Collaborations
ORGANIZATIONS
Abelson-Taylor

Acorn Research Centre

Apple Computer

Art Institute of Portland

ASCD

ACM, Computer Human Interaction

Center for Design

Center for Practitioner Research

Center for Secondary School Redesign

Center for Sustainable Design

Chicago Public Library

Community Consolidated School District 15

FuturED, LLC

Garmin

Global Education Collaborative

Gomoll Research and Design

Gorton Community Center

Greening of Industry Network

Greenleaf & Papanek Publications

Gruye-Vogt-Opperman, Inc.

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City Public Schools

Kolding School of Design

Hallmark Cards

Hewlett-Packard

High Schools That Work

Illinois Association for Gifted Children

Illinois Resource Center

Industrial Designers Society of America

Institute of Design at IIT

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design

International Design Magazine

International Dyslexia Association

Intuit

Lake Forest School District 67

Lotus Development

Macromedia

Montessori Schools

National-Louis University

Noble Network of Charter Schools, CPS

North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement

Northern Suburban Special Education District

North Shore Pediatric Therapy

Northwest Industrial Design Invitational

Northwest Parent Education Group

Purdue University

Philips Ultrasound

San Jose State University

Siemens Corporation

Stanford Children’s Hospital

Southern Illinois University

Syva Corporation

Tennessee Reading Association

TreeFrog, Denmark

University of Cincinnati

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Kansas

UNext.com

Warren Township High School District 121

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60

WGN Radio

Xerox Corporation

EXPERIENCES

“i3” Innovation Grant Evaluation Design Project

Noble Network of Charter Schools, Chicago Public Schools

 

Victor Papanek Going Forward Action Research Study

Walter Hargrove, Art Institute of Portland

 

Internal Grant Program Evaluation Design and Reports

Waukegan 21st Century Community Learning Center

 

Student-Directed Accountability Action Research Study

Waukegan Community School District 60


Human-Centered Design Action Research Study

Six New York City Practitioner Interviews


Student Voice Digital Stories Action Research Study

Warren Township School District 121


Student Engagement Formative Assessment Research Study

Lake Forest School District 67

 

Comprehending Parts of a Paragraph Formative Assessment Study

Lake Forest School District 67

 

Word Analysis and Vocabulary Action Research Study

Three National-Louis University Cohorts/Educators

 

Improving Struggling Reader Learning Outcomes Action Research Study

Three National-Louis University Cohorts/Educators

 

Engaging the Brain Professional Development Curriculum

Lake Forest School District 67

GREENLEAF & PAPANEK Publications

"Engaging Today's Students," College, and 5-12 Grade Editions Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2007.

 

"Coaching Reluctant Learners: A Practical Framework for Classroom Success," Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2006.

 

"A Mastery Toolkit: Coaching Students to Become 'Can Do' Learners," Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2005.

 

"Memory, Recall, the Brain & Learning," Greenleaf & Papanek Publications, 2005.

 

 

ARTICLES & PAPERS

Innovation, Quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of America, 2007, "The World is Smaller, Design is Bigger - Living, Designing, and Learning in a Sustainable World" - co-authored with JohnPaul Kusz

 

Greening of Industry Network, Ontario, Canada, 2007 “Design or Default: the choice, and the legacy, is ours...” - co-authored with JohnPaul Kusz

 

WGN Radio Interview, The Steve Cochran Show, 2006, Kids News For Parents: “A Mastery Toolkit”

 

International Design Magazine, 1993, "Making Metaphors"

 

International Design Magazine, 1991, Jury member for the annual Design Research competition.

 

R&D Network, Hewlett - Packard, 1987, "Putting the best face on Computers"

 

Inside DSBU, Xerox Corporation, 1987, "The Icon Makers-Turning Words into Symbols"

 

Innovation, Quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of America, 1986, "Visual Interface Design, A New Form of Industrial Design"

 

Benchmark, Xerox Corporation, 1986, "Picturing the World Through Icons"

 

The Magazine of the Kansas City Art Institute, 1980, "Student Designs for Humanity"

 

 

ASSOCIATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lake Forest School District - Spirit of 67, 2007 - 2009, Board Member, Communications

 

Industrial Designers Society of America, 1882 - 1989 / 2006 - present, Member

 

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006 - present, Member

 

Learning & the Brain Society, 2004 - 06, Member

 

Lake Forest School District - Association of Parents and Teachers, 2001 - 06, Executive Communications Chair

 

IDSA Publications Committee, 1987, Judge

 

National Staff Development Council, 2009 – present

 

Secretary, IDSA San Francisco Chapter, 1986 – 87

 

 

EDUCATION

National-Louis University, Curriculum and Instruction Design, Chicago, Illinois, M.Ed. 2009

 

Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design, Product and Environmental Design, Kansas City, Missouri, B.F.A. 1982