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Cell: 616-822-0045 Doris Wells-Papanek Cell: 847-772-9959 Previous DIG Chairs Rande Blank, 2017-2019 Dr. Janis Norman, 2014-2017 Dr. Robin Vande Zande, 2006-2014 Dr. Martin Rayala, 2002-2006 | DIG Chair 2021-2022 | Cindy Todd  Dr. Cindy Todd is the Art Education Program Chair at Kendall College of Art & Design of FSU in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is a co-creator and key designer of the Grand Rapids Public Museum School, a design thinking/ place-based secondary school that is a proud recipient of a $10,000,000 XQ Super School grant. Cindy has been a co-facilitator of NAEA’s SummerStudio: Design Thinking for the past 4 years. Before becoming a professor, she taught K-12 art for over 14 years, teaching at all levels, elementary, middle, and high school. She was named the NAEA’s 2019 Art Educator of the Year and has served as Michigan’s Art Education Association President and the NAEA Western Region Vice President. She helped Michigan’s State Board of Education revise their art education standards and presents keynote addresses to conferences across the country. DIG Past-Chair 2019-2021 | Doris Wells-Papanek  Doris has over twenty years of practice as a user experience designer in Silicon Valley, plus nearly 20 more as the founder and Director of the Design Learning Network (DLN). The purpose of DLN is to empower young learners of all ages, as well as educators and practitioners; to become confident and creative problem-solvers, act as purposeful makers, take ownership of their learning, and make mindful choices. Wells-Papanek holds a bachelor’s of product and environmental design from the Kansas City Art Institute, and a master’s in curriculum and instruction with a focus on action research from National Louis University. |
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