Teaching

Miami University, Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship
Associate Teaching Professor

CCA 101 / UNV101 - The Entrepreneurial Artist / I am Miami
Through reflection, self-assessment and group discussions, students gain a sense of belonging at Miami, plan how to make the most of their time at Miami, and establish a foundation for academic and co-curricular success.

CCA201 - Introduction to Arts Management
Overview and exploration of the foundational areas of arts management to discover the collaborative nature between arts managers, artists, and audiences that create healthy and sustainable creative enterprises, with attention to emerging trends in the sector.

CCA304 - Financial Management in the Arts
Builds working knowledge of sound financial management tools to plan, control, interpret, and communicate the financial position of arts entities, with emphasis on individual financial literacy and competence. An introduction to the field of development in the arts complements with focus on grant writing, individual donors, special events, development plans, and confidence in make “the ask”.

CCA320 - Arts Management &  Esp. Studio 2, Career Toolbox for the Arts
In this course students gain practical experience by self-defining arts management & arts entrepreneurship projects. Students will continue developing their arts management & arts entrepreneurship portfolio. Additionally, students will consider the current context in operating a creative enterprise. An emphasis will be on developing creative thinking, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills with the arts management & arts entrepreneurship project and portfolio.

CCA401 - Strategic Innovation in the Arts
Addresses variety of concepts in strategic, design, innovation, and leadership in the creative sector with practical applications.

CCA420 - Arts Management &  Esp. Studio 3, Professional Decorum in the Arts
In this course students gain practical experience by self-defining arts management & arts entrepreneurship projects. Students will finalize their arts management & arts entrepreneurship portfolio. Additionally, students will consider the current context in operating a creative enterprise. An emphasis will be on developing creative thinking, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills with the arts management & arts entrepreneurship project and portfolio.

The Ohio State University, Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy.

AE7708 Universal Design for Learning: Disability Studies and Art Education. Lecturer
(Summer 2024)
Online, asynchronous course considering how critical disability studies, disability justice, liberatory access, and Universal Design can inform multiple learning sites, including K-12 and university classrooms, museums, and online learning sites. 13 graduate students.

AE5683 Developing Art Careers: Positioning Passion. Graduate Teaching Associate
(Spring 2023 & Spring 2022)
Develop entrepreneurial, practical, and leadership skills vital to succeeding as arts entrepreneurs, arts administrators, and community catalysts in an increasingly complex creative ecology. Updated course curriculum. 33 undergraduate students.

AE2700 / AE2367.03 Criticizing Television, online/asynchronous. Graduate Teaching Associate
(Autumn 2022 & Autumn 2021)
General education second-level writing course focused on persuasive writing, critical analysis, social diversity, and cultural criticism using a variety of television program viewing, discussing, reading, writing. 45 undergraduate students.

AE7300 Teaching at the College Level. Graduate Teaching Fellow.
(Autumn 2021)
Provided mentorship, leadership, and resources to 11 new graduate students participating in AE7300, Introduction to Teaching at the Graduate Level; served as liaison between students, department, and Interim Department Chair, Dr. Shari Savage.

AE5684 Arts Participation, Cultural Literacy, and Audience Development. Adjunct Faculty
(Spring 2019 & Spring 2018)
Building on empirical and theoretical research, this course constructs a framework to understand audience participation, understanding and reception of specific art forms. Redesigned syllabus; updated course curriculum. 30 undergraduate and graduate students.

AE5682 Nonprofit Arts Institutions, Governance and Board Leadership. Co-Teacher
(Autumn 2017)
Research-based, practical exploration of nonprofit boards critically examines governance policies and practices; specifically focusing on management, board and staff relations and issues of accountability. 16 under/graduate students. With Dr. James H. Sanders, III.

AE 5674 Creative Sector & Creative Cities. Lecturer
(Spring 2015)
Examine U.S. and international policy experiences pertaining to the composition, workforce, and support systems of the creative industries across non-profit, commercial, community, and embedded settings. Updated course curriculum. 17 undergraduate students.

Invited Lecturer

Policies and practices, with Dr. Zulal F. Akin, Department of Art Administration, Education, and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 17, 2022.

Managing non-profit arts organizations: Balancing continuity & change, with Biyun Zhu, MA, Department of Art Administration, Education and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 7, 2020.

Art Education for Children with Special Needs, with Dr. Joni Boyd Acuff, Department of Art Administration, Education, and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, March 5, 2019 & February 21, 2017.

Accessing arts/administration, with Dr. Jessie Glover, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH, October 13, 2016.

Introduction to Arts Education, with Dr. Vesta Daniel, Department of Art Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Fall 2015.

Positioning Passion, with James H. Sanders, Department of Art Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Fall 2015.

Disability culture, with Cat Sheridan, Columbus College of Art and Design, Saturday Morning Art Class Faculty Training, Columbus, OH, January 18, 2014.

About VSA Ohio, with Diane Nance, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH, April 9, 2012.

Art Education for Children with Special Needs, with Dr. Vesta Daniel, Department of Art Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 18, 2012.

Positioning Passion: Exploring Arts Careers, with Dr. James H. Sanders III, Department of Art Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 9, 2012.

Teaching Philosophy

I am a lifelong learner who did not anticipate learning to be an educator. Here, I have found the space where I can mentor the next generation of arts leaders while enfolding research and practice for social justice aims. I stumbled into opportunities to teach adult learners just as I stumbled into the profession of arts administration. I fell in love with both. I used to be afraid I needed all the answers to stand up in front of all those eyes. Nobody has all the answers – they vary across time and space, and should lead to more questions. I believe in sharing ideas, theories, personal experiences, questions, and provocations, expecting to learn something new each time students and I sit together. I want to students to disrupt expectations, including their own, drawing on the past, bringing texts and ideas closer together, if in friction, with strategies to enact imagined possibilities in a world that’s impossible to keep up with. I am transparent about my life, experiences, emotions, wins, and failures. I want to model an interactive, evolving, radical pedagogy that encourages them to do the same, whatever that means for each of them. I aim to make learning physically, emotionally, socially accessible to all manner of learners. Students should be heard, respected, invested, and have some fun. My pedagogy and discussions aim to de-center privilege with the goal of building stronger individuals who see themselves as active contributors to collective communities.