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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Non-Degree Seeking Student
Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics
Assistant Professor, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Visiting Adjunct Professor, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 
Teaching Functional Hand-building, Sculptural Clay, The Painted Surface
Continuing Education Instructor, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Teaching basic mold making, slip-casting, and figurative ceramic sculpture.
Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ceramics Survey, one semester
Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
3-D Design, two semesters
Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Ceramics Survey, one semester
Workshop Instructor, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Creative Clay 
Elastic Authenticity Invitational (event forthcoming), Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida (I co-curated this exhibition with Susan Beiner)
Altered Perceptions Solo Mott Community Coll. Gallery, Flint, Michigan
Orton ConeBox Show (juried), Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas
Digital Clay 2010 (juried), Carbondale Clay, Carbondale, Colorado
Red Heat (juried), The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
30 Small Works (juried), Gallery Up: Gettys Art Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2010 All Media Exhibition (juried), Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
18th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition (juried), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
44th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show (juried), Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Mind invitational Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Eight Fluid Ounces 2010 (juried), Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Contemporary Forum Art Auction Invitational Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Currents: Contemporary Ceramics (juried), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Actual Size Biennial Invitational Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Artworks for Life Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan
Generously Odd: Craft Now (juried), Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
Michigan Mud Artist Exhibition Invitational Michigan Mud, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
10 x 10 Invitational Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
The Sixth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition (juried), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elevation Gain, MFA thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State
University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, Arizona
ASU Ceramics Graduate Student Exhibition (group) Step Gallery, Arizona State University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, Arizona
Peer Influence Invitational, ASU Performing Arts, Arizona State University in conjunction with NCECA, Tempe, Arizona
NCECA Student Regional (juried), Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe Arizona
National Cup Show (juried), Barrett Clay Works Artist Studios & Galleries,
Poughkeepsie, New York
The Fifth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition (juried), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ink and Clay 34 (juried), W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, California
8 Fluid Ounces 3 (juried), Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Concordia Continental (juried), Concordia Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
29th Annual Contemporary Crafts (juried), Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
MFA Summer Show (juried), Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Hot $h*t Invitational, CCACA Conference, Davis, California
Two (Solo), The Vault Gallery (Leedy-Voulkos Art Center), Kansas City, Missouri
Annual Invitational Art Show Invitational, KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Transitions (Solo), Tchoupitoulas gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Michigan Mud: Ceramics Conference, lecture and workshop, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Ceramics Research Center, lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Graduate Intentional Slide Forum, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ
Ceramics Research Center, china painting workshop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Graduate Intentional Slide Forum, NCECA, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Purchase Award, Orton Cone Box Show, Lawrence, Kansas
Second Place, Juror: Curtis Rhodes, 2010 All Media Exhibition
Juror’s Choice Award, Juror: John Byrd, Currents: Contemporary Ceramics
Retired Professors Award, NCECA Student Regional
The Studio Potter Merit Award, NCECA Student Regional
Honorable Mention, National Cup Show
Purchase Award, Ink and Clay 34
Juror’s Choice Award, 29th Annual Contemporary Crafts
School of Art Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
The Benjamin Wong Fie Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
De Falco Family Foundation Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
School of Art Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
California State Polytechnic Collection, Cal State Poly University, Pomona, California
Ceramics Monthly. “NCECA 2009 RSJE,” Jessica Orlowski. September 2009, page 44
Clay Times. Index, July/August 2009, page 6
Ceramics Monthly. “The MFA Factor,” September 2008, p. 61
Review Magazine. Reception photos: May 2006, page 25
Access Ceramics, juried online database of contemporary ceramics
Art Axis, juried online artist network
500 Ceramic Sculptures. Glen Brown, curator. Lark Books, 2009, page 53
Surface Design for Ceramics. Maureen Mills, author. Lark Books. 2008, page 118
Conference Assistant, 2009 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Workshop Assistant, Santa Fe Clay, Instructed by Susan Beiner, Santa Fe, NM
Photographer, Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Artist Assistant, Susan Beiner, Synthetic Reality Installation. Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Interior Remodeler Ferguson Interiors, Overland Park, Kansas
Studio Assistant, Ceramics Paramount Arts District, Saint Cloud, Minnesota