Education  
2006 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Masters of Fine Arts (Photography)
1998  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelors of Art, Fine Arts (Photography)
Teaching Experience  
2006-07

Adjunct Instructor, Beginning Photography, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (Spring, 2 sections)
Adjunct Instructor, Digital Photography (online), Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA (Spring, 2 sections)
Instructor, Stop-Action Movie, UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA (Spring)
Adjunct Instructor, Basic Photography, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA (Fall)
Teacher of Record, Intermediate Photography, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (Fall)
2005-06 Teacher of Record, Beginning Photography, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (Fall & Spring semesters)
Head Instructor, Intermediate & Digital Photography, ASA Summer Program, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca
2004-05 Teaching Assistant, Image and Idea (Professor Robin Lasser) and Color Photography (Professor Valerie Mendoza), San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Lectures

 
2007

In Conversation (The Spitting Image), SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Artist Lecture, Issues in Contemporary Photography, instructor Brian Taylor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Artist Lecture, Beginning Photography, instructor Tammy Wilson, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2006 Academic Practicum Panel Moderator, SPE West Conference, Costa Mesa, CA
Artist Talk, BFA Seminar with Monical Van den Dool, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Artist Panel, The Allure of Being Desired: Photographers Re-Vision Fashion, SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL (with artists Robin Lasser, Adrienne Pao, Melanie Pullen and Erin V. Sotak)
2005 Artist Panel, The Domestic Portrait, SPE West Conference, San Jose, CA (with artist Dru Donovan)
Artist Talk, New Visions: Introductions 2005, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Artist Lecture, Digital Photography, instructor Adrienne Pao, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Exhibition Record  (solo shows marked with*)
2007

The Spitting Image, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA (curator: Terri Whitlock)
Liftoff, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA (curator: Susan O’Malley)
Spaces In Conflict, The Notary, Oakland, CA (curator: Rachel Kennedy)
2006 Faculty Show, Art Gallery, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
*Make Believe Ritual #1, Black Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Community Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
*Her House, Her Clothes, Gallery 3, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Pingyao International Photography Festival 2006, Pingyao, China (Curator: Susan Dooley)
Annual Juried Show, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA (Juror: Michael Wilson, Artforum)
Intimate Apparel Return Project, Gallery 8, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2005 Pingyao International Photography Festival 2005, Pingyao, China (Curator: Susan Dooley)
New Visions: Introductions 2005, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA (Jurors: Catherine Clark & Jack Hanley)
Publications  
2007

Whitlock, Terri, Camerawork (Summer/Fall 2007)
Liftoff Catalog, San Jose State MFA show catalog
Harmanci, Reyhan, San Francisco Chronicle, general show review (January 18, 2007)
2006 Downs, David, East Bay Express, general show review (January 11, 2006)
SPE Conference Program, featured on cover (March 2006)
American Photography Campus, interior advertisement (May 2006)
AmARTure Critic (www.amarturecritic.wordpress.com)
SPE National Website (www.spenational.org/conference/conf2006/scholarships2006.html)
2005 Nystrom, Andrew Dean, Top Trails Yellowstone National Park, official photographer (40+ images)
Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle, general show review (August 21, 2005)
Light Leak, featured artist (Spring 2005)
Professional Organizations  
2004-Present College Art Association, Pro Arts Gallery, SF Camerawork, Society of Photographic Educators