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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
Avila University, Kansas City, MO
August 2009 to current
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Chair, Department of Art + Design
Avila University, Kansas City, MO
August 2015 to May 2018
University President’s Executive Committee, Faculty Representative
Avila University, Kansas City, MO
March 2017 to March 2018
INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
Freelance Designer, August 2003 – current
Select clients: New Boston Creative Group, Kansas State University, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Mercy Regional Health Center, Rocky Mountain Respiratory Services, Scattered Acres Outfitting, Heritage Biologics, 3 Liberty Farms, Avila University
Environmental Designer
Gensler Architecture, Dallas, TX
September 2007 to May 2008
Graphic Design Specialist
US Army Department of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation, Fort Riley, KS
April 2002 to August 2004
Awarded Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Communication, 2007 (terminal degree, NASAD accredited)
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, 2002
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
AIGA Kansas City Board of Directors, 2012 to present
Current President
Previously served as Director of Education, Vice President of Education, and Vice President of Community Engagement
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & ATTENDANCE
UPCOMING: AIGA National Conference, Pittsburg, PA, March 2020
Presentation on building community through design awards programming. Collaboration with AIGA KC President Samantha Yates.
Made in the Middle Creative Conference, October 2018 and September 2016
Member of the planning team for both conferences
Cumulus: Open Design for E-very-thing, Hong Kong Design Institute, November 2016
Presentation of paper, Pedagogy of Play: Fostering flow states as a tool for design thinking, developed collaboratively with Emmy Rice, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute
Spaces of Learning: AIGA Design Educators Conference, Toronto, ON, April 2015
Presentation of paper, Pedagogy of Play: Fostering flow states as a tool for design thinking, developed collaboratively with Emmy Rice, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute
Association of American Colleges & Universities Annual Conference, Washington D.C., January 2015
Elevate: AIGA Leadership Retreat, Denver, CO, May 2014
Head, Heart, Hand: AIGA National Design Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013
RECOGNITION
Clarion Award for Curriculum Design, Association for Women in Communication
Food and Culture interdisciplinary course
Custom Letters Best of 2012, Lettercult.com online exhibition
No Shave Novembeard men’s health awareness poster
American Advertising Federation Awards, Kansas City
Bronze Award, No Shave Novembeard poster
Silver Award, Not a Myth poster series
AIGA Kansas City A7 Awards Gala Exhibition, September 2011
Not a Myth poster series
Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, 2004
Over 35 student awards and recognitions from American Advertising Federation, AIGA Kansas City, Creative Quarterly Magazine, and the International Professional Communication Conference