Catherine Eleise Lee

Association of Art Historians, Higher Education Academy

Catherine Lee is a senior lecturer in Historical and Theoretical Studies in Art & Design at the University of Huddersfield.

Alyson Vogel

Academic program developer, coach and project manager with significant expertise in course design, curriculum planning, online teaching, training, coaching & mentoring and major event logistics & execution. In depth knowledge of media education and of integrating the Internet and new media into teaching & learning. Researching, developing, administering and evaluating large and small scale adult education courses, conferences, seminars and study tours. Design and teach workshops for teachers on web and data mining, document publishing, grant writing and the use of social media tools. My experience in course programming and media education spans nearly 10 years. Most recently I was a Program Development Specialist for Teachers College, Columbia University until our organization was closed as a result of restructuring. At Teachers College I liaised with faculty and administration to research, develop, administer and evaluate hundreds of large and small scale adult education courses, conferences and study tours. I am best known for my soup to nuts approach to academic project management, and I add a unique blend of coaching and mentoring support to thought leaders in their field who want to communicate for ultimate impact with their students in the new millennium.

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.

John Ottenhoff

MLA, NCTE, Renaissance Society of America, Educause, CLAC

John Ottenhoff is Vice President of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, a consortium of 14 independent liberal arts colleges located in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.

Rachel Sagner Buurma, Anna Tione Levine, and Richard Li

Rachel Sagner Buurma is Assistant Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College. Anna Tione Levine is a junior Honors English major at Swarthmore College. Richard Li is a senior Honors English major at Swarthmore College.

Kimberly Ramirez

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.

Peter Schilling

Director of IT at Amherst College.

Stella K. Hadjistassou

AAAL, ISCAR, CALICO, TESOL

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the KIOS Research Center working on a project related to Second Life funded by the European Union and the Republic of Cyprus.

Janet Simons

Educause, ELI, NERCOMP

-investigation of multimedia literacy and its relationship to learniing, -scholarly multimedia communication, -investigation of academic support models at the course level

Janet Simons is an instructional technologist at Hamilton College supporting the scholarship of teaching, digital humanities, and faculty development programs.

Dr. David Neville

Currently pursuing an interdisciplinary software development project that will program a 3D digital game-based learning environment for the teaching of the German language, vocabulary, and culture to beginning university students. Specifically, the team will develop a graphic adventure game requiring students to navigate a virtual German train station while meeting specific instructional goals such as purchasing a train ticket, locating the appropriate track, making sense of arrival and departure tables, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs). The DigiBahn Project research blog can be found at http://digibahn.blogspot.com

David O. Neville is assistant professor of German Language and Literature and Director of Language Learning Technologies at Elon University. He holds a Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, with an emphasis in Medieval Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis, and a M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University.

Annie Harper

Color research; writing articles; lecturing on color, Consumer behaviour as it relates to retail, Communication

Annie Harper has a multidisciplinary background- education, design, marketing and IT. Annie is a sessional lecturer and is also director of Idea Nation founded on the principles of using designed thinking to generate ideas for people and organisations to create their futures.In 1995, Annie was a key initiator and sessional lecturer of new communication and peak performance subjects at RMIT University. Annie is an allied member and former committee member of the Institute of Store Planners, an international organisation representing professional retail designers and architects; is a former member of the Industry Steering Committee Executive ('86-2004) and Chairperson of the committee ('96-2000) working on Federal Government accreditation of RMIT's Diploma of Arts (Visual Merchandising) throughout the strategy & implementation phases. The RMIT course is now not only the national educational standard, it is also recognised throughout the world as a leading course for Visual Merchandisers. Throughout Annie's career she has been a powerful champion and lobbyist for retail design and visual merchandising to be given professional credence as specialised fields requiring tertiary qualifications. In 2002 she completed a Master of Business (Marketing) focussing on two streams of study – organisational development and transformation and consumer behaviour. Her research thesis subject was an investigation into colour, how it relates to purchase decisions and whether it could be found to impact consumer behaviour. Annie is a regular speaker at conferences and frequently contributes articles to industry publications. She is also a passionate advocate of programs to inspire and empower people, businesses and authorities to think and action potentially new and different ways of thinking.

Pamela A. Taylor

AERA, ASCD, WE4SJ

Dr. Taylor is an associate professor in the Curriculum and Instruction Program at Seattle University. She teaches courses in curriculum and instruction, social justice in practice, and philosophy of education.

Shirley Lesch

Co-Chair of Learning Technology conference that involves all colleges in the province of Ontario, Development of 4 week blended course for new online teachers.

Shirley Lesch works in the Learning Innovatins & Academic Development department at George Brown College.

Robert B. Carey

OAH, AHA

Working on a critical reading manuscript, developing eportfolio strategies at our regional learning center.

Professor of history, mentor at Empire State College

José Luis Hernández Neira

Ian Macduff

Association for Conflict Resolution, Asia-Pacific Mediation Association

Pluralism, multiculturalism and dispute resolution, ICT and conflict mitigation, Online dispute resolution, Mediation in Asia

Ian Macduff is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Dispute Resolution at Singapore Management University

Patricia E. O'Connor

Modern Language Association, International Society of Language and Social Psychology, Society for the Study of Narrative Literature, Educators for Community Engagement

Patricia E. O'Connor, Ph.D., holds her doctorate in sociolinguistics. At Georgetown University she is an Associate Professor in the Department of English. O'Connor was a member of the Visible Knowledge Project from 2000-2005. She is a former Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Social Justice, and former Associate Director of the Georgetown University Writing Program. For over 20 years she directed GU Prison Outreach Programs. She also has served as faculty advisor for GU students' Demeter Educational Project for Women in Substance Abuse Recovery from 1995-2006. In December 2004 O’Connor was named a Mitsubishi Unsung Heroine for her work in substance abuse treatment centers and prisons.Currently, Dr. O’Connor is researching life stories of those in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, interviewing those in treatment centers about their experiences of addiction and about their hopes for recovery. O’Connor has been Co-Director of the Georgetown University Service Learning Institute and founding member and chair of the national service faculty Educators for Community Engagement (formerly the Invisible College). Her research on narratives of prisoners explores the language of violence and speakers' claims about those acts. This research directly stems from her 20+ years of teaching and service in the District of Columbia's area prisons and jails. Her publications appear in the Journal of African American Men, Pragmatics, Tex , Discourse &Society, Pre/Text and in several edited volumes. Her book on prison discourse, Speaking of Crime: Narratives of Prisoners (2000), is available from University of Nebraska Press. O'Connor is also co-author of Literacy Behind Prison Walls (1992). On Georgetown’s campus, O'Connor teaches courses in "Theory and Practice of Writing," "Prison Literature," "Narrative Discourse," “Narratives of Violence,” “Working Class Literature,” “Appalachian literature,” “Persuasive Writing,” and first-year English courses in “Critical Methods: Narratology.” She has also taught for Georgetown at its new School of Foreign Service in Qatar (2005-06, 2008).

Martin G. Smith

Researcher - Front Line Coordinator providing access resources to the MATH Not METH Colaborative

Brian A Bremen

American Literature Association, American Studies Association, Kenneth Burke Society, Modern Language Association, Modernist Studies Association, William Carlos Williams Society

I am currently working on a book that examines the ways in which popular music and populist politics intersect in the songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, as well as on one tentatively entitled, What Was Modernism (And Does It Still Matter)?

Brian A Bremen teaches English at The University of Texas at Austin.