WORK

  • 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