RESUME
Education
2007	Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, MFA Ceramics
2004	State University of New York at New Paltz, BFA Ceramics
1995	Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, BA Anthropology
1994	School for International Training, Siena, Italy
Teaching and Professional Experience
2008 2007	Cumberland County Community College, Adjunct Professor The Ceramic Shop, Philadelphia, PA, Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics Mayfair Community Center, Philadelphia, PA, Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics
2006-2007	Pennsylvania State University, Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics
2006-2007	Pennsylvania State University, Instructor, Introduction to Drawing Instructor, Introduction to Ceramics Teacher's Assistant
2005	Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Technical Assistant to Chris Staley
	Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Technical Assistant to Marc Pharis
2004	Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Technical Assistant to Ayumi Horie
2003	State University of New York at New Paltz, Teacher's Assistant
	Co-curator, Pourous, Williams Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2002	Studio Assistant, La Mano Pottery, New York, NY
Exhibitions
2008	Invitational, South Jersey Clay, Millville, NJ Platters and Pourers Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Invitational, Gifted I The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Invitational, Beyond Bio: Clay Bodies All Fired up, College of New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY Group Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA Suny New Paltz, Alum-plus, NCECA, Standard Ceramic, Pittsburg, PA
2007	Annual Pottery Show and Sale, Ayumi Horie Studio, Cottekill, NY National Juried Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisianna Squatters, Bellefonte Cultural Center, Bellefonte, PA Liminal Spaces: Pause and Possibility, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA Ceramic Abstraction, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Juror: Paula Winokur Graduate Exhibition, HUB Robesson Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2006	Two Weeks Notice Exhibition Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA An Extravagance of Salt and Pepper: Containers/Shakers/Concepts Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD First year MFA Exhibition Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2004	BFA Exhibition State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY Form Follows Function Lillstreet, Chicago, IL Holiday Exhibit Pendulum Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2003	Invitational Chili Bowl Exhibition Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Pourous, Williams Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2002	Solo Exhibition Hagerty Building, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Awards
2008 2007	Kiln God Award, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME Travel Grant, Penn State University, NCECA Conference
2005-2007	Graduate School Assistantship and Scholarship, Penn State University, State College, PA
2005	Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2003	Summer Arts Scholarship, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY Student Scholarship, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Visiting Artist Lectures
2007	Visiting Artist, Invited Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2005	Visiting Artist, Invited Lecturer, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Publications
2008	Clay Times, 16^th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, May/June 2008 Margins Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
2007	New Haven Register, New Haven, CT, ''CAW: Clay can appear durable, vulnerable'', article on group exhibition at the Creative Arts Workshop
Related Affiliations
	Member, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
	Member, College Art Association