Education

2015 MFA Kansas State University Photography

2012 BA University of Kentucky Photography & Art Education, Magna Cum Laude

 Teaching Experience

Spring 2015 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University (Photography In Art 1, 2D Design)

Fall 2014 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University (Photography In Art 1)

Spring 2014 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University (Photography In Art 1, 2D Design)

Fall 2013 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University (Photography In Art 1)

Spring 2013 Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University (Photography In Art 2)

Spring 2013 Instructor of Record, Kansas State University (2D Design)

Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University (2D Design, Photography In Art 1)

Fall 2011 Instructor of Studio Lighting Workshop, University of Kentucky

 Professional Experience

August 2019-Present Communications Coordinator, Summation Athletics

2010-Present Portrait, Real Estate, Fine Art Photographer

August 2015-July 2019 Senior Manager, Photography, Evolve Vacation Rental

October 2011 Intimate Portrait Workshop with Joy Christiansen Erb

2009-2011 Photography Lab Monitor, University of Kentucky

2010-2011 Sophisticated Living Magazine (Event Photographer)

2010-2011 Product Photography (Lily Pulitzer, Judy Kushner Art Designs)

2010 Churchill Downs (Downs After Dark events)

2010 Photography Internship with Andrew Kung

 Awards/Honors

2014 SPE Midwest Conference Scholarship Award (Juror: Laurie Schorr)

2012-2014 Donoghue Graduate Scholarship, Kansas State University

2007-2012 Molony Scholarship, University of Kentucky

Exhibitions

2018 Capturing the Light, juried {Laura Moya}, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2016 The Cost of Forgetting, Molecule Effect, Denver, Colorado - Solo

2015 UK SA/VS Alumni Exhibition, juried, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2015 The Cost of Forgetting, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS - Solo

2014 Off The Grid, Garvey Fine Arts Center, Washburn University, Topeka, KS

2014 Making: Progress, juried {Kat Griefen}, Wefald Gallery, Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS

2014 Honorable Mention People Category, Manhattan Area Photographers Exhibit, juried {John and Cindy La Barge, Mark Rose}, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS

2014 Self: An International Juried Exhibit of Women’s Self-Portraiture, juried {Leona Shanks}, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA (catalogue)

2014 Snacks, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS

2012-2015 Kansas State University Annual Graduate Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University,  Manhattan, KS

2011 Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Magazine 31st Annual Spring Contest

2010 Present, juried, Barnhart Gallery, Lexington, KY

2010 Kentucky Showcase, juried {Derrick Riley}, Awesome Inc., Lexington, KY

Bibliography

2019 Album Artwork, Numb The Measure Of Time, Bunko Stew

2014 Cover Image, The One Who Came Back, Joann Mazzio

2013 Photographs for, “Michael Strand: Connecting Humanity One Bridge at a Time,” Ceramics Monthly, Vol. 61(10), p. 39-43

Service

2017 Photography class for co-workers at Evolve Vacation Rental Network

2015 Panel member for graduate student panel at the incoming graduate student orientation, Kansas State University

2014 Photography Area new faculty search committee member, Kansas State University

2013 Panel member for graduate student panel at the incoming graduate student orientation, Kansas State University