CV

CV & Resume 2024

ANGELA MERON | Artist, Designer, Educator

EDUCATION

2022 M.B.A. New Mexico Highlands University, Emphasis in Marketing

2010 M.F.A. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Visual Art | Interdisciplinary degree
48 studio credits (sound, video and installation) and 12 visual culture/art history credits
(A Critical Examination of Art Through Critics & Artist Writings, Feminism: Historicizing & Continuing a Discourse Through an Examination of Exhibitions, Home & the Formation of Identity Made Visible in the work of Duane Michaels & Catherine Opie, Finding My Voice: A Process Paper)

2005 B.A. Grand View University, Graphic Design & Visual Art

1984 A.A. DMACC, Commercial Art

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2022 – present Associate Professor, Graphic Design, Department of Fine Art, Advertising Design, & Communication | Concord University | Athens, WV

2021 – 2022 Associate Professor, Visual Communication, Department of Media Arts and Technology | New Mexico Highlands University | Las Vegas, NM

2015 – 2021 Assistant Professor, Visual Communication, Department of Media Arts and Technology | New Mexico Highlands University | Las Vegas, NM

2017-2019 Adjunct Professor, Online, Graphic Design
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)

2014 – 2015 Adjunct Professor, Art & Design, Simpson College | Indianola, IA

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Graphic Design. Branding & Identity. Installation. UX design. Web Design. Information Visualization. Content Creation. Small business marketing & consulting. Multi-channel marketing strategies. Social Media marketing & consulting. Illustration. Video and sound recording, creation and editing. Photo retouch, styling and staging. Adobe Creative Suite: CC, Master Collection, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Procreate, Canva, Wordpress, Webflow, Squarespace, Bridge, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Numbers, HTML, CSS; Project management/productivity software: Asana, Trello

Graphic Design, Web Design, Creative Direction.

Pendaries Resort & Golf Community, The Printer Inc, NMHU rebrand, MA&T Social Media Marketing, Gallery 140 & LVAC, GVG Contemporary, Gallery 901, StonEX Group (formerly INTL FCStone), Croz Nest East, On The Rocks.

TEACHING & ADVISING

Internship Advisor (Mentor) | Media Arts Club Advisor | Directed students in raising over $4000 each year | Directed and chaperoned student group at DSVC National Student Show supervising submission of student work and portfolio preparation (April 2016. March 2017. April 2018. March 2019.) Sponsored A Designer’s Workshop | March 2, 2018 | Invited guest and award winning designer John Sayles spent one day with students in a directed project and competition.

Department of Fine Art, Design, & Communication | Concord University | 2022 - 2024

Instructor, Advanced Illustration Techniques
Instructor, Senior Seminar
Instructor, Graphic Techniques
Instructor, Typography
Instructor, Web Design
Instructor, Basic Illustration Techniques
Instructor, Design II
Instructor, Basic Production Techniques
Instructor, Basic Computer Graphics
Advisor, Senior Show, Emily Small, Kiyah Gibson, Matt Peters, Imani Campbell, Tyler Plumley

Media Arts & Technology Department | New Mexico Highlands University | 2015 - 2022

Mentor, Animation/Web & Design Internship, Bradbury Museum/ Los Alamos National Laboratories, Summer/Fall 2021
Mentor, Animation/Design Internship, Santa Fe Children’s Museum, Summer 2020
Mentor, Film Bootcamp Internship, Reel Las Vegas Film Festival, Summer 2019
Mentor, Graphic Design, Internship, American Council for Historic Preservation Foundation, Spring 2019
Mentor, Graphic Design AmeriCorps Internship, Hermit’s Peak Water Association, Summer 2017
Mentor, Graphic & Web Design Internship, Meadow City Music Festival, Summer 2016
Instructor, MFACT Studio I
Instructor, MFACT Studio II
Instructor, Advanced Media Practices (BFA Studio Course)
Instructor, Visual Concepts
Instructor, MFACT History of Media Seminar 6180
Instructor, Independent Study, Installation/Video Design for BFA
Instructor, Graduate Seminar, MACS 610 & 620
Instructor, Independent Study | Advanced Digital Illustration
Instructor, Character Animation | Stop Motion and Materials
Instructor, Typography II | Kinetic Type & Effects
Instructor, Advanced Design Practices
Instructor, Imaging History & Production | F2F and Online Asynchronous
Instructor, History of Graphic Design | F2F and Online Asynchronous
Instructor, Design for the Web
Instructor, Color Theory & Ideational Concepts
Instructor, Typography
Instructor, Graduate Seminar, MACS 610

Art & Design | SNHU | Online Instructor of Graphic Design | 2017 - 2019

Instructor, GRA101 Basic Design & Color Theory
Instructor, GRA220 Introduction to Digital Imaging
Instructor, GRA310 Digital Graphic Design for the Web
Instructor, GRA340 Typography
Instructor, GRA470 User Interface & Experience
Instructor, GRA420 Advanced Digital Imaging (Portfolio)

