Significant Professional Activities:

• International traveling design group exhibition: The Means by which We Find Our Way. Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Winthrop University, South Carolina, USA: 9/12–10/24, 2008. Ramp Gallery, Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand: 11/8–12/1, 2007. Peer-reviewewd international design exhibition. 3 design pieces chosen for exhibtion. http://www.designproject.co.nz/themeans/index.html

• Poster design chosen for AIGA's "Get out the Vote 2008" campaign. Over 200 designs submitted nationwide, 50 chosen for exhibition during both the Democratic and Republican Conventions 2008 at the Denver Art Museum and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The exhibition installed in New York City at AIGA's National Design Center from 9/11 to 10/24 2008. The AIGA site provides a video of the 50 posters chosen and info on the NYC exhibition. http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/get-out-the-vote

• Nominated and awarded the honor of being appointed a delegate to the Oxford Round Table in July 2007. Held at Oxford University in England, the Round Tables are distinctive forums to discuss important policy questions over a five-day period in a collegial “think tank” atmosphere. 1 of 35 delegates selected from around the world. The topic for the July 2007 session was “Balancing the Two Cultures: Critical Choices.” Published Paper, "Image Making and Meaning: Educational Benefits of teaching Design in the 21st Centery," published by the Forum on Public Policy, Summer 2007 Edition Oxford University Press, Oxford, England ©January 2008.

• “A ‘Real’ Undergraduate Design Education,” paper published in an internationally peer-reviewed publication The International Journal of Learning, Volume 13, 2006. ©November 2006. www.learning-journal.com

• International presentations: Prato, Italy. Presented design education research. Summer 2006.

• Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Grant 2005, $124,536. Granting for an environmental design projecct at the University of Hartford. Barry Lubin: lead project director, Nancy Wynn: lead designer.

• Second Place Award, American Design Awards’ Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest, 2005. Awarded to Civic Design for Richard Harden’s Self Promotional CD package.

• Founder and Creative Director of Civic Design, a professional design firm at the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford. September 2001–2007.

• Founder of the Center for Integrated Design (CID) at the University of Hartford. June 2003–present.Worked on redesigning the Town Center of Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA. June 2003–2004. Grants over $75,000 secured for various projects. www.hartford.edu/cid

• 2003 established Clare Gallery in downtown Hartford, CT, USA Current Chair and curator. www.spsact.org and click on "Community Life."

• International group exhibitions: Together in Kyoto, Japan, 2004 and Harmony in Aioi, Japan, 2003.

Comment on Most Notable Professional Strength and Achievement: Recognition in diversity of media: Design work recognized internationally and nationally through peer-reviewed awards and regional grants; Design education research internationally recognized by peer-reviewed presentations. Fine artwork exhibited internationally and nationally; established two professional design centers and a fine art gallery.

Teaching Highlights:
1997–2007: Adjunct Professor (1997–1999); Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design (2000–2007), Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1995–2000: Adjunct Professor, Introduction & Advanced Graphic Design
and Digital Media, University of Connecticut, Department of Fine Arts, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

Education:
Hartford Art School University of Hartford. Hartford, CT, USA. Master of Fine Arts, Photography 1998

University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT, USA. Bachelors of Fine Arts, Graphic Design 1986

Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Study of Graphic Design and Photography. No Degree 1984