I’m still here at Stony Brook University, but after many, many years with the Department of Information Technology, I have made the move to Stony Brook University Libraries!  I started off my professional life, eons ago, between working at the library and working at bookstores, and my personal hobby is to collect signed first edition SF&F books, so this is a great fit for me.  Especially since I get to continue doing what I deeply love doing, which is pairing art and technology to bring the folks of the university the COOLEST STUFF.

With the support of the Dean of Libraries, I will be spearheading bringing multiple creative and innovative spaces to the campus, at locations that are both centralized and welcoming to all students, faculty and staff.

We will certainly have 3d printers, textile making equipment, VR/AR spaces, sensors and other electronic doo dads, vinyl cutting, button making, and so much more!

I personally welcome any faculty who have ideas about alternative assessments, field trips, or entire modules that they want to have taught in the space, to please come and have a consultation with me to discuss what we can do together to make some dream projects for your course a reality.  We are still in the design and renovation stages of the space – and the squeaky wheel could very well get the grease in what goes into the space first.