Art & Design | Simpson College | 2014-2015

Instructor, Visual Concepts & Color Theory
Instructor, Drawing
Instructor, Graphic Design II & Directed Study (Design IV)
Instructor, Introduction to Design
Instructor, Graphic Design I

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

CURATORIAL

EXHIBITIONS

GRADUATE THESIS COMMITTEE CHAIR

Adolfo Castillo-Rodriguez, Pop-In: A Community Art Initiative | MACS (May 2020) NMHU
Jacob Erickson, Namoires: Military Historical Preservation Collides with Art and Emerging Technology to Facilitate Better Understanding | MACS (May 2020) NMHU
Olivia Kuykendall, Meltdown: Animated Self Portraits | MACS (December 2019) NMHU
Venu Sri Sabbavarapu, The Romance of Storytelling on Paper: An exploration of storytelling on paper in the form of the book using smart inks i.e. Thermochromic ink to create visual effects on the printed page | MACS (May 2016) NMHU

GRADUATE THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER

Erick Rangel, completed, MACS, NMHU | December 2018

INSTITUTIONAL & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

2023-2024 Departmental Year in Review, Reporting & Updating for Graphic Design, Concord University
2023-2024 Personnel Committee, Concord University
2023-2024 Department wide advising days, fall & spring term, Concord University
2022-2023 Graphic Design Search Committee member, Concord University
2022-2023 Co-host, Beckley High School Art Department visit to Concord University
2022-2023 Department wide advising days, fall & spring term, Concord University
2021-2022 Chair, Department of Media Arts & Technology, New Mexico Highlands University; secured funding for Social Media Interns to update brand & social media for Department of Media Arts & Technology, secured approval & purchase of iPad Pros for faculty & one lab; Co-Chair, Search Committee, Director University Relations; Faculty Senate | Representative for Department of Media Arts & Technology; Co-chair, Faculty Senate Sub-Committee, Recommendation of New Rank; Faculty Senate, Faculty Affairs Committee; Faculty Association | Executive Committee, Secretary, CBA Bargaining Team, COVID Bargaining Team Member; Marketing Committee

2020-2021 Department of Business, Media & Technology | Search Committee Member, Assistant or Associate Professor of Marketing; Academic Affairs Committee | Representing Media Arts & Technology Department | Chair, Undergraduate Appeals Committee; Media Arts Club Advisor | Networking, Portfolio Reviews, Community engagement within the Media Arts Department; University Strategic Planning Committee in preparation for 2020 HLC Visit; Women’s Studies Advisory Council; Faculty Association, Executive Committee, Secretary; Marketing Committee

2019-2020 English Department | Outside Department Search Committee Member, Creative Writing/Poetry | Hire completed for AY20-21; Chair | Media Arts Tenure Track Faculty Member Search | Video/Interactive | Hire completed for AY20-21 ; Academic Affairs Committee | Representing Media Arts & Technology Department | Undergraduate Appeals Committee | Program Review Committee - Computer Science; Media Arts Club Advisor | Directing students in raising funds to attend DSVC National Student Show April 2020 | Chaperone trip | review portfolios, submissions and assist with preparation | Supervise Club work/play nights for club/department students promoting student success and community; Women’s Studies Advisory Council; Recruitment presentation for MFACT, UNI and Grand View University; University Strategic Planning Committee in preparation for 2020 HLC Visit; Graphic Design Staff Search Committee Member

2019 Search Committee Member | Registrar & VPSEM

2018-2019 Chair | Media Arts Visiting Faculty Member Search | Hire completed spring 2019; NMHU Faculty Senate | Representing Media Arts & Technology Department; NMHU Faculty Senate Executive Committee | Faculty Senate at large representative; Media Arts Club Advisor | Directed students in raising funds to attend DSVC National Student Show March 28-29, 2019 | Chaperone trip | review portfolios and assist with preparation; Revived and manage Department Instagram Account | Social Media Marketing for Shows, Activities and MFACT recruiting; Initiated Remind.com | Text messaging service for departmental communication/announcements with students; NMHU Website Committee | Faculty Senate Representative | Working with committee, University Relations and Chantal Forster, Web & UX Consultant to identify current problems and redesign and define university website; Women’s Studies Advisory Council; MA Club Work nights | Supervised and worked with MA Club students bi-weekly to prepare work and portfolios for DSVC

Received Ballen Scholar Fellowship | Planned & Coordinated two week visit with interdisciplinary activities including English, Women’s Studies & Media Arts faculty & students with Ballen Scholar Aldrena Corder, Artist & Designer from Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina

2017-2018 NMHU Faculty Senate | Representing Media Arts & Technology Department; NMHU Faculty Senate Executive Committee | Faculty Senate at large representative; Media Arts Club Advisor | Directed students in raising over $5000 to direct and chaperone student group | DSVC National Student Show April 12-16, 2018; Sponsored Designer’s Workshop March 2, 2018 with guest designer, John Sayles, J. Sayles Design, Des Moines, IA; Women’s Studies Advisory Council; MA Club Work nights | Supervised and worked with MA Club students bi-weekly to prepare work and portfolios for DSVC

