Professional Background
Visual Art Educator/Chair, Fine Art Department, Oak Park High School; Kansas City, Missouri: 2005 – current
Courses taught: AP Studio Art, Digital Design, Visual Art Photography, Foundations; District Art Staff Development.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Education, William Jewel College; Liberty, Missouri: Spring 2009
Courses taught: Art Methods
Graduate Art Educator, Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, Missouri: Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Courses taught: Graduate courses in art education.
Interdisciplinary Art Educator, Missouri Fine Art Academy, Missouri State University; Springfield, Missouri: 2008
Courses taught: Interdisciplinary Arts, Investigative Installations (drawing), Present Tense future (new medias), Constructed Values (digital photography), Tableau Vivant (photography and new medias)
Art History Educator, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri: 2007 – current
Courses taught: AP Art History, development of online curriculum and course content.
Visual Art Educator, Raymore Peculiar School District, Peculiar, Missouri: 2004-05
Courses taught: Art|MEDIA, Advanced Art|MEDIA, Foundations.
Creative Director, IDEA, Inc.; Liberty, Missouri/Soldotna, Alaska: 1995-2005
Creative director, designer, photographer, writer; principal partner.
Visual Art Educator, State of Alaska Artist in Schools Artist Residency Program; Soldotna, Alaska: 2001-2003
Primary and elementary grades; special programs in watermedia and digital photography.
Managing Partner, EAT Design; Kansas City, Missouri: 1990-1995
Designer, photographer, writer; principal partner.
Art Director/Designer, Muller + Company; Kansas City, Missouri: 1983-85/1987-90
Designer, art director.
Art Director, Hallmark, Inc.; Kansas City, Missouri: 1985-87
Art director, manager of creative services.
Adjunct Faculty, University of Kansas Department of Design; Lawrence, Kansas
Courses taught: Advanced Typographic Design.
Adjunct Faculty, Kansas City Art Institute Design Department; Kansas City, Missouri
Courses taught: Graphic Design, Publication Design, Graduate courses in art education.
Education
University of Missouri Kansas City
Kansas City Art Institute
Central Missouri State University: Bachelor of Science in Art Education (BSE)
Certification, Art K-12
University of Missouri Columbia: Master of Education in Art Education (M.Ed.)
Truman State University: Advanced Placement Studio Art Institute
University of Missouri Columbia: Doctoral Program in Art Education, graduate research assistant
