Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Success, Binghamton University, NY 2025-present
- Developing and implementing proactive systems to monitor graduate student progress, identify at-risk students, and support timely degree completion.
- Collaborating with graduate program directors and academic units to implement academic requirements, policies, and procedures, while resolving petitions, exceptions, and other degree-related actions.
- Designing and delivering training resources for colleges, departments, and key stakeholders to enhance graduate student success.
- Leveraging technology to build transparent communication systems, automate academic alerts, and share critical information on status, milestones, and deadlines.
- Creating evidence-based strategies and programs to foster graduate student engagement, persistence, and well-being, and tracking post-graduation outcomes to support institutional goals and funding opportunities.Contributing to the coordination of graduate student awards, recognition events, and orientation programming for new graduate students.
Assistant Dean for Student Opportunity & Success, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 2024-2025
- Leading campus-wide graduate student recruitment, retention, and success initiatives in alignment with the IU 2030 Strategic Plan, including oversight of 10 university-wide competitive fellowships.
- Directing flagship graduate recruitment programs such as the Summer Scholars Institute (SSI) and International Summer Undergraduate Research Program (ISURP), building pipelines through strategic partnerships with regional liberal arts colleges, Minority Serving Institutions, and international collaborators.
- Representing Indiana University at major graduate conferences and national consortia; implementing evidence-based outreach strategies to engage highly qualified graduate applicants.
- Chairing the IUB Graduate Recruitment Council, facilitating collaboration across academic schools to coordinate recruitment efforts, share best practices, and drive institutional strategy.
- Managing professional staff and graduate assistants, overseeing a multi-unit operational budget, and guiding the strategic direction of recruitment and student success programming.
- Designing and scaling student-facing resources, including mentoring initiatives and community-building efforts through the Emissaries for Graduate Education program.
Origin Studio, Director of Communications, Sacramento, CA 2023-204
- Overseeing communications pipeline production, including email campaigns, direct marketing, and social media engagements.
- Launching & supporting multiple marketing campaigns in Meta Business Suite and direct email; using marketing data to recommend SEO strategies.
- Auditing the website against usability heuristics; improving the information architecture by running UX tests and implementing solutions.
Indiana University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Bloomington, IN 2022-2023
- Served on the Curriculum committee to incorporate inclusive strategies in department-wide course design practices; benchmarked the current curriculum against inclusivity criteria.
- Acted as a member of the Independent Projects committee to evaluate applications for merit; co-designed the annual schedule & budget to execute the projects.
- Chaired a graduate thesis project on decoloniality and gender; supervised four teams of researchers & designers to complete simultaneous projects; presented workshops on research methodologies, grant writing & academic publication.
- Taught undergraduate & graduate courses on critical surveillance studies, feminism of color, and decolonial histories to more than 150 students.
The Polycultural Institute, Advisory Council, Chicago, IL 2020-2022
- Collaborated with other council members to drive the organizational goals and programs centered around transnational coalitions and academic workshops in the Global South.
- Shared strategic and creative inputs with the leadership for producing research and programs empowering diverse communities.
- Contributed critical/creative content to increase cultural diversity in digital arts.
UC Santa Cruz, Product Manager & Art Director, Santa Cruz, CA 2020-2022
- Designed a long-term digital project about surveillance at US borders; recruited designers & programmers to produce the project; used Agile to manage the production; supported cross-team collaboration between area heads; designed & managed the budget.
- Served on the Dean’s Graduate Studies Task Force to advocate for student employees’ right to healthy work conditions & a livable income.
- Taught courses on antiracism & literacy, decolonial history of games, and interactive storytelling; presented workshops on research methods & thesis/grant writing.
- Managed the 3D pipeline for +30 designers.
- Acted as the affiliated faculty with the Center for the Middle East and North Africa.
American Society for Theatre Research, Web Resources Committee Co-chair 2018-2019
- Co-led the committee for producing accessible online content for thousands of members.
- Supported the leadership in launching the annual conference.
Bowling Green State University, Course Coordinator & Art Director 2016-2020
- Supervised a team of five instructors to maintain content consistency across student experiences; designed the schedule & learning outcomes to emphasize active learning.
- Led and supported the production of five live & media projects involving teams of +15.
- Served on the Season Selection Committee to review applications and award a production spot to various teams.