Professional Service

2014 – present
ARRAY [ ] Advisory Board Member

2014 – present
ISWC 2015 Design Exhibition Chair
International Symposium on Wearable Computing

2014
Romanian-American Fulbright Education Commission
Expert Reviewer for Fulbright International Scholar Program

2010 – present
OSLOOM
Founder and Chief Researcher for Open Source Loom project

2010 – present
ITAA Design Research Committee
International Textiles & Apparel Association

2013
Crowdfunding Panel Discussion
Blackstone Launchpad, Kent Student Center, October 23, 2013

2013
Austrian-American Education Commission
Expert Panelist for 2014 – 2015 Austrian Student Program

2010
Design Week, Video Competition Judge
Myers School of Art, University of Akron

2008 – 2010
Apparel Industry Board, Inc (AIBI) Chicago – Webmaster

2008 – 2010
Chicago ACM Siggraph Chapter – Chair

Professional Memberships

ACM – Association of Computing Machinery
Fulbright Association
Golden Key Honors Society
International Exchange Alumni
ITAA – International Textiles & Apparel Association
KSU Latino Networking Caucus Membership
New Media Caucus
RHIZOME
SECAC – Southeastern College Arts Conference
Surface Design Association

Paper and Book Reviews

2014
Shapeshifting Conference

2014
Manuscript Review – Bloomsbury Press

2012
CTRJ Manuscript Reviewer (Clothing and Textiles Research Journal)

2012
ITAA Annual Conference Paper Reviewer