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Resume

Education

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  • Goddard College

    • Plainfield, VT

    • MFA in  Interdisciplinary Arts

  • Edinboro University of PA

    • K-12 Teaching Cert.

    • BFA in Applied Media Arts

  • Penn State University​

    • Act 48/Continuing education credits​

    • Adult Education

    • Special/Exceptional Learners

Skills

  • Adobe Suite

    • Photoshop

    • Illustrator

    • InDesign

    • Lightroom

    • Premiere Pro

    • After Effects

    • Animator/Flash

  • 3D

    • Maya

    • Mudbox

    • Blender

  • Game Development

    • Unity

    • Unreal

    • Construct2

    • Python/HTML/C++

    • Godot Engine

  • Art

    • Photography

    • Videography

    • Digital Media

    • Augmented Reality

    • Drawing

    • Painting

    • Sculpture

  • Other

    • Grantwriting

    • Public Speaking

    • Event Organizing

    • Teaching

    • Project Management

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Job

Experience

  • Mon River Games

    • Founder, Director, Artist, Game Designer

  • West Virginia University

    • Teaching Assistant Professor of Game Design​ and Interactive Media

    • Game and Interactive Design Classes

  • Penn State Behrend

    • Assistant Teaching Professor of Digital Arts

    • Digital Arts, Game Design, Adobe Suite, and Photography Classes

    • Curator of the John M. Lilley library gallery

    • Event and Project management

  • Allegheny College

    • Instructor of Photography

  • The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville

    • Instructor of Painting

  • Leadership Christian Academy

    • K-8 Art Teacher

  • Academy Theatre Gallery 

    • Curator

  • Crawford County School District

    • Substitute teacher K-12

  • Self Employed Studio Photographer

  • Erie County School District

    • Student Teacher

Grants and Awards

  • Erie Arts and Culture

    • "Dismantling the Deficit Trope" $1,200

    • "TEDxErie Artist Commission" $3,000

  • Private/ Institutional 

    • "Yahn Program Endowment" $50,000

  • Penn State Behrend

    • DIGITfest Event Support $5,000

  • Mary Behrend Cultural Fund

    • DIGITfest Event Support $500 (x2)

    • Art Speaker $500 (x4)

    • Gallery Support $500 (x4) 

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