About

Teaching Experience
As a designer, illustrator and mixed media artist, I have been an instructor at Laney Community College for over 7 years and now retired. Prior to teaching at Laney College, I was, for over 15 years, an instructor at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco, CA, and, before moving to the Bay Area, I was an Assistant Professor at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL. Currently, I continue my fine and graphic arts work and volunteer as a web/print designer for the UC Berkeley Section Club – a philanthropic organization dedicated to raising scholarship and emergency funds for UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students. 

Educational Projects & Background
As an educator, I have helped to develop curriculum for the Graphic Design, Fine Arts and Color Theory programs and have taught a wide-range of courses including fundamentals of design, color theory, painting & drawing, Adobe InDesign, Collage & Assemblage. I received my BFA and MFA Degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago .

Faculty Sabbatical Award to Develop a Color Theory Resource Website. 
The site is titled: coloraday.com

Faculty Seminar to India Award
Recently (12/26/2019–1/10/2020), I was one of sixteen instructors to receive the 2020 CAORC* / AIIS* Faculty Development Seminar Award to India 
*Council of American Overseas Research Center and American Institute of Indian Studies

The seminar group participated in an intensive capacity-building and curriculum development seminar that included visits to the cities of Delhi, Jaipur, and Lucknow to study the various economic, cultural, social, and environmental pressures confronting some of India’s most important emerging cities. The seminar will also include visiting many of the world-renown cultural sites of these regions.

See 4 videos below presenting the India Faculty Seminar journey.