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Ph.D. Communication, University of California San Diego, 2018
M.A. Arts Administration, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2013
M.F.A. Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2011
B.S. Philosophy and Journalism, Florida A&M University, 2005
EDUCATION
2010 - Current Independent Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker
2014 - 2015 Freelance Photo Editor | Newsweek Magazine | New York, NY
2012 Freelance Photo Editor | CNN Digital | Atlanta, GA
2009 - 2012 Visuals Director | LIFT Dance | Atlanta, GA
2009 - 2011 Freelance Photo Researcher | Bloomsbury Publishing
2008 - 2011 Assistant Photo Editor | Creative Loafing | Atlanta, GA
2007-2008 Multimedia Journalist | Greenville News | Greenville, SC
2006 Dow Jones Editing Fellow | Palm Beach Post | West Palm Beach, FL
2005 News Assistant | St. Petersburg Times Capitol Bureau | Tallahassee, FL
2004 Photo Assistant | Tallahassee Democrat | Tallahassee, FL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-2019Digital Humanities/DigitalStorytelling Faculty Learning Community (LMU)
2018 WomenPhotograph Workshop
2010The Mountain Workshops, Photo Editor Fellow
2006 DowJones Newspaper Fund Institute
2005 NewYork Times Institute
TRAINING + WORKSHOPS
2019Kopenhaver Fellow
2019Best Dissertation, Int. Communication Association Journalism StudiesDivision, (Honorable Mention)
2018 Universityof California Presidential Post-Doctoral Fellowship, (Finalist)
2017 FOLIO Ozzie Award, Best B2B Single Article, NYC
2017 Graduate Fellow, Center for Humanities, UC San Diego
2016 Knight Visiting Fellow, Nieman Journalism Foundation, Harvard University
2016 Best Film Prize: Porn Star Quotidian, Thinking Gender Conference
2015 Excellence in Diversity Advocacy Award, UC San Diego
2011 Best Photo Dept, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Creative Loafing Atl
2010 Best Photo Dept, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Creative Loafing Atl
2007 Chips Quinn Scholar
2005 National Association of Black Journalists Scholar
2001-2005 Presidential Fellow, Florida A&M University
HONORS + AWARDS
2017 FletcherJones UC Presidents Dissertation Fellowship, UCSD, San Diego, CA
2017 InterdisciplinaryCollaboratories Grant, UCSD Graduate Division, San Diego, CA
2017 Frontiersof Innovation Scholars Program, UCSD Chancellor’s Office, San Diego, CA
2017 Campus Climate Enhancement Grant, UCSD V. Chancellor Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
2016 Dissertation Writing Grant, Center for Humanities, San Diego, CA
2016 Graduate Research Grant, UC Consortium for Black Studies in California
2016 Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Grant, UCSD Graduate Division, San Diego, CA
2016 Summer Research Grant, UCSD Communication Dept., San Diego, CA
2015 Summer Research Grant, UCSD Communication Dept., San Diego, CA
2015 Challenge America Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, San Diego, CA
2011 Off the Edge|Public Festival Artist Grant, Atlanta, GA
GRANTS + FELLOWSHIPS
• Code Switch. 5 min. Dance. Director. 2019
• Porn Star Quotidian. 19 min. Documentary. Director. 2016.
• La Fuerza del Ejemplo. 3 min. Web Commercial. Directorof Photography. 2015
FILMS / MEDIA
PANEL:“ReVisioning Queer and Trans People of Color inPhotography.” Moderator. Photoville NYC. Sept. 2019
PANEL:“(Re)Defining Technologies: A Roundtable on Interventions & Resistance.” Moderator.NYU’s Critical Race & Digital Studies Conference, Washington, D.C.,May 2019
PAPER:“De-colonizing Photojournalism: Visual Counter Narratives in Social Media.”Cultural Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, May 2019
PANEL:“Playing with Black Space: Creating Black Communities through DigitalCounter-Spaces.” Panelist. National Communication Association Conference, Salt LakeCity, Nov. 2018
PANEL:“DecolonizingAmerican Photography,”Panelist. Photo+ Expo, New York City, 2018
PAPER:“Critical Re-Visionings: Claiming Authority via Instagram.” VisualCommunication Conference, San Diego, June 2018
PAPER:"Race, Gender & Rationale: The Global Image in the Western Mind." International Communication Association Annual Conference, Prague, CzechRepublic, May 2018
PANEL:“InclusivityNow,” Moderator. Month of Photography LA. Los Angeles,April 2018
TALK:“Making Pictures: Imperial Frames in Photojournalistic Production.” NationalCommunication Association, Doctoral Honors Seminar, Bowling Green StateUniversity, Ohio, 2017
