pershall@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
M.F.A., Electronic Art. University of Cincinnati --1997
B.A.,Theatre and English. University of Arkansas – 1993

LITERARY REPRESENTATION
Penn Whaling, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency

EDITOR/PUBLISHER
Jill Bialosky, W.W. Norton

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Memoir Loud in the House of Myself accepted for publication by W.W. Norton, 2007
Full-length play The Color Wheel selected for off-Broadway reading by the Intravenous Theatre Company, 2007
Writer in Residence, Department of Theatre, College of William and Mary, 2000
Artist in Residence, Do While Studio, Boston, MA, 1998
Art and theatre reviewer for for Cincinnati arts weekly, Everybody’s News, 1994-1998.
Created and taught performance workshop for inpatients in University of Cincinnati Hospital's Eating Disorders Program, 1995.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Computer Art Department, School of Visual Arts, 2000-2003
Lecturer, Bergen Community College, Department of Arts and Communications, 2002- 2003
Adjunct Professor, Pratt Manhattan, 2000-2001
Instructor, Harvestworks New Media Arts Center, 2000-present
Instructor, Film/Video Arts, New York, NY 2000-2001
College Lab Technician, City College of New York, 1999-2000
Adjunct Professor, City College of New York, 1999-2000
Instructor, Macromedia Director, Cambridge Community Television, 1998-present.
Media Arts Coordinator, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1998- 1999
Foundations Faculty, Montserrat College of Art, 1998-1999
Instructor, Art in Our Schools Outreach Program, Cincinnati Public School System, 1998
Teaching Artist, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1998
Instructor, Art for Kids, Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1998
Artist in Residence, Ohio Arts Council Artist in Education Residency Program, 1998
Teaching Artist, Findlay Market Project, Artworks, Cincinnati, Ohio 1997
Instructor, Theatre in Diversion (Juvenile offender intervention program), Carnegie Theatre, Covington, KY, 1995