Recent Work

•    Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, 11/2009-3/2010
Detroit Public Schools
ACT Prep Instruction to Junior English classes in preparation for the Michigan Merit Exam.

•    Cranbrook Theatre School, 2008-present
Head of Senior Division (students age 14-18)
Upper division of Cranbrook Summer Theatre, an intensive 6 week theatre arts program.  Supervise and advise dance, voice, and acting staff, teach and direct 14-16 year old students in weekly projects, direct full length final musical theatre production. Liaison between executive director and division, parents of students.

•    New Work New Culture, 2009-present
Drupal based website build for Professor Frithjof Bergmann, UM/Ann Arbor, and his international initiative to create sustainable employment and culture through technology. Categorization of content, navigation, social interactivity built to client specifications.
(in progress)

•    Wordcrafter Online, March 2010
WordPress based website build to promote writing/editing services.

•    Ask Joette, 2009
WordPress based website build for Joette Lambert, RN/Educator, to enable contact and promote interactive workshops for parents and educators as well as highlight her experience with the health issues of children.

•    Michigan Opera Theatre – Allesse Library, 2008- 2009
Digital Archives Initiative.
Ground floor development of PAST – unique open source ILS utilizing Archivist’s Toolkit.  Cross format archiving as well as catalogue building.

•    Borders, Birmingham MI, 2003-2009
Inventory Supervisor, Merchandising Supervisor.
Responsible for inventory compliance, merchandise display, cash reconciliation, supervision of staff, customer service at high volume store.  As special orders clerk streamlined receiving to a paperless process.

Research Experience

•    Dr. Ingrid Guerra-Lopez, 2008
Instructional Technology, Wayne State University
Online research in business applications of technology, specifically Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise 2.0, and Performance Dashboards.

•    Dr. Ollie Johnson, 2008
Afro-Brazilian Politics, Wayne State University
Online research in Black representation in the Brazilian Congress in support of the publication of a book.

•    Frithjof Bergmann, 2001-2002
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Online research in a wide variety of subjects in support of the Center for New Work.

Education

MLIS. Wayne State University, Detroit.
Advanced Reference/Research, Information Behavior, Information Architecture, Social Media, Distance Learning, Hypermedia

BGS. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Summa Cum Laude.