I have structured my training and experience below within SAG-AFTRA's recently released intimacy guidelines, and have included a few additional categories specific to my own work, but this page is not all-encompassing of my skills and experience. If you are curious about specific projects or my style of working, reach out!
Queer & Trans Specific Intimacy
Extensive queer & trans personal experience, activism, and training Queer & Trans Sex ed workshop series, Queer&Now (2019-20) Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2017) Facilitated LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Support Group (2015-2017) Stonewall Center Sensitivity & Inclusivity workshop (2014, 2015) Co-ran a Trans non profit, Gender Warriors (2011-2014) Conference Paper "Transgender Sexual Health," Come Together Kentucky (2012)
Consent & Boundaries
Stage Managers & Intimacy, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2022) Consent in the Acting Classroom, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2021) Intimacy Choreography: The Basics, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2019, 2021)
Anti-Racism, Race in Intimacy
Anti-Racism Training, Diversity & Resiliency Institute of El Paso (2022) How to respond to anti-Asian/American harassment, Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) (2022) Foundations of Race, Intimacy, and Consent, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2021) Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Workshop, TransHealth (2021) Diversity Lecture Series: Anti-Racist Classrooms, UMass Amherst (2017)
Trauma-Informed Practices
Trauma-informed Creative Practices, Momentum Stage (2022) Trauma-informed Practices, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2021) Conference Paper "Using Theater to Dismantle Internalized Oppressions: an Introduction to Cops in the Head," Trans Futurity Symposium (2016)
Choreography & Staging
Scene Work with Kink & BDSM, Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (2022) Staging Sex: Power Play, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2022) Staging Sex: Outercourse, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2022) Staging Sex: Intercourse, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2022) Voicing Sex, Intimacy Coordinators of Color (2022) Laban for Actors, Momentum Stage (2022) Kiss & Masking Choreography, National Society of Intimacy Professionals (2022) Intimacy on Set with Ita O'Brien, INDIs Film Festival (2022) Intimacy Direction intensive, Theatrical Intimacy Education (2019) Training in Laban, Viewpoints, Physical Theater
Bystander Intervention & Anti-Harassment
Bystander Intervention: How to be an ally when you witness online abuse, Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) (2022) Bystander Intervention 2.0: Conflict De-Escalation Training, Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) (2022) Stand Up Against Street Harassment Training, Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) (2022) Training in Identifying Microagressions and Adopting Inclusive Language for our Industry, USITT (2019) Anti-Harassment & Bullying workshop for Faculty, UMass (2014, 2016, 2019, 2022) Extensive Boal training (12+ years), empty chair, Theater of the Oppressed, community calls to action
Additional Competencies
Staging Kink & BDSM: impact play, wax play, power play, D/s, bondage, various other competencies Staging Intimacy for Disabled folx: assistive devices Staging Intimacy for fat folx