2025
The Shepherd Express LGBTQ+ Progress Awards: Education, recipient, Milwaukee, WI
Janice and Stephen Marcus Public Art Award, juror, Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee, WI
NECHE Accreditation team visit, team chair, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
Professional Development for Graduate Students, guest presenter, School of Art and Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2024
30x30x30 Exhibition, juror, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence, appointee, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) in coordination with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), Madison, WI
2022
Breakthrough Creativity, ideation workshop lead, Robert W. Baird & Co., Milwaukee, WI
MIAD Prints, invitational, artist-in-residency, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Lunch and Learn, presenter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2020
31st Annual Midwest Seasons, submissions and awards juror, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Higher Education Panel Discussion, panel member, David Lubar -- moderator, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Milwaukee, WI
Social Justice Summit 2020: Art Activated, panel member, Mark Blankenship -- moderator, Nō Studios, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Narrative of Privilege, panel member, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Sparks & Catalysts: Social Justice & the Role of Book Arts, panel member, Jane Carlin -- moderator, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Greater Equity 2030 Launch, panel member, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
What’s Sex (Gender, Race, Place, Love) Got to Do with It?, panel member, Foster Gallery (UW-Eau Claire), Eau Claire, WI
2018
Enough is Enough: Broadside Exchange (benefitting Everytown for Gun Safety), Ellen Knudson and Lisa Beth Robinson -- organizers, Gainesville, FL and Greenville, NC
MIAD Prints, invitational, artist-in-residency, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary inductee, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Starting Out, presentation, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
2015
Narrative of Privilege, panel member, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2014
Phi Kappa Phi inductee, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
Queering the Precipice: Social Action/Spiritual Practice, portfolio participant, Max White – curator, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, San Francisco, CA
2013
COFAC Creates: Diversifying the Audience through Partnerships, panel member, 6th International Conference of the Inclusive Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Crossing the Tigris, panel member, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Arts on the Square, juror, Waupaca, WI
2011
Artists Training Artists: A Collaborative Report of Teaching and Learning Through the Arts, panel member, 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Artist, presentation, University of Georgia, Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
Visiting Artist, printmaking demonstration and print production, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Arts on the Square, juror, Waupaca, WI
2010
Looking for Inspiration at the Crossroad of Orientation and the Church, presentation, 1st Annual International Conference on Fine and Performing Arts, Athens, Greece
On radical messages embedded in artists' books, panel member, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
On the nature of collaboration, co-presenter, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
2009
Looking for Inspiration at the Crossroad of Orientation and the Church, presentation, 33rd Wisconsin Women’s Studies Conference, Madison, WI
2007
The book arts work of sailorBOYpress: the politics of content, presentation, 5th International Conference on the Book, Madrid, Spain
2006
Midwest Seasons, 19th annual national juried exhibition, juror, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Book Artists, panel member, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
2005
University Excellence in Teaching Award, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
Selected Artists' Books from the Printing and Graphic Arts Department, work presented in seminar for members of the ABC Conference, Houghton Library, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Building/Renovating Art Spaces, presentation, International Council of Fine Arts Deans, Scottsdale, AZ
Artist-in-Residence, workshop, UW-Milwaukee and Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI
Ettinger Book Artist Series, inaugural lecture, Golda Meir Library (UW-Milwaukee), Milwaukee, WI
Coalition of the Willing: Artists Exploring Controversial Topics during Volatile Times, panel member, Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, DC
2004
Guest artist, critique, Focal Point Camera Club, Stevens Point, WI
Honorary Degree Books, Sacred Space selected to honor William (Bill) Comrie, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002
Sabbatical, Constructing a Sacred Space, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
University Leadership Mentor Award, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
2001
Arcadia Press and sailorBOYpress, presentation, Typocrafters Annual Meeting, Golda Meir Library (UW-Milwaukee), Milwaukee, WI
2000
Certificate of Excellence, instructor, The Big Crit 2000, Critique Magazine, San Francisco, CA
1999
The State of Wisconsin Certificate of Commendation, Hmong Domestic Violence Awareness Education Project, Madison, WI
Teacher Scholar Award, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
Problem Solving as Related to Technology, presentation, International Conference for Education in the Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
1998
CASE International Circle of Excellence Silver Medal, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, DC
Rural Rembrandt Show, juror, Berlin, WI
1997
Certificate of Design Excellence, Regional Design Annual, Print Magazine, New York, NY
Defining Book Arts, presentation, Alexander House, Port Edwards, WI
One-of-a-kind-books, workshop, Alexander Middle School, Nekoosa, WI
Wisconsin Regional Art Program Exhibition, juror, Parkside Middle School, Wautoma, WI
National Association for Campus Activities Wisconsin Region Exhibition, juror, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
1995
The Schism between Graphic Design and Other Studios, presentation, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI
1994
Graphic Design Delegation to the People’s Republic of China, presentation, Academy of Art, Beijing, PRC
Graphic Design Delegation to the People’s Republic of China, panel member, Polytechnic University, Kunming, PRC
On Drawing, editorial advisory board, Collegiate Press, Alta Loma, CA
Art after Work, presentation, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Contemporary Photography History, presentation, Society of Photographers, Chattanooga, TN
Wilhelm von Gloeden and Censorship, presentation, Grace Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN
1993
Made in the Midwest: Walter Hamady's Students, the 6451 Press and its Influences on the Small Press Movement, portfolio participant, Caren Heft - curator, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
An Evening for Artists, critique, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
Watercolor Wednesday, demonstration, Tennessee Watercolor Society, Chattanooga, TN
19th Century Photographers, presentation, Society of Photographers, Chattanooga, TN
1992
Summer Research Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Illustration, presentation, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
Discovery Classroom, mural artist, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
Book Binding, workshop, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1991
The Artist’s Book, presentation, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, Chattanooga, TN
Contemporary Soviet Design, presentation, Design Forum, Washington, DC
Arts Critique, open critique, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Book Design, presentation, Southeast Center for Education in the Visual Arts (UTC), Chattanooga, TN
1990
Outstanding Professor Award, UTC, Chattanooga, TN
Soviet Society of Graphic Designers, honorary member, Moscow, USSR
UT National Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher, campus nominee, UTC, Chattanooga, TN
Works from sailorBOYpress, presentation, Society of Soviet Designers, Moscow, USSR
Design Education in the U.S., presentation, Society of Soviet Designers, Leningrad, USSR
The Governor’s School, regional juror, Chattanooga, TN
Poster Design, presentation, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
1989
(graphic) Design Excellence, panel member, UTC, Chattanooga, TN
The Figure in Perspective, presentation, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
The Artist’s Journal, workshop, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
Figure Drawing, workshop, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
1988
Smoky Hill River Festival, juror, Salina, KS
Photography Exhibition and Young Artists Exhibition, juror, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
1987
Art of the Mask, workshop, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
1986
Advanced Opportunity Summer Fellow, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Lie But Light, portfolio participant, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
1985
Old Master Drawing: at Arm’s Length, workshop, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Egg Tempera and Gouache, presentation and workshop, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Advanced Opportunity Fellow, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Advanced Opportunity Summer Fellow, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
1984
School of Education Assigned State Fellow, UW-Madison, Madison, WI