Teaching page (all images/videos of student work are used by permission)
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
My goal as an educator is to give students a strong foundation in the knowledge and use of creative tools and techniques while allowing them space and flexibility to start creating their own work from the very first day of class. I work to present a comfortable classroom environment in which students can build their own ideas and challenge themselves through their art and research. In my classes I encourage supportive interaction between students by scheduling significant amounts of class time for student presentation of work in progress as well as peer review and discussion of this work. I present pertinent historic and contemporary examples of artwork and writings, but I feel students’ most important critics and audience are each other. Along with developing strong skills and their own unique style, it is important for students to learn the vocabulary necessary to talk constructively about their own work and others’. As a teacher I have been lucky to have had students from a broad range of backgrounds and all levels of opportunity, privilege, and lack thereof. This includes many first-generation college attendees, older students with families of their own, combat veterans, and students who have had to run from my classes to one of many jobs they have to work in order to afford tuition. I value all my students and am proud to do my part to help them learn creative tools, hone their craft, and find their voice. STUDENT WORK REEL (all examples used by permission) TEACHING EXPERIENCE–COURSES TAUGHT
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Adjunct Faculty, School of Art + Design, 2019-2020 CORE: TIME (Art 103) Designed and taught foundations level course on time-based art (video, audio, installation/performance). University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island Full-time Lecturer, 2014-2015, Adjunct Faculty, 2013-2014, 2016-present Introduction to Film Media (FLM 101) Designed and taught introductory courses in the Film/Media Department focusing on aspects of production, history, and theory Introduction to Video Production (ART 215) Designed and taught undergraduate studio classes on video: production, editing, theory, and distribution Digital Art and Design II (ART 304) Designed and taught advanced studio class on digital art and design: audio/video, 2D animation, 3D modeling and printing, physical computing Advanced Topics in Video Production: Video and Multimedia Installation (ART 316) Designed and taught an advanced studio production course focusing on video and multimedia installation art Projects in Studio (Independent Study) (Art 301) Directed and advised student independent study studio projects Directed Studies in Film Media (FLM 491) Directed and advised undergraduate teaching assistants Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island Adjunct Faculty, 2018-2019 Digital Studio Workshop (Literary and Cultural Studies 323) Designed and taught a course teaching broad techniques of digital studio art (video, audio, graphic/motion design, web design and distribution) ¡City Arts! for Youth, Providence, Rhode Island Teaching Artist, 2013-2014 Music Video and Dance Video Designed and taught a summer session video course for middle school students at ¡City Arts!, a non-profit organization offering free after-school and summer school arts courses for diverse, under-appreciated, and amazing young people in Providence (also served as a media consultant, and was given a $15,000 budget to design a new digital media lab for the organization) Video Stories Designed and taught an introductory video production course for ¡CityArts! focusing on teaching students to make video portraits and self-portraits telling their own stories and the stories of their friends/family/community Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty, 2012 MEME Ensemble performance course Designed and taught undergraduate level theory and practice course focusing on experimental multimedia performance Introduction to Video Production: Portrait, Self-Portrait, and Expression Designed and taught video production and theory course for Brown University’s Pre-College summer program Teaching Assistant, 2010–2011 Introduction to Performing with Real-Time Systems, 2011 Assisted Professor Joseph Butch Rovan in teaching undergraduate introductory course in real-time systems use and implementation in performance, including running labs, grading assignments, and teaching technical tools (Max/MSP software, multimedia performance techniques) Digital Performance, 2010 Assisted Professor Todd Winkler in teaching graduate level experimental studio, performance, and historical survey class, including running labs and teaching technical tools (Max/Jitter software and multimedia performance techniques) Narrative and Immersion, 2010 Assisted Professors Todd Winkler and Leslie Thornton in development and teaching mixed undergraduate and graduate level studio production course, including running labs and teaching technical tools (Max software language and interactive installation techniques) University of Michigan, School of Art and Design Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty, 2006–2008 Introduction to Video Production Designed and taught undergraduate studio classes on video: production, editing, theory, and distribution |