Education

  • The New School, New York, NY
    Master of Arts: May, 2004 (Media Studies)
  • Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
    Bachelor of Arts: May, 1999 (Urban Studies/History)

Current Work

  • Web developer, Science Museum of Minnesota
    Developing interactive websites for the museum (2006- )
  • Web designer and instructor, Phillips Community Television
    After-school teaching (Flash, Scratch, Adobe CS) for a Minneapolis youth media organization (2005- )
  • Freelance web developer (2004- )
    (My work portfolio will aggregate here.)
  • Project Assistant, Z magazine
    Assembling and editing the Zaps section of Z magazine (2001- )

Previous Positions

  • Graphic Designer, Jola Publications
    Graphic design and print layout for Jola, featuring Montessori publications and medical directories (2004-2006)
  • Web Designer/Webmaster, The Brooklyn Rail
    Web design and maintenance for Brooklyn arts and politics paper (2002-2005)
  • Freelance Editor, The Newstandard
    Editing and consulting for independent daily news web site (2005- )
  • Freelance Writer
    The Newstandard, Minnesota Women’s Press, The Brooklyn Rail, Utne magazine, LiP magazine, Clamor magazine
    Freelance writing (1999- )
  • Politics Co-editor, Clamor magazine
    Soliciting and editing articles for the politics section of Clamor magazine (2003- 2005)
  • Production Assistant, New School University
    Designing and producing advertising and promotional materials for all divisions of New School University (2002-04)
  • Managing Editor/Assistant Editor, Southside Pride/Pulse of the Twin Cities
    Editing and page layout for a monthly South Minneapolis community newspaper and a weekly Twin Cities arts paper (2001-02)

Skills

  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash and Dreamweaver; Quark Xpress; ProTools
  • Skilled in word processing, advertising and promotional design, newspaper and magazine design, prepress for printing, database creation and maintenance, Web design and maintenance, audio and video editing
  • XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript and Perl
  • Drupal, Joomla and WordPress configuration and customization
  • Web 2.0 and social media creation

Honors

  • Project Censored
    Article featured as #4 in Project Censored’s annual book of 25 most under-reported stories (2002)

Related Experience

  • Audio Producer, Hole in the Wall
    Produced and edited a radio documentary on ABC No Rio, a collectively-run Lower East Side arts and music space (2003 )
  • Collective member, Arise! Bookstore (1998- )
    Accounting for collectively run independent bookstore
  • Board member, FWD-MN (Federation of Workplace Democracy-MN) (2007- )