LSU College of Art + Design

Communication across Curriculum (CxC) Studio Coordinator

After being awarded a 2012 LA Board of Regents Grant that funded a CNC Mill and portable 3D scanner, I have played a large role in growing a 3D scanning and digital fabrication culture within the College. I lead and assist grant writing, manage the 3D scanners (Creaform and FARO x330 HDR), and help teach this technology and integrate it into curriculum. Routinely, I collaborate with faculty for assignments and course development, conduct lectures and workshops, jury critiques, participate in assessment committees, manage the communication studio (including budget, staffing, and development of undergraduate and graduate assistants), and tutor and mentor LSU students. I also report to the dean to assess utilization of the studio and progress of the CxC program in the College of Art + Design as well as pedagogical responsibilities for CxC, including articles, conferences, and grants. In addition to my coordinator responsibilities, I serve as a Graduate Faculty Member in the College of Art + Design, developing M.A. and M.F.A student theses and serving on committees and graduate reviews. 

2017 addition to CxC Studio: FARO x330 HDR (large-scale) 3D scanner

LSU Art + Design 3D Asset Portal
University Relations Article
LSU Art + Design Press Release

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Recent Conference Presentations:

presented at IWAC Conference, June 2016

presented at South Alabama Conference on Teaching & Learning, May 2015

Poster Abstract for “Teaching Architects Text”
(presented at ACSA, 2010)     

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Textual representation is a necessity for design communication.  Design projects from Architecture students at Louisiana State University are dominated by visual representations, while textual representations are significantly neglected.  Professors have limits on the amount of individual attention they can provide to balance textual instruction in order to complete design course content goals, yet they recognize that students need instructional support and feedback to improve their writing.  This poster presents some major and common problems found in students’ textual representation and poses the LSU Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) program as an intervention to this critical disjuncture.

CxC introduces multimodal communication skills through the incorporation of a feedback loop (draft, feedback, and revision) with students enrolled in ARCH 4001: Architecture Design VII (undergraduate studio).  Students engage the textual process first with generative writing, which requires actual ekphrasis. As professors and CxC balance the instruction in design and communication (text), our intention is to stress the codependency of the design and text.  Text is rarely conscious of its relation to the images.  Typically we see information dumps or a recapitulation of the assignment instead of text that explains how the information has informed student design or text that addresses the design itself.   As the relationships between the text and images increases, so does the student understanding of text as evidence for their designs (arguments).

Other common problems consist of a lack of ownership (naming), little specificity, research not being pointed, missing legends, repetition, poor word choices, grammar, etc.  CxC and professors can point out these details studio after studio but we also demand students enlarge their perspective and incorporate overarching narratives and stories to their design     presentations.  The operation of general to specific is essential in communicating design concepts and their details. 

Communication Across the Curriculum at Louisiana State University is a campus-wide initiative to improve the communication skills (written, oral, visual, and technological) of our entire undergraduate student population and it also supports the Distinguished Communicator program, a self-selecting Academic Excellence Award Program for high achieving students.  CxC is a collaborative endeavor between a central office within the division of academic affairs, coordinators for four major colleges (one for each college studio: Art + Design, Arts & Sciences, BASC Sciences, and Engineering) and certified faculty members in all 17 colleges at LSU.  Coordinators collaborate with faculty to develop and accredit classes as Communication-Intensive (CI), and then support these CI classes by assisting with communication assignments, conducting presentations and workshops, participating in critiques, and assessing digital portfolios.