EDUCATION

Working toward Ph.D. through the Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota (course work completed). 

Master of Arts, Design, Housing and Apparel, University of Minnesota, 1991, GPA 4.0.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Central Michigan University, 1980. Dean's List. Major: Painting, Minor: Business Administration.
 
 

EMPLOYMENT

President/CEO, Doctor Design, Inc., Northfield, Minnesota, 1998-present. 

Multimedia and Teaching Consultant, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1990-present.

Research Assistant, Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota, 1995-1996.

Software Support, Artform Communications, Inc., Eagan, Minnesota, 1989-1990.

Manager, Desktop Publishing Department, Creative Visuals, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989.

Senior Computer Lab Technician, University of Minnesota, 1988-1989.

Computer Graphic Specialist, Skycom, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, 1988-1989.

Administrative Fellow, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota, 1986-1988. Served as Academic Advisor for Applied Design and Costume Design students.

Executive Director, The Fine Arts Guild, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1978-1980.
 
 

TEACHING

Instructor, Computer Generated Imagery, Art Department, St. Olaf College, 1999, 2000. 

Instructor, Computer Graphics, Interactive Media, Computer Application to Design Problems I and II, Design Portfolio, Two Dimensional Design I and II, and Visual Presentation I and II, Department of Design, Housing and Apparel, University of Minnesota, 1985-1999.

On-Line Courses: Portfolios On Line, Jazzing Up Your Web Site, St. Olaf College, 1997-1998.

Instructor, "Creating a Web Page", The Compleat Scholar Program, University of Minnesota, Summer, 1997-98.
 
 

COMPUTERS

Amiga, Apollo, Artronic, AS&I, Compaq, Dicomed, EPC, IBM, Macintosh, 3M BFA Paint System, UNIX. 
 

SOFTWARE

Acrobat, Bryce, Cumulus, Director, Elastic Reality, Excel, Gif Builder, HTML, Illustrator, ImageReady, Infiniti, MacDraw, MiniCAD, Morph, Office '97/'98, OmniPage, PageMaker, Persuasion, Photoshop, Pine, Poser 2, PowerPoint, Premiere, QuarkXpress, Quicken, QuickTime Pro, StatView, StrataStudio Pro, Toast, VideoFusion, WebCT, Windows 95/98, Word, Word Perfect, Works, etc. 
 

VIDEO

Video Primer, Video Editing, Ampex Editing System, Miro, RasterOps, and Radius. 
 

PAPERS PRESENTED

Portfolios on the Web, Campus Showcase, Educom Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October, l997. 

Art on the Web, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, March 20, 1997.

I'd Give Up My Car Before My Computer, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, December 11, 1996.

Evangalizing the Web: Integrating Web Page Design into an Existing Computer Graphics Curriculum Communications Forum Conference, University of Minnesota, May 14, 1996.
 
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Lecturer, Summer Institute for Instructional Technology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, June, 1998, 2000.

Panelist, ACM Bibliographic Instruction, Issues, Challenges, and Benefits of Bibliographic Instruction, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, October 22, 1998. 

Multimedia Consultant, Lecturer: ASIA Network Conference, China Seminar; AATGI American Association of Teachers of German Conference; NORTANA (Norwegian Teachers Association of North America) Conference, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, June - August 1997.

Technoeducompunet, AICAD (The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design) Working Session, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, May 31, 1996.

Syllabus'96 Use of Technology in the Curriculum, Rohnert Park, California, July 20-24, 1996.

Adobe Systems, From Paper to CyberSpace, hands-on workshop, University of Minnesota. November 10, 1995.

Handicapped Advisory Team, Consultant for technical equipment, St. Olaf College. 1993-present.

Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont, Provided technical support for workshops that focused on the integration of multimedia into language curriculum. July 5-15, 1995.

National Endowment for Humanities Seminar, Goethe as Poet and Scientist. Taught multimedia workshops on the following: Adobe Photoshop, Morph, email, and the World Wide Web. June, 1995.

