Lindsey Palmer (she/her) is a visual artist, photography professor and Master of Public Health student studying Behavioral and Community Health Sciences.
Her background includes visual imaging & storytelling, collegiate photographic education, community-based art education, clinical imaging, and creative facilitation. She has a passion for youth and adolescent mental health, wellness, and equity.
While she continues to teach photography, she’s interested in how collaborative, arts-driven methods can help surface youth voices and spark systems change within the world of public health.
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Education
Master of Public Health, Behavioral & Community Health Sciences.
University of Pittsburgh. Expected 2026.
Master of Fine Art, Photography and Related Media.
Rochester Institute of Technology. 2019.
Experience, Public Health / Clinical
Student Ambassador, BCHS Program, October 2024-Current
Research Facilitator, MYTH, ECHO Lab, March 2025-Current
Research Assistant, GLOWHER Collective, April 2025-Current
Collaborative Practicum Student, MAR-PHTC, Summer 2025
Ophthalmic Imaging, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. End 2021
Experience, Education
Adj. Professor of Photography, Point Park University (2019-20, Current)
Black and White Photography 1 & 2, Experimental Photography, Large Format Photography, Alternative Processes, and Photographic History.
Community Instructor, Photography, CCAC (End. 2021)
Youth Mentor, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (End. 2024)
Co-teaching, programming and purchasing for the Museum’s afterschool program for middle school-aged youth, centered around arts, making, community building, and social justice.
Coordination of spaces and purchasing for middle-school-aged programming, outside of afterschool; art electives for the Manchester Academic Charter school, grant-funded field trips to the museum, and “Youth Nights”.
Program review, scheduling, coordination, purchasing and on-site support for the museum’s summer camps.
