Education

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Master of Fine Arts – Graphic Design (May 2002)

Thesis Topic: What role does visual design play in the creation and implementation of online experiences that target multiple learning styles?

Jacksonville State University

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Graphic Design (May 1999)

Teaching Experience

Professor and Department Head, Jacksonville State University (2014 – present)

Description: As a full-time administrator and part-time faculty member, I teach or have taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate classes including: 641 Traditional/Communication Studio, 435/635 Advanced Typography, and 640 Contemporary Media/Communication Studio.

Associate Professor, Middle Tennessee State University (2003 – 2014)

Description: As a full-time faculty member teaching three classes per semester, I taught a total of 14 different classes including: 4320 Senior Project, 4310 Portfolio 2, 4300 Portfolio 1, 4000 Graphic Design Origins, 3325 Word and Image, 2325 Typographic Design, 4400 Interactive Design 3, 4390 Interactive Design 2, 3930 Interactive Design 1, 4000 Workshop: Typography in Motion, 4000 Workshop: Principles of Interface Design, 4000 Workshop: Package Design, 4000 Workshop: Interface Design for DVDs, and 1610 Two Dimensional Design.

Adjunct Faculty Member, Roane State Community College, (2002, 2003)

Classes taught: Beginning Graphic Design I, Beginning Web Design

Workshop Instructor/Visual Design Specialist, Innovative Technology Center, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2001 – 2003)

Description: Research, plan, design, implement, and evaluate Graphic Design and Web Design workshops for Faculty, GTAs, and Staff targeting visual and technical skills necessary to create visually engaging, online course materials. Workshops taught for faculty and staff:

  • Beyond Text, A World of Media
  • Creating and Gathering Images
  • Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
  • Creating Macromedia Flash Elements
  • Creating an Interactive Website Using Macromedia Flash
  • Capturing, Editing and Delivering Video using iMovie 2 and Cleaner 5
  • Capturing, Editing, and Delivering Video using Adobe Premiere
  • Creating Web Graphics using Adobe Photoshop
  • Advanced Uses of Adobe Photoshop
  • Putting Your Images in the Round Using QuickTime VR

Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tennessee (2000-2001)

Classes taught: Beginning Graphic Design 1, Beginning Graphic Design 2, Typography, Beginning Web Design

Professional Experience

President & Creative Director, OI Design Group (2007 – present)

Description: In 2007, I partnered with marketing specialist, John Burrell, to create a design firm dedicated to branding for the outdoor, sporting, and tourism markets. Based on prior freelance experience, we discovered a need within this specific industry for a specialized design agency capable of creating competent branding campaigns, all the while having insight to industry trends and customer needs. In six years, we have created work for numerous international and national clients including:

  • Lion Sands Resort, Kruger Park, South Africa
  • Tipiliuke Resort, Patagonia, Argentina
  • Rivers South Resort, South Island, New Zealand
  • Mirimichi Lodge, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Glazebrook Lodge, North Island, New Zealand
  • Meopta Optics, Czechoslovakia
  • S.A. Adventures, Atlanta, Georgia
  • High Adventure Company, Atlanta Georgia
  • The Land Guys, Illinois
  • Westervlet Resort, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Premiere Outfitters, Cadiz, Kentucky
  • Blue Rock Lodge, Broadus, Montana
  • C Lazy U, Dude Ranch, Colorado
  • Fishing Creek Farms, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Midwest Properties, Kansas
  • Caran Precision, Anaheim, California
  • Nightforce Optics, Orafino, Idaho
  • Allardt Land Company, Allardt, Tennessee
  • Highland Manor Winery, Jamestown, Tennessee
  • The Sawbriar Resort, Allardt, Tennessee
  • Commonwealth Productions, Kentucky

Creative Director, Extreme Outer Limits Television (2011-2013)

Description: I was hired to art direct the production on a reality television series that aired internationally in Canada and the United States on multiple cable and satellite networks in 47 million households. The show ran year round and was nominated for “Best New Series” in the Intermedia network “Viewer Favorite” Awards in 2011

Creative Director/Producer, Brush Country Monsters Television (2010 – 2013)

Description: I was hired to art direct and oversee the production on a reality television series that aired nationally on cable and satellite networks in 31 million households from July 1 – December 31st each year. I also managed a seasonal $350,000 production budget, which included airtime, post-production, equipment, and production crew wages. The show was nominated for “Best New Series” and “Best Motion Graphics Opener” in the Intermedia network “Viewer Favorites” Awards in 2010.