Shattuck St. Mary, Fairbault MN. Conducted in-service seminars on multimedia for middleschool and high school faculty, June 14-19, 1995.

Apple Computer. Attended several day-long seminars for technical staff on multimedia software and hardware. Spring, 1995.

World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. June 25-30, 1994.

Networking seminars, First Tech, Inc. Minneapolis, MN. Winter, 1994.

SIGUCCS Conference, Seattle, Washington. October 30 - November 3, 1991.

Internship, North Fourth Media, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Winter 1988-1989.

Internship, 3M Corporation, Broadcasting and Related Products Division, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984-1985

Administrative Assistant, Artspace, Inc., 1982-1984
 
 

SCHOLARSHIPS

University of Minnesota, Design, Housing, and Apparel, administrative fellowship award to support graduate study, 1985, 1995. 

American Business Women's Association, national and regional scholarships, 1984.
 
 

GRANTS

Project 2001, $4000 to support interns in instructional technology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1997-1999. Supported by the Mellon Foundation. 

USWest New Ventures, Finalist in USWest New Ventures $100,000 Seed Money Competition, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998-1999.

Educational Development Grant, Design, Housing, and Apparel, University of Minnesota, $2,000. 1986.

Raised in excess of $160,000 for the Fine Arts Guild, Inc., (Community Arts Center), Mt. Pleasant, MI., 1978-1980.
 
 

EXHIBITIONS

ROLVAAG MEMORIAL LIBRARY, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, March-May, 2000

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Invitational, Winter, 1996. 

COLLEGE CENTER GALLERY, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN, One-Person Show, January 7 - February 22, 1993.

PAUL WHITNEY LARSON GALLERY, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, May 22-June 10, 1988.

ELECTRONIC ARTS GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN, June, 1987.

ANDREJ TISMA EXHIBITION, Modene Yugoslavia, Spring, 1985.

WOMAN'S BUILDING GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA, February-March, 1985.

RYOSUKE COHEN EXHIBITION, Invitational, Hiyoshi-Cho, Moriguchi-City, Osaka, Japan, August, 1984.

CAGE GALLERY, Invitational, Cincinatti, OH, June-July, 1983.

ROBBIN GALLERY, One Woman Show, Minneapolis, MN, January 3-31, 1983.

INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, HONEYWELL CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN, May 28-June 25, 1982. First Place.

WEST 82' /ART AND THE LAW, St. Paul, MN. Awarded Honorable Mention.

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL, May-June, 1982.

TOWN SQUARE GARDEN COURT, St. Paul, MN, January 9-February 19, 1982.

HOWARD CONN CULTURAL CENTER, Minneapolis, MN, December 1, 1981-January 8, 1982.

TWIN CITY FEDERAL BANK ATRIUM GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN, March 2-30, 1981.

MIDLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Michigan Artists 80/81, sponsored by the Michigan Council for the Arts and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Midland, MI, September 14-October 17, 1980.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF WOMEN ARTISTS, Invitational, New York, Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 14-August 30, 1980.
 
 

RELEVANT CLASSES

120 graduate hours in the following: Drawing, Color, Two-Dimensional Design, Architecture, Paint System Graphics, Statistics, Research Methods, Video, Production, Video Editing and Directed Study in Computer-Aided Design. 

120 undergraduate hours: Painting, Art History, Design, Sculpture, Ceramics, Commercial Art, Photography, Music, Grants and Contracts, Community Arts Administration, Management, Accounting, Marketing, and Business Law.
 
 

ORGANIZATIONS

ACM SIGGRAPH [Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics], Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Served on Board of Directors, 1989-92. 

College Art Association, New York, New York.

Phi Upsilon Omicron, national honor society, Columbus, Ohio.

Saint Olaf Multimedia User Group, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, Coordinator.
 
 

CLIENT LIST

3M, Aldus, Best Buy, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cargill, Control Data, Dayton Corporation, Ernst & Young, Faegre & Benson, Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Honeywell, KPMG Peat Marwick, National Car, Osmonics, Perceptive Management Inc., Senior Housing Inc., Tonka, USWest, West Publishing, etc.