PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT xPRO, Boston, MA 2022
Additive Manufacturing for Innovative Design and Production Course.
Guest Speaker, Rochester Contemporary Art Museum, Rochester, New York, 2022
Guest Artist and Critic, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO 2021
Invitational. Louise Martorano, Executive Director. Two day guest critique studio visits for Residency Artists.
Mentor, RISD Network, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2020 - present
Professional and Academic Mentor - currently mentoring 6 students and 3 alumni.
Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2020
Guest Critic for Professor Sara Ossana’s Advanced Studio in the Department of Interior Architecture - Cannabis Recreational and Medical Dispensary Design and Branding.
Author, Modern In Denver, Inspiring Stories from Creative Individuals, Denver, Colorado 2020
OSSOM Invitational Creative Profile. A Day in the Life: Lisa Moses, Artist + Designer. An introspective look at a day in the life of a busy artist and mother, Lisa Moses of Moses Operandi.
Guest Critic, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 2010 - 2020
Guest Critic for studios in the College of Architecture and Planning - MArch Studio 1, MArch Studio 3, Furniture Studio, Design Studio 1, Comprehensive Studio, Archeological Dig Museum Studio.
Guest Speaker and Workshop Lecturer, Denver Design Week, Denver, Colorado 2019
I developed and lead a workshop for Denver Design Week, an event that aims to be a platform to promote dialogue and discussion about design and how it relates to Denver, Colorado and world. With a focus on elevating the creative industry, Design Week is a seven day celebration and showcase of the region’s best architecture, interiors, art, brands and technology. My workshop enabled participants to create a clear, compelling vision for a brand. I guided the group through the session to clearly delineate a new or existing identity and define their desired future state — objective, goal, vision, mission, positioning, success and action.
Committee Member and Design Volunteer, Maker Lab, VonMod Outreach Program Denver, CO 2015
A 5,000 SF incubator space. The Maker Lab is a collaboration of designers, creatives, developers, artists, architects and visionaries alike. Our focus was on building our local Denver community through design, gathering, exploring, learning and making. We provided shared resources, helped individuals bring products to market and offered professional service assistance.
Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar Thesis Mentor, Naropa University Boulder, CO 2014
A Reconnection to the Self and Community, Jessica Danielle Dunn
Sustainability Committee Member, Naropa University Boulder, CO 2013
Naropa Sustainability Council, Climate Action Plan (CAP). Naropa emerged as a leader in climate action by becoming one of the first universities in the nation to offset 100% of its electricity use with wind power in 1998. Naropa’s longstanding dedication to environmental stewardship and climate action was formalized in 2007 when Naropa University officially committed to climate neutrality. The living Climate Action Plan (CAP) document was developed to achieve climate neutrality – zero net contribution to climate change.
Guest Critic, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2012-2014
Guest Critic for the Interior Design Department - Student Thesis Studios.
BOULD Student Committee Head and Volunteer Graphic Designer,
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2012-2013
Student LEED Certified Accreditation with Shane Gring of BOULD - Habitat for Humanity of Colorado. This program guided a group of students through the LEED certification process and gave them with hands-on building experience through Habitat for Humanity, Denver’s local chapter. BOULD partners with affordable housing builders to transform housing projects into hands-on, interactive learning laboratories to help transition architecture and construction professionals into the green building industry.
Committee Member, The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA),
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2011 - 2013
Standards Committee Active Member. I was responsible for preparing all student work for Accreditation - Section I. Mission, Goals, and Curriculum; Section II. Interior Design: Critical Thinking, Professional Values, and Processes; Section III. Interior Design: Core Design and Technical Knowledge; Section IV. Program Administration. To ensure excellence, interior design programs must maintain high standards of student and institutional performance. The results must be measured against CIDA’s established performance standards. Evaluation of these results is the responsibility of the Accreditation Commission.
Writer and Developer, Online Curriculum - Interior Design Department,
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Denver, CO 2011 - 2013
Curriculum Author and Designer. I wrote and developed all of the content for the online courses I taught on campus. This was a two year project and the culmination of each class included Sixteen Modules for each course, Corresponding Assignments and Presentation Slide Designs, Learning Outcomes, Weekly Tasks, Introductions, Discussions, Exercises, Delivery, Cited Materials, Media Programming, Discussion Board Content, and Assessment.
Speaker, The Art Institute of Colorado Denver, CO 2012
Special Speaker Series, Guest Lecture - Successful Wayfinding Design and Implementation
Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2009
Guest Critic for Professor Peter Yeadon’s Advanced Design Studio: Future Studio
Guest Critic, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2008
Guest Critic for the Interior Architecture Department’s midterm critiques - adaptive reuse studios.
Guest Critic, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston MA 2005, 2007
Guest Critic for the Department of Design & Facilities finals - Urban Residence Adaptive Reuse Project and Residential Design Studio.