EDUCATION
University of Mississippi:
2010-2011
B.A. in Art
Summa Cum Laude
2006-2010
B.A. in English
Summa Cum Laude
NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Tau Delta
SENIOR HONORS THESIS
The Weirded: A Collection of Short Fiction
Creative Writing + Collage Illustration
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
Defended April 23rd 2010
Advisor: Tom Franklin
Readers: Jay Watson and Ben McClelland
Exploratory research conducted under the counsel of writer-in-residence Jack
Pendarvis via fiction workshop.
ABSTRACT: The Weirded is a collection of short fiction and illustrations that
explores the writing process and the use of symbols and imagery in the art of
storytelling through the organization and juxtaposition of short stories, vignettes,
and collages.
SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC RESEARCH
"Scissors and Paste"
June – August 2010
Research that addressed facture through the examination of bricolage and DIY
with a review of the ways in which the integrity of both disciplines have been
translated into fine art.
“Meta-metaphor”
December 2009 – February 2010
Academic research done in conjunction with my senior thesis about the
postmodern use of symbolism in the visual and literary arts, including self-
referencing subjects and the appropriation, degradation, and rejection of symbols.
**Auxiliary research. Not published as part of thesis.
“Synesthesia as Artistic Discipline and Sensory Phenomenon”
March – April 2007
Research paper regarding synesthesia and the adoption of the sensations
associated with this medical phenomenon by artists and writers as inspiration,
theme, and rhetorical device.
University of Mississippi:
2010-2011
B.A. in Art
Summa Cum Laude
2006-2010
B.A. in English
Summa Cum Laude
NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Tau Delta
SENIOR HONORS THESIS
The Weirded: A Collection of Short Fiction
Creative Writing + Collage Illustration
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
Defended April 23rd 2010
Advisor: Tom Franklin
Readers: Jay Watson and Ben McClelland
Exploratory research conducted under the counsel of writer-in-residence Jack
Pendarvis via fiction workshop.
ABSTRACT: The Weirded is a collection of short fiction and illustrations that
explores the writing process and the use of symbols and imagery in the art of
storytelling through the organization and juxtaposition of short stories, vignettes,
and collages.
SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC RESEARCH
"Scissors and Paste"
June – August 2010
Research that addressed facture through the examination of bricolage and DIY
with a review of the ways in which the integrity of both disciplines have been
translated into fine art.
“Meta-metaphor”
December 2009 – February 2010
Academic research done in conjunction with my senior thesis about the
postmodern use of symbolism in the visual and literary arts, including self-
referencing subjects and the appropriation, degradation, and rejection of symbols.
**Auxiliary research. Not published as part of thesis.
“Synesthesia as Artistic Discipline and Sensory Phenomenon”
March – April 2007
Research paper regarding synesthesia and the adoption of the sensations
associated with this medical phenomenon by artists and writers as inspiration,
theme, and rhetorical device.
ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITION
An article and interview detailing my art was featured in the Summer 2011 issue of
A View from Ventress, the newsletter for the University of Mississippi’s Liberal Arts
Department
Recipient of the 2008-2009 Ella Somerville Award in Fiction, University of
Mississippi
PUBLISHED WORKS
"The Renaissance." MonkeyBicycle. Issue 8. Spring/Summer 2011. 39.
The Weirded: A Collection of Short Fiction. Thesis. University of Mississippi, 2010.
Oxford: Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, 2010.
"John Davy's Still an Alright Guy." Flash: The International Short-Short Story
Magazine. Vol. 2 No. 2. University of Chester, October 2009. 69.
"The Automatic Sense." Hyperbole. Volume 9. University of Mississippi, 2009. 15-
16.
"The Doll." Hyperbole. Volume 9. University of Mississippi, 2009. 24.
EXHIBITED WORKS
“Vroom, Vroom.” Sculpture. 2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition. Eugenia
Summer Gallery, Mississippi University for Women. February 16-March 17.
“Wolf Like Who?” Drawing. 2009-2010 Barksdale Student Art Exhibition, Sally
McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
“Everybody Wants a Piece.” Drawing. 2008-2009 Barksdale Student Art Exhibition,
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES, TECHNIQUES
HTML
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and InDesign; Wolfram Mathematica;
Sculptris; Blender; Microsoft Expressions Design, Encoder, Web, and Blend; Corel
Painter; GIMP
Assemblage, collage; scanner art; quilting; cut-out animation; digital frame-by-
frame animation; washi chigiri-e
Book Arts: folded books, pamphlet binding, buttonhole binding, coptic binding,
Japanese stab binding
Printmaking: wintergreen transfer, pronto plate prints, chine colle, collagraphs,
additive and reductive monotypes, dry point engraving, etching, silk screen
Sculpture: plaster, clay, woodworking, casting (using plaster, silicone, and sand
molds), welding (oxy-acetylene, mig, and arc)
An article and interview detailing my art was featured in the Summer 2011 issue of
A View from Ventress, the newsletter for the University of Mississippi’s Liberal Arts
Department
Recipient of the 2008-2009 Ella Somerville Award in Fiction, University of
Mississippi
PUBLISHED WORKS
"The Renaissance." MonkeyBicycle. Issue 8. Spring/Summer 2011. 39.
The Weirded: A Collection of Short Fiction. Thesis. University of Mississippi, 2010.
Oxford: Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, 2010.
"John Davy's Still an Alright Guy." Flash: The International Short-Short Story
Magazine. Vol. 2 No. 2. University of Chester, October 2009. 69.
"The Automatic Sense." Hyperbole. Volume 9. University of Mississippi, 2009. 15-
16.
"The Doll." Hyperbole. Volume 9. University of Mississippi, 2009. 24.
EXHIBITED WORKS
“Vroom, Vroom.” Sculpture. 2011 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition. Eugenia
Summer Gallery, Mississippi University for Women. February 16-March 17.
“Wolf Like Who?” Drawing. 2009-2010 Barksdale Student Art Exhibition, Sally
McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
“Everybody Wants a Piece.” Drawing. 2008-2009 Barksdale Student Art Exhibition,
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi
APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES, TECHNIQUES
HTML
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and InDesign; Wolfram Mathematica;
Sculptris; Blender; Microsoft Expressions Design, Encoder, Web, and Blend; Corel
Painter; GIMP
Assemblage, collage; scanner art; quilting; cut-out animation; digital frame-by-
frame animation; washi chigiri-e
Book Arts: folded books, pamphlet binding, buttonhole binding, coptic binding,
Japanese stab binding
Printmaking: wintergreen transfer, pronto plate prints, chine colle, collagraphs,
additive and reductive monotypes, dry point engraving, etching, silk screen
Sculpture: plaster, clay, woodworking, casting (using plaster, silicone, and sand
molds), welding (oxy-acetylene, mig, and arc)
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