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DISCIPLINE-BENDING INGENUITY

ENGAGING EXPERIENCES
ACROSS DIVERSE MEDIA AND INDUSTRIES

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MISSION

TOP PROJECTS

ARTS+SCIENCES+HUMANITIES
LEARNING+GAMES+HEALTH

PROJECTS

OBERLIN COLLEGE MEDIA CENTER (OCMC)

I CREATED OCMC TO SELF-SUSTAINABLY INTEGRATE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ACROSS DISCIPLINES

OBERLIN COLLEGE 3D PRINT LAB (OC3D)

PRODUCT OF OCMC

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DIGITAL STORYTELLING

WEBSITE DESIGN, SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTING

CONCEPT PROPOSAL, COLLABORATIVE DESIGNER

ALIEN HEALTH GAME

FOUNDING MEMBER

LAPTOP ORCHESTRA OF ARIZONA STATE (LOrkAS)

SITUATED MULTIMEDIA ARTS LEARNING LAB (SMALLab)

DESIGNER, DEMO ASSISTANT

HEALING ARTS LAB FOR YOGA (HALY)

DESIGNER, DEVELOPER

DESIGNER, DEVELOPER, DIRECTOR, PERFORMER

VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE COMPOSITIONAL / KINETIC iNSTRUCTOR (VICKi)

CHOREOGRAPHY, IMPROVISATION, AND PERFORMANCE

DIRECTOR, PERFORMER

CHOREOGRAPHY, IMPROVISATION, AND PERFORMANCE

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ABOUT

WHO IS JULIE CRUSE?

 

Spanning 20 years of discipline-bending ingenuity, Julie Cruse has delivered learning innovations at 4 public, 4 ivy league, and 2 community colleges, devised outreach strategies for over 20 entities, and produced numerous interactive platforms "in out (and) thru" learning, sciences, health, games, and arts. Cruse spearheaded UW CREATED on the heels of her appointment creating Oberlin College Media Center (OCMC). She has led over 20 lecture demonstrations and organized over 200 workshops. Artistically, her work has appeared in 16 festivals and some 400 stages. For her audience engagement expertise, Cruse has been consulted by Wexner Center for the Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Cruse holds master's degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from Arizona State University and in Dance and Technology from The Ohio State University. In both programs she designed and researched mixed reality systems for holistic learning through play, collaboration, interaction, and movement to engage and sustain communities. Among over a dozen conferences, she has presented in Games+Learning+Society, and Emerge: Artists+Scientists Redesign the Future. Distinctions exceed thirty grants and honors for scholarly, artistic, and entrepreneurial excellence, including recognition as Outstanding Alumni in Innovation (Ohio University, Ohio Today, Summer 2009 p19). 

 

Parallel to higher education, she volunteers to support K-12 schools, consults for private clients, and produces original research, inventions, and art.

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IF THE RENAISSANCE PRODUCED POLYMATHS LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI AND NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, THEN I WANT TO BE A RENAISSANCE WOMAN.

