EXPERIENCE
Team Member, 10/2009 -Present,
Educational Development Center, Inc.(www.edc.org). Responsible for conducting career
development seminars for Chicago Public School instructors with Adobe Youth
Voices in Adobe CS4 After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop.
Instructor: Fundamentals of Media Communication, 1/2007-Present, The Art Institute Online, http://aionline.edu. Responsible for instructing theory course in media communication in an asynchronous online environment.
Adjunct Faculty in Visual Communications, 8/2008-Present, International Academy of Design and Technology Chicago Loop Campus. Responsible for instructing courses in Web and Video production. Utilizing the following software and languages: Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, CS4: After Effects, Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver; XHtml, CSS, XML, and ActionScript 3.0.
Freelance Reporter, 10/2008-Present, NewCity Magazine. Profiles of Chicago artists and galleries. http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/7043.html
HTML/Flash/Javascript Design, Production, and Consultation: judithanstethjewelers.com, supplychainsolutions1.com, the University of Hip Hop and saramccool.com.
Production, videography, and post production: Westwood College, “Ryan Swanson: Instructor of the Year” 2008 5min(http://www. saramccool.com/ryan.html), Kayce Bayer “Amateur Hour,” 2007 3min, and Coquie Hughes “The Making of Granny Ballers,” 2005 5min.
Faculty in Visual Communications, 8/2005-5/2008, Westwood College Chicago Loop Campus. Responsible for instructing courses in Digital Video Production, Interactive Flash Games and Animation, ActionScript 2.0, and Web Design.
Syllabus Steering Committee, 1/2008-4/2008, Westwood College. Responsible for weekly conferences to create and finalize syllabus for all courses within the Web Design Major, including course outcomes and key graded assignments.
EDUCATION
MFA in
Studio Arts, Film/Video.
University of Illinois at Chicago, 6/2004
BA in Communications focusing in
Video Production. Antioch
College,
PUBLICATIONS
“Positive Beats Transcend in Chicago,” Verbalisms, 3/2005
“Chubette’s Quest for Fashion,” Pittsburgh City Paper,
2/2002
Girls Guide to Taking Over the World, Edited by
Karen Green and Tristan Taormino (St. Martin’s Press, 1997)
Girl Power, Edited by Hillary Carlip (Warner Books,
1995)
Zine Scene, Francesca Lia Block (Girl Press 1998)
PRODUCTIONS
The Fatty Dance Party Show, 2004, 12 min
Extreme Personality Makeover, 2004, 3 min
Big Girls, 2000, 25 min documentary
SCREENINGS
ARC GALLERY, AMATEUR HOUR, Chicago, 10/2007
WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL, Tel Aviv, 7/29/2006
VIADUCT THEATER, CHICAGOMONDO, Chicago 6/23/2004
THE ROOF, FAMOUS FATTIES, Chicago, IL 8/25/2003
DISCOUNT CINEMA, THE FAT SHOW, Chicago, IL 7/29/2002
WOMEN IN THE DIRECTORS’S CHAIR FILM FESTIVAL, Chicago, IL
3/2002
ZEITGEIST PERFORMANCE SPACE, New Orleans, LA 8/2001
INTERVIEWS
CHICAGO READER, 3/15/2002, “On Film: Hot and Heavy,”
Martha Bayne
BIZARRE MAGAZINE, 10/2001, Keith Bearden
GAMBIT WEEKLY, 8/7/2001, “Hot Pick,” David Lee Simmons
BUST MAGAZINE, Spring 2001, Celina Hex
PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER, 10/2000, Heather Mull
COLUMBUS ALIVE, 7/2000, “What is “Sexy” After All?,” John
Ruch