Other Professional Experience
Teaching Experience
2011-Present
Professorial Lecturer in Art History
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- ARTH101/102 Introduction to Art History
- ARTH140 Modern Art
- ARTH255 Contemporary Art since 1960
2010
Professorial Lecturer in Art History
George Washington University/
Center for the Study of Modern Art, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
- AH256 The Performative Impulse in American Art (Graduate Seminar)
2006-2007
Visiting Lecturer in Art History
Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia
- ART160 Art Appreciation
- ART448 Integrated Arts
2002-2007
Assistant Professor of Art History
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
- Director of Art History program
- Introduction to Art History (prehistory-present)
- Modern Art (1850-1930; 1850-present)
- Modern Art and Modernism (1900-1945)
- Contemporary Art (Art since 1945; Art since 1960)
- Issues of Gender in Postmodern Art
- Art of the 21st century (Upper level seminar)
- The History of Body and Performance Art (Upper level seminar)
- Theories and Methods of Art History (Upper level majors seminar)
- Arts and Ideas (Interdisciplinary arts course)
- The Arts at Black Mountain College (interdisciplinary arts course)
- Firing the Canon: What makes great art so great? (Freshman colloquium)
- Making and Meaning: Craft Arts in Practice, Experience and Theory (Interdisciplinary Learning Community)
- Supervised Independent Studies/Undergraduate Research Projects (see cv for project titles)
- Awarded 2005 Distinguished Teaching Award for Untenured Faculty
2001- 2002
Assistant Lecturer
Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
- Visual Arts Awareness
1994-1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Museum of Art
- Introduction to Art History
- Awarded 1996 Graduate Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award
Independent Art Historian and Educator
Washington, DC
2007-present
- Produce scholarly research, presentations, and publications in areas of expertise
- Provide freelance writing and editing services on topics in arts and humanities
- Provide expert content and review of curricular materials
- Develop assessment-based digital resources in arts and humanities
- Clients include Pearson-Prentice Hall Higher Education Division; smarthistory.org (Khan Academy); Saylor Foundation
Docent
Glenstone , Potomac, MD
August 2012-present
- Lead conversational-based tours of contemporary art exhibitions
- Provide information about institutional mission and permanent collection
- Facilitate and encourage dialogue among visitors
Director of Education
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, (MOCA Cleveland)
1999-2001
- Served on institutional management team through strategic planning and branding development
- Lead responsibility for all educational and public programs
- Established the Center’s school program including development of community and educator advisory councils, production of curricular resources, supervision and training of docents, and tour programs.
- Developed exhibition interpretation materials and family programming in consult with curatorial deparment
- Co-curated a year-long artist residency and exhibition of new media art installations by area teens
- Coordinated fundraising, program evaluation, and marketing with other departments
Associate Educator
Akron Art Museum
1997 – 1999
- Lead responsibility for all adult and school (K-University) programs
- Worked in combined education/curatorial department to develop exhibition layout and interpretation
- Trained docents, coordinated tours, developed curricular materials, teacher workshops and organized community outreach programming
- Developed annual interactive children’s exhibition in museum’s education galleries
- Developed adult educational programs including lectures, gallery talks, and special presentations
Instructor, Education Department
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1996 – 1997
- Provided gallery tours for K-12 students and general public
- Provided teacher workshops and curricular materials for Teachers’ Resource Center
Curatorial Research Assistant, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1995 – 1996
- Conducted research on collections, exhibitions, and accessions
- Developed informational gallery guides for special exhibitions
- Drafted gallery didactics for reinstallation of contemporary collection
