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Professional Experience

• Instructional Specialist, Montclair State University (2015 - Present)
• Associate Professor, University of Maine, Intermedia Department (2009 - Present)
• Founder and Principle, SPURSE (1998 - Present)
• Visiting professor, NYU (2015 - 2015)
• Visiting Scholar, NYU (2015 - 2015)
• Adjunct, Department of Art, Montclair State University (2010 - 2015)
• Visiting Professor of Art & Environment, Pitzer College (2014 - 2014)
• Visiting Associate Professor, Bates College, Maine (2011 - 2011)

Consulting

• Training/Education, Kent Place. (May 2018 - Present). Develop and teach custom pedagogy on Innovation, Entrepreneurship & ethics. Summer program. Highschool.
• Technical/Professional Work, Picatinny Arsenal. (January 2017 - Present). Data + Analytics of 3d printing for field deployment
• Training/Education, Weston Scholars. (June 2016 - Present). Develop custom Innovation Pedagogy and deliver for gifted high school students. Summer Program.
• Training/Education, West Orange. (January 2016 - Present). 3d printing and innovation consulting
• Technical/Professional Work, MadLab. (January 2016 - Present). Design consultant. Commercial architecture to object design.
• Academic, Montclair High School. (March 2018 - July 2018). Develop Curriculum on Design and Innovation + 3d printing integration. High School and Middle School.
• Technical/Professional Work, Detroit . (January 2017 - October 2017). Collaborating with Ghana Think Tank on Urban renewal programs in Detroit
• Academic, North Hunterdon High School System. (May 2017 - August 2017). Workshop. Teach Upper-level administrators & teachers Innovation and how to teach this skill.
• Management Consulting, NJ Transit. (September 2016 - December 2016). 8 week, 1 day a week program teaching Innovation, Systems Thinking and Entrepreneurship. A customized program, mid/ high-level management.
• Management Consulting, NJ Transit. (September 2016 - December 2016). 8 week, 1 day a week program teaching Innovation, Systems Thinking and Entrepreneurship. A customized program, mid/ high-level management.
• Academic, University of Washington Performing Arts Program. (March 2015 - December 2015). Helping rethink the mission and delivery of program for the future. Workshops, Research, Whitepaper. Deep Consultation.
• Technical/Professional Work, North Atlantic Marine Association. (January 2009 - May 2011). Working on innovation for outreach

Honors & Awards

• Best Overall Poster, Venture Well Conference (March 2018)

Refereed Published Articles

• I. Kerr, J. Frasca (2016). Making Is Thinking – How Doing Transforms Our Thinking Centric Paradigm Of Innovation And Education. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces

Published Proceedings

• I. Kerr, J. Frasca (5s). 2016. What Comes After Design Thinking? Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers

Books & Chapters

• I. Kerr (2015). SPURSE, Code Book for Commons.
• I. Kerr (2015). The Eat Your Sidewalk Cookbook.