Curriculum Vitae

Education

Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia
Bachelor of Arts (2nd Degree), Interactive Art & Technology
Combines science of human experience, media analysis, and the creation and implementation of original works of art and new technologies. Personal interest in information and spatial design. Expected graduation date of Summer 2013.

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Master of Arts, Popular Music and Culture
An in-depth study of popular music in its musical, cultural, and industrial contexts.
Focused on gender and its relation to performance and its related interfaces.

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Media, Information & Technoculture
Examines the convergence of communication technologies and new methods of communication and information dissemination. 4th year seminar focused on communications technologies in developing countries.

Professional Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2008-2009
Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
Assisted course instructor in planning weekly lectures; organized and led weekly discussions in tutorial sessions on material relevant to course; evaluated and graded student assignments and exams.

Student Consultant, 2007-2008
Instructional Technology Resource Centre, University of Western Ontario
Developed learning materials for course instructors; assisted in migrating courses to new course content management system; provided technical support for Western’s technology services.

Web and Database Assistant, 2006
Student Development Centre, University of Western Ontario
Developed the new streamlined automated user interface for the Student Development Centre’s events workshop database.

Web Designer, 2005
J‐Will Enterprises
Redesigned identity and promotional materials to demonstrate a recent acquisition’s stance as the leader in its niche market; managed and repaired computer systems critical to company’s operations.

Technical Skills

Adobe Creative Suite CS5
CSS, X/HTML, XML
JavaScript, jQuery
ASP, Ember, PHP
Access, MySQL, SQL
Garageband, Logic 7
Final Cut Pro, Vegas
Mac OSX, Windows 7
Microsoft Office

Awards

University of Western Ontario
Graduate Teaching Grant, 2008

Favourite Website Awards
Site of the Day, April 19, 2003

Macromedia
Student Innovation Award, Spring 2002

Relevant SFU Courses

IAT 201, Human-Computer Interaction
IAT 202, New Media Images
IAT 222, Interactive Arts
IAT 233, Spatial Design
IAT 235, Information Design
IAT 313, Narrative and New Media