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For details, see the current vita.


Education:

  • PhD Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
    Epistemology & Learning group, Media Laboratory
  • MS Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
    Visible Language Workshop and Film/Video group, Media Laboratory
  • BS Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park, 1977
    Minor areas of focus: botany, graphic design, studio art

Continuing and Executive Education

  • Exploring Complexity in Science and Technology, Santa Fe Institute / Stanford University, 2012
  • Strategic Negotiations, Harvard Business School, 2005
  • Health and Human Rights, Harvard Medical School, 2001
  • Science and Mind/Body Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 2001
  • Humor, Optimism, and Cognitive Restructuring, Harvard Medical School, 2001
  • Introduction to Complex Systems, New England Complex Systems Institute, MIT, 2000
  • International Flaherty Film Seminar, Vassar College, 2000
  • The User's Guide to the Brain, Harvard Medical School, 2000
  • High-Performance Programming in Java, Brown University, 1999
  • Interactive Programming in Java, MIT, 1998
  • Topology in Biology, Georgetown University, 1998
  • Summer Workshop on DNA, Rowland Institute, 1997
  • Topology of DNA, University of Pennsylvania, 1997
  • Virtual Reality, VPL, CA, 1993
  • Neuroscience: A Primer for the Clinician, Harvard Medical School, 1992
  • Neurology for the Non-Neurologist, Harvard Medical School, 1992
  • Various symposia, workshops, etc., MIT Media Laboratory, 1992-present

Employment:

  • Director, Center for Design Innovation, University of North Carolina system, Winston-Salem NC, USA, 2006-present
  • Principal Investigator, Everyday Learning research group; Member, Executive Team; Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland, 2001-2005
  • Research Scientist; Senior Research Scientist; MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge MA, USA, 1991-2000
  • Multimedia / User Interface Designer, Human Interface Group, Sun Microsystems, Billerica MA, USA, 1990-1991
  • Research Assistant; Research Associate; Epistemology & Learning Group, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge MA, USA, 1987-1991
  • Graduate Student; NEA Fellow; Consultant, 1984-1987
  • Director of Publications, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD, USA, 1981-1984
  • Early work in publishing and graphic arts included an internship and editorial assistantship with the National Geographic Society, Washington DC, USA

Consulting:

  • Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem NC, USA, 2010
  • Piedmont Triad Partnership, Greensboro NC, USA, 2009
  • Strohecker Associates, Dublin, Ireland and Cambridge MA, USA, 2005-2007
  • Washington University, St. Louis MO, USA, 2003
  • Epistemology & Learning Group, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge MA, USA, 1987
  • Digital Techniques, Inc., Burlington MA, USA, 1987
  • The J. Paul Getty Trust, Malibu CA, USA, 1987
  • The Analytic Sciences Corporation, Reading MA, USA, 1986-1988
  • Learncom Division, Sandy Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA, 1985-1986

Appointments:

  • Adjunct Faculty / Research Professor, Western Carolina University, 2010
  • Chief Research Officer, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 2008-present
  • Instructor, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, 2006-present
  • Professor, Winston-Salem State University, 2006-present
  • Director, Center for Design Innovation, 2006-present
  • Visiting Lecturer, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, 2005-2006
  • Lecturer, Media Arts and Sciences program, MIT Media Lab / Media Lab Europe, 2002-2004
  • Presidential Nominee, MIT Corporation Visiting Committee, Department of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, 1996-2001
  • Executive Fellow, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1993
  • New Genres Fellow, Artists Foundation, MA Council for the Arts and Humanities, 1987
  • Arts Management Fellow, US National Endowment for the Arts, 1986

Teaching:

For various workshops, talks and presentations, see CDI or the current vita.

  • Learning Lab Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003
  • Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland, 2002-2003
  • Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA, 1993-1994
  • Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD, USA, 1986

Awards:

  • Humanitarian in Technology honoree, ScottCares Foundation, 2009
  • Prix Möbius nominee, UNESCO / European Commission / National Centres for Science and Telecommunications Research, ART3000, France, 1996 (for Tired of Giving In)
  • Artists Foundation, Massachusetts Council for the Arts and Humanities, 1987 (for A Different Train of Thought)
  • Nebraska Videodisc Award, 1987 (for Play Away Please!)
  • Cindy Award, Association of Visual Communicators, Hollywood, 1987 (for Play Away Please!)
  • Sun Photo Contest, The Baltimore Sun, 1975 (for Lion at Cylburn Park)

Initiatives:

  • Co-PI / Workshop host, Network for Sciences, Engineering, Arts & Design, US National Science Foundation Workshop, University of North Carolina / Center for Design Innovation, 2011
    • Host co-organizer, Design, Art & Technology Symposium, Winston-Salem NC, 2010
      • Workshop co-organizer, Transformation of the Triad, Design, Art & Technology Symposium (with Jerald Leimenstoll, Jerry Linn, Robert Powell), UNC-Greensboro 2008, High Point University 2009
        • Instigator, Idea Exchange, Center for Design Innovation, 2007-present


          • For details about various projects and publications, see the current vita.


          Projects

          Papers and Publications


          Patents:

          Granted

          • Ackermann, E., Bromley, D. N., DeMaso, D. R., Gibson, S. F. F., Gonzalez-Heydrich, J., Karlin, J. G., Marks, J., Shen, C., Strohecker, C. Method and system for displaying icons representing information items stored in a database. Filed 22 June 1998; issued 3 April 2001 [Experience Journals: Children's Hospital, Boston / MERL #1180, US #6,211,876]
          • Strohecker, C., Barros, B. System for designing graphical multi-participant environments. Filed 6 March 1998; issued 8 August 2000 [WayMaker: MERL #1154, US #6,100,896]
          • Ackermann, E., Strohecker, C., Agarwala, A. Systems and methods for constructive-dialogic learning. Filed 23 December 1997; issued 22 August 2000 [Magix: MERL #1133, US #6,106,299]; Continuation filed 8 February 1999; issued 15 October 2002 [Magix: MERL #1203, US #6,464,501]

          Pending

          • Strohecker, C., Slaughter, A. H. Method for designing characters and simulating dancing. Filed US 16 August 2000 [Zyklodeon: MERL #1289].

          Provisionals filed

          • Taylor, A., Foley-Fisher, Z., Strohecker, C. Intermodal dynamic typography system. Filed US November 2004 [Polymorphic Letters: MLE].
          • Donovan, B., Strohecker, C., Lewis, S. Method and apparatus for displaying time-constrained activities. Filed US October 2004 [Amble Time: MLE].
          • Donovan, B., Wood, A., Davenport, G., Strohecker, C. Method and apparatus for providing information based on location and environmental data. Filed US October 2004 [Nature Trailer: MLE].
          • Strohecker, C., Rasmussen, R., Foley-Fisher, Z., Karau, M., O'Hanlon, B., Cader, R., Cherubini, M. Method and device for detecting toxic components in an environment. Filed UK 6 October 2003 [Smoke Rings: MLE].

          Exhibitions:

          • Bones, WayMaker, and PatternMagix: Test Tube trials, Museum of Science, Boston, 2000
          • Play Away Please!: United States Golf Association museum, 1987-1998
          • A Different Train of Thought: Tech2000, Washington, DC, 1989-1990; InterTainment, New York, 1988; CityPlace, Boston, 1988; MIT Media Laboratory, 1986; LaserActive, International Interactive Communications Society, Boston, 1986; Convergence: An International Forum on the Moving Image, Montreal, 1986
          • Photographs: City Hall, Baltimore, 1983

          Professional and Community Service:

          For further information, see the current vita.

          • Program Committee, Creativity & Cognition, 2006-2007
          • Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2006
          • Panelist, Emerging Technologies, MIT CIO Symposium, Cambridge, 2006
          • Delegate, World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, 2005
          • Conference Committee, Interaction Design and Children, 2005
          • Key Rapporteur, Learning Enablers, Towards a Learning Society, Brussels, 2005
          • eLearningeuropa expert, Pau Education, Barcelona, 2005
          • Invitee, Creating, Sharing and Re-using eLearning content, National College of Ireland, 2004
          • Program Committee, Story Representation, Mechanism and Context, ACM Multimedia, 2004
          • Advisory Board, Liberating Learning, Dublin Digital Hub, 2004
          • Program Committee, 8th Eurographics Workshop on Multimedia, 2004
          • Advisory Board, 6th International Conference on Computational and Cognitive Models of Creative Design, 2003-2004
          • Program Committee, ACM Technology-Enhanced Learning, 2003
          • Vice-Chair, International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, 2002-2004
          • International Committee, Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design conferences, University of Sydney, Australia, and University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 2000-2002
          • Reviewer, MIT Press, 2000-2001
          • Reviewer, Design Computing on the Net, 2000
          • Reviewer, Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, 2000
          • Juror, Department of Architecture, MIT, 2000
          • Invitee, Digital Childhood: A Research Agenda on Human Development & Technology, 2000
          • Session Chair, Adaptive Hypermedia, International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies, 2000
          • New Media SIG, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1999
          • Reviewer, Spatial Cognition II, Springer-Verlag, 1999
          • Juror, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1998-2000
          • Panel Chair, Parent/Child/Physician Communication, Future of Health Technologies, 1998
          • Guest coordinator, Learning Designs, Multimedia Unplugged, neoMuseum, Japan, 1998
          • Vision Award Committee, Boston Film/Video Foundation, 1998
          • Reviewer, ACM CHI conference, 1998
          • Reviewer, IBM Systems Journal, 1997-2001
          • Advisory Board, Ocean of Know / Young MacDonald's Farm (NSF-funded informal education consortium, NY), 1997-1999
          • Coordinator, Internship Program, MERL, 1997-1999
          • Facilitator, 2B1 Foundation (MIT Media Lab project on technologies in 3rd World countries), 1997
          • Reviewer, ACM Multimedia conference, 1997
          • Board of Special Reviewers, User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 1996-2000
          • Reviewer, International Conference on the Learning Sciences, 1996
          • Mentor, Keypals program, Cambridge Public Schools, 1996
          • Juror, Interaction Design Awards, ACM Interactions, 1995-1997
          • Reviewer, IEEE Multimedia conference, 1995-1997
          • Invitee, NSF Workshop on a Research Agenda for Educational Technology, 1995
          • Atelier Gargarian (collective of learning researchers), 1995
          • Juror, Rhode Island School of Design, 1994, 2000
          • Reviewer, International Conference on Technology and Education, 1993
          • Reviewer, ACM SIGGRAPH conference, 1993
          • Editorial Board, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, MIT Press, 1992-present
          • Member, Association of Computing Machinery, various years 1992-present
          • Mentor, Research Science Institute, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
          • Reader, Reading Service for the Blind, Marshfield MA, 1992
          • Reader, Radio Reading Service, Baltimore MD, 1977
          • Announcer, WBJC, Baltimore MD, 1974

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