April Dawn

Background

About April Dawn

Always a Photographer at heart! I am the Lead, Senior Instructional Designer and Faculty Development Consultant in the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. In addition to having been the University Photographer, my titles have included Media Production Specialist, LMS Coordinator, Studio 6 Coordinator, Interim Manager and Administrator in Charge and I was recognized as one of the four Outstanding Staff for 2015. I have had the privilege to contribute in a variety of ways on this campus as staff, student, alum, part-time lecturer, and for a period I stepped in as an administrator for our department.I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design with a Minor in Digital Media Arts in 2007 and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Multimedia in 2010. I also have an AS in Photography and multiple certificates from Citrus College. Prior to employment at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona I worked in various photographic capacities for the Lockheed Corporation.Specialties: My passion is photography; primarily nature, photojournalism and abstracts. I also have worked with VR development that incorporates embedded learning objects.