Silvia-Adriana Tomescu

Academic Writing Guide, Pedagogical Values of Museums, archives and libraries collections, Romanian-Canadian Relations Bibliografic Research

Bucharest University Letters Faculty PHD Humanities Magna cum laude

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

Higher Education Professional and Fine Art Photographer.

Paul T. Henley

NITLE, Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development, Music Educators National Conference, International Reading Association, Pi Delta Kappa, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Professional Staff Association

See http://www.nitle.org/about/staff.php#henley

Rashmi Watson

Rashmi Watson is a Senior Lecturer in Perth, Western Australia.

Sue Beckingham

Sue Beckingham is an Educational Developer at Sheffield Hallam University

Luke Fernandez

Luke Fernandez is Manager of Program and Technology Development at Weber State University

Cristian Opazo

NERCOMP, EDUCAUSE, ELI, NITLE

http://dutchesswatersheds.org/, http://erbc.vassar.edu/, http://www.youtube.com/scivislab

Cristian Opazo is the Senior Academic Computing Consultant at Vassar College, where he started working in 2000. He develops and manages various research and teaching projects working alongside fellow faculty, students and college administrators. He administers the college's Scientific Visualization Laboratory, overseeing and mentoring student staff. He also holds an adjunct teaching positions in the Departments of Physics/Astronomy and Chemistry, where he teaches computational methods, modeling and simulations.

Thomas Sheppard

Athabasca University, Canadian Association of Distance Education (CADE), Eastern School District of Newfoundland and Labrador

Studies in distance education and currently looking at the effective use of podcasting, vidcasting, and screencasting in lectures. Interesting in developing resources for online professional development of educators.

I am a junior high technology teacher and currently finishing a Masters of Distance Education at Athabasca University.

James L. Morrison

Editor-in-Chief, Innovate, the journal of online education (http://innovateonline.info), Advisory Board, Middle East Institute of Higher Education (based at the American University of Cairo)

James Morrison is professor emeritus of educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His bigraphical sketch is located at http://horizon.unc.edu/bios/Morrison.html

Juan-José Gutiérrez

International Oral History Association, Oral History Association USA, Institute for Mexican and Mexico-US Studies, Foro Asturiano de Desarrollo Rural, Spain

Entrepreneurial Migrants: US-Canada-Mexico Research Project, Following Manuel Gamio: Migrant Stories

Juan-José Gutiérrez is the Director of the Institute for Mexican and Mexico US Studies at the Social Behavioral and Global Studies Division of the California State University at Monterey Bay, California. He earned a PhD degree in Cultural Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara in 1997. He is the North America representative at the Council of the International Oral History Association. Interested in Migration, Rural Development, Pedagogy, and Higher Education.

Peter Felten

American Historical Association, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Organization of American Historians, Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education (POD)

Founding the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon University, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research on how students read and make sense of visual sources in history classes, Applying SoTL methods in faculty development work

Peter Felten is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon University.

Leslie Hitch

Educause, ACM, IEEE

Leslie Hitch is the Director of Academic Technology Services at Northeastern University. In this position, she serves as the translator, catalyst and sometimes arbiter between information technology and the academic community. Prior to joining Northeastern, she was a Vice President at Harcourt, Inc. during the launch of their online college. Her higher education experience includes developing executive education at Babson College, directing a masters program at Simmons College, and involvement in strategic planning for several colleges. She has been consultant to IBM's Global Education business unit. At Educause and NERCOMP, she has spoken on the topic of Demand Management and its complexity in higher education. Her professional development program, Higher Ed 101- A Short Course for Technology Professionals will be highlighted at the 2006 Campus Technology Conference. She holds a B.A. and MBA from Simmons College and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Jack Fritts

American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Library Admiistration and Management Association, Library and Information Technology Association

Jack Fritts is Director of Library Services at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.

Daniel Sewell

American Educational Research Association (AERA), Association for Institutional Research (AIR), American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Society (APS), Cognitive Science Society, National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), Society of Research Administrators (SRA)

1. Scholarship in distributed or distance higher education institutions., 2. The scholar-practitioner model in higher education.

Dan Sewell is Associate Provost for Research at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.