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EDUCATION

MFA in Media Arts - anticipated May 2025, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

Thesis: Gender Knobs

Committee: Jay Needham, MFA (Chair); Finley Freibert, PhD; Kevin Mercer, MFA; Heather O’Brien-Takahashi, MFA

BA in International Studies, Magna Cum Laude - Dec 2021, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

BA in Electronic Media & Broadcasting, Magna Cum Laude - May 2020, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

SELECTED EXHIBITONS

2025 – On Slippery Grounds, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

2025 – Region 90 Presents: In Light Of, Boxelder Community Room, Cincinnati, OH

2024 - Alt Art, Artspace 304, Carbondale, IL

2024 - Women’s Voices 4: Pushing Boundaries, Sharp Museum, Carbondale, IL

2023 - Empty Spaces: Abandoned Places, Praxis Gallery & Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2023 - SIU School of Media Arts Student Showcase, Guyon Auditorium, Carbondale, IL

2022 - Framing Realities: SIU School of Media Arts MFA Showcase, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

2020 - NKU Student Showcase, Newport On The Levee, Newport, KY

2020 – NKU Juried Student Exhibition, Northern Kentucky University, KY

FILM FESTIVALS

2025 – Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, NM

2025 – Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL

2020 – Norse Film Fest, Highland Heights, KY

2019 – College Movie Festival, West Chester Township, OH

INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2025 – Translations: Creative Research in the Media Arts, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

2024 – The 2nd International Trans Studies Conference, International Transgender Studies Association (ITSA), Evanston, IL

2024 – Women’s Voices 4: Pushing Boundaries Artist Talk Series, Sharp Museum, Carbondale, IL

2024 – Women’s History Month Present: Trans Womanhood and Trans Femininity, Southern Illinois University LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Carbondale, IL

2024 – WGSS Introduction to Trans Studies Class, Southern Illinois University Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Carbondale, IL

PROFESSIONAL ROLES

Graduate Assistant - 2022 to 2025 - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

Producer/Director – 2019 to 2025 - Science Around Cincy, Cincinnati, OH

Producer/Director - 2018 to 2021 - NorseMedia, Highland Heights, KY

Audio-Visual Technician - 2018 to 2020 - Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2024 - Travel and Conference Award - SIUC Graduate and Professional Student Council

2022-2025 - SIU School of Media Arts MFA Assistantship - SIUC School of Media Arts

2020 - Outstanding Electronic Media & Broadcasting Senior - NKU College of Informatics

2019 -2020 - President of College of Informatics Ambassadors - NKU College of Informatics

2019 – 2020 - Member of Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honors Society - Northern Kentucky University

2018 - 2020 - Member of Xi Omega Political Science Honors Society - Northern Kentucky University

2018 – 2020 - Vice President of Norse Film Society - Northern Kentucky University

2018 - NKU Leon E. Booth International Study Scholarship - Northern Kentucky University

2018 - NKU International Study Scholarship - Northern Kentucky University

2018 - NKU Informatics Renaissance Scholarship - Northern Kentucky University

2016 - NKU Excellence Scholarship - Northern Kentucky University