My research interests are technology, visual culture, Hypertext software and graphic novels.

Research is not only an integral part of my artmaking process, it is a way of life for me. As a teenager attending an International Baccalaureate high school, I was guided to develop strong research skills. Then at the small college I went to where students were responsible for their own education, doing research was the only way that I could find what I was interested in and what I wanted to spend time on and learn about. Now, as a teacher, I see research as an essential part of the work that students do in the art classroom. Students in my classroom will learn not only to use print media and the Internet to form a knowledge base for their work, but also to experiment with different media to find many possible modes of expression for their ideas.

I have presented at research conferences about using hypertext (mind-mapping) software in the special needs classroom and about using comic books and graphic novels to hook the interest of reluctant students. I am interested in finding ways that technology can be incorporated into the learning process and believe that there is great potential for learning in podcasts, blogging and social bookmarking. My graduate thesis is a curriculum that takes a hypertextual approach to teaching art to students with ADHD.