P R O F E S S I O N A L
2007 - Present Artist & Writer | Elk Mound, Wisconsin, United States
2007 - 2018 Senior Lecturer of Art | University of Wisconsin-River Falls
E D U C A T I O N
2004 – 2007 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Master of Fine Arts: Ceramics
Additional Studies: Drawing, Sculpture
1998 – 2003 University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF), Bachelor of Fine Arts
Ceramics & Photography
2003 University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Post-Baccalaureate: Ceramic Art,
New Bedford, MA
N A T I O N A L L E A D E R S H I P & S E R V I C E
2022 - 2024 President, Board of Directors
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2021 - 2022 President-Elect, Board of Directors
2020 - 2021 Special Advisor, Board of Directors, NCECA
2018 - 2020 Steward of the Board, Board of Directors, NCECA
2017 - 2019 Regional Planning Committee Member, NCECA's 53rd Annual Conference,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 - 2012 Director at Large, Board of Directors | NCECA
Leadership:
Co-Chair Executive Leadership Task Force:
search committee for executive director
Co-Chair Membership Committee
NEXPO Gallery Coordinator & Curator
Topical Discussions/NCECA Connections Breakout Session Coordinator
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
2021 Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China
Online Masterclass Series & Public Lecture
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Week-long in-person Terra Sigillata and Earthenware Hand building Workshop
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Colombia, North Carolina
Three online workshops focused on Terra Sigillatas
Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Three-part online terra sigillata workshop series
2020 Montgomery Potters Guild, Maryland * D.C. * Virginia
Online terra sigillata workshop
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
In-person terra sigillata workshop for Minnesota Art Educators
U N I V E R S I T Y
*Indicates course curriculum developed and/or re-designed
2007 – 2018 University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Lecturer, River Falls, WI
Ceramics Studio Faculty Lead (2016-2018)
Sabbatical Faculty for Randy Johnston (spring 2015)
Courses: Introduction to Ceramics*
Studio (Advanced) Ceramics*
Introduction to Visual Art: Large Enrollment* 120-150 students
Creative Arts Entrepreneurship*
2D Design Foundations *
Senior Art Seminar
Special Topic Courses: Earthenware Ceramics*, Clay Explorations*
Ceramics Portfolio Development*
Advertising Design I
Drawing I
Introduction to Art: standard enrollment & online, 2007 – 2014
G R A N T S | F E L L O W S H I P S | R E S I D E N C I E S | A W A R D S
2017 – 2018 UWRF Faculty Research Grant, Terra Sigillata,
campus-wide competitive selection process
2017 Red Lodge Clay Center, Short Term Resident Artist,
Red Lodge, Montana, juried selection
2016 – 2017 Evidence-Based Teaching Fellow, UWRF,
campus-wide competitive selection process, Research Topic: Mastery Style
Rubrics to Promote Growth in Learning & More Risk-Taking
2016, 2017 UWRF Faculty Professional Development Grant, campus-wide competitive
selection process. Received consecutive grant awards for the
maximum amount allotted per academic years.
2018 – 2014 UWRF Mentor Award, Undergraduate Stipends and Expenses Grant,
competitive selection process, Received award each year: 2014 - 2018
2007 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award,
UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts
2006 – 2007 Hixson-Lied Scholarly and Creative Presentation Grant, UNL
2006 Support an Artist Fellowship: Sculptural Furniture,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Artist Workshop Grant, UNL, Department of Art & Art History
2004 – 2007 Kimmel Fellow – Studio Arts, UNL
2002 Chancellor’s Award Recipient, Outstanding Service to the University
(undergraduate student), UWRF
2001 Artist Fellowship: Field Expedition: Jamaica Ceramics Workshop,
Good Hope Plantation via Anderson Ranch Arts Center