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My earliest films were shot on a pink 2009 iPod nano. My current camera, a Canon t3i Rebel was gifted to me for Christmas in 2013. In the summer of 2014, I completed a competitive digital filmmaking course at Columbia University in New York, bracketed by creative and screenwriting courses at St Andrews University and Lake Forest College. In high school, I was the president of my school's photography club and was the public relations and photography manager for the Theatre Board, as well as a student director. Additionally, I acted as the head poetry editor for my high school's award-winning, student-run literary magazine. At Lawrence, I have worn many hats from photographer to marketing manager to web editor to now a copy editor for the Lawrentian magazine, to other roles working with Alumni and Constituency Engagement, the Hurvis Film Center, Admissions, and the Center for Academic Success. I have also taken on internships with a focus on marketing, social media, and SEO.

I am majoring in Film Studies and Cognitive Science (self-designed). The first gif in this post is from a Cognitive Science inspired film, quite reminiscent of Marshall McLuhan's quote "The wheel...is an extension of the foot[...]the book is an extension of the eye...clothing, an extension of the skin...electric circuitry, an extension of the central nervous system" (McLuhan 22-24). The extended mind hypothesis asserts that the mind is not relocated to the brain, but rather extends into the physical world. This is what I contemplate through both the linguistic and visual modalities of the piece.

In my professional career, I seek to employ cognitive theories to the marketplace, perhaps using film as a medium. My works focus around American Culture--common themes include patriotism, childhood, nostalgia, repatriation, alienation, language, gender, identity, social media, cognition, and death.