Disciplinary Interests: Art
Gary R Carlson
Dr. Gary Carlson has had over 42 years of experience in the academic field. He started with his first teaching job working with incarcerated youth age 18 and younger. Later he was teaching at the high school level and coaching football, basketball and track in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1970, he became the first special education teacher in a Jr. High School in Omaha. His love for special education and the challenges in the public schools with the educationally challenged youth in the public schools he accepted the position of Supervisor for Special Education. Later he would become a Director of Special Education for 33 school districts in Iowa. After five years he accepted the challenge of running a school at a children’s home and became their main fund raiser which resulted in a new school, gymnasium and housing. In 1990, Dr. Carlson became a Campus Director for a business college in Lincoln, Nebraska. Most recently Dr. Gary Carlson was the very first Vice President for Academic Affairs for ITT Technical Institute in the corporate office in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was responsible for academic administration and academic leadership for 127 colleges. After 14 years with ITT he retired. Within a short period of time he started gCarlson Inc. a consulting company for higher education colleges and universities.
During the past 42 years Dr. Carlson has been President for a school board, President for the State of Nebraska Council for Exceptional Children, served on many APSCU committees, has worked with ACICS for 21 years as an evaluator, committee member, Commissioner and currently Chair for ACICS. He has always stayed close to teaching and instruction by teaching at Crieghton University, online teaching and conducting training for faculty in colleges and Universities.
Education:
University of Nebraska at Omaha-----B.S. Secondary Education
University of Nebraska at Omaha----M.S. Special Education
University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE. Ed.D. Administration, Curriculum and Instruction
Patricia Frazzi
Paul T. Henley
Catherine Eleise Lee
Catherine Lee is a senior lecturer in Historical and Theoretical Studies in Art & Design at the University of Huddersfield.
Christopher Lyon
translation of Emma Brunner-Traut, Frühformen des Erkennens: Am Beispiel Altägyptens, History of the illustrated art book
art writer and editor; Museum of Modern Art (10 years), then trade publishers including Bulfinch Press, Rizzoli, Abbeville, Prestel, and currently The Monacelli Press. Author of Nancy Spero: The Work (Prestel, 2010).
Signe M. Anderson
Strengthening the relationship between the ACM - an international consortium of residential liberal arts colleges - and the University of Costa Rica, Promoting my current position (Visiting Professor of English) to other recent ACM college graduates
Signe Anderson is a Visiting English Professor at the University of Costa Rica (ACM)
David Bogen
American Association of Colleges and University, American Council on Education, American Sociological Association, International Communication Association, International Association for Philosophy and Literature, National Communication Association, Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Society for the Social Study of Science
David Bogen received his B.A. in philosophy from Macalester College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University. He is currently the Vice President Academic + Provost at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of Order Without Rules: Critical Theory and the Logic of Conversation(SUNY Press: 1999) and, with Michael Lynch, The Spectacle of History: Speech, Text, and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings (Duke University Press, 1996) as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews that explore the intersection of language, technology, and everyday orders of social practice. His most recent work focuses on social, organizational, and perceptual issues in the design of computer mediated interactive environments.
Mary M Pringle
Mary Margaret Pringle is a learning designer at Athabasca University.
Elize du Toit
Librarian at The Open Window Schoof of Visual Communication in South Africa
Suzanne Preston Blier
Research: The Art and History of Ancient Ife (Nigeria), Dahomey Amazons, Picasso's Demoiselles., GIS work: Africamap/Worldmap: Africamap.harvard.edu
Suzanne Preston Blier is the Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African Studies at Harvard University
Kimberly Ramirez
Michael J. Ebeling
National Association of Independent Schools, North Carolina Association of Independent Schools, Elementary School Heads Association, Elementary Schools Research Collaborative
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) for JrK through 9th grade, Virtuoso Teaching & Learning (ViTL): Cultivating Adaptive Expertise in a 21st Century School (An innovative model for professional development, curriculum and pedagogy)
Head of School at Summit School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Catherine O'Mahony
Broadening public into science policy - Science Shop (Community based research), Science Cafá (Community engagement with science), and PERARES (public engagement with research, research engagement with society)
Catherine O'Mahony completed a BSc in Biochemistry in University College Cork and an MSc in Science Communication in Dublin City University and Queen's University, Armagh. She then worked as a freelance science journalist prior to working with WWF's European Policy Office, Brussels, as their Communications Coordinator. She returned to Ireland to pursue a Doctorate of Science in UCC investigating innovative ways to broaden public input into science policy decision-making and she has recently submitted her doctoral thesis.
Catherine began work with the National Academy in 2009 and helps coordinate NAIRTL's events, press and communications, as well as researching and coordinating details relating to the Supervisor Support working group.
Monika Burczyk
David R. Burns
Associate Professor David R. Burns holds a MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design. After practicing digital media art in New York City for nearly a decade and teaching at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute in Manhattan, David joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University. David developed Southern Illinois University’s first 3D computer animation sequence of courses and its first 3D computer modeling and animation lab. David specializes in teaching 3D computer modeling, animation, and media arts theory and practice.
David takes an interdisciplinary approach to art combining a variety of mediums including 3D computer modeling and animation, digital video, sound design, and physical computing to push the boundaries of artistic expression. David's creative work has been exhibited internationally at art galleries, museums, film festivals, and public screenings. Most notably, his digital animation work has been screened at the National Film Theater in London, the National Media Museum in England, the Red Stick International Animation Festival in Baton Rouge, and the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. David’s research has been presented and published at numerous international conferences including ISEA 2008 - the International Symposium on Electronic Art in Singapore, ISEA 2009 in Ireland, and the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) 2010 international conference in London.
Kathy Takayama
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, American Society for Microbiology, Australian Society for Microbiology, POD
Kathy Takayama is the Director of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University.
Kate Miranda
Music Island is a virtual concert series of classical, new art music and world music that serves the SL community as a community musical education resource and professional networking for amateur and professional musicians internationally.
more than 25 years in arts and non-profit management and community arts education
Christopher Watts
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US, International Computer Music Association, College Music Society
Christopher Watts is Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology and Assistant Professor of Music at St. Lawrence University.
Fred Mindlin
digital storytelling: We All Have Stories to Tell!; the Digital Mirror: student voices from the Central Coast; Sharing the Rainbow, an arts integration project
Fred is passionate about digital storytelling. He taught in public schools for 17 years in Watsonville CA & now consults with schools & non-profit organizations on authentic writing. He is also a web designer, social justice advocate, and arts education activist. He especially loves to tell string game stories.
Dr. Linda Kvamme Cirocco
The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development., The College Art Association (CAA) promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art., The Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote the visual arts in higher education.
MUSE Conference: The Measuring Unique Studies Effectively conference, or MUSE, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, is designed to build a community of art and design professionals who share an intellectual curiosity about student learning and are committed to facilitating continuous improvement at the program, classroom and institutional levels., Critical and Creative Thinking, A Collaboration, Chair: Kristie Bruzenak, Savannah College of Art and Design, Dr. Linda Kvamme, Savannah College of Art and Design, Defining Art and Design Education: Creative and Critical Thinking, Joel Varland, Savannah College of Art and Design, Creativity: Alternating Modes of Perception and Location Within the Body, Cheri Jacobs and Nancy Emmeluth, Savannah College of Art and Design, What Relationships Exist Between Critical and Creative Thinking?, Laura Ng, Savannah College of Art and Design, Measuring Creative Thinking – The Roles of the Critic the Critique and Context, Mary Lou Davis, Savannah College of Art and Design, The Challenge of Developing Creativity
Linda Kvamme Cirocco is the director of innovative teaching and learning at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
