education
B.A Film Studies & English, minor in Documentary Storymaking, Muhlenberg College
Film Studies Program Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
fellowships | residencies
2022 Film Independent Documentary Lab Fellow
2022 MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute at Skidmore College Visiting Fellow
2021 Cultural Coalition of Allentown Artist-in-Residence
2020 MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute at Skidmore College Visiting Fellow
2019/20 Muhlenberg College Office of Multicultural Life Artist-in-Residence
2019 Cultural Coalition of Allentown Artist-in-Residence
2018 Scribe Video Center & Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholar Program
2017 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Full Frame Fellows Program
filmography
“in love, in memory” (in post-production)
“On Body & Sole“ (2019)
“Ciento un Años / One Hundred One Years“ (2017)
teaching experience
2023 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 302: Topics in Integrated Practice: Documentary Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2023 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 102: Integrated Practice I Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2022 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 150: Intro to Documentary Storymaking Adjunct Professor | Moravian University
2022 Production U Program Facilitator | PBS39
2022 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 370: Documentary Capstone Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2022 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 102: Integrated Practice I Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2022 PBS39 Media Labs Film Teaching Artist | PBS39
2021 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 150: Intro to Documentary Storymaking Teaching Assistant | Lafayette College
2021 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 102: Integrated Practice I Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2021 PBS39 Media Labs Film Teaching Artist | PBS39
2021 Youth Documentary Lab X Collaborative Media Expressions Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2021 Casa Guadalupe X Collaborative Media Expressions Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2021 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Documentary Capstone Teaching Assistant | Lafayette College
2020 PBS39 Media Labs Film Teaching Artist | PBS39
2020 Casa Guadalupe X Collaborative Media Expressions Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2020 Youth Documentary Lab X Collaborative Media Expressions Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2020 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 150: Intro to Documentary Storymaking Teaching Assistant | Muhlenberg College
2020 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 250: Documentary Rights & Responsibilities Teaching Assistant | Muhlenberg College
2020 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 102: Integrated Practice I Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2019 Community Bike Works X Collaborative Media Expressions Media Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2019 Youth Arts Summer Camp Resident Artist | ArtsQuest
2019 Casa Guadalupe X Collaborative Media Expressions Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2019 Film and Media Studies Department: FAMS 201: Making Media I Adjunct Professor | Lafayette College
2019 Visual Poetry Class Resident Artist & Co-Teacher | ArtsQuest
2018 McKinley Elementary School Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2018 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Doc 150: Intro to Documentary Storymaking Teaching Assistant | Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2018 Youth Arts Summer Camp Resident Artist | ArtsQuest
2017/18 Allentown School District Paraprofessional in Emotional Support
2017 Trexler Middle School Film Teaching Artist | Allentown, PA
2017 Youth Arts Summer Camp Resident Artist | ArtsQuest
2016 St. Paul’s Advanced Studies Program Teaching Intern | Concord, NH
2015 St. Paul’s Advanced Studies Program Teaching Intern | Concord, NH
production experience
2022 “Grace” Production Assistant
2021 Scribe Video Center Production Facilitator
2021 “One Magenta Afternoon” Gaffer
2019 Scribe Video Center Production Facilitator
2019 Olympus Corporation of the Americas Producer
2018 PNLV: Media Without Limits Project Manager, Director, Cinematographer & Editor
2017/18 Running for Humanity Director, Cinematographer & Editor
2016 PhillyCAM TV/Video Production Intern
2016 Muhlenberg College Athletics Video Production Intern
programming experience
2022 – present Civic Theatre of Allentown Cinema Manager | Allentown, PA
recognition | awards
2021 Community Voices Fund Independence Public Media Foundation
2020 Philadelphia Independent Media Finishing Fund Scribe Video Center
2020 Filmmaker Project Grant Independence Public Media Foundation
2020 Philadelphia Independent Media Finishing Fund Scribe Video Center
2019-21 Collaborations with Artists Grant Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium
2017 James D. Schneider Memorial Award for Social Justice Muhlenberg College
2017 Atlanta Docufest: Semi-Finalist “Ciento un Años / One Hundred One Years“
festivals | screenings
2020 SHIFT virtual exhibit MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute Fellowship
2019 Greater Lehigh Valley Filmmaker Festival “On Body & Sole“
engagements | presentations
2021 Lafayette College: Digital Humanities Summer Scholar Program guest speaker
2021 Muhlenberg College: Film, Documentary, & Social Values panelist
2021 Muhlenberg College: 2400 Chew Podcast guest
2020/21 LVAIC Documentary Storymaking: Bridges & Barriers Speaker Series organizer
2021 WHYY Presents: Vare Recreation Center speaker
2020 MDOCS SHIFT virtual exhibit speaker
2020 NCC Peace & Social Justice Conference speaker
2020 PBS39 Artists of the Month: February 2020 interview
2020 Muhlenberg College Basketball at Jefferson Elementary School interview
Drew Swedberg 