I currently serve as the Lead Faculty/Program Coordinator of an Advertising & Graphic Design Program at a community college in North Carolina. I have been teaching at the college level for over 9 years. In those 9 years, I have taught across Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology, Advertising & Graphic Design, and Photographic Technology degree programs. My list of classes taught include Graphic Arts I & II, Graphic Design I, II, & III, Typograpy, Illustration, Portfolio Design, Screen Printing I & II, Image Manipulation I & II (Photoshop), Computer Graphics I (InDesign), Computer Graphics II (Illustrator), Computer Graphics III (Dreamweaver & Muse) Computer Design Basics (Illustrator & Photoshop), Computer Design Tech I (Illustrator & Photoshop), Interactive Design I (Flash Animation & UI Design), Digital Imaging (Lightroom & Photoshop), Multimedia Design, and Multimedia Production.
In addition to teaching at the college level, I have also taught Continuing Education and Teacher Renewal classes for adults for the last 6 years. These classes vary from semester to semester, but include topics such as photography, Adobe Creative Suite, and more. During the summers, I also teach summer camps for children ages 5-16. These camps offer fun and interactive enrichment lessons in a variety of subjects including arts and crafts, computers, math, science, and reading & writing. The camps I have organized and taught over the last 5 years have including Photography I & II, Adobe Photoshop, Digital Painting, Digital Scrapbooking, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office for Students, and Graphic Design.