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Education & Academic Administration
Teaching 1 year
Teaching 8 years
Program Chair and Teaching 8 years
CLASSES TAUGHT
• Marker Illustration
• Digital Illustration - Photoshop / Illustrator
• 3D Computer Modeling - Solidworks
• 3D Printing & Laser Cutting
• Toy Design
• Product Design
• Graduate Design
• Furniture Design
• Package Design
• Entertainment Design
• Mechanical Design
• Fabrication
• Machining
• Portfolio
• Career Development
• Ergonomics
• Product Psychology
• Trend Analysis
• Costing
• Royalties and Product Valuation
• Patents
• Scheduling
• Business Skills
Teaching 3 years
Teaching 2 years
Teaching 2 years
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
• Program Creation, Management,
Growth, and Development
• Budget Planning and Management
• Program Accreditation Review
• Academic Administration
• High School Recruitment
• Corporate Sponsorships
• Instructor Development
• Curriculum Development
• Convocation Planning
• Class Scheduling
• Student Retention
STUDENT ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
• Instituted Learning Disability Accommodations
• Addressed Student Needs for 156 students
• Solicited and Placed Student Internships
• Student Performance Tracking
• Assisted “At Risk” Students
• Corporate Sponsorships
• Graduate Placement
• Career Counseling
• Portfolio Reviews
• Graduate Shows
Toy Design
Product Design
Packaging Design
Furniture Design
Computer Modeling
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Digital Illustration
Costing
Illustration
Student Drawings
Entertainment Design
Our class in Animatronics attracted attention from Disney Imagineering who hired 4 graduates and continued recruiting from our program.
Engineering & Fabrication
Machining
Student testimonial on how learning costing helped her advance her career to her current level as Vice President of Design
Four graduates launched their first successful product venture using crowd funding and formed their own design firm.
Graduate licensed her design from the Art Institute Furniture Design class for $750,000 to Coalesce, a division of Steelcase
