CV
Education
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2004 American Universtiy, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Arts: Literature — Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Installation
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2011
- The Rift (with Gabe Walsh) at Porch Projects, Washington, DC
- Swarm_Emerge at (e)merge Art Fair (special project), Washington, DC (details)
- One Hour Photo at Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (details)
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2010
- New Obsolescents at Camper Contemporary, Pulse Art Fair, Miami (details)
- The Lab for Remixed Knowledge at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC (details)
- One Hour Photo at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (details)
- Isle Atoll-ish (w/ Lauren Bender) at Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD
Performance
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2010
- Man with Trophy and Friends at Minas Gallery Show and Tell, Baltimore, MD (details)
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2009
- ART IS ____ interactive experience with WE ARE SCIENCE! at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (details)
- Denis Diderot: Radical Taxonomer – as part of “A Play by dBFoundation” at This is Not That Cafe at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
- WE ARE SCIENCE! presents SameTime — in the Washington Project for the Arts SynchroSwim competition – Winner: Crowd Favorite, Washington, DC
- WE ARE SCIENCE! with Jon Lee — in the “Up the Creek Improv Camp” festival at The Creek , Long Island City, NY
- WE ARE SCIENCE! with Jon Lee — at In Your Ear reading series at DCAC, Washington, DC
- The Fire Works Magic — Transmodern Festival, Baltimore, MD(details)
- WE ARE SCIENCE! with Jon Lee — in the “Tournament of the Fist†at Washington Improv Theater, Washington, DC
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2008
- There Must Be A Device for “In Memory of My Theories: A Tribute to Rod Smith†at The Lyceum, Alexandria, VA (details)
- What We Think About When We Think About Thought — i.e. reading series, Baltimore, MD(details)
- On the Database of Descriptions — In Your Ear at DCAC, Washington, DC(details)
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2007
- Into the Canyon As Turtles with Lauren Bender — for The Canyon Suite exhibition opening (by Jack Livingston), Minas Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- On Heraclitean Pride (Poetic Necromancy) with M. Magnus and Lauren Bender — i.e. reading series, Baltimore, MD
- Score for Environmental Interactions — Yockadot Poetics Theatre Festival, Alexandria, VA (details)
- I Know Where We Are: An Interface in Three Movements with Kate Porter — The Shattered Wig at 14Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, MD (details)
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2006
- Score for Pluralities & Via — Ruthless Grip at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD
- We They Them: An Arrangement for Voices — Open Eye, Chapel Hill, NC
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2005
- with all my bones? with Patrick Good — The Nighlight, Chapel Hill, NC
- Poetry Reading — i.e. reading series, Baltimore, MD
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2004
- Poetry Reading — Ruthless Grip at Washington Printmakers Gallery
- Poetry Reading — Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO
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2003
- Poetry Reading — American Literary release party, American University, Washington, DC
Lectures & Panels
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2011
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2009
- Becoming a DJ of Thought — talk at Ignite DC, Washington, DC (details)
- What Is Thought? — guest lecture for “Writing Spaces, Writing Selves: The Materials of Text and Thought” course, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (details)
- Thoughts Are Objects — guest lecture for “Writing Spaces, Writing Selves: The Materials of Text and Thought” course, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- A [Word] is an Object; a [Word] is a Vector — guest lecture for “Poetry Off the Page” course, Corcoran College of Art, Washington, DC
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2006
- The Poetics of Re-use — facilitator, DCAC, Washington, DC
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2005
- Everything I Know About Vampires I Learned From Spooky Internet Vampires — panel discussion, Literature Department Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
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2004
- Midnight’s Children: History and Context — panel discussion, Literature Department Colloquium, American University, Washington, DC
Publications
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2011
- “Guided Walks” — Thirty Under Thirty anthology
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2009
- “Instance 002″ — i.e. Reader anthology
- Two Sessions from “What is It? A Collaborative Experiment” — Lamination Colony 09
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2007
- “Into the Canyon As Turtles” — CD counterpart to The Canyon Suite exhibit (by Jack Livingston)
- Two Diagrams — Success! 1: Chimera: I Am My Own Twin
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2006
- 7 7 Poems (from Rod Smith) — chapbook, Rock Heals Press
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2005
- “2 Body Maps” — The Tangent
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2004
- Two Poems —DC Poetry Anthology
- Six Poems — ‘Tude group chapbook, Check One Press
- Four Poems — Unsafe Subjectspoetry workshop group chapbook
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2001
- Untitled — American Literary, Volume XXIV (Winter)
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2000
- “White Noise” — American Literary, Volume XXIII (Winter)
Curation
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2007 Yockadot! Poetics Theatre Festival
Assistant coordinator and curator, Alexandria, VA
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2006 Poet Laureate Selection Committee
Judge, Alexandria, VA
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2005 – 2006 In Your Ear Reading Series
Co-curator, Washington, DC
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2005 – 2006 Your Black Eye online journal
Associate editor, Washington, DC
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2005 Lucifer Poetics Group Reading
Curator, The Flea, Washington, DC
Teaching & Professional Experience
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2006 – Present Creative Strategist
Threespot Media, Washington, DC
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2007 (Winter) Volunteer Instructor
ESL Course, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, DC
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2006 (Spring) Volunteer Teacher
Poetry Workshop for Active Seniors, Montgomery County Jewish Community Center, Rockville, MD
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2003 – 2005 SAT Prep Instructor
A+ Academy / Boston Academy, Reston, VA
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2001 – 2003 Teaching Assistant
American University, Washington, DC
- Fall, 2002; Spring, 2003. The Experience of Poetry; Assistant to Michael Manson
- Spring, 2002. Interpreting Literature; Assistant to Marianne Noble
- Fall, 2001. Individual Freedom vs. Authority; Assistant to Alan Levine
Honors & Awards
- 2006 — Governor’s Volunteer Service Certificate, Maryland
- 2004 — Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
- 2004 — Academic Excellence in the Department of Literature, American University
- 2004 — Best Undergraduate Thesis, Department of Literature, American University
- 2002 — Honors Essay Award, American University
- 2000 — American University Honors Program
