Education:
Tufts University, Post Baccalaureate, Computer Science, 2023
- Pathways to Computing Consortium Scholarship
School of Visual Arts, MFA, Computer Art, 2010
George Mason University, BFA, Digital Art, 2007
Faculty Appointments:
University of Mississippi, Instructor, Department of Computer and Information Science, Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
University of Mississippi, Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and Art History Department, Spring 2017 – Spring 2021
Virginia Commonwealth University, Instructor, Kinetic Imaging Department, Fall 2013 – Spring 2015
Virginia Commonwealth University, Instructor, Art Foundation, Fall 2013 – Spring 2015
Instructor, Digital Animation & 3D Design, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, Fall 2010 – Spring 2012
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Computational Media
- Photo Imaging/Photography
- Vector Imaging/Graphic Design
- Digital Video
- Advanced Digital Video
- Media Arts Survey
- Motion Graphics
- Physical Computing
- Time Studio
- Storyboarding/Illustration
- Motion Graphics/Animation
Research:
Reciprocal Inclusive Design (RID) with Generative AI for Healthcare and Communication between Neurotypicals and Neurodivergents, Tufts University, Spring 2024-present
- Exploring tools and simulations through the use of generative AI, VR, and AR. (in collaboration with the Tufts Medical Simulation Center)
Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research at Massachusetts General Hospital (CHOIR at MGH) Volunteer, Fall 2023
- Concept design of a mindfulness Unity application, intended for patients living with pain as an alternative to substance use.
Distributed Research Apprenticeship for Master's (DREAM), a Computing Research Association on Widening Participation (CRA-WP) and MS Pathways to Computing (MSCS) Consortium collaboration, Summer-Fall 2023
- Design and development of a serious game VR experience, intended for neurodiverse individuals as a tool to practice scenarios that are not routine.
Exhibitions/Screenings/Commissions/Residencies (Selected Works):
Video Mirror and Interactive Canvasses: celluMoj and electronicsOnCanvas, "Verticle", the Powerhouse, Oxford, MS, March-April 2020
Animation: The People That We Love: A Pixel Film, "I_____America and America_____Me", Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, October 2019-November 2019
Site Specific Interactive Installation: simpleLand/simpleWater, "Life on an Island", Building 405, Governors Island, NY, May 2019-June 2019
- The Trust for Governor's Island Residency
Site Specific Installation (and collaboration with artist/photographer Rebekah Flake: Porch RGB, Walton Young House, University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS, March 2019-June 2019
- Commissioned by the University of Mississippi Museum
Animation: The People That We Love: A Pixel Film, Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, CA, May 2018
- Honorable Mention
Site Specific Distrx App Activated Digital Animation: Ghost of a Bleeding Tree, Oxford Art-Go, Oxford, MS, 2018
- Funded by Burning Man
Site Specific Interactive Installation: stoneWarm, InLight Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, November 2018
- Sponsored by Capital One
Interactive Installation: Pressing Matter: Nervous System, "MS Light Collaborative Launch", Mississippi State University School of Architecture-Jackson Center, Jacskon, MS, 2018
Interactive Installation: Pull Marion's Strings, "World Maker Faire New York City", New York Hall of Science, New York, NY, 2010
Video Art: Accumulate in Three Parts, anatoMy, Sunnyside Post Office, "New Video Art", Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Panels/Reviews/Presentations (Selected):
Oxford Film Festival, Panel Moderator: "Technology of Animation", March 2024
National Endowment for the Arts, Media Arts Panelist, April 2022-June 2022
Journal of Artistic Research (JAR), Submission Reviewer, August 2021-September 2021
National Endowment for the Arts, Media Arts Panelist, April 2021-June 2021
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2020 Paper Reviewer, May-June 2020
National Endowment for the Arts, Media Arts Panelist, April 2020-June 2020
Oxford Film Festival, Panel Moderator: "Experimental Film and Media Art", February 2019
University of Mississippi, Department of Computer and Information Science, Speaker: "Media Art: Relationship Between Art and Tech", Computer Science Seminar Series, September 15th, 2017
Oxford Film Festival, Panelist: "New Media Panel", February 17th, 2017
Arts Organizations (Selected):
Oxford Film Festival, Head Programmer for Fest Forward (Animation and Experimental) Category, Oxford, MS, May 2017-present
PROJECT(ion), Co-Founder/Organizer, Oxford, MS, April 2018-March 2021
Misbits NMA, Founder/Director, Oxford, MS, Aug. 2016-April 2020