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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Digital Photography Teacher, South Hills High School, West Covina, CA - December 2023 - Present
  • Adjunct Faculty, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA - August 2022 - Present
  • Adjunct Faculty, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA - March 2022 - Present
  • Adjunct Faculty, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA - August 2023 - Present
  • Adjunct Faculty, Citrus College, Glendora, CA - January 2024 - Present

EDUCATION:

  • MFA - Photography - Academy of Art University San Francisco
  • M.A. - Mexican-American Studies - California State University Los Angeles
  • Graduate Certificate - Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - California State University, Los Angeles.
  • B.A. - Sociology - California State University Los Angeles
  • B.A. - Mexican American Studies - California State University Los Angeles
  • A.A - Social and Behavioral Sciences - Mt. San Antonio College

EXHIBITION:

  • ROSA: Resistance Organizing Spiritual Artisvism, Mujeres de Maiz (2026)
  • Here and Now, MONAD (2025)
  • Love Letter to LA, MONAD (2025)
  • Guisados in Echo Park (2024)
  • Looking Glass Group Exhibition with Las Fotos Project (2023)
  • MUJERES DE MAIZ PRESENTS....“2020 VISION: PROPHECY MANIFESTED, Mujeres de Maiz (2020)
  • Weaving our Legacies thru Prayer, Mujeres de Maiz (2019)

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Pennings, M, atl. (2024) “Conociminentos from the Mujeres de Maiz Oral Herstory Project.” Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: Spiritual Artivism, Healing Justice, and Feminist Praxis. The University Arizona Press. 
  • Pennings, M, at. (2024) “Restoring the Mind, Body, and Spirit: Mujeres de Maiz and Social Media as a Tool of Spiritual Artivism and Education.”  Mujeres de Maiz en Movimiento: Spiritual Artivism, Healing Justice, and Feminist Praxis. The University Arizona Press. 
  • Pennings, Megan, (2024) Bearded America: New Generation of Social Clubs. BookWright
  • Pennings, Megan, F. (2017) Restoring the Mind, Body, and Spirit: Mujeres de Maíz and Social Media as a Tool of Spiritual Activism and Education for Communities. ProQuest. 138.
  • Pennings, Megan, atl. (2016) Mujeres de Maiz Oral HerStory Project. Youtube.

COMMITTEES:

  • Live Art Show Planning/Exhibition Committee, Mujeres de Maiz

VOLUNTEER:

  • Artist Mentor, Las Fotos Project
  • Photographer mentoring at Las Fotos Project, working with middle school and high school students in a community setting.
  • Co-Curator, Mujeres de Maíz
  • Organize and research art selections and documentation that support marketing communications for exhibitions. 
  • Social Media/Volunteer Coordinator, Mujeres de Maíz
  • Manage marketing and public relations for events. Create and implement posts daily. Responsible for recruiting and managing groups of volunteers, as well as individual members of a volunteer organization. 

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • LACP: Los Angeles Center of Photography
  • ASMP: American Society of Media Photographers
  • APA: American Photographic Artists
  • WP: Women Photograph