I’m an artist, technologist, and educator, who is currently rostered as Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CMCI, Information Science.) I draw from an interdisciplinary background in information science, digital culture, participatory design, and critical pedagogy. I am focused on developing and implementing expansive and engaging curricula that bridges STEM and creative expression. I am particularly interested in doing so with marginalized populations and first generation/first year students.

As an artist, my work is an investigation into society and technology’s mutual influence. As a practice, I’m interested in how data, text, imagery, and the body serve as critical mediators towards understanding the social, emotional, and existential impacts of technology on contemporary life, with an eye towards critical making and reimagining future potential. The complexities which emerge from digital cultures and our technologized landscapes are research subjects, while the methods of interaction, exploration, and engagement collapse into a research-based practice that itself formally resolves as time-based media, creative coding, poetics, performance, and new media.

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I’ve shown in 20+ solo and group exhibitions including The Museum of Boulder, Las Cruces Branigan Center for the Arts, The Media Archaeology Lab, ATLAS Institute, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Simon Fraser University, & Emily Carr University of Art + Design.I am currently completing a Master of Fine Arts degree at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. I have previously earned a Master’s degree from CU Boulder’s Interdisciplinary ATLAS Institute focused on increasing digital literacy with marginalized populations both domestic and abroad.  I have been teaching faculty within the CU System since 2013 and in this capacity I’ve designed and delivered a range of curricula and educational experiences , ultimately launching new programs and winning teaching awards (see CV for full details.)

I was born in Idaho Falls, ID sometime in the eighties, when neon was all the rage and tweeting was solely for the birds. I’ve lived, traveled, worked, and played extensively both domestically and abroad.

My cat, Sopaipilla,  and I are currently splitting time resisting/wondering/being/writing/thinking/teaching/unfolding/making friends with animals at parties between Vancouver, BC, Santa Fe, NM, and Boulder, CO.

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