Education
M.A., Media Studies, 2013
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Concentration: Social & Interactive Media
Graduate Certificate in Media Management, 2011
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Thesis Paper: "No Comment: The value and abuses of anonymous speech online"
Advisor: Paul Hardart
B.A., Film Studies & Creative Writing, 2003
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Concentrations: Experimental film & creative writing
Thesis Presentation: “Rx” multi-media installation and research paper on the relationship between chronic illness and anxiety
Advisors: Karen A. Rader & George Nicholas
Affiliations
Member, Vermont Community Access Media Board of Directors
Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Former Signatory & Member, Writers’ Guild of America, East
Work History
Community Health Centers of Burlington, Burlington, VT
Communications Coordinator, November 2017 - Present
Community Relations and Development Specialist, April 2016 - November 2017
Green Mountain Gore Society/Sullen Belle Productions, Burlington, VT
Producer, Co-Curator and Event Host, September 2012 - June 2016
Champlain Housing Trust, Burlington, VT
Maintenance Support Coordinator, September 2014 - April 2016
Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Adjunct Faculty, Video Storytelling, Jan 2014 - May 2014
Rockefeller University Press, NYC
Senior Manuscript Coordinator, The Journal of Cell Biology, Jan 2008 - April 2013
Lifetime Television, NYC
Post Production Scheduler, Mar 2006 - Dec 2007
Quality Control Sessions Tape Librarian, Mar 2005 - Mar 2006
Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival, Astoria, NY
Co-director & marketing coordinator, May 2006 - Aug 2006
IWC Media Services, LIC, NY
Account Coordinator/Archivist, Aug 2003 - Mar 2005
Sarah Lawrence College Film Dept., Bronxville, NY
Student Technical Supervisor, Sep 2000 - May 2003
Teaching Assistant, Documentary Studies, 2001 - 2002
Sarah Lawrence College Art History Dept., Bronxville, NY
Slide Librarian, Sep 1999 - May 2003
Projects & Events
HUSK: Vermont Artists Explore Parasitic Relationships (S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2018)
"Suck Us Dry" illustration and interactive concept piece
"Unlightened" mixed media sculpture, collaboration with Athena Kafantaris
Dark Matter (S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2017)
"Pooh La-La" prints 1 and 2, digital photography
Simulacrum Project (Brickwork Art Studios, Burlington, VT - 2015)
GMGS Immersive Dance Party, interactive installation
The Things We Saved (Online - 2013)
Tumblr-based photo exhibit of items salvaged from an apartment fire
Anonymous Heartache Project (Online - 2011)
“AHP15” web video
Two Truths and a Lie: Freaks, Geeks and Beauty Queens (Union Hall, NYC - 2011)
Storyteller
The Sketchbook Project touring exhibition (Brooklyn Art Library, NYC - 2011)
Author/Illustrator, Clobsters? Clobsters! Children’s book
AbecedariumNYC (Online/New York Public Library - 2008)
“Welkin” video and blog production, Feb 2008
La Superette Functional Art Fair (Eyebeam Gallery, NYC - 2005-2008)
Contributing artist, mixed media crafts
Publications
Graphic Policy
Portfolio of reviews written for Graphic Policy, where comic books and politics meet.
Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max
Paper Girls #1
Poop Office
Paper Girls #2
Bitch Planet Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
Paper Girls #3
Paper Girls #4
Paper Girls #5
Chica de Fuego: Falling in Love with a Loca (Personal Essay)
Xena #1
An Interview with Colorist K. Michael Russel
Kim & Kim #1
The Eighth Seal and Glitterbomb
Top Documentary Films
Selection of titles summarized for TDF's website.
Bare Knuckle
Myths for Profit
Superhuman: Iceman
Digital Food
Humane Society of Chittenden County
From Lost to Found: The Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet (for 4 Legs & a Tail Magazine)
Watch Out For Wildlife!
HSCC Blog article concerning the impact of traffic on wildlife populations and proposed solutions.
Dispatches from The Adoption Floor (via LifeWithCats.vt)
First-person accounts of the therapeutic benefits of volunteering with shelter pets.
Best Friends Animal Society – NY and VT Go Local! Initiatives
The volunteer blog network was eventually dissolved, and is no longer live on the Best Friends website.
Any linkable stories will open in PDF format.
Plant a Tree For Humane Education
Interview with Kelly Overton of People Protecting Animals and Their Habitats, a non-profit promoting the
importance of humane education.
True PALs of Animals
Interview with Caryl Shulman of The Pet Adoption League of New York covering their participation in Best Friends’
Strut Your Mutt walk-a-thon fundraisers.
Best Friends of Best Friends
Interview with Allyson Halm, president of Adopt-A-Dog, Inc., highlighting their regular involvement with local Best
Friends events.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog)
Promotional piece advertising the Brooklyn Bridge Pup Crawl fundraising event.
“Fetch” Yourself a New Best Friend
Interview with Adam Powers, executive chef and owner of Fetch Bar & Grill, a dog-themed Manhattan eatery that
actively promotes rescue initiatives.