  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: Instructional Media and Data Specialist (2022 - Present) Collect, analyze, and visualize data on all unit products, programs, and services, in particular CTL's website, which is slated to relaunch as the new Provost's Office U-Teach platform which I conceptualized, proposed, and prototyped in a prior role at UW (see below); ensuring all instructional media is accessible and engaging. Skills: Google Analytics · E-Learning · Instructional Design · Video Editing · Accessibility Instructional Designer (2018 - 2022 · 4 yrs) Created and delivered live and remote instructor-focused content and courses to faculty, staff, and graduate instructors to foster inclusive pedagogy; overhauled CTL's web content and created web style guides for usability and accessibility in preparation for the site's relaunch as the Provost's Office's new U-Teach platform, which I conceptualized, proposed, and prototyped in my prior role at UW (see below). Skills: E-Learning · Instructional Design · Video Editing · Content Writing ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIES: Manager, Instructional Design and Outreach (2015 - 2018 · 3 yrs) Directed and managed a team of full-time staff, graduate, and undergraduate employees who collaborated to deliver our program of design and support for instructional, creative, and productivity related technologies. Streamlined and branded services under the Provost's Office for addition and delivery within U-Teach | U-Learn, the online portal I proposed and my team prototyped. Reprogrammed and rebranded all services formerly known as "Instructional Design and Outreach" under the forthcoming umbrella of UW CREATED. Skills: E-Learning · Instructional Design · A/V Production · Program Design and Delivery · Website Design · Data Driven Decisions · A/V Production · Management · Workplace Ethics
  • OBERLIN COLLEGE
    Instructional Technologist: Peer Mentoring in the Digital Arts 2012 - 2015 Created and directed Oberlin College Media Center (OCMC) as inaugural Instructional Technologist working with faculty, students, and staff across campus to integrate creative media into courses, research, and projects across disciplines. Managed all budget and purchasing, inventory, programming, events, and reports.
  • NOVA
    Chielf of Communications 2013 - 2015 Redesigned all web content and copy, assisted in local conferences, fostered partnerships, provided product usability and functionality consulting.
  • NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    National Science Foundation Fellow 2012 Designed, developed, and deployed the Healing Arts Lab for Yoga (HALY) to be used and researched in conjunction with returning veterans with PTSD. I proposed, and was awarded a National Science Foundation stipend for, this project as my thesis at Arizona State University School of Arts Media and Engineering.
  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: Instructional Media and Data Specialist (2022 - Present) Collect, analyze, and visualize data on all unit products, programs, and services, in particular CTL's website, which is slated to relaunch as the new Provost's Office U-Teach platform which I conceptualized, proposed, and prototyped in a prior role at UW (see below); ensuring all instructional media is accessible and engaging. Skills: Google Analytics · E-Learning · Instructional Design · Video Editing · Accessibility Instructional Designer (2018 - 2022 · 4 yrs) Created and delivered live and remote instructor-focused content and courses to faculty, staff, and graduate instructors to foster inclusive pedagogy; overhauled CTL's web content and created web style guides for usability and accessibility in preparation for the site's relaunch as the Provost's Office's new U-Teach platform, which I conceptualized, proposed, and prototyped in my prior role at UW (see below). Skills: E-Learning · Instructional Design · Video Editing · Content Writing ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIES: Manager, Instructional Design and Outreach (2015 - 2018 · 3 yrs) Directed and managed a team of full-time staff, graduate, and undergraduate employees who collaborated to deliver our program of design and support for instructional, creative, and productivity related technologies. Streamlined and branded services under the Provost's Office for addition and delivery within U-Teach | U-Learn, the online portal I proposed and my team prototyped. Reprogrammed and rebranded all services formerly known as "Instructional Design and Outreach" under the forthcoming umbrella of UW CREATED. Skills: E-Learning · Instructional Design · A/V Production · Program Design and Delivery · Website Design · Data Driven Decisions · A/V Production · Management · Workplace Ethics
  • OBERLIN COLLEGE
    Instructional Technologist: Peer Mentoring in the Digital Arts 2012 - 2015 Created and directed Oberlin College Media Center (OCMC) as inaugural Instructional Technologist working with faculty, students, and staff across campus to integrate creative media into courses, research, and projects across disciplines. Managed all budget and purchasing, inventory, programming, events, and reports.
  • NOVA
    Chielf of Communications 2013 - 2015 Redesigned all web content and copy, assisted in local conferences, fostered partnerships, provided product usability and functionality consulting.
  • NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    National Science Foundation Fellow 2012 Designed, developed, and deployed the Healing Arts Lab for Yoga (HALY) to be used and researched in conjunction with returning veterans with PTSD. I proposed, and was awarded a National Science Foundation stipend for, this project as my thesis at Arizona State University School of Arts Media and Engineering.

TESTIMONIALS

JULIE'S ADVISING WAS INTEGRAL TO THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE COURSE, AND I PLAN TO BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION.

HARROD SUAREZ / PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH / OBERLIN COLLEGE

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