Associate Professor of Visual Communication Design and Digital Media Design
CONTACT :
Media Arts Center – 402C
304-336-8077
EDUCATION:
• B.A., Communication Arts, Grove City College
• M.S., Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University
• 30 additional graduate hours at West Virginia University
ACTIVITIES:
- West Liberty Art Faculty since 1999
- Faculty Representative to West Liberty University’s Board of Governors
- Advanced Placement Reviewer in Studio Art for the American College Board – 3 years
- Visual Arts Examiner for the International Baccalaureate – 2 years
- Practicing professional design consultant for a variety of multimedia projects
- Founder and Director of the MAD (Media Arts and Design) Festival
- Frequent workshop presenter at the annual West Virginia Technology Conference
- Exhibitor at regional juried art exhibitions including Earth, Wood, and Fire – NCECA exhibition at Stifel Fine Arts Center – (Second Place Winner), Huntington Museum of Art, Bethany Annual, Crosscurrents, Appalachian Corridors, West Virginia Arts and Crafts Guild Traveling Exhibit, Tamarack – Best of West Virginia, West Virginia Biennial
- Selected presenter for SITE 2010 (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference) in San Diego, CA, USA; March 29-April 2, 2010.
- Selected presenter for INTED2011 (International Technology, Education and Development Conference) held in Valencia, Spain; March 7-9, 2011.
- Sculpture – wood, metal
- Builder of artist retreat tiny cabins in the woods.
MEMBERSHIPS:
- AIGA – Pittsburgh Chapter
- Faculty Advisor for West Liberty’s AIGA student group
- West Virginia Arts and Crafts Guild
- International Sculpture Center
COURSES TAUGHT:
- DMD 101 Intro to Digital Media Design
- ART 160 Design II: 3D Design
- ART 205 Digital Illustration
- ART 260 Sculpture I
- ART 286 Intro to Typography
- ART 295 Intro to Web Design
- ART 388 Digital Imaging
- ART 483 Visual Communication Design IV
- ART 486 Senior Project
- ART 495 Motion Graphics
- ART 498 Graphic Design Internships
- HONORS 378 Unplugged: Rethinking Everything