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EDUCATION 2006 – Present  Montana State University                     Bozeman, MT      Currently working on MFA in ceramics 2002 – 2004      Colorado State University                   Fort Collins, CO M.A. Political Economy / Development Sociology      Thesis:  The Percolation of Quality: Understanding Perceptions of Fair Trade Quality      in the Alternative Specialty and Cooperative Coffee Markets   1998 – 2001      University of Puget Sound                    Tacoma, WA B.A.,   Economics/ International Political Economy    Thesis:  Dialed in: A Discussion of Corporate Influences and the Integration of    Channel One in the Tacoma School District     EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record FACTS Foundations 3D Design MSU- Bozeman, MT    January 2009- Present   Instructor of Record FACTS Foundations 2D Design MSU- Bozeman, MT    August 2008- December 2008   Assistant for FACTS Foundations Program MSU- Bozeman, MT    August 2007 - August 2008   Ceramics Studio Tech MSU- Bozeman, MT    August 2006 – May 2007   Ceramics Instructor Emerson Cultural Center for the Arts    December 2006 – August 2007   Ceramics Instructor - Fort Collins Ceramic Studio    December 2004 –  May 2006   Studio Tech and Instructor - Northern Colorado Potter's Guild    August 2005 – June 2006     SELECTED EXHIBITIONS   2008     Salt Soda National IV Clay Center of Missoula   Juror Jim Koudelka       New Work: Solo Exhibition. Waller Yoblonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT  Bozeman, MT      Montana State University Juried Student Show: Emerson Cultural Center  Bozeman, MT    2007     Ring of Fire Wood Fire Ceramic Show  Bozeman, MT      Buzz: Mattera, Mast and MFAs Encaustic Group Exhibition Carbondale Clay Center: Clay National III Juror Doug Casebeer Boston, MA Vessels Gallery  Jurors Richard Aerni and Irina Okula Guilford, CT  Juror Val Cushing Carbondale Clay Center: Empty Spaces Juror Peg Malloy   2006 Fire Born: Collaborative Works with Ender Guzey Persona MSU Graduate Student Show Colorado Clay 2006:  Juror Brain Yancy and Tom Collins Fort Collins Cup Bowl Casserole Show Northern Colorado Potters Guild: Fort Collins, Colorado         ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2007   Summer Kiln God Scholarship. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts  Newcastle , ME     PUBLICATIONS     "Quixotic? An Essay on Transition" Ceramics Monthly. January 2008