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Rob Lancefield

Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections

PhD in Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University

museum information work, standards, metadata, information architecture, digital preservation, digital media development, interaction design, usability

Rob Lancefield is Manager of Museum Information Services at the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University; he currently serves as President of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu).

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel, CSU Fresno

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel

Tutor, English Writing Center

http://www.myspace.com/h20gal2

faculty

MFA Creative Writing - Creative Nonfiction; CAS - Composition

MFA Creative Writing - Creative Nonfiction Thesis - Water Management Education (Literary Journalism), Advanced Certificate of Study, Composition.

Basic Writers, Pop Culture, Service Learning, Asian Literature, Literary Journalism, Digitized Audio Commentary (on student essays), media composition

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel is currently concluding work on her MFA in Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, at CSU Fresno. She is the current Co-Coordinator of Students of English Studies Association. She was the editor for the San Joaquin Review and former President of the San Joaquin Literary Association. Her essay "Mystery Spot" will be aired on local Fresno radio station KVPR's Valley Writers Read, 89.3 FM, on Jan. 7, 2009 at 7 p.m.

Julia Maserjian, Lehigh University - Library and Technology Services

Julia Maserjian

Project Coordinator - Digital Scholarship Center

http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/

library

M.A.

Beyond Steel: A Digital Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture, History on Trial: Inquiries Into Controversies Over the Representation of History, The Vault at Pfaff's: An Archive of Art and Literatureby New York City's Nineteenth-Century Bohemians

History, Documentary Video

Julia Maserjian is the Project Coordinator for Lehigh University's Digital Scholarship Center

Shayya,Mohammad, Lebanese University,Beirut

Shayya,Mohammad

Professor of philosohy- Exdean of "Institute of Social Sciences"\Leb.University

Prof. of philosophy since 1977

Ph.D. philosophy

-ncurrently, teaching:, contmporary Lebanese and Arab Thought, Middle East cultures, Methodology, Directing Master and Ph.D theses, involved in achieving a major project about: "A comparative statistical study about the recent difficulties of philo.profession at Lebanese and Arab universities"

- the condition and future prospects of Philosophy. as a profession and a job, in Lebanon and Arab countries, - the interculuralism of ME cultures and religions, - Simplifying approaching philosophy

- 1973 master graduate on General philosophy - 1973-77 teacher vof philosophy at Secondary schools - Ph.d. on modern philosophy - 1977- full time assistant then full professor of philosophy at Lebanese University - Author and Translator( in Arabic and English) - Coordinator andco-author of the new curriculum of " philosophy and civilazation" branch of Lebanese Bac.(secondary degree)

Dr. Linda E Kvamme, SCAD

Dr. Linda E Kvamme

director of innovative teaching and learning

administration

Teschers College, Columbia University, EdD

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

Teaching and learning. Art and design education. Critical and creative thinking.

Robin Leech, Oklahoma State University

Robin Leech

Head, Digital Initiatives

faculty

MLS

Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Simmons College

Gail Matthews-DeNatale

Senior Instructional Designer

http://gailonline.org

technology

Ph.D., Folklore and Ethnography, Indiana University; B.A., Modern Foreign Languages (French), Kenyon College

Storytelling in the Age of the Internet, MCC (Culture Matters), College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, A Liberal Arts Approach to Fluency in Information Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Simmons College, Learning About Learning Online Faculty Institute (hybrid format), Simmons College

Intercultural learning, diversity, equity, Ethnography, community-based experiential learning, Formative and authentic assessment, Social networking and fostering community-building online

GAIL MATTHEWS-DENATALE works with faculty and administrators on strategic plans for teaching and learning with technology across the curriculum. She has a Ph.D. from Indiana University and over ten years of experience developing, implementing, and assessing online educational projects. Previously, she was a faculty member with George Mason University's Institute for Educational Transformation, Projects Manager for Northeastern University's EdTech Center, and Learning and Technology Specialist for an NSF-funded online Masters in Science Education degree program developed in collaboration by TERC and Lesley University. Her interests include: culturally-responsive teaching, intercultural learning, qualitative research, formative assessment, and fostering learning communities online.

Jean-Claude Guédon, Université de Montréal

Jean-Claude Guédon

Professor

faculty

Ph. D. (history of science) University of Wisconsin-Madison

Open Access, Electronic publishing, Cyberculture, History of writing

History, sociology, history of science, literature, epistemology

Jean-Claude Guédon is Professor of comparative literature at the Université de Montréal

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