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Current Teaching Position
Assistant Professor of Photography, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, 2002-Present

Previous Teaching Position
Associate Professor of Photography, Program Coordinator, Brevard Community College, Florida, 1986-2000

Academic Management Experience
Photography Program Coordinator, Brevard Community College 1986-2000. Duties included curriculum development and maintenance, course development, student recruitment and placement, grant writing, photo lab budget oversight, recruitment and supervision of adjunct instructors, student advisement, and participation in a variety of college committees.

Outstanding Teaching Recognition and Highlights
Finalist, 1998 Employees' Chair of Academic Excellence, Brevard Community College
Finalist, 1996 Distinguished Educator of the Year, Brevard Community College
Outstanding Instructor, 1988, M.S.E.T. Division, Brevard Community College
First instructor at any of the Florida state colleges and universities to offer a course in digital imaging
Presenter at the 1998 and 2000 National Photo Imaging Education Association Conferences
Member, Florida State Colleges Photography Common Course System Committee (1994-2000)
Developer and presenter of "live to tape" 30 minute televised critiques of distance
learning students' photographs for the telecourse The Photographic Vision (1994- 2000)
Developer and presenter of Photo Tips, informative television spots to promote the photography program at Brevard Community College (1994-1998)
Rater/Evaluator, Florida State Secondary and Post Secondary Photography Instructors (1987-1988)

Academic Publications
Basic Criteria for Evaluating Photographic Images, Photo Imaging Education Association Newsletter, September/October, 1998
My Favorite Assignment: Documentary & Abstract, Photo Imaging Education Association Newsletter, July/August, 1998
Dual Enrollment: A Win-Win-Win Situation, Photo Imaging Education Association Newsletter, November, 1995
Panoramic Photography, Photo Educator International, September 1991, Eastman Kodak Co.

Areas of Expertise
All levels of Black & White and Color Photography, including sensitomitry and Zone System techniques
Digital Imaging (MAC and PC), including scanning, manipulation, and prepress techniques
Applied Photography, including commercial photography, photo illustration, and portraiture techniques
Graphic Design, including layout, production, image processing, HTML, and preflighting techniques
Multimedia; including computer presentations, audio-visual presentations, and video techniques
Alternative Processes, including experimental darkroom techniques (sabattier effect, etc.), non-silver processes (cyanotype, carbon printing, etc.), and post manipulation techniques (Polaroid transfer, etc.)
History of Photography, including 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
Directed Study, including all of the above areas of Art, Graphic Design, and Photography

Software Expertise

•Adobe Photoshop
•Adobe InDesign
•Adobe Illustrator
•Blackboard 6.0
•Macromedia Dreamweaver
•Microsoft Powerpoint
•Microsoft Word
•Microsoft Excel

Art, Photography, and Graphic Design Teaching Experience

College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Full time 2002-Present

Brevard Community College, Cocoa and Melbourne, FL Campuses
Full time 1986-2000, (Adjunct 1984-1986)

Barry University, Merritt Island and Orlando, Fl Campuses
Adjunct 1990-2000