Jeniffer A.

Sams
107 Muscatne Trail  Milledgeville, Georgia 31061  478-251-2019  jen.green.ed@gmail.com  http://jeniffersams.weeebly..com/

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Accomtplished tprofessional weith broad-based extperience weithin the academic and business sectors. Background demonstrates
success managing otperatonal and administratve functons combined weith a track-record of excellence tproviding art instructon, You
at IU, course for incoming freshman at the collegiate level and leading the develotpment and imtplementaton of art tprograms and
initatves to drive interest and foster a love for the arts and the environment. Possess a distnguished history. serving as a member
and advisor on a number of boards and commitees. Adetpt in building relatonshitps weith internal and external tpartners weithin
business, academia, and the community.-at-large.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
 Collaboratve Partnershitp Relatonshitp  Providing Resourses for Career Develotpment
 Teaching Critcal Thinking and Academic Advisment
 Facillitatng Freshman Transiton to College  Community. Outreach & Relatons
 Program Develotpment & Launch  Curricula Develotpment & Delivery.
 Research & Project Management  Strategy. & Vision Leadershitp
 Administratve Oversight  Staff Leadershitp & Develotpment

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

INDIANA UNIVERSITY | Bloomington, Indiana
Doctor of Educatoo io Educatoo | Arts Admioistratoo Mioor (Io Progress)
Art Educaton Doctoral Seminar, EDUC-Z760, Totpical Seminar in Current Instructonal Issues; Practcum in Art Educaton, EDUC-Z750;
Totpics in Literacy., Culture, and Language Educaton, EDUC-L630; Financial Management for the Arts, AADM-Y500 Art and Social
Change; AADM-Y500, Volunteer Management; AADM Y515; Arts Administraton, Organizatonal Behavior Arts Management, AADM-
Y500; Learning & Cogniton in Educaton, EDUC-P540; Methodological Atptproaches to Educaton Inquiry., EDUC-Y521; Instructon in
Context of Curriculum, EDUC-J500; Introducton to Curriculum Studies, EDUC-J602; and Totpical Seminar in Curriculum and
Instructon Issues, J762

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Gainesville, Florida

Master of Arts io Art Educatoo (2012)
Thesis Proposal: Jeniffer Sams (2012), An Emtpirical Examinaton of the Feasibility. of Online Educaton Program; The Museum of Arts
and Sciences
Capstone Research Project: An Emtpirical Examinaton of the Feasibility. of an Online Museum Educaton Program: The Museum of
Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
Pilot Study: An Emtpirical Examinaton of the Feasibility. of an Online Museum Educaton: The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon,
Georgia Adatptaton Feasibility. of the Denver Art Museum’s Creatve Resource Website Project
Notable Coursework/Projects: Green Art Educaton Integraton; Art Can Change the World Pecha Kucha ‘Lite’; Museum Educaton; A
History., From the Palace to the Public; Art Educaton Mind Matptping; Global Artsts and Issues Annotated Bibliogratphy.; Technology.
Netweorking; Enter the Dragon; China's ‘Dissidents’; Savonarola’s Florence; and Filling in the Gatps – Art Educaton in High School;
Pretparing Students for College Link
Internship: Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia (museum-of-arts-and-sciences-macon-research--internshitp.html)

EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY | Johnson City., Tennessee

Bachelor of Scieoce io Art History & Educatoo (2010)
Thesis: Allesandro Botcelli’s Iconogratphy. of My.stc Natvity. and My.stc Crucifxion; Fra Girolamo Savonarola’s Infuence

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 Certifications:
Art and Ecology. for Educators, Ohio State Wexler Center, Shelly. Castro (2014)

HONORS | AWARDS | GRANTS

Delta Sigma Lambda, Old Dominion, Virginia, 2007-Present
PI Lambda Theta, Educaton Honor Society., Indiana University. 2014 - Present
Recogniton of Service, Boy.s and Girls Club of Baldwein and Bibb County. (2011)
Travel Grant, San Francisco Natonal Art Associaton Conference, $800(2015)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana | 2013 - Present
Associate Iostructor, Studeot Academic Ceoter
Course Taught: EDUC-X159 “You at IU”: This course is to orient incoming students to wehat it means to be a college student here at IU
and howe to do so successfully.. The course structure aims to extpose students to both newe tperstpectves and resources that can heltp
them throughout their tme here on camtpus.

Associate Iostructor, School of Educatoo – Curriculum & Iostructoo Departmeot, Art Educatoo
Courses Taught: Individualized Instructon in Art, Tweo Sectons (Stpring 2018); Individualized Instructon in Art, Tweo Sectons (Fall
2017); Art Extperience for Elementary. Educators, Tweo Sectons (Stpring 2017); Art Extperience for Elementary. Educators, Tweo Sectons
(Fall 2016); Art Extperience for Elementary. Educators, Tweo Sectons (Stpring 2016); Art Extperience for Elementary. Educators, Tweo
Sectons (Fall 2015); Art Extperience for Elementary. Educators, Tweo Sectons (Stpring 2014); Art Extperience for Elementary.
Educators, One Secton (Fall 2013); Individualized Instructon in Art One Sectons (Fall 2013) -
Curriculum Development: Trading Stpaces, Integrated Environmental Art Educaton for Early. Inquiry., 4-6 th Grade Curriculum, Saturday.
Art School, Indiana University., Bloomington (Stpring 2016); Collaboratve Work Develotping Maker’s Stpace, Music, and Fine Arts
Integrated Curriculum for Saturday. Arts Students at Indiana University. Bloomington (2015); and Environmental Art Educaton
Integrated Curriculum for Title 1 Students at Ruth Hartley. Mosely. Center in Urban, Macon, Georgia (2015 & 2017)

PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Johnson City., Tennessee | 2000 – 2001
Case Maoager, Assistaot District Atoroey – Child Support Eoforcemeot
Performed a full-range of dutes, sutptportng child sutptport actvites such as locatng absent tpartes, determining legal actons to be
initated, collectng documents and informaton, drafing correstpondence, and intervieweing individuals. Maintained communicatons
weith judicial jurisdictons as wearranted, enforced sutptport orders, collected sutptport for distributon.

