Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Lively & engaged student of Cultural Geography, Media Studies, and Art History with an appetite for issues of queer ecology and environmental justice. A resolute researcher with a passion for interdisciplinary work and writing about the Anthropocene creatively. Particular areas of interest include but are not limited to: leisure studies, post-industrial communities, environmental justice, indigenous geographies, science and technology studies, affect, queer arts of living, labor, transit-oriented urbanism, and speculative cities.

Education

Master of Science, University of Utah

Environmental Humanities, Expected May 2023

Bachelor of Arts, SUNY Purchase

Media, Society & the Arts | Art History | Film, May 2018

Skills

• Scientific, Professional and Public-facing writing
• Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
• Comprehensive social media management
• Squarespace & Wordpess
• Canva
• Zotero
• Microsoft Office & GSuite Administration
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Tapestry & Rug Tufting

Course Work

EHUM 6102 | Research Methods in Environmental Humanities Learned the basics of ecocriticism, visual analysis, ethnography, environmental history, science communication, and cultural geography

EHUM 6101 | Foundations of Environmental Humanities Read foundational texts and applied theoretical frameworks to urgent environmental discourses

EHUM 6850 | Issues in Environmental Humanities: Anthropocentrism & interrelations under climate change Survey of contemporary theories of anthropocentrism and its discontents, including New Materialist and Critical Animal Studies theory

EHUM 6850 | Issues in Environmental Humanities: The Histories of the Natural World in the Colonial Americas Survey of environmental histories, ethnographies, and visual analyses of the Colonial Americas

GNDR 6960 | Theorizing a Radical Future: Queer of Color Critique & Cultural Production Focused study of Queer of Color Critique and the cultural products it has influenced and been influenced by

Awards and Grants

• 2022 Environmental Humanities Summer Engagement Grant
• 2021 Environmental Humanities Fall Outstanding Seminar Paper Award for “Semiotics of the Skep: Biopolitical Entanglements in the More-Than-Human Colony”
• 2021-2022 Environmental Humanities Departmental Funding via Graduate Research Assistantship
• 2018 Media, Society & the Arts Outstanding Senior Award
• 2017 SUNY Purchase School of Natural & Social Sciences Undergraduate Research Support Award
• 2017 Media, Society & the Arts Outstanding Junior Award
• 2017 PSGA Outstanding Service: SUNY Purchase FreeStore
• 2017-19 PSGA Public Artists in Residence
• 2017 PSGA Outstanding Club Campaign: Leading the Green Team fight for clean campus water
• 2016 Green Fee Grant

Academic Experience

Graduate Research Assistant: NHMU Exhibits Department Fall 2021- Present

• Editorial assistant to the Natural History Museum of Utah’s chief exhibit developer
• Leading image collection and data management for NHMU’s Wild Wasatch Front Field Guide
• Prototyping new exhibit interactives, collecting visitor feedback and processing qualitative data
• Working with NHMU scientists and volunteers to turn their research into public- facing stories and exhibits
• Assisting preparator team in new exhibit fabrication

Teaching Assistant: Environmental Media Spring 2018

• Worked with Professors Jason Pine & Michelle Stewart to develop curriculum
• Evaluated student work, giving feedback and grading weekly assignments
• Lectured on my own research on post-industrial urban placemaking in the Anthropocene
• Designed a final project for the course in which students wrote their own post- natural guides

Symposium Curator: Media, Society & the Arts Senior Symposium Spring 2018

• Solicited work from fellow academics and artists in the MSA department
• Booked space, coordinated catering, and tech support for various installations
• Designed marketing materials and promoted the show via social media

Work Experience

Director: The Mamarie Residency 2020-2021 (On Leave)

• Secured residency facilities in Nederland, Colorado, making connections with local artist groups
• Select and invite artists, writers and scholars to the residency, ensuring their work will be well supported by our facilities
• Secure funds to add to and maintain tool and material inventory

Office Manager: Heights Psychology Collective 2019-2020

• Designed and maintained website & local advertisements as well as backend file management
• Digitized over 15 years of practice records in keeping with HIPPA Compliance
• Facilitated transition to new practice name and logo
• Oversaw office renovations & maintained a welcoming space

Café & Bar Manager: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 2018 – 2019

• Manage a staff of baristas and 50+ weekly volunteers
• Work with vendors and industry contacts to further develop the café’s offerings, including adding over 20 new beers, wines, and liquor capabilities to the menu
• Boost café efficiency and oversee improvement projects, including an extensive renovation that positioned the space to make full use of our liquor license and event capabilities

Founder & Community Organizer: SUNY Purchase FreeStore 2016 - 2018

• Identified campus space and funding as well as necessary approvals to start the FreeStore
• Managed a fleet of 15+ volunteers and interns to keep the space open 20+ hours a week with programming that ranged from workshops and lectures to concerts.
• Promoted the service through social media content, posters, and original merchandise
• Managed organization’s budget, handled performance contracts and worked to secure additional funds from various sources when needed
• Found and trained successors to make sure the FreeStore was stained after leaving campus

President: Purchase College Green Team 2015-2018

• Organized campus wide sustainability initiatives including a campaign to clean up campus water
• Raised funds and lead a service trip of 20+ students to Flint, MI to distribute water, winter clothes, and medical aid.
• Lead discussions about environmental activist history and tactics, bringing in speakers and groups to lead direct action trainings.
• Managed the organizations budget, working with other student groups and departments to program a diverse range of events and workshops.
• Worked with other student groups across the country through the Post Landfill Action Network