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EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Jewelry and Metalsmithing
1995 Bachelor of Arts
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
Jewelry and Metalsmithing
CURRENT POSSITION
2012-present Assistant Director of Academic Advising: Fine Arts and Visual Communications
Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis, Indiana
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1998 to 2012 Assistant Professor of Art
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
§ Senior Seminar/Senior Capstone: this yearlong senior project in metals focuses on the student developing a cohesive body of work for exhibition during the Senior Art Show: I assist students through this process involving: project proposal, reflective essay, artist’s statement and peer and faculty critiques
Related service
1998 to 2011 Explore-A-College Instructor
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Principal duties
2000 and 2001 E.L.I.I Odessey III Metalsmithing
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS
2011 May Term Traditional Arts of Turkey
Turkey
I led this 23-day transect of Turkey to study the breadth and vitality of Turkish copperwork, weaving and pottery. Museums, hands-on workshops and home stays gave students a broad historic and contemporary view of these art forms in Turkish culture.
1999 to 2011 August Wilderness (11 times)
Utah/Ontario
Each summer I have led this 21-day interdisciplinary course for incoming students, which explores wilderness travel, natural history, and human history and literature while backpacking or canoeing in pristine wilderness areas.
2002 (spring) Southwest Field Studies
The American Southwest
Co-led with my wife Linda Jones and Earlham alum James Sterrett this semester-long interdisciplinary off-campus program highlighting issues and relationships of natural history, Native American art, sustainable architecture, and outdoor education in the Southwest, with particular emphasis on how natural history has shaped the indigenous art and architecture of the region.
SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE
2005 to 2012 Arts Facility Planning Committee
I have served as the Art Department representative on this committee from its inception through the current rescaling of the project
1999 to 2012 Art Collection Committee
I have served for many years on this committee, the primary concern of which is periodic policy review and development concerning the acquisition, conservation and de-accession of objects in the college art collection
1998 to 2012 Faculty Search Committees
I have served on numerous search committees in both the Art Department and the Wilderness Program (now Center for Environmental Action)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES