INTERIOR DESIGN DEPARTMENT

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EDUCATION 
Master of Fine Arts    University of Georgia    1979    Interior Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts    University of Georgia    1969    Art Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 
2006 – Present    Buffalo State     – Buffalo, NY –     Chairperson, Interior Design Department 
2006    Buffalo State      – Buffalo, NY –    Co-founder of the Interior Design Department
1993 – 2005    Buffalo State     – Buffalo, NY –    Interior Design Program Director, Design Department
1986 – 1993    Purdue University     – West Lafayette, IN –     Assistant Professor of Art & Design Department
1991    University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program    – Cortona, Italy – Visiting Assistant Professor of Interior Design
1982 – 1986    Louisiana State University     – Baton Rouge, LA –    Assistant Professor of Interior Design

PROFESSIONAL ART/INTERIOR DESIGN POSITIONS 
2002 – 2003  Freelance interior design work for ECMC (Erie County Medical Center) Cancer Center – Buffalo, New, York
1982 – 1993 Freelance interior design work for A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Lafayette, IN – and for the Louisiana State University Union, Baton Rouge, LA 
1979 – 1982 Interior Designer – Hospital Building and Equipment Company – St. Louis, MO
1979 Interior Design Assistant – Athens – Athens, GA
1978 - 1979 Draftsman – Aztec Solar Homes – Athens, GA
1976 - 1977 Owner, Operator, Artist – Menagerie by Giddens – Columbus, GA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 
1995 – Present  IIDA – International Interior Design Association
1986 – Present IIAS – The International Institute for Advanced Studies
1984 – Present IDEC – Interior Design Educators Council