Education
Current: Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Previous: Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Sociology (with Honors) at The University of Chicago (2018)
Architecture Experience
A3: Archive of African Architecture, Ministry of Architecture, Group Project, The Graham Foundation
Professional Experience
Doc Films, Smart Museum, The Graham Foundation, William Pope. L, Hyde Park Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art at Chicago
Skills
Microsoft Office (Certified), Video Editing (Adobe Premiere), Rhino, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, GIS
Teaching Experience
Harvard University: Approaching Narrative, Harvard University: Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking (Awarded Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for the Fall 2021 semester by the Office of Undergraduate Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Art, Culture, and Technology: Video Installation: Art, Architecture, and Related Media, University of Chicago: College Advising Corps
Publications
Thresholds Journal 50: MIT Journal of Art and Architecture, Projections 16: MIT Journal of Urban Planning, Projections 17: MIT Journal of Urban Planning
Chaired Panels and Invited Responses
MIT NOMAS Lecture with Fred Moten; Hawai'i Non-Linear: A conversation with Chris Leong, Dominic Leong, Sean Connelly, and Sanford Kwinter; MIT NOMAS Conversation Series with WAI Think Tank, Oana Stanescu, Ikem Okoye, Sean Connelly, Christine Binswanger, Catie Newell, Virginia San Frantello; Fall 2020 Cinema and Architectural Imagination Series: Daughters of the Dust Film Screening + Conversation
Exhibitions
Co-Curator of Thresholds 50: Before/After 2022
Pppress Show 2021
Service
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
Fellowships and Grants
Council of the Arts at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology Grant, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant, MISTI-Africa Grant, Office of Graduate Education Fellowship at MIT, MIT Full Tuition Merit Grant, Dean’s Fund Grant at The University of Chicago, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, The University of Chicago Merit Scholarship