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EDUCATION

Master of Social Work Clinical Practice, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CUNY. September 2021.

• Capstone Project: “Undoing White Supremacy in Your Social Work Practice: A Guide for Practitioners”

• Founder and lead facilitator, Anti-Racist Curriculum Task Force

Master of Arts Media, Culture and Communication, New York University. May 2014.

Bachelor of Arts Sociology and Africana Studies, University of Massachusetts. May 2012.

RYT200 – Registered and Certified Yoga Teacher

Attended Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santiago, Dominican Republic. January 2014.

  • Research Project: Race, Class and Cultural Memory in the Dominican Republic

Attended Temple University and took courses in Communications and African American Studies. 2008-2009.


TEACHING / EDUCATOR EXPERIENCE

Teaching Artist and Curriculum Development/Instruction, Crossroads Juvenile Detention Center/Carnegie Hall. New York, NY. September 2018 - Present.

Teaching Artist Coordinator, POWRPLNT. Brooklyn, NY. June 2019 - Present.

Youth Programming Lead, Building Beats. Brooklyn, NY. January 2018 - November 2018.

Instructor, Curriculum Development and Staff Development, Building Beats. Brooklyn, NY. January 2016 - January 2018.

Instructor and Lead Curriculum Development, Rap Research Lab. New York, NY. August 2015 - December 2016.

Assistant Educator, Museum of Modern Art Teen Programs. New York, NY. Summer 2015.

Tutor/Teaching Assistant, PS 307 Daniel Hale Middle School. Brooklyn, NY. September 2012 - May 2014.

Research Assistant, The Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. Summer 2011.

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

Presenter, Breakin’ Black, Lookin’ Back Virtual Conference – CUNY Graduate Center - April 2022

Presenter, Critical Sonic Practice Symposium – New York University - March 2021

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

In Conversation: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity, The African American Museum in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA. September 2019 - March 2020.

35s and 45s, Ponyboy. Brooklyn, NY. February 2019.

Color Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. November, 2018.

SELECTED DJ APPEARANCES

Resident, The Lot Radio. Brooklyn, NY May 2019 - Present

Venues

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY

berlinClub, Madrid, Spain

Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY

House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY

Nowadays, Brooklyn, NY

Le Bain, New York, NY

H0L0, Brooklyn, NY

Bossa Nova Civic Club, Brooklyn, NY

Good Room, Brooklyn, NY

Black Flamingo, Brooklyn, NY

Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY

Union Square Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY

Chelsea Music Hall, New York, NY

Festivals

Full Moon Fest, Brooklyn, NY 2018

Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, Brooklyn, NY 2017

Has Appeared Alongside

J.Rocc, Danny Krivit, Tony Humphries, Todd Terry, Crystal Waters, Moon Boots, Leon Vynehall, Karriem Riggins, Natasha Diggs, Eli Escobar, Kon, Jovonn, Paranoid London, The Magician, Jay Daniel

Published Writing

Doles, Zephyr Ann. “How To Love The Culture When The Culture Don’t Love You.” TOP RANK Magazine Volume 1 Issue 1. April 2015. 64-65. Print.

Doles, Zephyr Ann. Q&A with Jubilee. Love Injection NYC Issue 49. July 2019. 16-19. Print.

Doles, Zephyr Ann. Half Moon Radio: A Conversation with Surf.  Love Injection NYC Issue 46. April 2019. 12-17. Print.

Doles, Zephyr Ann. Interview with Bobbito Garcia. Love Injection NYC Issue 41. September 2018. 14-17. Print.