Teaching
KID smART
Blog Posts: Arts Integration and Enrichment
Visual Art Residency
Esperanza Charter School, Sept. 2019–present
Hynes Charter School, Sept. 2018–May 2019
Afterschool Enrichment
Hynes Charter School, Sept. 2016–May 2019
The Platforms Fund
That Various Field: A Stewardship and Generative Comics Workshop
New Orleans Poetry Festival, Facilitator, April 2019
New Orleans Poetry Festival, Facilitator, April 2018
Alabama Community College, Facilitator, March 2017
Contemporary Arts Center
Summer Arts Camp, Visual Art and Dance Instructor, 2016–2017
Artist Exchange Field Trips, Dance and Writing Instructor, 2016–present
Lelia Haller Ballet Classique
Substitute Modern Dance Teacher, Jan. 2014–June 2015
Co-choreographer, Jan.–May 2014
Panels & Presentations
Deep South in the Global South Conference, March 2018, “Negotiating Southern Womanhood” scholarship reading and Q&A; “Southern Figures: Creative Reading” and Q&A; and “Writing in the South Round Table” panel discussion
“Words & Society: Women Poets Resist,” January 2018, Reading and Q&A hosted by Women’s National Book Association–New Orleans
“Sequels and Why we Love Them: A Panel Discussion,” December 2017, Southern Rep Theatre, pre-show discussion for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, New Orleans
“Writing Contemporary Nonfiction from Personal and Familial Artifacts,” March 2017, GCACWT Conference, Coastal Alabama Community College, Fairhope
“It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: How Five Writers Became Cartoonists,” November 2015, Other Words Literary Conference, Flagler College, St. Augustine
“Unlock Memories through Graphic Memoir: Independent Study Findings,” November 2014, University of New Orleans
“Naturalism and the Florida Setting in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston,” March 2014, AIZEN/UNO International Conference
Learning
University of New Orleans
August 2011–May 2015
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Nonfiction (memoir, lyric essay, comics), poetry, screenwriting
Florida State University
August 2002–December 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Honors Program, Major: Creative Writing (nonfiction, poetry)Minor: Studio Art (sculpture, ceramics)
Continuing Education
Lesson Design Seminar, March 2018, 8-hr. arts integration seminar w/ Sean Layne
Mapping the Journey: Planning Effective Residencies for Students, May 2017, 16-hr. artists as educators seminar w/ Sean Layne
Reaching Students with Autism Through the Arts: Implications for Inclusive Arts Classroom
March 2017, 3-hr. lecture w/ Ryan Hourigan
Image, Sound, and Story
December 2016, 7-hr. collaborative middle school ELA media arts literacy workshop w/ Jacob Burns Film Center
Lines and Shapes: Integratong Visual Art & Geometry
October 2016, 3-hr. collaborative pre K-2nd grade teaching workshop w/ Jamin Carter
Reclaiming Broken Places: Introduction to Civic Ecology
Fall 2016, Global online community environmental stewardship course through Cornell University
Teaching Animation in the Classroom
April 2016, 3-hr. collaborative stop-motion animation workshop w/ Jessie Currel
Emerging Program Institute
April 2016, 3-day artist-in-residence development program w/Alliance of Artists Communities
Global Environmental Education
Spring 2016, Global online community environmental education course “Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Addressing Wicked Problems” through Cornell University
Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans
beg. Aug. 2015, Natural history education program with continuing education and volunteer requirements
New Orleans Teaching Artist Institute
May 2015, 21-hr. training in in sessions such as Lesson Design, Arts Integration, Safe Studio, etc.