EXHIBITIONS, SCREENED WORKS, AND LECTURES

 

2015

 

Producing Authenticity, Cric?Crac! Exhibition, Group Show, Z-Arts Gallery, Manchester, UK

 

"Jews of Uganda," Guest Lecturer, The Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary, Raleigh, NC

 

2014

 

"Narrating Post-Conflict Resilience: Memory and Identity in Uganda's Jewish Community," Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Chapel Hill, NC

 

2013

 

"Jews in Africa," East Coast Student Film Festival, Washington D.C.

 

"Havdalah," Carolina Passport Magazine, Cover Photograph, Chapel Hill, NC

 

2012

 

"The Seedling of Democracy," ECHO International Photojournalism Student Competition, Group Show, Charlotte Observer Gallery, Charlotte, NC

 

"Closing the Gap: Bringing Women and Technology Together through Education," Presenter, United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, NYC, NY

 

 

POSITIONS HELD

 

2014 Concerts and Lectures Intern, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY

 

2013-2014 Course Developer and Instructor, "Music of Conflict," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

 

2013-2014 Multimedia Director, TEDxUNC, Chapel Hill, NC

 

2012-2014 Photo Editor, Campus BluePrint, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

 

2013 Visual Storytelling Intern, Kertis Creative, Louisville, KY

 

2011-2012 WomenNC United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women Fellow, NYC, NY and Chapel Hill, NC

 

2011 Multimedia Field Intern, Silent Images, Jinja, Uganda

 

 

GRANTS/AWARDS
 

2015 Research Abroad Funding Grant (University of Manchester)

 

2010-2014 Morehead Cain Scholarship (University of North Carolina)

 

2010-2014 Coca-Cola Regional Scholarship

 

2010-2014 Dean's List (University of North Carolina)

 

2014 Russell S. Cowell Jr. Academic Excellence Award (University of North Carolina)

 

2014 Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Research and Travel Grant (University of North Carolina)

 

2013 Phi Beta Kappa

 

2012 Julia Preston Brumley Award In American Studies (University of North Carolina)

 

2012 Echo International Photojournalism Student Competition Semifinalist

 

 

EDUCATION

 

MA 2014-2015 Visual Anthropology - Ethnographic Documentary and Sensory Media, University of Manchester, UK (Distinction – Highest Degree Level Awarded)

BA 2010-2014 Peace, War, and Defense; American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Highest Honors, Highest Distinction)

 

2013-14 Duke University, Courses in the Center for Documentary Studies