TALK: “Re-Visioning Blackness in the Social MediaSphere.” Materialist & DeColonial Politics and Aesthetics Workshop, Universityof Granada, Granada, Spain, 2017
PANEL: “Reclaiming Photography,” Moderator, Photoville, New York City, Sept. 2017
PAPER:“Eye and I are One: (dis) Embodied Vision in Photojournalism’s Eyewitness Ideal.”Journalism Studies Colloquium, Intl. Comm. Association Conference, Fukuoka,Japan, 2016
PANEL:Frame by Frame. Panelist. Post-Screening Talk, WorldLink & U. SanDiego, 2016
PANEL:“Through the Lens: Women & Representation.” Panelist. San Diego CityCollege, 2016
TALK:“Visual Ethnographies & Documentary Practices.” Guest Speaker.UCSD Studio for Ethnographic Design, 2015
WORKSHOP:“Girls Empowered to Make Media.” Co-instructor. Girl Scouts ofSan Diego, 2015
GUESTLECTURE: “Photo Editing A Crisis: Newsweek on Ebola.” American NewsMedia, UCSD, 2014
PANEL:“Art + Feminism.” Guest Speaker. UCSD Cross-Cultural Art CenterDiversity Dinner, 2013
WORKSHOP:“Day in the Life of a Photojournalist.” Lecturer. The Showcase School,Atlanta, 2012
GUESTLECTURE: “Thinking Multimedia.” Lecturer. Atlanta Technical College, 2011
TALK:“News Media in the Digital Era.” Guest Speaker. Florida A&MUniversity, 2011
SELECTED TALKS, LECTURES + WORKSHOPS
FEATUREDARTIST:
• Parallax, Photoville NYC, Joint, Sept. 2019
• Parallax, Instagram Headquarters, Joint, NYC, July- Dec. 2019
• LGBTQ+Heroes Wall, San Diego History Center, San Diego, Joint, June 2018
• Womenin Light, LUXE Gallery, SanDiego, Joint, Feb. 2016
• Dames, Liberty Station Art Walk, San Diego, Solo, Nov. 2013
• CreativesRising, SEE Gallery, NewYork City, Joint, Oct. 2013
• Dames, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, Solo, June 2011
• Edge/Public, Rialto Center for the Arts, Solo, Atlanta, Jan. 2011
• Dreamof a Common Language,Arnall Golden Gregory Gallery, Atlanta, Joint, Jan. 2011
• Facets, Gallery 221, Atlanta, Joint, Oct-Dec. 2010
• ALife Beyond Your Own,RAW Space, Atlanta, Joint, May 2010
CURATOR/JUROR:
• “Parallax”,Annenberg Space for Photography’s Photoville LA, Curator, Los Angeles, 2019
• “Sweetgrass & Sunlight” (Photo Essay) Confluence Magazine, Guest Photo Editor, 2019
• AnjaNiedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Awards, Intl. Women’s Media Fund, Juror, 2019
• Candor Arts Residency, Juror, 2019
• The Fence(Photography Exhibit), Juror, 2019
• PhotovilleNYC, Authority Collective (Exhibit) Co-Curator, New York City, 2018
• AuthorityCollective’s The Lit List, Special Jury, 2018
• Nikon+ Women Photograph Grant, Juror, 2018
• UCSDSixth College Film Festival, Juror, San Diego, May 2016
• AdobeCreative Jam San Diego, Juror, San Diego, Feb. 2016
• AdvisoryBoard Showcase, Digital Media Lab, Curator, San Diego, Feb. 2014
• OnAll the Time,Outside The Lens Digital Media Lab, Juror, San Diego, June 2013
• MyAtlanta, Atlanta CelebratesPhotography Festival, Juror, Atlanta, Oct. 2011
• ThroughYour Eyes, Defoor Center, Photoexhibit, Curator, Jan. 2008
EXHIBITS
2018-CurrentAssistant Professor of Journalism, Loyola MarymountUniversity
Courses taught:Photojournalism; Language of Journalism; Broadcast Journalism; Critical &Ethical Issues in Journalism, Capstone Project
2015-2018Lecturer, San Diego City College
Courses taught: Photojournalism& Documentary Photography; News Media Management; Photo Portfolio;Specialty News Publications
2017 ResearchAssistant, Office of VC Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, University ofCalifornia San Diego
Plannedand implemented strategic communications plan, including data visualization mapof campus diversity, integration with UCSD mobile app and overhaul of EDIwebsite
2017 Instructorof Record, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Teaching Assistant Training, UCSD
Conceivedand implemented five workshop series pilot program on implicit bias brainscience, intersectional pedagogy, inclusive communication, community praxis anddiversifying academia.
2015-2017 Lecturer,University of California San Diego
Courses taught: TelevisionAnalysis & Production; News Media Workshop; Topics in Media Production
2015-2016 Lecturer, Art Institute of San Diego
Courses taught: PhotojournalismI; Intro to Time-Based Media; Portraiture; Photography E-Portfolio
2013-2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of CaliforniaSan Diego
Oversawgrading and led sections: Social Formations; Introduction to Communication;Introduction to Media Production; Contemporary Minority Filmmakers; VisualCulture; American News Media