2024-current Department Head, Fashion Design, Pacific Design Academy
2021-2024 Writing Coach
2016-2021 Deans Distinguished University Fellow (concurrent with PhD studies)
2014-2016 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Portuguese (concurrent with MA studies)
2012-2014 Graduate Student Success Coach for online MFA Fashion Design students at the Academy of Art University
2008-2012 First Hand and apprentice Painter/Dyer, Portland Opera Costume Shop
2009 Costume Designer, Portland Playhouse
2007-2008 Costume Designer, Santa Barbara City College
2007 Costume Designer, Santa Barbara Revels
2005-2007 Seamstress, Victorian Vogue, Santa Barbara
SKILLS
sewing: garment construction, pattern drafting, draping, alterations and repairs, knitting, quilting, hand embroidery, lace repair, basic sewing machine and serger maintenance
design: costume design, knowledge of fashion history, knowledge of textiles, historical and literary research, costume rendering, knowledge of colour theory and design principles
other: Adobe Illustrator, WordPress content management, Microsoft Office
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geography (social science), The Ohio State University (2021)
M.A. in Geography (social science), University of Georgia (2016)
B.A. in Community Studies, University of California Santa Cruz (2007)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Pacific Design Academy:
Line Development
Draping 2
Fashion Flats
Illustration 3
Workshops for creatives:
Spy Life: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Living with Bears: Time Management for Creatives
Feast Mode: Embracing Ritual in Creative Practice
The Doldrums: Navigating the Mid-Project Slog
Fin: Why it’s Hard to Finish Projects (and what to do about it!)
Burn After Writing: a Ritual for Anxious Writers
Workshop for the Central Ohio Modern Quilt Guild:
Making (or not) During a Pandemic: the Role of Grief in the Creative Process
Undergraduate classes at The Ohio State University:
GEOG 2100: Introduction to Human Geography (teaching assistant)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2020-2021 Founder and facilitator of the Central Ohio Anti-Racist Reading Group (a monthly discussion group with a year-long curriculum of anti-racist texts)
2020 Charity Chair of the Central Ohio Modern Quilt Guild partnering with Camp Kesem to make 200 “memory bags” for children who have lost a parent to cancer [then hundreds of cloth masks during the pandemic]
2017-2019 Organizer of the OSU Geography Women’s Writing Retreat
SELECTED PUBLIC SPEAKING
2024 Dr. Sew and Sew – creative nonfiction story performed at Confabulation (a live storytelling event); Victoria, BC
2023 DAREing – reprised at the Best of Confabulation show; Victoria, BC
2022 DAREing – creative nonfiction story performed at Confabulation; Victoria, BC
2021 “Dimidiate Consent” paper accepted to the annual meeting of the American Studies Association [virtual]
2021 Presented “Understanding the Impact of SESTA/FOSTA in the United States” at the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting [virtual]
2020 Colloquium Speaker in the Geography Department at the Ohio State University, presented “The Impact of SESTA/FOSTA in San Francisco”; Columbus, OH
2019 Invited guest lecturer in Human Geography, presented “The State, Labor and the Consent Gap” (GEOG 2400) at the Ohio State University; Columbus, OH
SERVICE
2017-2018 President of the Ohio State University Geography Graduate Organization
2016-2017 Secretary of the Ohio State University Geography Graduate Organization