EDUCATION 2022 |BA, Studio Art, MINORS, Art History, Literature, Capital University, Bexley, OH, summa cum laude
RESEARCH INTERESTS environmental media and literature, game studies, film studies, Cultural studies, indigenous studies, post-/de-colonialism, semiotics, arts-based research methodologies
SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS 2022 |Tiny Pedestal, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH 2022|Senior Student Art Showcase, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2022|Fresh Looks 2022, School of Art & Design, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 2021|“SmallWorks” Exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2020 |“SmallWorks” Exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2019|Student Art Showcase, Capital University, Bexley, OH
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES 2022|Food as Kin in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Undergraduate Symposium, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2022|Food as Kin in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) @ Home 2022 |Non-Western Art History Podcast, Defining the Undefined: Art, Education, and Technology, and the Mapping of Ourselves, Mid-America College Art Association Virtual Conference, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 2021|In Pursuit of Identity: A Brief Survey of Contemporary Queer South Asian Artists, Undergraduate Symposium, Capital University, Bexley, OH
BOOK REVIEWS 2023|Book Review for As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock, for Edge Effects(University of Wisconsin-Madison) (forthcoming)
AWARDS AND GRANTS 2022|Award recipient for Boyd Fund for Undergraduate Scholarship, Honors Convocation, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2021 |Travel Grant recipient for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Capital University, Bexley, OH 2021 |Boyd Fund for Undergraduate Scholarship, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2021 |Diversity and Inclusion Research Award, Undergraduate Symposium, Capital University, Bexley, OH 2020-2022 |Ida Jane Aitken Memorial Art Scholarship, Capital University, Bexley, OH
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 2022 |Intern for Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
Collaborated with gallery owners to install and take down shows
Assisted gallery owners with maintenance of gallery space (painting and repairing walls and floors, general cleaning)
Sewed an “Open” flag for the gallery
Management of gallery emails and social engagements
Participated in openings of shows (general maintenance of gallery space)
2021-2022 |Associate Editor-in-Chief for ReCap, Capital University, Bexley, OH
Collaborated with Editor-in-Chief on issue-related events, management of deadlines, submissions, and edits of the magazine
Met with organization advisor regarding information related to the creation, editing, and printing of the issue
Focused on addition of longer prose and visual art in the issue and its promotion
Assisted Editor-in-Chief and organization advisor in promoting a new Editor-in-Chief (for academic year 2022-23)
2021 |Schumacher Gallery-Summer Researcher
Assisted in researching for the Asian and Inuit galleries for the Schumacher Art Gallery phone application
2019-2022|Work Study, Capital University Art & Communications Department, Bexley, OH
Assisted Administrative Assistant in daily tasks involving the Communication, Art, and Theatre Departments
Maintained art studios (painting/drawing, sculpture/ceramics, art therapy, printmaking, computer lab)
Worked with the university’s Registrar, Financial Services, and Student Services regarding departmental information and events
2019-2021|Assistant Art Editor for ReCap, Capital University, Bexley, OH
Worked with art editors to accept/reject submissions
Edited submissions using Adobe InDesign for the final copy of the magazine