ALLSTATE, St. Petersburg, Florida | 1996 - 1999

Maoager, New York Metro Exteroal Customers
Develotped and maintained strong weorking relatonshitps weith seven external customers, driving satsfacton and retenton rates
across a variety. of tproducts and services. Led efforts to identfy. and catpitalize on newe business otptportunites to drive account
groweth. Led a team of 36 emtploy.ees.

PREMIER DRY CLEANERS | 1992 - 1996

Maoager, Operatoos & Employees
Directed all astpects of business otperatons, including administratve and fscal functons to achieve goals wehile driving tprocess
imtprovement and cost containment initatves. Provided strong leadershitp to 15 staff, building a high-tperforming infrastructure.

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 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Board Member/Event Coordinator: Shades of Green, Georgia College and State University. (2011 – Present)
Student Board Member & Ambassador: Art Educaton Associaton of Indiana, Indiana Chatpter of Natonal Art Educaton Associaton
(2013 – 2014)
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY & PROFESSION
Creative Director: Eco-Art Exhibitons, Georgia College (2011 – Present)
Board of Directors: Shades of Green, Georgia College (2011 – Present)
Event Coordinator & Facilitator: Pollack in the Park, Indiana University. School of Educaton, Curriculum & Instructon (2013 – 2016)
Board Member: Art Associaton of Indiana Student Division (2013 – 2014)
Event Coordinator: Curriculum & Instructon Research & Creatve Actvity. Sy.mtposium (2014)
Board Member, Creative Director, & Fundraising Manager: Boy.s & Girls Club, Baldwein & Bibb County., Georgia (2009 – 2012)

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Journal Articles:
Jeoiffer Sams and Doreen Sams (2016), Art Educaton as a Vehicle for Social Change: An Emtpirical Study. of Eco-Art in the K-12
Classroom, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 33 (2), 1-20.

Additional Publications:
Jeoiffer Sams and Samantha Petry. (2014). Enid Zimmerman, Recitpient of the 2014 Eisner Lifetme Achievement Aweard. Contact,
Issue 0814, tp. 56.
Jeoiffer Sams and Samantha Petry. (2014). "What Wikitpedia Cannot Tell You About Atending Natonal Conferences." [indicate the
tpublicaton]

Proceedings & Presentations:

Jeoiffer Sams (March, 2017), For the Love of Nature, Shades of Green, Sustainability. Sy.mtposium, (Presenter). Georgia College and
State University., Milledgeville, Georgia
Jeoiffer Sams and Samantha Petry. (October, 2014), Rights of the Child Medallions, (Conference Presentaton). Art Educaton
Associaton Indiana (AEAI) Fort Way.ne, Indiana
Jeoiffer Sams and Jean Graves (October, 2013), Museum and Distance Learning; What’s s in it for You? (Conference Presentaton)
AEAI, Indianatpolis, Indiana

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 Academic Writings:
“Leonardo da Vinci and A Memory. of His Childhood” (2007)
Restponse to Fredrick Anatal’s “Florentne Paintng and Its Social Background” (2008)
Christotpher Gulton’s “The Boy.s Stritptped Bare by. his Elders: Art and Adolescence in Renaissance Florence” (2008)
Michelangelo “Selected Scholarshitp in English” (2007)
‘The Sacred Made Real’ – Art Reviewe of Exhibit at the Natonal Gallery., D.C. (2010)
Analy.sis of Wolfn’s ‘Princitples of Art History.’ (2009)
Ratphael ‘School of Athens’ – Pagan Iconogratphy. in the Patpal Library. (2008)
Boucher’s ‘Orestes Pursued by. the Furies’ (2007)
Benjamin West’s ‘Death on a Pale House’ (2008)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Delta Sigma Lambda (2007 – Present)
Member, Natonal Art Educaton Foundaton (NAEA) (2010 – Present)
Member, Americans for the Arts Member (2011 – Present)
Member, American Associaton of Museums (2011 – Present)
Member, The Renaissance Society. of America (RSA) (2012 – Present)
Member, American Educatonal Research Associaton (2013-2016)
Ecological & Environmental Educaton (2013 – Present)
Commitee Member, Multethnic Concerns (COMC), NAEA (2013 – Present)
Member, United States Society. for Educaton through Art, USA, NAEA (2013 – Present)
Member, Pi Lambda Theta Internatonal (2014 – Present)
Member, North American Associaton for Environmental Educaton (NAAEE) (2015 – Present)
Board Member & Volunteer, Boy.s and Girls Clubs of Baldwein and Jones Countes, Georgia (2003 – 2009)

Full Educational, Research, & Publication History and Film Portolio Available for Review at JenifferSams.Weebly.com

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