CV

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Education

Present      PhD Candidate, Media and Design Innovation. Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON

2008          Master of Arts, Visual and Critical Studies. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006       Bachelor of Arts, Art History. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario             

Professional Experience

2015 – 2021 Manager, Artist Residencies & Programming, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands

2009 – 2015 Arts Coordinator, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON

Teaching Experience

Toronto Metropolitan University

2024 Graduate Assistant: MPC 203 Art in the Modern World

2023 Graduate Assistant: MPC 103 Reframing Art History

Graduate Assistant: MPC 203 Art in the Modern World

2022 Graduate Assistant: MPC 203 Art in the Modern World; MPC 103 Art & The Classical World; NPF 568 Analogue as Meaning.

2021. Graduate Assistant: MPC 103 Art & The Classical World; NPF 548 Modern Movements in Photography

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008 Instructor. AHI 1002 Modern to Contemporary Art & Architecture

Teaching Assistant: FYP 1003 Time-based Art; FYP 1002 Research Studio II

2007 Instructor. AHI 1001 Introduction to Art History: Ancient to Modern

Teaching Assistant: FYP 1003 Time-based Art; FYP 1002 Research Studio II; ACT 1000 Art & Social Movements;

ECP 1001 From Drawing to Painting; ECP 1002 Drawing in the Urban Environment

2006 VCS XXXX Food, Ritual & Taboo;

University of Windsor

2005 Teaching Assistant: ARTH 367 Art of the Italian Renaissance; ARTH365 Early American Art

2004 Teaching Assistant: CVC 100 Contemporary Visual Culture

Honours, Grants, Awards

2022   Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship; Ryerson Graduate Development Award

2021   Heritage Toronto Public History Award Nominee; Jennifer MacTavish Graduate Student Leadership Award             

             Ryerson Graduate Fellowship; Ryerson Graduate Development Award

2015   Hamilton Wentworth Elementary Teachers Local: Cultural Activist Award

2014   Ontario Arts Council Multi and Integrated Arts Grant (w/ Alana Bartol)

2014   City of Windsor Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund (w/ Alana Bartol)

2007   Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant (w/ Andrea Slavik)

2006   SAIC Student Government Artists Assistance Grant

2006-2008    Trustee’s Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2003-2005    Queen Elizabeth II Millennium Scholarship. University of Windsor 

2004              In Course Bursary. University of Windsor. 

Community Involvement