Jeanne L. Narum
Principal
Learning Spaces Collaboratory
(Founding Director, Project Kaleidoscope)

Jeanne L. Narum is the founding principal of PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory, the founding director of Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and director of the Independent Colleges Office (ICO), all located in Washington, D.C. A nationally recognized advocate for undergraduate education, her activities collectively reflect her commitment to ensure today’s undergraduates—no matter their background or career aspiration—have access to learning environments that equip them to be tomorrow’s leaders. During the past twenty years, PKAL has played a major role in catalyzing discussions about the why and how of transforming undergraduate programs in STEM fields. Narum has facilitated opportunities for informed conversations among early-career STEM faculty, within and between STEM disciplinary societies, engaging leaders and leadership teams from campuses and organizations across the country. Narum received the 2010 Founder’s Award from the Society of College and University Planners (SCUP), was made a 2010 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), received the award for academic excellence from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), a lifetime achievement award from Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, and a presidential citation from the American Psychological Association. She was named an AWIS fellow by the Association for Women in Science and is a St. Olaf College Distinguished Alumna.

Phillip D. Long, Ex-Officio
Director of the Centre for Education Innovation & Technology
The University of Queensland

Phil Long is Director of the Centre for Education Innovation and Technology (CEIT) at the University of Queensland. In this position, he is on a five-year mission to find out more about how technology can enhance active-learning, involved in CEIT’s research on environments that have potential to innovate teaching, learning, and creativity, This includes research, development, and dissemination of educational innovation through the strategic use of physical and virtual spaces and technology. With CEIT colleagues, Long is working to foster a community of scholarship with technological innovators and researchers around the world, sharing research interests focusing on designing built pedagogies, both physical and virtual, to support active learning and research collaboration. His background, reflecting his work with MIT's Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, is in learning space design, learning theory and behavior, innovation and technology diffusion, social computing tools, and collaboration environments, and evaluation of educational technology, statistical and qualitative research. He is involved with the New Media Consortium, TLT, ELI, in addition to the LSC.

David R. Narum
Principal
GreenWay Partners, Inc.

David R. Narum is an owner and principal at GreenWay Partners, a consultancy in Arcata, CA. GreenWay deals with projects that cut across economic development, regenerative design, resilience and adaptation planning, and transition management. Current efforts include programs that connect education and learning theory to social/economic development through project-based, collaborative, community-based initiatives. He has taught at Emory University, James Madison University and Humboldt State University, with courses in economics, energy analysis and policy, geography, public policy and planning, and regenerative design. (1996 - 2006). Other professional activities: Senior Analyst at the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation, working with federal, state and municipal governments to develop and evaluate energy efficiency programs and regulatory policies (1990 - 1995); Assistant Director of the University National Park Energy Partnership Program (UNPEPP), large-scale service-learning initiative designed to build energy management capacity among student participants and park personnel (1998 - 2009. He earned his Ph.D. (1994) in Environment and Resources and his M.S. (1990) in Energy Analysis and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. (1985) from St. Olaf College in Philosophy and Religion.

Wendy Newstetter
Director of Learning Sciences Research
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Wendy C. Newstetter is the Director of Learning Sciences Research in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Dr. Newstetter’s research focuses on understanding learning in interdisciplines with an eye towards designing educational environments that support the development of integrative problem solving. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.

Susan Whitmer
Strategic Education Consultant
Herman Miller

Susan Whitmer has over 25 years of experience in designing environments for offices, healthcare, and education. As a member of the Education Solutions team at Herman Miller, Inc., she works with clients to create inclusive learning spaces. Susan is a licensed interior designer, earning her undergraduate degree in Design from Ringling College. She holds a Masters of Business Degree from Brenau University and a Masters of Science Degree in Accessibility and Inclusive Design from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. Susan has co-authored several articles on learning spaces and in March 2009 was published in the international architectural journal, Open House International.