A Rockin’ Fundraiser for Rockaway Dogs
Interview with Christine Drakatos, a rescuer leading efforts to track and trap feral dogs in the Far Rockaways of
Queens, NY.
Lucy’s House: Preventing Pet Homelessness
Interview with Jan Ellis-Clements, founder of Lucy’s House for the Prevention of Homeless Pets, a Vermont-
based non-profit whose mission is to keep every pet in their original homes with their owners.
Broken Pencil Magazine
Can’tLit
Anthology of short fiction selected by the editors of Broken Pencil magazine. Gynecomastia, which originally
premiered in BP’s first annual Indie Writer’s Deathmatch, is one of the few American contributions.
“Rockin’ the Oven” Music Review
An overview of what happens when you invite an experimental musician you met via MySpace into your kitchen
to perform for your friends.
Indie Writer’s Deathmatch ’08
Gynecomastia, the tale of a flat-chested girl who falls for a bosomy boy in her class, debuted as a quarter-finalist
in the first ever BP Indie Writer’s Deathmatch.
Misc. Interviews
Interview with horror director Jeremiah Kipp
Interview with experimental filmmaker Carey Burtt
Production Credits
Eurydice (Music Video) Producer, Sullen Belle Productions, pre-production
Matador (Music Video) Producer. Sullen Belle Productions, 2013
Aquoerea Glow (Mock commercial used in the feature film Babylon A.D.) Production Assistant, performer. Dominican Dialect Productions, 2008
Gagsters (Children’s TV) Production Manager. Gotcha! Productions, 2003
Wilderness (Feature) Assistant Director. After The Duck Productions, 2001-2002
Head (Short) Director of Photography. Corcoran Films, 2002
Wet, Hot, American Summer (Feature) Production Intern. Eureka Productions, 2000
In Jest (Feature) Production Assistant. Kingdom County Productions, 1998
Professional Development
Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, VT
Events, communications and shelter volunteer, Oct 2012 - Present
Bamboo and Bone Productions, NYC
Digital media consultant, untitled archival project of the Vancouver Actors’ Workshop and Firehall PAC, Dec 2011 - Oct 2012
Crossroads Films, NYC
Script Coverage Intern, Sep 2002 – Dec 2002
Skills
Mac & Windows literate
Proficient in MS Office applications
Proficient with Google collaborative tools
Proficient in Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn social networking and blogging platforms
Proficient in MailChimp e-marketing tools
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat
Practiced in Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Flash and Dreamweaver
Practiced in LittleGreenLight, OneSite, GiftWorks, ScheduALL & XPressTrack database systems
Practiced in basic HTML
Basic conversational and written French
Typing speed 90 wpm
M.A., Media Studies, 2013
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Concentration: Social & Interactive Media
Graduate Certificate in Media Management, 2011
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Thesis Paper: "No Comment: The value and abuses of anonymous speech online"
Advisor: Paul Hardart
B.A., Film Studies & Creative Writing, 2003
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Concentrations: Experimental film & creative writing
Thesis Presentation: “Rx” multi-media installation and research paper on the relationship between chronic illness and anxiety
Advisors: Karen A. Rader & George Nicholas
Affiliations
Member, Vermont Community Access Media Board of Directors
Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Former Signatory & Member, Writers’ Guild of America, East
Work History
Community Health Centers of Burlington, Burlington, VT
Communications Coordinator, November 2017 - Present
Community Relations and Development Specialist, April 2016 - November 2017
Green Mountain Gore Society/Sullen Belle Productions, Burlington, VT
Producer, Co-Curator and Event Host, September 2012 - June 2016
Champlain Housing Trust, Burlington, VT
Maintenance Support Coordinator, September 2014 - April 2016
Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Adjunct Faculty, Video Storytelling, Jan 2014 - May 2014
Rockefeller University Press, NYC
Senior Manuscript Coordinator, The Journal of Cell Biology, Jan 2008 - April 2013
Lifetime Television, NYC
Post Production Scheduler, Mar 2006 - Dec 2007
Quality Control Sessions Tape Librarian, Mar 2005 - Mar 2006
Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival, Astoria, NY
Co-director & marketing coordinator, May 2006 - Aug 2006
IWC Media Services, LIC, NY
Account Coordinator/Archivist, Aug 2003 - Mar 2005
Sarah Lawrence College Film Dept., Bronxville, NY
Student Technical Supervisor, Sep 2000 - May 2003
Teaching Assistant, Documentary Studies, 2001 - 2002
Sarah Lawrence College Art History Dept., Bronxville, NY
Slide Librarian, Sep 1999 - May 2003
Projects & Events
HUSK: Vermont Artists Explore Parasitic Relationships (S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2018)
"Suck Us Dry" illustration and interactive concept piece
"Unlightened" mixed media sculpture, collaboration with Athena Kafantaris
Dark Matter (S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2017)
"Pooh La-La" prints 1 and 2, digital photography
Simulacrum Project (Brickwork Art Studios, Burlington, VT - 2015)
GMGS Immersive Dance Party, interactive installation
The Things We Saved (Online - 2013)
Tumblr-based photo exhibit of items salvaged from an apartment fire
Anonymous Heartache Project (Online - 2011)
“AHP15” web video
Two Truths and a Lie: Freaks, Geeks and Beauty Queens (Union Hall, NYC - 2011)
Storyteller
The Sketchbook Project touring exhibition (Brooklyn Art Library, NYC - 2011)
Author/Illustrator, Clobsters? Clobsters! Children’s book
AbecedariumNYC (Online/New York Public Library - 2008)
“Welkin” video and blog production, Feb 2008
La Superette Functional Art Fair (Eyebeam Gallery, NYC - 2005-2008)
Contributing artist, mixed media crafts
Publications
Graphic Policy
Portfolio of reviews written for Graphic Policy, where comic books and politics meet.
Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max
Paper Girls #1
Poop Office
Paper Girls #2
Bitch Planet Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
Paper Girls #3
Paper Girls #4
Paper Girls #5
Chica de Fuego: Falling in Love with a Loca (Personal Essay)
Xena #1
An Interview with Colorist K. Michael Russel
Kim & Kim #1
The Eighth Seal and Glitterbomb
Top Documentary Films
Selection of titles summarized for TDF's website.
Bare Knuckle
Myths for Profit
Superhuman: Iceman
Digital Food
Humane Society of Chittenden County
From Lost to Found: The Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet (for 4 Legs & a Tail Magazine)
Watch Out For Wildlife!
HSCC Blog article concerning the impact of traffic on wildlife populations and proposed solutions.
Dispatches from The Adoption Floor (via LifeWithCats.vt)
First-person accounts of the therapeutic benefits of volunteering with shelter pets.
Best Friends Animal Society – NY and VT Go Local! Initiatives
The volunteer blog network was eventually dissolved, and is no longer live on the Best Friends website.
Any linkable stories will open in PDF format.
Plant a Tree For Humane Education
Interview with Kelly Overton of People Protecting Animals and Their Habitats, a non-profit promoting the
importance of humane education.
True PALs of Animals
Interview with Caryl Shulman of The Pet Adoption League of New York covering their participation in Best Friends’
Strut Your Mutt walk-a-thon fundraisers.
Best Friends of Best Friends
Interview with Allyson Halm, president of Adopt-A-Dog, Inc., highlighting their regular involvement with local Best
Friends events.
BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog)
Promotional piece advertising the Brooklyn Bridge Pup Crawl fundraising event.
“Fetch” Yourself a New Best Friend
Interview with Adam Powers, executive chef and owner of Fetch Bar & Grill, a dog-themed Manhattan eatery that
actively promotes rescue initiatives.
A Rockin’ Fundraiser for Rockaway Dogs
Interview with Christine Drakatos, a rescuer leading efforts to track and trap feral dogs in the Far Rockaways of
Queens, NY.
Lucy’s House: Preventing Pet Homelessness
Interview with Jan Ellis-Clements, founder of Lucy’s House for the Prevention of Homeless Pets, a Vermont-
based non-profit whose mission is to keep every pet in their original homes with their owners.
Broken Pencil Magazine
Can’tLit
Anthology of short fiction selected by the editors of Broken Pencil magazine. Gynecomastia, which originally
premiered in BP’s first annual Indie Writer’s Deathmatch, is one of the few American contributions.
“Rockin’ the Oven” Music Review
An overview of what happens when you invite an experimental musician you met via MySpace into your kitchen
to perform for your friends.
Indie Writer’s Deathmatch ’08
Gynecomastia, the tale of a flat-chested girl who falls for a bosomy boy in her class, debuted as a quarter-finalist
in the first ever BP Indie Writer’s Deathmatch.
Misc. Interviews
Interview with horror director Jeremiah Kipp
Interview with experimental filmmaker Carey Burtt
Production Credits
Eurydice (Music Video) Producer, Sullen Belle Productions, pre-production
Matador (Music Video) Producer. Sullen Belle Productions, 2013
Aquoerea Glow (Mock commercial used in the feature film Babylon A.D.) Production Assistant, performer. Dominican Dialect Productions, 2008
Gagsters (Children’s TV) Production Manager. Gotcha! Productions, 2003
Wilderness (Feature) Assistant Director. After The Duck Productions, 2001-2002
Head (Short) Director of Photography. Corcoran Films, 2002
Wet, Hot, American Summer (Feature) Production Intern. Eureka Productions, 2000
In Jest (Feature) Production Assistant. Kingdom County Productions, 1998
Professional Development
Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, VT
Events, communications and shelter volunteer, Oct 2012 - Present
Bamboo and Bone Productions, NYC
Digital media consultant, untitled archival project of the Vancouver Actors’ Workshop and Firehall PAC, Dec 2011 - Oct 2012
Crossroads Films, NYC
Script Coverage Intern, Sep 2002 – Dec 2002
Skills
Mac & Windows literate
Proficient in MS Office applications
Proficient with Google collaborative tools
Proficient in Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn social networking and blogging platforms
Proficient in MailChimp e-marketing tools
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat
Practiced in Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Flash and Dreamweaver
Practiced in LittleGreenLight, OneSite, GiftWorks, ScheduALL & XPressTrack database systems
Practiced in basic HTML
Basic conversational and written French
Typing speed 90 wpm