TEACHING EXPERIENCE

9/08 – present Assistant Professor
Craft/Material Studies , School of the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, US
9/07 – 5/08 Collateral Assistant Professor
Craft/Material Studies , School of the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, US
9/05 – 5/07 Assistant Professor
Head of Art Metal Jewelry Program, School of the Arts
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, US

EDUCATION

2002-2005 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MFA in Jewelry Design and Metals

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, US
1998-2001 Indiana University, Bloomington
BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing Design

Bloomington, Indiana, US

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2008 SNAG 2008
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Savannah, GA
2007 Heroes, workshop with Ted Noten
BIAD, Birmingham, England
Rhinoceros Software Workshop for Teachers, organized and attended
Stephen F. Austin State University
2006 Now Tree, workshop with Ruudt Peters
Opere Private School, Ravenstein, Netherlands
Signs of Life, workshop with Lin Cheung
KORU2 Symposium, Lappeenranta, Finland
KORU2 Symposium
Lappeenranta, Finland
SNAG Chicago 2006
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Chicago, Illinois, US
2005 SNAG Cleveland 2005
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, US