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Education, Experience, Service
1984-present

  
© Elzbieta (Elka) Kazmierczak, 2004  
Keywords
  publisher, editor, designer, art educator, researcher, printmaker, book artist, illustrator
 
Education   M.A., Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995.
M.F.A., Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993.
B.F.A., Textile Design & Graphic Design, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland, 1984.
Philosophy, University of Lodz, Poland (no degree),1982-1985.
Semiotics, Warsaw University, Poland, (no degree),1985/86, 1987-90.
 
Experience   ACADEMIC TEACHING
 
2007-present
   Instructor, Continuing Education, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL. (to JAL)
2006-present
   Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. (link to SIU faculty page)
1996-2003
   Assistant Professor, Illustration, Communication Design,
Illustration Program Head, Art Department, University at Buffalo, NY.
1995-1996
  

Instructor, Illustration, Graphic Design,
Art Department, Capilano College, N. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1990-1993
   Graduate Instructor, Graphic Design, Image Making,
School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
 
  PROFESSIONAL
 
2003-present
   Publisher, Designer,   Artist, independent, Carbondale, IL (link to art4empowerment), (link to Art of Survival)
1997-1999
   Director of Illustration, Free Inquiry–The International Secular Humanist Magazine, Buffalo, NY
1997-1999
   Graduate Graphic Designer, Office of Guided Individual Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984-1990
   Graphic Designer, Printmaker, Researcher, self-employed, Lodz, Poland
 
ART EDUCATOR
   ART FOR EMPOWERMENT: 1–3h workshops
 
2007
   American Association of University Women, Southern Illinois Chapter, SIU Faculty House, November 13
    Creative Stress Management, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, January-March, (6-week course)
    Creative Counseling Solutions, John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL, September-November, (6-week course)
2007
   Chicago Foundation for Women, Town Meeting for the Initiative Against Violence Against Women, Marion, IL, April 19, (half-hour)
    Carnegie Marion Library, Marion, IL, April 10 (honorarium)
    Southern Illinois University: Women's History Month, March 29
2006, 2007
   Inside, Outside of Me: The Boundaries of the Self, Psychology Department, Southern Illinois University, Psychology of Personality course attendees, Carbondale, IL, Feb. 2006, March 1, 2007
    Express Yourself, Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, January 27
2006
   Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, December
2006
   Methods for Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence, Safe Haven, Domestic Violence Shelter, Clearwater, FL, June 17
    Little Egypt Art Association, Marion, IL, March
    Carbondale Public Library, Carbondale, IL, December
2005
   Interventions for Youth Recovering from Addiction, Gateway Foundation, Carbondale, IL, May (2-day training for female unit staff), (honorarium)
2004-on-going
   Training for the staff and volunteers , The Women's Center, Carbondale, IL
 
to the FIELD
  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 
2007
   Guest Reviewer, Visible Language, a special issue on Visual Metaphors in User Support. Guest editors Piet Westendorp and Karel van der Waarde. 41.3, 2007. Editorial office at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Reviewed an article A Schema for Depiction.
2004-2006
   Executive Board Member, International Institute for Information Design, Vienna, Austria
2003-2004
   Guest Editor, Information Design Journal, Selected and Edited the conference proceedings volume, Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation, (with editor’s introduction), Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing, Vol. 12:2 (2004/05, pp. 63-72.
2003-2006
   Advisory Board for Curriculum Review, EU/USA Cooperation Program Development of International Core Competencies in Information Design, EU/US funded FIPSE Grant recipients: Design Programs from the following US institutions: Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, and University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Design programs from EU: Utrecht School of the Arts, The Netherlands, Free University of Bolzano, Italy, and University of Weimar, Germany
2001-2004
   Executive Committee Member, Semiotic Society of America
2001-2007
   Co-Chair of the Expert Forum for Knowledge Presentation, the International Institute for Information Design <www.iiid.org>. Includes Web site development <www.knowledgepresentation.org>
2002
   Guest Reviewer, Information Design Journal, editorial office at Tilburg University, The Netherlands
2001-present
   Assistant Editor, on-line journal Trickster's Way, about Trickster research <www.tricksters.org> Includes Trickster the Evil, a discussant's visual commentary for the volume The Dark Side of Trickster, in the Trickster's Way, on-line, peer reviewed, Trickster research journal, <www.elkadesigns.com/resources/devil.html>
1999-2000
   Editorial Board Member, Collegiate Press, San Diego, CA. Reviewed On Drawing by Roger Winter
 
to the COMMUNITY
   PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
 
2004-present
   Founding Program Director, Manager, Instructor, established Adult Domestic Violence and Adolescent Sexual Assault art programs, The Women’s Center, Carbondale, IL
2005-2007
   Treasurer, NOW–National Organization for Women, Southern Illinois Chapter
How to contact
  elka at elkadesigns.com