2016 – 2017 NMHU Faculty Senate | Representing Media Arts & Technology Department NMHU Faculty Senate Executive Committee | Faculty Senate at large representative; NMHU Retention Advisory Committee; Retention Summit | Ruffalo Noel-Levitz & Strategic Enrollment Management; Adobe Creative Jam | Sponsored student group | AIGA NM/Design-Corps | Santa Fe, NM; Media Arts Club Advisor | Directed students in raising over $4000 to take student group to DSVC National Student Show March 31-April 1, 2017; Pixel to Paper Conference | Sponsored student group | Eastern New Mexico University | Portales, NM; NMHU University Branding & Marketing Committee | Design, rebrand and identity for the university

2015 – 2016 Media Arts Club Advisor | Directed students in raising over $4000 to take student group to DSVC National Student Show April 2016; NMHU University Branding & Marketing Committee | Development of surveys and brand proposal; AIGA NM Holiday Ornament Workshop | Developed, organized and taught workshop for Holiday Fundraiser; LVAC Historic Studio Tour | Marketing, Design, Art & Photo Direction

RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST

Research | Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses & Higher Education Research & Photography | Georgia O’Keefe’s New Mexico | Connections through place of origin | In progress

Research & Photography | Female Gaze Theory in relationship to the photographed image | In Progress

Design and Illustration | Tales the Iroquois Tell Their Children | In progress

CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2024 Immersion | Surface Design with Bonnie Christine | 8-week online training | Creative Entrepeneurship
2023 Immersion Live | The Art of Business | 3-day Seminar
2023 Equipping Learners for the Future: AI's Role in Education | West Virginia Higher Education Lunch & Learn: AI Lunch and Learn with Dr. Derek Bruff
2022 Quality Matters: Designing Your Online Course Certificate
2022 FAST Method | Facebook Ads Agency Training | Sarah Mae Ives Social Media
2021 Immersion Live | 3-day Seminar | Pattern Design & Creative Practices
2020 Immersion | Pattern Design & Business Practices
2020 Get Your Art Business Ready for 2021 | Facilitated by Sarah C.B. Guthrie,
2020 The Basics of Selling Your Art Online w/ Sarah C.B. Guthrie (VCFA Visual Art ’10) | Presented by VCFA AlumnX
2020 Webinar: How to Find a Mentor & Maintain the Relationship | Pip Jamieson, founder of The Dots, a social network for #creatives
2020 Webinar: The Future of Work for Creatives | Rhonda Page and Pip Jamieson, founder of The Dots, a social network for #creatives.
2020 ADWEEK | Webinars | Maximize Your Strategy with Influencers and Key Opinion Leaders: 7 Ways to Grow Your Earned Media; Building a Culture Around the Customer: A Conversation with IBM CMO & SVP of
Digital Sales, Michelle Peluso
2020 A Walk Is A Book | Des Moines Art Center | 8 Week Virtual Class | with Mary Jones
2020 Meet the Makers livestream event, Better Design Systems | presented by Adobe XD 11/19/2020
2020 Defining and Presenting Personal Work with Laura Pressley and Jennifer Schlesinger ASMP New Mexico
2020 16th Annual National Student Show & Conference | Conference & Educator’s Forum | Dallas, TX
2019 15th Annual National Student Show & Conference | Conference & Educator’s Forum | Dallas, TX
2018 14th Annual National Student Show & Conference | Conference & Educator’s Forum | Dallas, TX
2017 HU Writes | Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop | NMHU
2017 AIGA | The Design Conference & Educator’s Forum | Minneapolis, MN
2017 13th Annual National Student Show & Conference | Conference & Educator’s Forum | Dallas, TX
2016 12th Annual National Student Show & Conference | Conference & Educator’s Forum | Dallas, TX

Professional Advising & certifications

2020 | Google Ads Display Certification
2020 | Google Analytics for Beginners Certification
2020 | The EAT Community Advisory Board Member
2020 | VUMHDC (Virginia United Methodist Housing Development Corporation) Advisory Board Member
2020 | Sunset Studios Advisory Board Member

HONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS

2018 Nina Tesla Ballen Visiting Professorship | $10K Award | October 2018
2015 – 2016 Nomination | New Mexico Highlands Teacher of the Year

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2018 - 2022 Las Vegas Arts Council Board Member | Gallery Committee
2020 El Alma de la Tierra Film Festival | Logo Design & Original Board Member
2019 Las Vegas Arts Council Board Member
2019 Las Vegas & Surrounding Communities Film Advisory Group Board Member
2018 Hermit’s Peak Water Association Board Member

September 2018-January 2019 | Worked with West Las Vegas Middle School’s Business Professionals of America group to develop projects for January 2019 submission and national conference in Washington DC, 15+ students qualified for national competition

November 2017-January 2018 | | Worked with West Las Vegas Middle School’s Business Professionals of America group to develop projects for January 2018 submission and national conference in LA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

AIGA, the Professional Association for Design
College Art Association
Interactive Design Foundation
Dallas Society of Visual Communications

Download PDF