Hello ~ Through interdisciplinary artistic and research practices, I study/express mythic relationships at play in culture and human experience.
I am Assistant Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, teaching courses on myth, images, art/aesthetics, archetypal psychology, dreams, and fairy tales in the Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology and Creativity programs. I am also Curator of exhibits and events at OPUS Archives and Research Center, home to the collections of James Hillman, Marija Gimbutas, and Joseph Campbell, among others. And I am Operations and Publications Manager at the Philosophical Research Society in LA, where I have also served as a Contributing Artist-Scholar. Formerly, I was Assistant to the Director at the Dennis Hopper Art Trust.
I earned my MA/PhD in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute with a dissertation titled Ultraviolet Concrete: Dionysos and the Ecstatic Play of Aesthetic Experience. I am currently revising this for general publication, along with other TBA writing projects on ghosts, metamorphosis, Dionysos & Ariadne (aesthetics of heartbreak and love), and dramaturg Nor Hall.
My BA is in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where I focused on event-based work. While in Baltimore, I co-founded an independent record label and collaborative event project, Wildfire Wildfire Productions.
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Born in Pennsylvania. Currently based in Los Angeles.
