Education

Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bachelor of Architecture, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 1994, Starkville, Mississippi

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Mississippi State University, Fall 2005 – present

Architectural Design I-A, II-B, V-A, V-B (Thesis), Architectural Theory and Urban Design

Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Mississippi State University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005

Architectural Design I-A, II-B, Art Design I, and Drawing I

Adjunct Professor, College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Mississippi State University, Spring 2004

Architectural Design I-B

Graduate Assistant, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Fall 1998 – Spring 2001

Preparator/Installation Coordinator, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001, Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Summer 2000, andTeaching Assistant, Introduction to Visual Arts, Fall 1998 – Summer 1999

Invited Juror/Critic, 5^th Year Program, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University

1996 Fall Semester Juries, 1997 Spring Mid-term Juries, 1997 Fall Mid-term Juries, 1997 Mid-term Programming Reviews, 1997 Fall Semester Juries, and 1998 Spring Thesis Juries

Instructor, “Architects Teaching Architecture,” Jackson Public Schools, Jackson, Mississippi, 1995

A joint project of Jackson Public Schools, the School of Architecture’s 5^th Year Program and practitioners to promote creative problem solving while raising awareness of the built environment among 4^th and 5^th grade students

Grants Awarded

[Principal Investigator] Building Bridges: Exposure, Exploration, and Empowerment through Design. $48,000 Gear Up Mississippi Summer Camp sponsored by Gear Up Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and the College of Architecture, Art, and Design, Summer 2006.  Two seven day residential summer camps intended to introduce minority and under-represented populations to the design professions; with Amy Crumpton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Interior Design, and Herb Rieth, Assistant Professor of Art.

[Principle Investigator] From Barrier to Threshold: Encouraging Intercultural and Interfaith Community in Christian Spaces. $2,000 Criss Grant, The Criss Fund, Mississippi State University, 2006.  Funded travel to Jerusalem to study the interstitial spaces proximal to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

[Co-P.I.] Building Better Student Critique in Studio-Based Learning: a Linked-Course Design Project between Undergraduate Students in Education and Architecture. $12,000 Learning Communities grant, Mississippi State University, Spring 2006.  A linked course with Dr. Kay Brocato, Curriculum and Instruction; Christopher Monson, and Michael Berk, Architecture

Publications/Presentations

[Invited Panelist] Quixotic Practicality. International Association of Philosophy and Literature: “Thinking Globally/Building Locally: Close Encounter with the Architecture of Sean Godsell”, Melbourne, Australia, June __, 2008 (accepted)

[Refereed Paper] From Barrier to Threshold: Bridging Contested Spaces. Beyond Conflict: 37^th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association, Atlanta, GA, May 3-7, 2006 (accepted)

[Refereed Paper] From Surface to Space: Design as the Mediation of Either/Or Thinking. Intersections: 22^nd National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, April 6-8, 2006 (accepted)

[Refereed Paper] From Spaces to Barriers: How Spatial Inhabitation Enlarges and Contracts Intercultural Ambitions. 4^th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January 11-14, 2006

[Refereed Paper] Constructing Passages: Accommodations for Diverse Learners in Architectural Education. Beginners Mind: 21^st National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, University of Texas San Antonio, TX, February 24-26, 2005

[Creative Work] Sailing (painting – acrylic and oil) for the cover and related promotion of Tess Remy-Schumacher’s Hommage a Brahms, released by XOLO Music, Germany, 2005

Architectural Practice

Designer/Project Manager, Eley Associates, Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, June 2007 – present

Designer/Project Manager, Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel, Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1998 – August 2005

Intern, Barlow Eddy Jenkins Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1994 – June 1998

Intern, Johnson Bailey Henderson McNeel, Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, Aug. 1993 – Jan. 1994

Intern, Watkins and Cox, Architects, McComb, Mississippi, Jan. 1993 – Aug. 1993

Awards

IIDA Design Award, Mississippi Department of Employment Security w/ JBHM Architects, 2007

Jackson Historic Preservation Award, Electric 308 Renovation w/ JBHM Architects, 2007

ASID Gold Design Award, Electric 308 Renovation w/ JBHM Architects, 2006

MS Heritage Preservation Trust Award, Electric 308 Renovation w/ JBHM Architects, 2006

ABC Merit Award, Electric 308 Renovation w/ JBHM Architects, 2006

ASID Design Award, Mississippi Department of Employment Security w/ JBHM Architects, 2005

MS AIA Design Award, Mississippi Department of Employment Security w/ JBHM Architects, 2005

Creative Thesis Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, 2001-2002

The Sukkot Project, Finalist, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1999

Thesis Jurists Award, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 1994

Exhibitions

Faculty Works, Giles Hall Gallery, Mississippi State University, 2006

George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge, George E. Ohr Museum, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2002

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 2001

The Sukkot Project, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1999

Annual Graduate Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1999

Competitions Entered

World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, New York, 2003. Team: David Morris, Chris Risher, and Wes Harp

The Sukkot Project, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1999. Collaboration with artist Charlotte Friedel

Oklahoma City Memorial Competition, Oklahoma City, 1997. Collaboration with architect David Morris

Little Bighorn Memorial Competition, Little Bighorn National Park, 1997

Citations

Cass, Janet. “Reinventing the Sukkah.” Fabric Architecture, March/April, 2000, p. 12, 14

Specialized Training/Workshops

IRB Training Certification, ID #3517, April 2006 – April 2009

Revit Workshop, AutoDesk, 2002

Committee and Service Work

Faculty Councilor, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2004 – 2006

Member, University Assessment Committee, 2005 – 2007

Member, College of Architecture, Art, and Design Assessment Committee, 2004 – present

Member, College of Architecture, Art, and Design Lecture Committee, 2005 – present

Member, School of Architecture Admissions Committee, 2004 – present

Member, League of Women Voters, Mississippi Chapter, 2004 – present

Participant, Starkville Area Arts Council, Annual Gala 2005