Honors, Service, Grants

Honors | Service | Presentations | Grants

Honors

• December 31, 2002 Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Named one of "A Dozen Who are Making a Difference" "With the final issue of the year, Your Health presents its second annual Dozen Making a Difference, profiles of professionals in the health, science and environmental fields who may not always make headlines" for work with EyesOnThePrize.org.

• September 14, 2002 WQED Pittsburgh

Subject of Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning OnQ Magazine story (April 25, 2001) about EyesOnThePrize.org (Our Emmy Winners, WQED Pittsburgh press release).

• New Media Magazine, 1995 Invision Awards, Next Step Mars? Finalist in Edutainment, Young Adult category.
• Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Associations, Honorable Mention for in-school programs for Havens, Houses, Forts, and Factories, June 1991.
• Pennsylvania Art Education Association, Outstanding Art Educator of the Year, 1990.
• VYTAL curriculum, Century Award, United Way (national organization), 1990.
• Award of Merit for outstanding contributions to preservation education, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1990.
• First recipient "Distinguished Alumni Lecturer" Award, Art Department, Westminster College, 1986.
• Listed in 1986-87 and 1988-89 editions of Who's Who in the East, 1987-88 edition of Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, and 1987 edition of The World Who's Who of Women.

Professional service

• Founder and Board President, EyesOnThePrize.org, 2000-present.
• Member, Allied Support Group, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, 2004-present.
• Advisory Committee, People Living With Cancer, patient web site of the American Society for Clinical Oncologists, 2003-present
• Strategic Planning Committee, Gateway to the Arts, 2004
• World Wide Web HomePage committee, QED Communications, 1995.
• Strategic planning committees, QED Communications, 1995
• Technology Education Advisory Council, International Technology Education Association, 1992-1994.
• Panelist, Folklife Panel, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1992.
• Member, Folklife Advisory Council, Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs Commission, 1991-1993.
• Panelist, Local History Grants Review Panel, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1991.
• Member, Arts Education Advisory Committee, Howard Heinz Endowment, 1991.
• Board Member, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989-1994.
• Member, Arts Education Roundtable, Pittsburgh Fund for Arts Education, 1988-1997.
• Advisory Committee, Rachel Carson Homestead Association, 1989. Lead team of Duquesne University museum graduate students conducting interpretive plan.
• Member, Steel Industry Heritage Task Force, Pittsburgh, 1988-1991. Designed steel heritage exhibit for Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank Center gallery, 1990.
• Board Member, Riverview Children's Center, Verona, PA, 1985-87.
• Co-Chair and founder, Pittsburgh Resources in Museum Education interest group of Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council, 1989-1991.
• Education Committee, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, 1988.

Conference presentations

• National Art Education Association 1983 Conference, Detroit, "Learning the Trade: Museology for School Children," March 1983.
• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Pennsylvania Department of Education, Teaching Pennsylvania Studies, "Local History with Elementary Children," September 1983.
• Pennsylvania Art Education Association 1983 Conference, Harrisburg, PA, general session presentation, "Crafts in the Modern Marketplace," October 1983.
• Phi Delta Kappa and Southwestern Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Fall Conference, "Learning the Trade: Museology for Children," November 1983.
• American Association for State and Local History 1984 Conference, Louisville, KY, "Kids as Curators: Learning the Trade," September 1984.
• Kappa Delta Pi, Pittsburgh Chapter, initiation meeting speaker, "Riverview Children's Center Museum Project," November 1984.
• The Preservation Fund of Pennsylvania Annual Conference, State College, PA, "Preservation Programs for the Public School Audience," May 1986.
• Duquesne University, Archives-Museums-Editing graduate history program, Guest Lecturer on museum exhibit design and interpretive programs, Spring 1986.
• Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council Community Symposium, Pittsburgh, "Reaching Teachers" and "Desktop Publishing: Getting Your Word Out Efficiently," February 1987.
• Pittsburgh Fund for Arts Education Artist's Showcase, "Visualizing History," October 1987.
• Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Arts in Education Workshop, "Pre- and Post-Activities for School Cultural Events," January 1988.
• North Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Social Studies Symposium panelist for local history and ethnic studies, January 1988.
• Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, "Sampling Ethnic Crafts: Multicultural Teaching Strategies for Art Classrooms," October 1990.
• National Council for Social Studies Conference, Anaheim, CA, "Toward a Better Balance: Multicultural Teaching Strategies," November 1990.
• Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, "Crafting Strategies for Multicultural Art Education," October 1991.
• Pennsylvania Historical Association, "ExplorePAhistory.com as a Vehicle for Teacher Training," October 2002.

Grants received (served as Project Director)

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts:

• 1982, "Registration of Permanent Collection of American Crafts," Society for Art in Crafts.

Pennsylvania Humanities Council:

• 1982-83, Planning and Phaedrus Grants for "Riverview Children's Center Museum Project," Riverview Children's Center.
• 1986, Phaedrus Grant for "Hands-On History: An Introduction to Classroom Methods in Local History Research," Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
• 1990, Grant for "Havens, Houses, Forts, and Factories: Fayette-Westmoreland's Architectural Heritage," Fallingwater, et al.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission:

• 1985, Local History Grant for "Architecture: The Building Art Exhibit Guide for Teachers," Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
• 1986-87, Local History Grant for "Exploring Architecture Teacher Inservice," Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
• 1989-90, Columbus Quincentenary Grant, "A Sampler of Ethnic Crafts Curriculum," Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center.
• 1989-90, Special Project Grant, "Havens, Houses, Fortresses, and Factories: Westmoreland-Fayette's Architectural Heritage," Fallingwater, et al.
• 1990-91, Columbus Quincentenary Grant, "Ethnic Crafts Outreach Loan Kits," Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center.

Legislative Office for Research Liaison, Pennsylvania House of Representatives:

• 1986-87, special grant for Toward a Better Balance, an ethnicity/multiculturalism workshop and curriculum guide for Commonwealth teachers, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center.
• 1987-88, Toward a Better Balance, second year funding to develop elementary curriculum.

Henry C. Frick Educational Commission:

• 1987, "Drawing: A Way of Seeing Inservice," Frick Art Museum.
• 1987-88, "Portable Pittsburgh" outreach program, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
• 1988, "At Home in Pittsburgh Inservice," Frick Art Museum.
• 1989, "Uncovering Hidden Treasures Inservice," Frick Art Museum, Society for Art in Crafts, Kingsley Center.
• 1990, "Introducing Clayton Inservice," Clayton, The Frick Foundation.
• 1992, "Art of the Everyday: 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Painting Inservice," The Frick Art Museum.