Teaching
My role as a design instructor is to facilitate the moment of clarity and guide creative design energy. I think with the students by actively participating in their design processes, giving them the confidence to open up perspectives or creative thought not previously recognized by the student alone. I encourage my students to think outside the confines of a single studio, insisting they meld all of their studies together rather than compartmentalize their education. My goal is to steer the student beyond any notion of boundaries, supposed or imposed, by modeling and applying clear, concise, and complete design behavior each and every day, bearing evidence for both faculty and students alike that design is an expression of creative potency, the transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy, of being wide awake when others are dreaming.
My role as a design instructor is to facilitate the moment of clarity and guide creative design energy. I think with the students by actively participating in their design processes, giving them the confidence to open up perspectives or creative thought not previously recognized by the student alone. I encourage my students to think outside the confines of a single studio, insisting they meld all of their studies together rather than compartmentalize their education. My goal is to steer the student beyond any notion of boundaries, supposed or imposed, by modeling and applying clear, concise, and complete design behavior each and every day, bearing evidence for both faculty and students alike that design is an expression of creative potency, the transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy, of being wide awake when others are dreaming.
Statement on Teaching
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Highlights
- Spring 2015: Approved by the Department of Interior Design, College of Fine Arts, Florida State University's (FSU) Promotion & Tenure Committee, FSU's Provost, and FSU's President for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure by the FSU Board of Trustees.
- Nominated for a University Excellence in Teaching Award 2010-2011, 2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019
- As of Spring 2016, served as an MFA major professor, MFA committee member, or Master of Science faculty mentor to over 30 FSU students. Students under my direction have:
NEWH’s national Platinum Scholarship ($10,000);
. Delivered presentations at peer-reviewed regional and national academic conferences;
. Received the Outstanding Graduate Researcher award in the Department of Interior Design, FSU.
- Additionally, I was the thesis director for an Honors in the Major student chosen to present at the 7th Annual ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference at VPI.
Sample Syllabi
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Courses Taught
MFA
Graduate Studio VII (IND5282) Graduate Studio VI (IND5281) Graduate Studio V (IND5280) Thesis (IND5971) Masters Thesis Defense (IND8976) MFA, MS (First Pro and Advanced Pro) Graduate Studio IV (IND5258) Graduate Studio III (IND5257) Graduate Studio II (IND5236) Graduate Studio I (IND5235) Graduate and Undergraduate Special Topics in Interior Design (IND5930) Directed Individual Study (IND5910) Graduate Internship (IND5948) Graduate Portfolio Review I (IND5528) Graduate Portfolio Review II (IND5526) Graphics Res (IND5930) Design Graphics II (IND5316) Design Graphics I (IND5317) Supervised Teaching (IND5945) Supervised Research (IND5911) Undergraduate Internship (IND4947) Directed Individual Study (IND4905) Honors in the Major (IND4970) Interior Design Studio IV (IND4243) Interior Design Studio III (IND4242) Interior Design Studio III (IND4227) Interior Design Studio II (IND4218) Graphic Techniques I (IND2300) |
Sample Evaluation Metrics
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