education
2016 | M.A. Anthropology
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
2014 | B.A. Anthropology, magna cum laude,
Departmental Honors: Highest Distinction
University of California, San Diego
Minor in Middle East Studies |
2016–2023 | Graduate program in Anthropology
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
For more information, see my Academic CV |
2024– | Oregon Naturalist Program, Oregon State University Extension |
selected awards, grants, and fellowships
2018–2019 | Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research Fellowship
Greece |
2018 | Graduate Teaching Award
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University |
professional experience
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workshops and teaching
2025 | All levels sewing lab: Klum House bags, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR (upcoming Jan) |
Kids learn to sew: felt fortune cookies, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR (upcoming Jan) | |
2024 | Kids learn to sew: holiday stockings, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR (upcoming Dec) |
Kids learn to sew: felt and canvas banner, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR | |
Kids learn to sew: quilted trick-or-treat bag, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR | |
Beginner sewing: pottery split-leg apron, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR | |
Kids learn to sew: artist pencil roll, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR | |
Kids learn to sew: drawstring backpack, Modern Domestic, Portland, OR | |
Paper quilling, The Crafter’s Retreat Spring 2024, San Diego, CA |
community exhibitions
2024 | Playing the Cards, Art Design Xchange, Portland, OR |
Portland Modern Quilt Guild’s Rainbow Quilt Show, Powell’s City of Books, Portland, OR | |
An Altar of Books, Art Design Xchange, Portland, OR | |
Birthday Art Show, Partly, Portland, OR (fundraiser for families in Gaza) | |
Ultra Mini Quilt Art Show, PDX Free Little Art Gallery, Portland, OR | |
Blossom, Variable Creatives, Portland, OR (fundraiser for Friends of Trees) | |
Visual Poetry: Looking for Meaning photography showcase, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR (Juror: Fritz Liedtke) |
collaborative installations
2018 | When Mental Walls Lead to Physical Walls, First Fridays Artlink, Phoenix, AZ (in collaboration with Darshan Karwat, Assistant Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University). |
2013 | EX3: Exodus, Cyber-Archaeology, and the Future digital museum exhibition, Qualcomm Institute, La Jolla, CA (in collaboration with Thomas E. Levy, Professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego, and the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology). |
skills and expertise
core competencies
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continued education in arts & crafts
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