EDUCATION

MFA Textiles, Rhode Island School of Design, 2023
MFA Printmaking, University of Alberta, 2013
PhD Language, Culture & Teaching, York University, 2013
MA Film and Video, York University, 1997 BA Hons Philosophy & Cinema Studies, University of Toronto, 1994

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2014–2020 Assistant Professor (Permanent), Visual Culture, School of Critical + Creative Studies, AUArts
2014 Sessional Instructor, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
2011–2013 Principal Instructor, University of Alberta
2007–2011 Assistant Professor (LTA), Foundation Studies, NSCAD University
2005–2007 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCADU
2006–2007 Course Director, Faculty of Education, York University
2006 Course Director, McMaster University
2004 Course Director, Toronto Metropolitan University

GRANTS

2024 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2022 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2021 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Professional Development Grant
2017 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Professional Development Grant
2015 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant
2014–2017 Faculty Professional Affairs Funds, AUArts
2010 HRM Open Projects Grant
2010 Arts Nova Scotia

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

2022–2023 RISD Museum Graduate Fellowship
2022, 2023 Rosanne Somerson Scholarship, RISD
2020–2023 Graduate Fellowship, RISD
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta
2012 AFA Graduate Award in Art & Design
2011–2013 Department of Art & Design Scholarship, University of Alberta
2006 Price Award for Excellence in Teaching Nominee, OCADU
2000 Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Development Program

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 Workshop: Handbook: Supporting Queer and Trans Students, AUArts
2016 Leadership for a Creative Ecology, Banff Centre
2014 ADKAR Change Management Workshop, AUArts
2012 Research Ethics Training, University of Alberta
1996 Teaching Practicum, York University

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Haute Couture Embroidery & Lunéville Hook Techniques (École Lesage, Paris)
• Tailoring and Garment Construction
• Screen Printing
• Etching
• Photo Lithography & Photopolymer Printing
• Digital Fabrication Tools
• Microsoft Office
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Python