Independent Designer, J. Seth Johnson Design + Consulting (2002 – 2007)

Description: As an independent designer, I work directly with clients to produce print and interactive promotional materials for their specific needs. Past clients are as follows:

• Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Nashville, TN. Website design

• Prentice Hall Book Publishers, New York, NY, Interactive CD design

• Nashville Area Arts, Nashville, TN. Website design

• Nashville Association of Art Dealers, Nashville, TN. Brochure design

• Fountain Brooke Planned Community, Hendersonville, TN. Website design

• Helton Plastics, Nashville, TN. Plastic Manufactures Website design

• Best Real Estate, Clare, MI. Website design

• Key Associates, Information + Image, Knoxville, TN, Website design

• St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN, Website design

• Morrison’s Cafeteria, Knoxville, TN, Interactive CD design

• Creative Access, Nashville, TN, Web design instruction

• Calvin’s Dry Cleaners, Athens, AL. Website design

• Three New Beginning in Art, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture

• Visiting Artist Biennial Catalogue, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture

• Carl Sublett: A Visual Odyssey, catalogue, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture

• The Unicoi Trail, brochure design, Knoxville, TN

Visual Design Specialist, The Innovative Technology Center, The University of Tennessee (2001 – 2003)

Description: Secondary to teaching workshops for faculty members at the University of Tennessee, I worked as a visual design specialist, specifically in the areas of graphical user interface design. I worked on numerous state and grant-funded projects including the following clients:

• TCIDS, Tennessee Career Information Delivery System, interface design

• TLT, Teaching and Learning with Technology, interface design

• FOTL, Focus on Teaching and Learning, interface design

• OIT, Office of Information Technology, logo design

• ITC, Innovative Technology Center, interface design

• HAZMAT Training, interface design

• CIS, Center for Industrial Services, Tennessee Raw Materials Database, interface design

• CIS, Center for Industrial Services, Recycling, interface design

• UT Orientation, interactive CD design

• TCN, Tennessee Center for Nursing, interface design

• Online@UT, Blackboard Course Management System, portal entrance interface design

Juried Selections/Nominations/Presentations

Intermedia Satellite Networks – Viewer Favorite Awards (31 million viewers). Extreme Outer Limits, Reality TV Series finalist for “Best New Series” (2011)

Intermedia Satellite Networks – Viewer Favorite Awards (31 million viewers). Brush Country Monsters, Reality TV Series finalist for “Best Animated Opener” (2010)

Intermedia Satellite Networks – Viewer Favorite Awards (31 million viewers). Brush Country Monsters, Reality TV Series finalist for “Best New Series” (2010)

National Design Educators Summit

University and College Designers Association (UCDA), Nashville, TN. Presentation of my Interface Design Styles Database project and how it has improved teaching in my Interactive Design Classes. (2005)

Design Excellence Award, 36th Annual UCDA Design Competition

University and College Design Association for: Living On, Portraits of Tennessee Holocaust Survivors. Austin, Texas (2005)

Silver Web Design Award, South Eastern Museum Association Design Competition for New Beginnings Website design. (2002)

Loop7: AIGA Journal of Interactive Design Education International juried online publication. (2003)

Graphic Design in the South Eastern United States. Chattanooga, TN (2003)

Mini-Works on Paper, Hammond Hall Gallery. Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL (2002)

Educause Paper Selection/Poster Presentation,  “Using Macromedia Flash as an Assessment Tool”. (2002)

EdMedia Interactive Session Workshop Presentation  “Using Macromedia Flash as an Assessment Tool”. (2002)

EdMedia Paper Selection/Poster Presentation. “Interface Design for Non-Designers” (2002)

Formal Presentations

National Design Educators Summit

University and College Designers Association (UCDA), Nashville, TN. Presentation of my Interface Design Styles Database project and how it has improved teaching in my Interactive Design Classes. (2005)

