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  • Paros Study Abroad 2026: A Logistics Challenge Worth All the Pain

    This past May, I had the pleasure of returning to Paros for another study abroad experience. It was my 8th trip since starting in 2015, and this time I was honored to return as program director. Since 2015, a colleague and I have been taking students from IU Indianapolis to Paros for a 3-week deep…

  • A set from the experimental film An Alternate Pond, shot on a rural Alabama fish farm, 2024. It shows a made bed and bedside table in a pasture surrounded by cows with a flock of white egrets flying overhead.

    The Journey of An Alternate Pond

    May 2026, Shortly after completing the collaborative film, possible: that I made with my daughter in 2020, I started work on a new film, An Alternate Pond. This experimental film exclusively features my youngest brother, a fish farmer living in rural Alabama, and grapples with existential questions about the choices we’ve made in life and…

  • Portrait of Dr. Lauren Nephew standing in an examination room.

    Transforming Patient Experience through Educational Healthcare Videos

    As I was wrapping up my work on the Guyana Healthcare collaboration films, a new health-related project landed on my desk. Courtney, a human-centered design specialist in the IU School of Medicine, reached out asking if I would be interested in producing a series of educational healthcare videos for a research initiative led by Dr.…

  • Image of Naxos in the distance. Taken from Paros as the sun was rising.

    Epic Summer in Paros: Student Film Adventures

    The summer of 2024 was a pretty epic summer. It started off in May with a return to Paros, Greece for what was our seventh study-abroad trip of our Media Arts and Science program at IU Indianapolis. I followed study-abroad with a trip around mainland Greece with family (post forthcoming). This year my colleague, Albert…

  • Young boy in profile having his height measured.

    Guyana Healthcare Films: Mount Sinai and Ministry of Health Collaboration

    September 10, 2024 In the fall of 2023, I was asked if I would be interested in submitting a bid for a contract to make films about the work Mount Sinai Health System is doing with the Ministry of Health in Guyana. (Spoiler: Of course I said yes.) Mount Sinai is a huge hospital system…

  • Row of bright houses along a waterway in Trondheim, Norway, taken during a visit to Amalia in 2022

    Visiting My Daughter in Trondheim: Mushroom Art, Fjord Saunas, and a Mountain Cabin in Norway

    Part 1 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. The Plan After two years of COVID cancellation of our study abroad in Greece, things are finally back on this summer. Hurray! I’m very excited to be returning to Paros with my colleague Albert William and 11 students. But first, I’m visiting…

  • Study Abroad in Paros 2022: Documentaries About Wildfires, Wildlife Hospitals, and Island Life

    Part 2 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. Back to Greece (Thursday, May 19th) My colleague, Albert William, and I are resuming our study abroad in Paros, Greece and have brought 11 students to the island. We come here each summer (with the exception of the last two summers due…

  • Ruins of a windmill on Paros.

    Matterport Scans From Paros 2022

    Below are the Matterport scans we made during our Study Abroad in Paros, Greece. This first scan is the Apothiki Art House. It is right in the middle of the Parikia in the old Kastro. In 2022, it served as our classroom. It is a very large structure and out of character for that neighborhood…

  • Wood door on Naxos with geraniums and a red plant pot.

    A Few Days Visiting Naxos: The Portara, a Four-Hour Nap, and Nighttime Walks Along the Marina

    Part 3 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. Visiting Naxos Naxos was exactly what I needed. I love visiting Naxos! I stayed at an Airbnb called 3 Wishes that just could not have been better. It’s basically a small three-room place that opened in 2018. I’m surmising that it was…

  • Wings of Victory in the Louvre

    A Week in Paris: Luxembourg Gardens, Notre-Dame Restoration, the Louvre, and Bloomsday at Shakespeare and Company

    Part 4 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. Arriving in Paris (June 13th) On June 13th I flew to Paris. We have a hotel booked next to the Sorbonne. (The Hotel Cluny Sorbonne is a very inexpensive three-star hotel. It lacks AC, but it has an elevator.) My stepdaughter, Sophia,…

  • Night shot of Mont St. Michel. With red car tail lights streaking across the foreground.

    Road Trip Through Normandy and Brittany: Monet’s Garden, D-Day Beaches, Mont Saint-Michel, and a 250-Year-Old Sycamore

    Part 5 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. Leaving Paris for Giverny and Rouen (June 22nd) Today, we departed Paris for Rouen. This involved getting packed and getting to Charles de Gaulle, where we had a rental car reserved. The Métro is so convenient for that. And this time I…

  • Garage door and orange bike leaning against no parking sign in Bordeaux, France.

    Southwest France: A Birthday in Little Italy, Bordeaux’s Vibrant Streets, and the Aquitaine Museum

    Part 6 of 8 in my travel series from the summer of 2022. Clisson: Little Italy in France (June 30th) After we stocked up on farmers’ market items, we got in the car and headed off to Clisson, another small town. Our beautiful Airbnb had a balcony with a stunning view of the town. I…