In addition, she serves as the Associate Dean in the College of Fine Arts. Shenal earned her MFA from Arizona State University and her BFA from The Ohio State University. Selected grants and fellowships include a WESTAF/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, a Visual Art Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission, two Professional Development Grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, School of Art Faculty Professional Development Grant, and a UA Confluencenter Faculty Collaboration Grant. Recent exhibitions of her work have been held at Place M Gallery, Tokyo JP, Rutgers University, SUNY Oswego, Whittier College, and the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.