Curriculum Vitae Graffiti at the Berlin Wall. Japleenpasricha (Photographer). 2009, Jan 14. Retrieved from here
Curriculum Vitae Highlights
Professional ExperienceThe Blake School (2022 to present)
Director of Visual and Performing Arts Hopkins, Wayzata, and Minneapolis, MN Music Department (2020-2022) University of St. Thomas Adjunct Faculty - Voice Minneapolis, MN Dougherty Family College (2019-2022) University of St. Thomas Adjunct Faculty - Music Minneapolis, MN Music Faculty Member (2018-2019) Perpich Arts High School Golden Valley, MN Dean-Counselor (2017-2018) Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists (SPCPA) St. Paul, MN Vocal Arts Department Chair (2014-2017, 2018) SPCPA St. Paul, MN Business Owner, Private Music Studio (ongoing) Volare Music Studio Italy, Minnesota, Florida, Maryland Presentations & Workshops
Undergraduate Music Convocation Hour
Reggaetón and That Four Letter Word (Race) UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education Presentation, April 2022 General Music Lecture Pitch/Melody and My Creative Process Guest Lecturer UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education Presentation, October 2021 Music History Lecture Realism & Nationalism: Late 19th Century Opera Guest Lecturer UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education Online Presentation, April 2021 Dean’s Forum Co-Facilitator with Dr. Aura Wharton-Beck UST School of Education Online Presentation, March 2021 Spring Retreat Call-to-Action Co-Presenter with Dr. Jayne Sommers UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College Online Presentation, Jan 2021 Music History Lecture Early Opera in Renaissance Italian City States Guest Lecturer UST Music Department - Undergraduate Music Education Online Presentation, Nov 2020 Faculty Lunch Workshop Engaging & Supporting ELL students through Creative Low-Stakes Assignments Co-presenter with Dr. Carla Gonzalez Writing Across the Curriculum Online Presentation, Oct 2020 Fall Retreat Reflection Reflecting on the Urgency of Anti-Racist Teaching Co-presenter with Dr. Shelly Neilsen Gatti UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College Online Presentation, Sept 2020 Fall Retreat Problems of Practice Workshop Equitable Classroom Policy and Practices Co-Facilitator with Emily Buehler UST School of Education & Dougherty Family College Online Presentation, Sept 2020 Equity Through the Arts Conference Leaving the White Privilege Bubble Presenter Perpich Center for the Arts Golden Valley, MN, June 2019 Qualitative Research Presentation “I Do Want to Know:” Case Studies of Effective Teachers of Students of Color Guest Lecturer UST Graduate School of Education, Education Leadership Minneapolis, MN, April 2019 Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference, Poster Session “I Do Want to Know:” Case Studies of Effective Teachers of Students of Color Poster Session - Presenter University of Nevada, College of Education Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2019 Additional Leadership ExperienceJourney North Opera Company (JNOC) Board of Directors
Board Chair 2023 to present Minneapolis, MN Charter Accountability Board (CAB) Charter School Authorization Program 2021 - 2022 University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN UST Adjunct Faculty Council and Elections & Nominations Committee 2020 - 2021 Appointed to represent Dougherty Family College University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN DFC Strategic Planning Committee 2020 University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN Faculty Leadership Advisory Committee 2018-2019 Perpich Arts High School, Golden Valley, MN Board Member, Arts Faculty Representative 2016-2018 SPCPA, St. Paul, MN |
Educational ExperienceEd.D., Educational Leadership & Learning (Honors)
University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN M. Mus., Vocal Performance Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD B.A., Italian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Continuing EducationTraining Original Artists
Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute Shenandoah University, Online, 2021 Musical Theatre Singing Styles Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute Shenandoah University, Online, 2021 Popular Singing Styles Berklee Online, Summer 2020 "Microinterventions in the Classroom", Dr. Derald Wing Sue UST Center for Faculty Development Workshop, Feb 2020 DiversityEdu (DEI Professional Development Program) Modules 1-3: Engagement with Diversity, Communication for Inclusion, The Influence of Unconscious Bias University of St. Thomas, Jan 2020 Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar University of St. Thomas, Jan 2020 Summit on Inclusive Learning UST Center for Faculty Development Workshop, Aug 2019 Faculty Retreat: "Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies" Dougherty Family College, University of St. Thomas, Aug 2019 White Privilege Conference The Privilege Institute, Cedar Rapids, IA, March 2019 Equity Training Education Reform Enterprises, Tamika Fuller Golden Valley, MN, 2018-2019 Racial Equity Advocate Training Minnesota Educator Academy: Facing Inequities and Racism in Education Education Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 2018-2019 Delivering Effective Professional Development: “Understanding & Overcoming Racial Bias & White Privilege” and “Interrupting Racism in Our Learning Communities” MEA PD/FIRE Train-the-Trainer Workshop Education Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 2019 Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Lesson Planning Equity Alliance, Woodbury, MN, 2018 Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, 2017 Charter School Board Training University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2016 Innocent Classroom Innocent Technologies, St. Paul, MN, 2015-2016 Awards and HonorsEducation Leadership Dept Scholarship, 2018
School of Education University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN AU Fall Scholarship Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN George Castelle Memorial Award Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Professional MembershipsEducation Minnesota, Since 2018
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Since 2017 Phi Beta Kappa, Since 2002 Mu Phi Epsilon, Since 2002 Teaching Expertise
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