Affiliations and Research Positions

UCSB Center for Film, Television and New Media (CFTNM). Graduate Research Assistant , Fall 2006-Summer 2009

Co-convener, Environmental Media Research Focus Group, AY2007-08, AY2008-09

Creator and Director, GreenScreen Environmental Media Production Program, Spring 2007-Spring 2008; Assistant Director, Spring 2008-Spring 2009

Co-organizer, Media Fields Graduate Student Conference, Spring 2007.

Co-organizer, Media Fields 2: Infrastructures, Graduate Student Conference, Spring 2009.

UCSB Center for Information, Technology and Society (CITS); Technology and Society Emphasis in progress.

Graduate Student Researcher. Global Cultures in Transition (GCIT) research initiative. 2008-2009

Transliteracies Project. Graduate Student Researcher. Winter 2007-Winter 2008.

Produced research reports on various new media topics (writing). Participated in the New Reading Interfaces working group.

National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). Research Fellowship recipient. Spring 06-Summer 07.

Researcher, Minotour: A Mobile Wiki Project.

Department of Global Studies; Global Studies Emphasis in progress.

Grants and Awards

Grant to begin GreenScreen Environmental Media Program, Shoreline Preservation Fund, 5/07.
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship: University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007-2008.

UCHRI "Technospheres" Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory Summer Fellowship, 8/06.
UCSB Corwin Award for Best Short film, 5/06 -- Bleach
Video Schimdeo Award for Best Editing, 5/06 -- Bleach
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship: University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005-2006

UCSB Film and Media Studies Travel Grant, 8/07.
Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC), 3/07.
CITS Grant to attend "Technospheres" Seminar, 8/06.
UCSB Film and Media Studies Travel Grant, 8/06.

Academic

B.A. Cinema Television (Critical Studies) & English (Creative Writing), received May 2005 (magna cum laude).
w. honors in English: completed honors track and senior thesis.
Resident Honors Program: skipped senior year of HS, attended USC a year early.
Thematic Option: honors alternative to general education.

Summer Programs

Labyrinth Project: participated in integrated theory/practice course in interactive narrative, student researcher.
International Summer School Program at Cambridge University, Studies in English Literature.

Work Experience

Interactive Media Division: student assistant.
USC Davidson Conference Center: worked in conference and event planning.

Service

USC Helenes: community service organization serving the south central Los Angeles area.
Development intern at the Task Force.