Professor Vaden joined the UA faculty in 2000, and took a hiatus in 2001 to serve as Director of Landfall Press in Chicago, IL. Returning in 2002, her teaching responsibilities include printmaking, watercolor, mixed media, and drawing courses. A member of the Southern Graphics Council, the Mid-America Print Association and a founding board member of the Rocky Mountain Print Alliance, Vaden works in etching, relief, watercolor, and mixed media assemblages. Her works have been widely exhibited across the United States and abroad