Education
Ohio University, School of Visual Communication – MA Visual Communications, 2008
Saint Cloud State University – BFA Mass Communications in Advertising, 2003

Accolades
Center(Santa Fe) Project Competition 2011 – Honorable Mention
Identities Now: Contemporary Portrait Photography
PDN Photo Annual 2011
Magenta Flash Forward 2010 – Honorable Mention Emerging Photographer
Communication Arts Photography Annual, August 2009
New York Photo Awards Nominee, February 2009
Pictures of the Year International 2008 – Portrait Series – Award of Excellence
63rd College Photographer of the Year – Portrait and Multimedia Project Awards
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – Best Student Portfolio and Multimedia Awards
Southern Short Course 2007 – 3rd Place Multimedia Project
62nd College Photographer of the Year – Portrait, Picture Story and Multimedia Awards
Pictures of the Year International 2006 – Portrait and Sports Feature Awards
61st College Photographer of the Year – Portrait and Pictorial Awards
NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2006 – Multimedia Picture Story Award
Pennsylvania AP Managing Editors Competition 2006 – Photo Story

Exhibitions
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO – March 2012
The Sports Show, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN – February 2012
Arts on the Plains XI, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND – January 2012
Photo Center NW 16th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA – July 2011
Visual Arts Minnesota – Art ala Carte 2011, Juried Show, Juror’s Choice, Saint Cloud, MN – June 2011
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX – Juried Member Exhibition – June 2011
Eco Byway – Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Collegeville, MN – June 2011
Wide Angle View – Orange County Center for Contemporary Art(Group Show) –  March 2011
LOOKBetween Photo Festival – Crozet, VA – 2010
MN Fine Arts Exhibition(Juried) – 2004, 2010, 2011