Artistic Education
M.F.A., Writing, Savannah College of Art and Design • Atlanta • Fall 2019
M.F.A., Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design • Atlanta • Spring 2017
Coursework in Music Education, University of North Georgia • Fall 1997 - Spring 1999
Additional Education
M.A., Clinical Psychology, Antioch University, Santa Barbara • Spring 2010
M.A., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara • Summer 2008
A.B., Religious Studies, Georgia State University • Spring 2003
Exhibitions
2023
Alternative Process and the Handmade Photograph, APG Gallery, Atlanta
2021
Fusion Academy Inaugural Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Buckhead/Atlanta
Southern Conversations in a Time of Pandemic, group exhibition at Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA
2020
Hamidge Art Auction + Virtual Performance Show, Atlanta
Portal, group exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2019
Today’s Agenda: Images on Teaching and Learning online group exhibition at Light Leaked
2018
South group exhibition at The Dore Collective
2017
December Show, group exhibition at Whitespace, Atlanta
Boy, Owl, and Raven, Whitespec, Atlanta
2016
Moxie Photo, Moxie Interactive, Atlanta
2013 - 2018
Open Studio, SCAD Atlanta
Collections
SCAD Atlanta Photography Department Permanent Collection
Publications
"Waxing Full," Ivy Hall Review, Summer 2018.
"Defending Digital Photography," SCAD Connector, Spring 2018.
"Southern United States," LGBTQ America Today, edited by John C. Hawley. Greenwood Press, 2009.
Awards and Scholarships
Writing Department Endowed Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Academic Honors Graduate Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Achievement Graduate Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
J.F. Rowny Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
Outstanding Student in Religious Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Mary Hood French Award, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
Experience
Department Head for Humanities
Fusion Academy Buckhead • Atlanta, Georgia • Winter 2020 - present
Courses taught: English, Photography, Social Sciences
Photo Studio Monitor
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta • Fall 2013 - Fall 2019
Teaching Intern • English 123: Ink to Ideas: Critical Concepts in Literature and Writing
Savannah College of Art and Design • Atlanta, Georgia • Summer 2019
Part-time Professor • Interdisciplinary Studies
Kennesaw State University • Kennesaw, Georgia • Spring 2017 - Winter 2018
Teaching Intern • Photography 762: Issues in Contemporary Photography
Savannah College of Art and Design • Atlanta, Georgia • Winter 2015
Teaching Assistant • Departments of Religious Studies and Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara • Fall 2003 - Spring 2008
Site Visit Coordinator • Fulbright/U.S. State Department and Walter H. Capps Center
University of California, Santa Barbara • Summer 2003
Student Researcher • Pluralism Project
Harvard and Georgia State University • Atlanta, Georgia • Summer 2002-Summer 2003
Editorial Assistant • Graduate Division of Religion
Emory University • Atlanta, Georgia • Summer 2002-Summer 2003
Presentations and Guest Lectures
“Public Presentations: Pointers and Possibilities,” English 123: Ink to Ideas, SCAD/Atlanta, November 4, 2019
“Star Trek in Historical Context,” English 123: Ink to Ideas, SCAD/Atlanta, October 21, 2019
“Writing for Freelance Publication,” English 123: Ink to Ideas, SCAD/Atlanta, October 7, 2019
“Comparing and Contrasting the 1990 and 1963 film adaptations of Golding’s Lord of the Flies,” English 221: Art in Adaptation, SCAD/Atlanta, April 10, 2019
“Beauty and the Beast in Adaptation: From Fairy Tale to Cocteau to Disney and Beyond,” English 221: Art in Adaptation, SCAD/Atlanta, April 26, 2019
“Scanning Film for Large Format Printing,” Photography 220: From Large-format to the Digital Sensor, SCAD/Atlanta, February 25, 2019.
“Introduction to Scanning Film,” Photography 218: Black and White Technique, SCAD/Atlanta, February 21, 2018.
“Creating Boy, Owl, and Raven,” Artist Talk at Whitespec Gallery, Atlanta, January 23, 2017.
“Psychoanalysis and Photographic Interpretation,” Photography 765: Contemporary Issues in Photography, SCAD/Atlanta, February 12, 2015.
“Native American Two-Spirit People,” Religious Studies 14: Introduction to Native American Religious Traditions, University of California, Santa Barbara, November 5, 2007.