Selected Presentations & Appearances
Artist Talk
· 2022
Invited Talk
Rubenstein Photography Gallery,
Duke University, Durham, NC
Artist Talk
· 2022
Invited Talk
Full Frame Theater,
Durham, NC
Artist Talk
· 2022
Invited Talk
Regensburg European American Forum,
University of Regensburg, Germany
Artist Talk
· 2022
Invited Talk
American Studies,
University of Passau, Germany
Artist Talk
· 2022
Invited Talk
Power Plant Gallery,
Durham, NC
Artist Talk
· 2021
Invited Talk
Rubenstein Library, Duke University,
Durham, NC
Artist Talk
· 2020
Invited Talk
Cary Photographic Artists,
Cary, NC
Artist Talk
· 2019
Invited Talk
Łódź Photography Festival,
Łódź, Poland
Artist Talk
· 2019
Invited Talk
Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication,
New Delhi, India
“Southbound: War and the Recreation of Culture”
· 2019
Invited Talk
Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke University,
Power Plant Gallery, Durham, NC
With Nadia El-Shaarawi and Maha Houssami
Artist Talk
- Regensburg European American Forum
· 2019
Invited Talk
University of Regensburg,
Regensburg, Germany
Artist Talk
- 8th Hamburg Photography Triennial
· 2018
Invited Talk
Hamburg, Germany
Artist Talk
- “Beyond the Documentary” Conference
· 2017
Invited Talk
Organ Vida,
Zagreb, Croatia
Artist Talk
- Service-Learning Conference
· 2016
Invited Talk
Duke University,
Durham, NC
Artist Talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Reykjavik Museum of Photography,
Reykjavik, Iceland
Artist Talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Duke Conversations,
Mebane, NC
Artist Talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Friends of the Library,
UNC-Chapel Hill, NC
Artist Talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Davis Library,
UNC-Chapel Hill, NC
Artist Talk
- Studio-X Istanbul
· 2015
Invited Talk
Istanbul, Turkey
Artist Talk
· 2015
Invited Talk
Duke University Alumni Association,
Havana, Cuba
Artist Talk
- AUMLAC Southern Studies Conference
· 2015
Invited Talk
Auburn University at Montgomery. Montgomery, AL
Artist Talk
- The Fine Art Museum
· 2014
Invited Talk
Western Carolina University. Cullowhee, NC
Artist Talk
- Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Brown University
· 2014
Invited Talk
Providence, RI
Artist Talk
- Alexandria Museum of Art
· 2014
Invited Talk
Alexandria, LA
Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos"
- North Carolina Statewide Folklife Festival
· 2013
Other
Carrboro, NC
Artist Talk
- Sumter County Gallery of Art
· 2013
Invited Talk
Sumter, SC
Screening of "Inspired by Nature"
- National Park Service 2013 Conference
· 2013
Other
National Park Service,
Washington, DC
Screening of "Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin"
- University College Dublin Science Expression Film Festival
· 2013
Other
National Botanic Gardens,
Dublin, Ireland
Artist Talk
- Frank Gallery
· 2012
Invited Talk
Chapel Hill, NC
Artist Talk
- Southeast Museum of Photography
· 2011
Invited Talk
Daytona Beach, FL
Artist Talk
- SF Camerawork
· 2010
Invited Talk
San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk
- Swords to Ploughshares
· 2010
Invited Talk
San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk
- FotoFest
· 2010
Invited Talk
Houston, TX
Artist Talk
- Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
· 2009
Invited Talk
Charleston, SC
Artist Talk
- Civilian Art Projects
· 2009
Invited Talk
Washington, DC
Artist Talk
- Georgia College and State University
· 2009
Invited Talk
Milledgeville, GA
Artist Talk
- Houston Center for Photography
· 2009
Invited Talk
Houston, TX
Artist Talk
- Civilian Art Projects
· 2008
Invited Talk
Washington, DC
Artist Talk
- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
· 2007
Invited Talk
Winston-Salem, NC
Screening of " An Army, One by One"
- Finalist, Moving Image Arts Festival
· 2005
Other
Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University School of Law,
Durham, NC
Artist Talk
- Society for Photographic Education Southeast Conference
· 2004
Invited Talk
University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art. Athens, GA
Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos"
- DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival
· 2001
Other
Durham, NC
Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos"
· 1996
Interview
Sampson Community College,
Clinton, NC
Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos"
· 1996
Other
Duke University,
Durham, NC
Service to the Profession
Editorial Team Advisor, “Photo Transfer in Cold War Europe”
·
2016
Editorial Activities
International Journal of History, Culture and Modernity,
Judge
- Eastern/Central North Carolina Scholastic Art Awards
·
2009
Committee Service
Durham Art Council Grant Selection Committee
·
1999
Committee Service
Service to Duke
Judge, Duke University Employee Art Show
(University)
·
2013
Committee Service
Duke University,
LINK Media Wall Exhibition Selection Committee
(University)
·
2009
- 2013
Committee Service
Duke University,
Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program Selection Committee
(University)
·
2003
- 2019
Committee Service
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University,
CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Review Committee
(University)
·
2003
- 2015
Committee Service
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University,
Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize Selection Committee
(University)
·
2003
- 2019
Committee Service
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University,
John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards Selection Committee
(University)
·
2003
- 2019
Committee Service
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University,
Freewater Productions Grant Selection Committee
(University)
·
1998
Committee Service
Duke University,
Director, Duke University Documentary Film/Video Happening Organizing Committee
(University)
·
1996
- 1999
Committee Service
Duke University,
Academic & Administrative Activities
2017, Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fall semester.
2016, Visiting Scientist (Summer). Centre for Contemporary History (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung). Potsdam, Germany.2014–present, Undergraduate Education Director. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2013–2014, Web Production Director. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2013–present, Director of Video and Web Projects. E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, Durham, NC.
2011–present, Contributing Photographer / Interviewer. Guantánamo Public Memory Project, Columbia University, New York, NY.
2003–2013, Web Content Manager. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2002–2003, Art Director. Carolina Communicator. UNC–Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC.
1999–2001, Photo Archivist. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.
1996–1999, Exhibitions and Public Programs Coordinator. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
1995, Documentary Coordinator. Student Action with Farmworkers, Durham, NC.
1994, Photographer/Public Relations Intern. Farmworkers’ Project, Benson, NC.