at Colorado College, I taught all the basics of photography and darkroom processes. My courses included instruction in advanced Adobe Photoshop techniques as well as Camera Raw and Adobe Bridge. I also taught Introduction to Two-Dimensional Art which covered the fundamentals of design and introduced Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator.
2011-2014
Lecturer & Artist in Residence
Iowa State University
At Iowa State University, I was in charge of teaching all of the photography courses including camera operations, darkroom, and alternative photographic processes. I also taught Introduction to Computer Art including digital editing in Adobe Photoshop as well as an introduction to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator.
2010-2011
Graphic Designer
Addison Independent Newspaper
Middlebury, VT
After graduate school, I was hired as a graphic designer for a local newspaper. I created Ad design and layout using Adobe InDesign and Illustrator.
Community Projects
2020-2023
Happy Cats Haven
I assist this local animal shelter with photography and editing the photographs for their website.
2020
Production Leader
Project PPE at Colorado College
During the start of the pandemic and lockdown, there was a severe shortage of protective equipment for front-line workers. I worked with two other faculty members and a small band of students to use the resources we had to make face shields which we donated to local emergency workers. We also donated a large number to the Navajo Nation who were particularly hard hit by Covid at the time. I was in charge of the Covid shield design (in Adobe Illustrator), and ran the laser cutter to produce the face-shield part of the design.