ShareFair: A Showcase of Best Teaching Practices and Technology Integration

Presentation of my Interface Design Styles Database project and how it has improved teaching in my Interactive Design Classes. (2005)

Experiential Learning Best Practices in Teaching with the Use of Integrative Technology, MTSU

Presentation of experiential learning course content within the interactive design curriculum as well as a presentation of social networking tools and how they can improve teaching. Specifically, I demonstrated the Graphic Design Gallery, a digital critiquing tool that I implemented for students taking courses within the Graphic Design program at MTSU. (2006)

College of Liberal Arts, Instructional Innovations: A Showcase of Best Practices, MTSU. Co-presentation with Marissa Recchia on The Beginning Throwing Instructional DVD project process. (2006)

College of Liberal Arts, Instructional Innovations: A Showcase of Best Practices, MTSU:  The Interface Design Styles Database project. (2006)

The Holocaust: Questions of Memory and Conscience, MTSU

Co-presentation of Using the “Living On: Portraits of Tennessee Survivors and Liberators” Exhibit in the Classroom with demonstrations and discussions on the interactive website that I designed. (2007)

Grants Received

Instructional Evaluation and Development Grant (2011)

Technology Access Grant (2012)

Instructional Evaluation and Development Grant (2009)

Technology Access Grant (2009)

Instructional Evaluation and Development Grant (2009)

Technology Access Grant (2006)

Faculty Development Grant (2006)

Technology Access Grant (2004)

Professional Organization Memberships

American Institute of Graphic Arts (2002 – present)

College Art Association (2002 – present)

Gallery Exhibits

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2013)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2011)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2009)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2007)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2006)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2005)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2004)

Faculty Exhibition, Todd Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University (2003)

Masters of Fine Art Thesis Show, Ewing Gallery of Art

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2002) Dialogue Show, Gallery 1010

The University of Tennessee off-campus gallery, Knoxville, TN (2001)

Community Service

• Project HELP Advisory Board, community (2011 – present)

• Saddle Up, Project HELP Benefit committee (2011 – present)

• Autism Society of Middle Tennessee, Master Pieces Art Benefit, Design Coordinator (2013)

• Team Coordinator for Middle Tennessee Autism Walk Benefit (2011 – present)

• Non-Profit E-Learning iPad app creation (2012)

• Habitat For Humanity, Interface Design Art Direction (2010)

• Tennessee Holocaust Commission, website design, community (2007)

• Advisor to Riverdale High school Graphic Design Program (2011)

• Advisor to LaVergne high school Graphic Design Program (2005)

• Vice President of Education, Nashville Chapter of American Institute of Graphic Arts (2003 – 2005)

• Design Education Committee, Member, Nashville Chapter of American Advertising Federation (2003 – 2004)

• Dish Student Design Conference, Co-Organizer, Regional (2005 – 2007)

• Charles Spencer Anderson AIGA Presentation, Co-Organizer, Belcourt Theatre (2006)

• Intent/Content, Planning Committee & Technical Support Chair, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) National Design Education Conference, Nashville, TN (2007)

• Summer Youth University, Branding Presentation (2005)

• Nashville’s Table Culinary Caper, Nashville, TN (2005)

• Murfreesboro’s Little Theatre, Murfreesboro, TN (2006)

• Murfreesboro City – Old Fort Gold Course (2004)

University Service

Gallery Committee (2005 – present)

Department Chair Advisory Panel (2011 – present)

NASAD Accreditation Area Coordinator (2008 – present)

Graphic Design Senior Show Coordinator (2018 – present)

Publications Committee  (2004 – 2010)

Art Department Scholarship Committee (2010)

Graphic Design Search Committee Chair (2012, 2013)

Graphic Design Search Committee (2004, 2011 – 2013)

Tenure and Promotion Committee (2008)

Art History Search Committee (2007)

Foundations Search Committee (2006)

AIGA Student Chapter Coordinator (2005 – 2008)

Art Alliance Advisor (2004)

University Honors College Collage Advisory Panel (2004)

Academic Sub-Committee D (2004 – 2008)

MTSU University Honors College Collage Advisory Committee (2004 – 2008)

MTSU Instructional Evaluation and Development Committee (2005 – 2007)

MTSU Holocaust Studies Committee (2006 – 2009)