Education

BA | American Studies | University of Iowa 2008

Liberal arts degree with a concentration on gender and queer theory, social movements, and pop culture in postwar US. Thesis project topic: American Identities: Angela Davis and Performativity Theory.

MA | Humanities and Visual Studies | University of Colorado, Denver | 2023

Master’s degree, expected graduation date of Spring 2023, in Visual Studies. My research focuses on sacred adornment: spirituality, iconography and sustainability within art and fashion. GPA: 4.0. Textiles: Modern Entanglements panel speaker for 2022 MAHS conference, presenting on gender and bionic bodies with a paper titled, The Italian Job and the Body Politic: Futurism’s Legacy on Couture.

continuing education | International Preservation Studies Center | 2016-2019

Workshop and class participation in textile preservation, mount making and display, and art handling.

https://allsol.in/international-preservation-studies-center-ipsc/