Projects: New York
Dr. Mel Alexenberg
National Art Education Association (USA), International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology
art, art education, digital art, art & science, art & technology, Jewish studies, kabbalah, consciousness & culture, interdisciplianry learning
Mel Alexenberg lives in Israel where he is Head of the School of the Arts at Emuna College in Jerusalem, Professor Emeritus at Ariel University Center of Samaria, and formerly Professor at Bar-Ilan University. In the USA where he was born and educated, he was Dean at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Professor and Chairman of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute, Associate Professor of Art and Education at Columbia University, and Research Fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. His artworks exploring digital technologies and global systems are in the collections of more than forty museums worldwide, including: Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Baltimore Museum of Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Malmo Museum in Sweden, Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Jewish Museum in Prague, Museo de Art Contemporaneo in Caracas, and Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He is author of the books: 'Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture' (Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press, 2008), 'Dialogic Art in a Digital World: Judaism and Contemporary Art' (Jerusalem: Rubin Mass House, 2008) in Hebrew, 'The Future of Art in a Digital Age: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness'(Intellect Books 2006), 'Aesthetic Experience in Creative Process' (Bar Ilan University Press), 'Light and Sight' (Prentice-Hall), and with Otto Piene, 'LightsOROT: Spiritual Dimensions of the Electronic Age' (MIT/Yeshiva University Museum). He was art editor of 'The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics', and has written numerous interdisciplinary papers.
Julia Maserjian
American Historial Association, International Documentary Association, National Council on Public History, Pennsylvania Historical Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities
Julia Maserjian is the Project Coordinator for Lehigh University's Digital Scholarship Center
LaRoi M. Lawton
American Library Association (ALA) 1989 - Present, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) New York Chapter 1995 to Present, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 1994 to Present, Black Librarian's Caucus (BLC-NY) 1999 to Present, Consortium of College & University Media Centers (CCUMC) 1994 to Present, Consortium of College & University Media Centers (CCUMC) Member-at-Large, Publications, Advisory Board – July 2006 to June 2009, Computer Security Institute (CSI) 2004 to Present, Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY) Member 1994 to Present, Vice-President, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006, LexisNexis Academic Content Advisory Committee, 2004 to Present, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) Library Services Technical Act (LSTA), Advisory Council - 2000 to Present, Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) Professional Advisory Council - 2004 to Present, New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA) 1990 to Present
I am currently an Assistant Professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, in charge of the Gerald S. Lieblich Learning Resources Center, the media unit of the Library Department. I was also the President-Elect of the Library Association of the City University of New York, (LACUNY) for 2005-2006, and currently of member of its Executive Council. I am also a prt-time Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library Science and Information Studies. I teach GSLIS 701-Introduction to Information Science and GSLIS 705- Organization & Management of Libraries.
robert w. sweeny
visual cultural studies, new media art education, networks and educational spaces, surveillance theory
Robert W. Sweeny is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
