Education

BFA	Studio Art in Painting with Art History Minor	University of Michigan Flint	High Honors
BA	English with concentration in Writing	University of Michigan Flint	High Honors

Teaching Experience

2008	Instructor of Career Explorations in Creative Arts
	Incentive Scholarship Program, University of Michigan Flint.
		Explored creative arts careers with underprivileged middle school students
		Taught professional writing and career etiquette
2007 - 2008	Instructor of Visual Arts
	Carrera Program, Flint, Michigan.
		Taught drawing and painting to students of varying artistic skill and experience
		Developed own lesson plans
2006 - 2007	Instructor of Visual Arts
	Amaizing-U, University of Michigan Flint.
		Taught 5-week courses to students of varying artistic experience
		Exercised ability to instruct individual students as well as collective classroom
		Developed own course descriptions, syllabi, and lesson plans
		Courses: Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Drawing, Pastel, Colored Pencil
2002 - 2005	Instructor of Visual Arts
	Jim Lee Fine Arts Camp, Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan.
		Taught studio acrylic painting and mural design and application
		Worked with students in grades 7 – 12
		Instructed painting of 2 on-site murals at the Genesys/Hurley Cancer Institute

Publications

2008	Cover Art
	Slowed to Static. Jason Harrod, self published.
2008	Cover Art and Disk Design
	Deliberate Monkey Album. Bob Gerics, Big Sky Recording.
2008	Cover Art
	Organized Prevention Vital to Health Care. David Gebhart, Page Free Publishing.
2007	Cover Art
	African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism. Alicia A. Kent, Palgrave Macmillan.

Awards

2007	Juror’s Choice, University of Michigan-Flint Student Art Exhibition
2006	Artist’s Voice, UM-Flint Student Art Exhibition
2005	Dean’s Choice, UM-Flint Student Art Exhibition
	Arts in Legislature Award, State of Michigan
2004	Best-in-Show, UM-Flint Student Art Exhibition
	Clio Area Amphitheatre Board of Governors Scholarship
2003	Art Achievement Award, Mott Community College
	Gold Merit, Mott Community College
	Silver Merit, Mott Community College
2002	Gold Merit, Mott Community College
	Silver Merit, Mott Community College