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Education
Ph.D. in Sustainability Education
Prescott College
Continuing Education
University of Baltimore
Master of Fine Arts
Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Concentration: Creative Writing / August 2016 –
January 2015 – December 2015, GPA: 4.0
June 2004 – December 2006
GPA: 3.92
Bachelor of Science
Towson University, Towson, MD / September 1995 – May 2001
GPA: 3.33
Major: English, Minor: Irish Studies
Study Abroad
University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland (art college) / September 1999 – May 2000
Work Experience
Academic Advisor, University of Baltimore June 2009 – July 2016
Baltimore, Maryland
•Advised a caseload of 330 first and second year students using a developmental advising model. Functions include course registration, placement test interpretation, career planning, and assisting first time and returning adult students with their acclimation to college.
• Has assisted in the creation and implementation of advising services such as “Academic Advising Week” an early intervention initiative for first year students
• Collaborated with campus offices that support student success such as the Achievement and Learning Center, Counseling Center, Honors College, Career Center, and upper division advising offices
• Managed the Early Alert System, which monitors student success and works with faculty and staff to increase participation
• Used People Soft to access reports and student records
• Assisted students with transfer credit interpretation and uses ARTSYS to make transfer credit recommendations
• Conducted ongoing assessments of advising services and programs
Adjunct, University of Baltimore June 2009 – Fall 2014
• Instructor for DVRW095 (College Reading & Writing II) SP ’08, SP ‘10
• Instructor for IDIS101 (First Year Seminar) FA ’09, FA ‘14
• Instructor for WRIT101 (College Composition) SP ‘08, FA ’09, SP ‘09
• Led lectures, facilitated group discussions, graded papers, and engaged students in curriculum that supports academic skill development
Adjunct, Towson University August 2007 – May 2009
Towson, Maryland
• Instructor for ENGL 102 (College Composition) FA ’07, SP ’08, FA ’08, SP ‘09
• Led lectures, facilitated group discussions, graded papers, and engaged students in curriculum that supports academic skill development
Assistant Editor, Words and NumbersMarch 2007 – March 2008
Baltimore, Maryland
• Writer and editor of textbook materials for educational publishers
• Communicated and worked with freelancers
Teacher, Global Village International Preschool May 2006 – Jan. 2007
Tsukomodai, Japan
• Lead teacher for students ages 3 and 4
• Assisted in the development of curriculum
• Responsible for lesson planning and creation of resource materials
Teacher, GabaApril 2006 – Jan. 2007
Chayamachi, Japan
• Taught individual adult English lessons for beginning to advanced students
• Kept detailed online records of students’ progress in lessons
• Administered tests for students to advance to next English level
Teacher, Kansai International School April 2003 – March 2006
Ashiya, Japan
• Lead teacher for students ages 1 to 2 from 2005-2006
• Lead teacher for students ages 2 to 3 from 2003-2005
• Assisted in the development of student curriculum
Teacher, Nova Sept. 2002 – March 2003
Motomachi, Japan
• Taught small group adult English lessons for beginning to advanced students
• Administered tests for students to advance to next English level
• Helped facilitate Voice Room discussions where students practiced English in a conversational setting
Residential Aide, AIDS Interfaith Residential Services Sept. 2000 – July 2002
Baltimore, Maryland
• Prepared meals, distributed meds, and kept a clean living space for outpatient residents
Recent ExperienceTime Is Art November 2015
•Featured speaker in Time is Art documentary
September 2015
Fungi for the People
•Attended a week long, immersive MycoRemediationdesign course, Eugene, OR
Community Organizing ExperienceCreator and Director, Mushroom City Art Festival May 2012 - Present
•Creator and director since May 2012 hosting 3 consecutive festivals at
