Scholarship and Research Interests

SECAC Conference

(Southeastern College Art Conference)

October 8-11, 2014

Sarasota, Florida

Conference presentation in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled “Intersections

of Tradition and Technology in Typographic Education.” Professor Frear presented at the

conference on our behalf.

International Journal of Arts and Sciences

Spring 2014

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard University

Conference presentation in collaboration with with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled "Design Thinking Strategies in a Collaborative Learning Environment".

25th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation

Spring 2014

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Conference presentation in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear, RIT, School of Design; titled "Collaboration, Cooperation, and Competition through Design Thinking".

RGD and Design Educators Conference at York University

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation

Fall 2013

Toronto, Canada

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear, RIT, School of Design titled "Crossroads: Merging Traditional Typography with Digital Technologies".

ICERI2013 Seville

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation

Fall 2013

Seville, Spain

Presented at the conference as a virtual presenter; titled "Creativity Fostering Stem Education".

Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2013)

Summer 2013

Toronto, Canada

Poster presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Cathleen Chou, National Technical Institute for the Deaf College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, RIT. Poster titled "Image Rights: Who Cares!?"; series of two 32x38 posters.

EDULEARN13

International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies

Summer 2013

Barcelona, Spain

Presented as a virtual presenter in collaboration with Shaun Foster, RIT, School of Design; titled "Expanding Gestalt: Analyzing Opportunities for Visual Design Creation and Education by Combining Gestalt Principles with New Technologies".

University System of Georgia Teaching and Learning Conference

Spring 2013

Athens, Georgia

Presented at the conference in a panel discussion format in collaboration with Professor Nancy Ciolek, RIT, School of Design and second year grad student Casey Kelly, RIT, School of Design; titled "Community Collaborations: Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning".

ilovetypography

Summer 2013

Published blog article titled "A Typographic Carousel" in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear.

National UCDA Design Education Summit

The University & College Designers Association

Spring 2013

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Presented at the conference; titled "Design in a STEM Curriculum?".





New Directions in the Humanities International Conference

Summer 2012

Montreal, Canada

Presented at the conference in workshop format in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear, RIT, School of Design; titled "Creativity In Motion".





National UCDA Design Education Summit

The University & College Designers Association

Spring 2012

Hosted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, Virginia

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled

"Type Carousel".





4th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy

Hosted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Winter 2012

Blacksburg, Virginia

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Cathleen Chou, National Technical Institute for the Deaf College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, RIT; titled "Academic Dishonesty and Visual Plagiarism".





National UCDA Design Education Summit

Spring 2011

Hosted by New Jersey City University

Jersey City, New Jersey

Presented at the conference; titled "Defining and Dealing with Academic Honesty/Dishonesty in the Design Curriculum".





TypeCon Surge 2011

Summer 2011

International conference presented by SOTA, Society of Typographic Aficionados

New Orleans, Louisiana

Presented at the conference (Education Forum program) in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled "Get Your Sidebearings! The Typographic Carousel Project".





International Journal of Arts and Sciences

Winter 2011

Las Vegas, Nevada

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled "When Convergent and Divergent Thinking Meet 2".





TypeCon Babel 2010

Summer 2010

International conference (Main program) presented by SOTA, Society of Typographic Aficionados

Los Angeles, California

Paper accepted and presented at the Conference. Presentation titled "Letterforms and Literacy in Children" with Professor Lorrie Frear.





National UCDA Design Education Summit

Spring 2010

Hosted by the University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Lorrie Frear; titled “Letterforms and Literacy 2”.





National UCDA Design Education Summit

Spring 2009

Hosted by Spring Hill College

Mobile, Alabama

Presented at the conference in collaboration with Professor Nancy Ciolek, RIT, School of Design; Professor Chris Jackson, RIT, School of Design; titled “Pros and Cons: Non-Profit Collaborations in the Design Curriculum”.