— Who I am
A former high school English teacher, I use my writing and teaching background to inform my graphic design decisions. My current interests include type, book, motion, and ix/ux design. (Yes, that’s an Oxford comma.)
— Design Experience
Annual Report Design
Audio Recording and Production
Book Cover and Layout Design
Copy Writing and Editing
Design Collaboration
Event Design and Planning
Form Design
Identity Development and Design
Poster and Flyer Design
Email and Print Mailer Design
Product Photography
Project Management
Stationery Packages
UX Research and Prototype Testing
Video Production and Editing
Web Development
— Writing is Design. Design is storytelling.
I’ve always been fascinated by stories–told in words, images, moving images: it doesn’t matter. A good story will always be a good story, and a great story reminds us of our own humanity. So does great design.
Design is just like world-building in a story – the first paragraph or line of a story or poem teaches the reader how to read that work, and the first interaction with a product, building, utensil, magazine – any designed object – teaches your user how to use and interact with it.
— Education
M.A. in Publications Design
University of Baltimore, May 2016
M.F.A. in Creative Writing – Poetry
UNC Greensboro, May 2012
M.A.T. in High School English Education
UNC-Chapel Hill, August 2004
B.A. in English
Honors in Creative Writing minor
UNC-Chapel Hill, May 2003