•Baltimore Free Farm, October 2013 – comprised of lectures, workshops, film screening, art show, live music and Free Farm garden tours
•Baltimore Free Farm and Gallery 788, October 2014 - comprised of lectures, workshops, film screening, art show, live music and Free Farm garden tours
•Nature Art in the Park at Leakin Park, October 2015, comprised of lectures, workshops, film screening, art show, live music, forays, nature art trail walks, interactive sound installations
•Received Free Fall Baltimore in 2014, 2015, 2016
•Received Pollination Project grant in 2014
•Made art installation for 2013 and 2015 Mushroom City
•Communicated with web designer on creation of Mushroom City webpage
Organizer, Hive MindDec. 2013 – Aug. 2014
•Helped organize, plan, invite speakers and create immersive art/community space for Hive Mind Revolution
•Helped organize, invite speakers, and presented on Mushroom City at Hive Mind: Roots of Resistance
Organizer, The Baltimore Green Currency Association June 2010 – May 2011
• Attended weekly meeting, gave input, helped in decision making processes for launching the Baltimore BNote
Regional Coordinator, Evolver Baltimore June 2009 – April 2013
•April 2013 – Hosted a film screening of Occupy Love at Saint John’s church
•February 2013 – Hosted a discussion with author, Dr. Neal Goldsmith at Gallery 788
•December 2012 – Hosted a party at the Cork Gallery with speaker, Teafaerie
•October 2012 – Hosted a talk at Café Nola with author, Verdarluz
•September 2012 – Hosted a talk at breathe books with author, Darrin Drda
•July 2012 – Hosted a gift circle at the Baltimore Shambhala Center
•June 2012 – Hosted a talk at the Baltimore Shambhala Center with author, Charles Eisenstein
•April 2012 – Worked in collaboration to host a party with art installation at Sonar
•January 2012 – Hosted a film screening of Wake Up at Cyclops followed by a Skype Q&A with director, Jonas McElroy
•October 2011 – Hosted a speaker circle on psychedelics at The Baltimore Yoga Village
•July 2011 Hosted a film screening of Exile Nation at the Metro Gallery followed by a Q&A with director, Charles Shaw
• April 2011 – Hosted a talk at the Baltimore Yoga Village on Biomimicry with multiple speakers
•March 2011 – Hosted a talk at the Baltimore Yoga Village on Education with professor, Paul Pojman
•January 2011 – Hosted a party at the Overlea Athletic Center
•January 2011 – Hosted a talk at the Baltimore Yoga Village on Peace with activist, David Eberhardt
•December 2010 – Hosted a screening at the Windup Space of 2012: Time for Change
•November 2010 – Hosted a talk at Cyclops with speakers Michael Garfield and Charles Shaw
•November 2010 – Hosted a talk at the Baltimore Yoga Village with speaker, Hawah
•October 2010 – Hosted a party at friend’s home with speakers
•September 2010 – Hosted a film screening at Cyclops of Fierce Light
•August 2010 – Hosted a party at the Whole Gallery with musicians and an art show
•June 2010 – Hosted at talk at Cyclops with the Baltimore Green Currency Association
•May 2010 – Hosted an overnight campout at Hateful Acres Farm
•March 2010 – Hosted a talk at The Baltimore Ethical Society with Dr. Matthew Johnson from JHU
•February 2010 – Hosted a talk at the Yabba Pot with speaker, Tom Swiss
•January 2010 – Hosted a party at the Annex with musicians, live performers, live painting etc.
•December 2009 – Hosted a talk at the Windup Space on Peak Oil
•November 2009 – Hosted a film screening at the Windup Space of Dust and Illusions followed by a Q&A with director, Olivier Bonin
•October 2009 – Hosted at the Yabba Pot speaker, Molly Amster followed by a poetry reading
•September 2009 – Hosted with Metta Integrative Wellness a holistic healing night with free yoga, acupuncture, and massage
•August 2009 – Hosted a screening The Windup Space of Shamans of the Amazon followed by live music and discussion
•July 2009 – Hosted a screening The Windup Space of Zeitgeist: Addendum followed by a discussion on alternative currencies
•June 2009 – Hosted a film screening at The Windup Space of Euphoria followed by Q&A with director, Lee Boot
