Experience
Nokia Corporation
Design Research Consultant for
Advanced Design
May 2011 - Present
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Visual Strategist
Creation of tools for HR and the Director's Office to encourage Lab exploration
mission proposals
Communications consultant for mission proposals
March 2010 - Present
Research Centered Design
Design Research Consultant for
Adobe Systems Incorporated
September 2010 - Present
Dyvergent
Design Research Consultant
Project Lead for a study exploring "Healthy Lunch Solutions for Kids"
September 2010 - Present
Art Center College of Design
Search Committee Member:
Media Design Matters Faculty Position
May 2011
Researcher: How Real-time and Streaming Media Affects Families
September 2007 - August 2008
Researcher Assistant: Engaging Teenagers with Chronic Health Conditions
September 2007 - December 2007
Honors
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Panel Speaker at artSPACE: Art and Design in the JPL organization
September 2011
University of Michigan
Panel Speaker at Thinking About Things:
Interdisciplinary Futures in Material Cultures Conference
May 2010
Art Center College of Design
Post-Graduate Fellowship
January 2010
Designmatters Fellowship
January 2009
Maryland Institute College of Art
Panel Speaker, Social Studies Conference
October 2008
Biggest Visual Power Show (LA)
Official Selection for short film:
"Hollywood Nature"
May 2008
Fund for Teachers
Grant Winner
Study European Exhibition Design
July 2007
Georgetown Film Festival
Official Selection for interactive film:
The Childhood Friends
September 2006
Education
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
MFA in Media Design
Thesis: Portrais in People-Knowing
December 2009
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washinton D.C.
AFA in Digital Media Design
May 2004
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
BA in Political Science
Pre-Med Concentration
May 2000
Teaching
Art Center College of Design
Undergraduate Professor
The Art of Research
January 2010 - May 2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Data Stories
January 2010 - May 2010
School for the Arts in Learning
Arts Coordinator
Director of arts-infused curriculum for children with special needs.
Creation of a computer lab, online newspaper,
and film festival.
September 2005 - June 2007
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Adjunct Professor
Art Across the Curriculum
Spring 2007
World Teach (Quevedo, Ecuador)
Volunteer ESL Teacher
August 2000 - July 2001