Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - Present, Senior Manager of Awards & Special Events | Directors Guild of America

  • 2022 - 2023, Senior Manager of Special Events & Diversity Program | Directors Guild of America

  • 2019 - 2022, Manager of Committee Events - Special Projects | Directors Guild of America

  • 2015 - 2019, Special Events Coordinator | Directors Guild of America

  • 2014 - 2015, Communications Department Assistant | Directors Guild of America

  • 2013 - 2014, Visual History Assistant | Directors Guild of America

  • 2014, Lead Curator | “Do You See What I See?!”: Experiments in Avant-Garde Cinema, Salz-Pollak Atrium Gallery

  • 2013, Graphic Designer | Department of American Studies, CSUF

  • 2011 - 2013, Video Podcast Host | Brandon Kyle The Cinephile, Webseries

  • 2011 - 2012, Production Coordinator | Titan TV, Titan Communications

  • 2012, Radio Disc Jockey, DJ | The Cinephile, CSUF Titan Radio Show

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts | Radio-TV-Film

    • California State University, Fullerton, 2014

    • Concentrations: Film & TV History, Avant-Garde Cinema, Motion Picture Production

    • Summa cum laude

  • Bachelor of Arts | American Studies

    • California State University, Fullerton, 2014

    • Concentrations: Popular Culture, American Culture Through Social Science, Queer History

    • Summa cum laude

Publications

  • 2015, "Defying Documentary: In Search of Truth in Non-Fiction Cinema" | The American Papers, 2014-15 volume

  • 2014, "Fast Fashion: A Case Study for Exploring American Cultural Theories & Methods" | The American Papers, 2013-14 volume

Research Experience

  • 2013 - 2014, Q&A: Queer & Asian Male Identities in American Cinema

    • Undergraduate Research, CSUF Department of American Studies

    • Research Advisor: Elaine M. Lewinnek, Ph.D

    • Dissertation – Exploring the representations of gay and Asian men in American Cinema, how these images intersect, and what these images suggest concerning popular culture, power, sexuality, masculinity, and identity.

    • Fieldwork culminated in a documentary short | Duration: 25 Minutes

  • 2013, Defying Documentary: In Search of Truth in Non-Fiction Cinema

    • Undergraduate Research, CSUF Department of American Studies

    • Research Advisor: Leila Zenderland, Ph.D

    • Dissertation – Exploring the facets of non-fiction film and its relationship to the concept of truth, both as an ethnographic medium for recording reality and also as a propagandistic instrument for winning hearts and minds.

    • Fieldwork culminated in a research paper | Length: 22 Pages

Awards & Honors

  • 2014, Commencement Speaker at Graduation - Department of Radio-TV-Film, CSUF

  • 2014, Academic Achievement Award - Department of American Studies, CSUF

  • 2014, Summa Cum Laude - California State University, Fullerton

  • 2013, Member - The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

  • 2012, Guest - Student Leaders Reception

  • 2011, Guest Host - Turner Classic Movies [TCM], Official Video Podcast

  • 2010, Member - The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, NSCS

  • 2009, Grand Prize Winner - Water Education Water Awareness Committee [WEWAC]