Other Relevant ExperienceTeaching Positions and Workshop Collectives
•Taught poetry workshop at Burning Man, 2011
•Taught character development to children at Uniting Community Summer Theater Program, 2008
•Taught English to Karenni Refugees in Mae Hong Son,Thailand, 2006
•Founder of Zelda’s Inferno, a creative writing workshop in both Belfast, Northern Ireland (2/2000) and Baltimore, Maryland (10/2000)
•Teaching assistant for Writing Poetry at Towson University, 1998
Leadership Skills and Honors
•Editor-in-Chief of Grub Street, Towson University’s literary and arts magazine, 1999
•Member of Lambda Iota Tau
•Poetry Editor, Grub Street, 1997-1998
•Internship at Brick House Books, read and gave feedback to authors on their creative manuscripts, 1997
Publications
• “My Heart is Love,” Reality Sandwichonline magazine. 2013
• “JeramieBellmay’s Perception Altar,” Reality Sandwichonline magazine. 2013
• “Entering Dharma Gates with Anne Waldman” Evolver Podcast. Interview with Anne Waldman. 2012
• “It’s a Boy,” “Adam like an atom ricochet-naming,” “The Yin Frontier” – Poems Against War: An Anthology. 2010
•Collection of Poems and other writings: On the Yin Frontier – Paper Kite Press. 2010
•“Things To Do In And Around a Tatami Apartment,” “Coaxing the Dragon Out of the Matchbox: Sulk After Lost Love” – Solid Quarter, Issue II. 2008
•“Things To Do In And Around a Tatami Apartment” – The Beatnik Cowboy. 2008
•“Things that Make One’s Heart Beat Faster,” “There’s a History…,” “Unremembered Moon,” “It All Seems Like a Dream Astonishing and Senseless,” “Little Earthquakes,” “Cunt Always Has More Nerve(s),” “Tokyo Gardens Green” – not enough night. 2007
•“A Poem for Forgotten Things” – Making Herstory: A Feminine Perspective in Art. 2007
•“Things That Make One’s Heart Beat Faster” - Bed. 2005
•“Alice” – Red,White and Gray. 2004
•“Keep,” “Veronica,” “Dream in Iowa,” “Roots,” “mother,” “Under,” “Frida,” “I Write Because” - Kansai Poets Vol. 1, Spoken Word CD. 2004
•“Frida” - Silence Speaks online journal. 2003
•“Retreating Home” - Grub Street. 1999
•“Closed Universe” and “Stinger” - Grub Street. 1998
•“Resurrection” - Grub Street. 1997
Poetry Readings as a Featured Reader
• Carroll Museum, Midsummer: A Literary Tea, June 2014
•Gallery 788, Instant Gratification, March 2011
•Gallery 788, Instant Gratification, Nov. 2010
•Gallery 788, Instant Gratification, April 2010
•i.e. reading series, February 2010
•Baltimore Hostel, Outside Writers, Jan. 2010
•Bromo Seltzer Art Tower, Upward Spiral Reading Series, Jan. 2010
•Minas, First Thoughts, Best Thoughts, Dec. 2009
•The Yabba Pot, Winter in America, Dec. 2009
•Baltimore Book Festival, First Thoughts, Best Thoughts, Sept. 2009
•Baltimore Book Festival, Poetry of Vision: Panel and Reading, Sept. 2009
•UB Adjunct Faculty Reading, Sept. 2009
•i.e. reading series, Sept. 2009
•Cromwell Valley Park, Arts in the Park, Sept. 2009
•Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee Vigil, August 2009
•Windup Space, Magnum Opus, April 2009
•Zu, The Poet Experience, March 2009
•Minas, Ides of March Reading, March 2009
•Art Underground Studios, Illustrations from the Psychonaut Narrative, March 2009
•Metro Gallery, Spread the Love, Share the Warmth, February 2009
•Creative Alliance, New Year’s Poetry Marathon, January 2009
•Load of Fun, Erotic Arts Festival, July 2008
•Minas, Water for the Wells Fundraiser, June 2008
•Load of Fun, Poetry in Baltimore’s 3rd Anniversary Party, April 2008
•Zella’s Pizzeria, Owlish, March 2008
•Whole Gallery, Sensarium, February 200
•Load of Fun, Poets Against the War, October 2007
•Baltimore Book Festival, A Different Beat: A Panel Discussion on Beat Women Writers, Sept. 2007
•Minas, Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society, August 2007
•Artscape, Poetry in Baltimore, July 2007
•Xandos, Art Underground Studios, June 2007
•Baltimore Ethical Society, June 2007
•Load of Fun, April 2007
•Savannah Bar & Grill, July 2006
•Nakanoshima Music Festival, May 2005
•Kobe Regatta Athletic Club, April 2005
• Gallery B Life Café, February 2005
• Koyukan, January 2005
•Mencken’s Cultured Pearl, November1997