Every day my students challenge me to be a more enthusiastic maker, supportive mentor and effective communicator. I seek to clearly articulate over-arching concepts as well as steps in a process.

The role of a graphic design educator is to:

show students there is thinking in making. A concept can as easily come from experimenting with materials and methodologies as from academic research.

create a classroom environment where students not only feel safe—but compelled—to challenge their existing ways of making and thinking.

teach students to develop their process, to refine and revise rather than to always start over.

encourage students to find their own voice, both in making work and speaking about it.

inspire students to practice close observation and be curious about both their chosen field and the world-at-large.

 

teaching + mentoring Experimental Typography / Typography 1 + 2 / Communication Studio 1 + 2 / Practicum / Fashion: Photographics / Ways of Working, Ways of Thinking / Intermedia Arts internship

developing curriculum Co-Curriculum Coordinator, Otis College of Art and Design / Co-Leader and Planner, Graphic Design Faculty Retreat, Otis College of Art and Design / Member, Typography Curriculum Team, Otis College of Art and Design

managing programs Program Coordinator, Learning Lab for Technology, Otis College of Art and Design / Co-Curator and Organizer,
Works in Progress lecture series, Otis College of Art and Design / Administrator, What Matters 2 symposium, Otis College of Art
and Design