Position:
Owner and Artist at akabetsy design, Illustrator at Freelance Illustrator, Freelance Writer and Researcher at Self-Employed
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Industry:
Arts and Crafts
Work:
akabetsy design - Greater Philadelphia Area since May 2012
Owner and Artist
Freelance Illustrator - Philadelphia since Jan 2012
Illustrator
Self-Employed - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since Jul 2011
Freelance Writer and Researcher
National Library of Medicine Jun 2006 - Jul 2011
Exhibition Coordinator
Smithsonian Institution Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
Independent Consultant
Education:
The George Washington University 2003 - 2005
Masters of Arts, Museum Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia 1999 - 2003
Bachelors of Arts, History and Anthropology
Interests:
consumer arts; midcentury advertising and design; craft movements; typography; social history and art; feminist analysis of culture, society, and politics, with a particular interest in rape culture, tv, film, and advertising; museum studies; mass media and social movements; exhibition development
Honor & Awards:
2010 NIH Plain Language Award Bronze Winner for writing on "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine" exhibition website