Assistant Professor of Theatre, Costume Designer

• Aug 2020 - Present

Assistant Professor: Teach between one and three courses of 10-30 undergraduate students per semester. Design course curriculum and adapt between a variety of teaching modalities, including in-person, virtual synchronous, and virtual asynchronous. Design course content to be inclusive, accessible, and student-centered. Provide mentorship and academic advising to students. Serve on a variety of committees at department, college, and university levels. Costume Designer: Design costumes for 1-2 productions per semester. Work with the creative team across the design process to develop a cohesive visual approach, identify and solve design challenges, and arrive at a final solution. Use design thinking to develop costume designs from ideation, to research and rough sketches, to full color renderings. Analyze renderings and lead the process of arriving at fully realized products. Hire, train, and supervise up to 10 undergraduate workers. Show less

Instructor of Theatre, Costume Designer

• Aug 2019 - May 2020

Graduate Research Assistant

• Aug 2016 - May 2019

Develop costume designs from research and rough sketching into full color renderings. Analyze renderings and lead the process of arriving at fully realized product. Supervise up to 10 undergraduate student workers in the costume shop. Develop costume designs from research and rough sketching into full color renderings. Analyze renderings and lead the process of arriving at fully realized product. Supervise up to 10 undergraduate student workers in the costume shop.

Graduate Teaching Fellow

• May 2017 - Jul 2017

Develop and deliver an interdisciplinary human-centered design curriculum for a cohort of 20 students in the Living Arts Summer Residential Lab program. Lead workshops focused on the design process, intersections of various design disciplines, and the role of empathy in design. Develop and deliver an interdisciplinary human-centered design curriculum for a cohort of 20 students in the Living Arts Summer Residential Lab program. Lead workshops focused on the design process, intersections of various design disciplines, and the role of empathy in design.

Costume Intern

• Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

Costume construction and maintenance for seven theatre productions. Act as Assistant Costume Designer for one production, and as Costume Designer for one production. Costume construction and maintenance for seven theatre productions. Act as Assistant Costume Designer for one production, and as Costume Designer for one production.