Faculty Appointments
Visiting Instructor, Pratt Institute Film + Video, 2019 – 2023
Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography, Video + Digital Cinema, 2013 – 2019
Adjunct Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College, Film + Media Arts, 2011 – 2015
Teaching Assistant, Duke University, as Duke MFA EDA Graduate Student, Spring 2022 + Fall 2022
Courses
NONFICTION I, FVID 201 (F23) – Pratt Institute, Film + Video 2nd Year majors
A required intermediate production course focused on collage films, essay films, docufiction and documentaries. For students building portfolio and exhibition works.
Film Fundamentals, fvid 105 (f23) – Pratt Institute, Film + Video 1st Year majors
A required introductory production course establishing fundamental skills of in cinema grammar, screenwriting, directing and artistry.
Technical Practices, FVID 106 (F19-S22) – Pratt INstutite, FIlm + Video 1st Year Majors
A required introductory production course establishing technical skills in cinematography, sound recording and editing.
Advanced Visual Practices, ARTVIS 767S (F22) – Duke UNiversity, Visual Arts majors + MFA
A required capstone course for advanced visual and cinema arts students and MFA candidates applying well-practiced skills and craft in a culminating production of a career début artwork or film. For students building portfolio, reels, gallery and festival exhibition works.
Recycled Cinema, DOCST 776S (S22) – Duke University, Cinema Arts majors + Non-majors
An elective intermediate production course concerning archival collage techniques in nonfiction, experimental and video art. For interdisciplinary students building portfolio and exhibition works.
Experimental, Film & Video Art, PHV 340, (S16) – Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography, Video + Digital Cinema 3rd Year Majors + non-majors
An elective advanced studio practice course refining artistic practice, aesthetic approaches and technical acumen. For interdisciplinary students building portfolio and exhibition works.
Digital Cinema I: Screen Grammar, PHV 297 (F15) – Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography, Video + Digital Cinema 2nd Year Majors
A required introductory studio practice course, developing foundational skills in screenwriting, directing, artistry, cinematography, sound recording and editing.
Digital Cinema II: SculPting in Time, PHV 397 (F15) – Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography, Video + Digital Cinema 2nd Year Majors
An elective intermediate studio practice course, focusing on time-based audio-visual art, short films and moving image installation of complex artistic expression and scholastic merit. For interdisciplinary students building portfolio and exhibition works.
Documentary Video, PHV 341, (S15) – Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography, Video + Digital Cinema 3rd Year Majors
An elective intermediate studio practice course concentrating on collage films, essay films, docufiction and documentaries. For students building portfolio and exhibition works.
Art of Story, MARS 1020 (F11-S15) – Cuyahoga Community College, Film + Media Arts 1st Year majors
A required introductory course developing foundational screenwriting skills as well as production skills and professional practices.
Applied Integrated Media (AIM) I + II: Real World Pre-production, MARS 2620 (F12-S15) – Cuyahoga Community College, Film + Media Arts Final Year majors
Two requisite capstone courses for film and media arts students applying well-practiced skills and craft to create a culminating production of a career début artwork or film.
United States American Cinema, JMC 2040 (F12-S13) – Cuyahoga Community College, Film + Media Arts Majors + Non-Majors
An elective cinema studies course covers Hollywood productions from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Students study Hollywood films as an expression of U.S. society, politics and popular culture.
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