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Professor O’Shea is actively involved in numerous professional
organizations, in which she holds leadership positions. She
is a former President of the New Jersey Coalition for Interior
Design Legislation and East Regional Chair of the Interior
Design Educators Council (IDEC). She is currently a site
visitor for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation
(CIDA), and has served as the faculty advisor for the Interior
Design Student Association/NJ Student Chapter of the
American Society of Interior Designers student organization.
She is co-author of the textbook, Design and Security in the
Built Environment, published in 2009.
Is included among the teachers that the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching calls the “great teachers of
our time.” Most recently, Landa was a finalist in the Wall Street
Journal’s Creative Leaders competition.
Landa is the author of twelve published books about graphic
design, branding, advertising, and creativity and her books
have been translated into Chinese and Spanish.
Author of many articles, Landa reached a #1 spot on the
Amazon Shorts best-seller list.
Landa has lectured across the country and has won many
awards for design, writing, teaching, and creative leadership,
including: National Society of Arts and Letters, The National
League of Pen Women, New Jersey Authors Award, Creativity,
the Rowan University Award for Contribution to Design
Education, and twice has won the Presidential Excellence
Award in Scholarship from Kean University. As a designer
and brand strategist, Landa works with Mike Sickinger, a Kean
alumnus and CCO of Lava Dome Creative, as well as being the
principal of her own design consultancy, robinlanda.com
Since my arrival at the institution, my philosophy has been
that the best way to influence the future success of the design
majors is by spending as much time as possible working
side-by-side with them in the studios and laboratories. I
voluntarily keep open lab sessions on my professional days
during the week, as well as Saturdays and/or Sundays. In
addition to design majors having vital access to studios during
non-class times, they also see me doing my own work, applying
and practicing the same things I discuss with them in class.
Some of my service to the institution has been as follows:
4 terms (including currently) on the University Senate
(Vice-chair); 3 terms on the General Education Committee
(Co-chair); 2 terms on the University Curriculum Committee
(secretary); Chair of Distance Learning Committee, Chair of
Middle States sub-committee on Student Support Services;
Chair and Co-chair of major search committees; and, dozens of
other elected and appointed positions at the School, College
and University levels.Wall Street Journal’s Creative
Leaders competition.
Is an educator and design practitioner. As a Full Professor,
and Coordinator of the Interior Design Program, she teaches
courses in, Introduction to Interior Design, Interior Design
Studio I & II and Senior Projects II/Portfolio, and Design & the
Built Environemnt. As a design practitioner, she has worked
in areas of corporate space planning, contract design, retail
design and healthcare facilities. Her students have produced
award winning work and received scholarships and monetary
rewards in the regional competitions such as, the IIDA Design
Competition, the NJ American Society of Interior Designers
Student Design Competition, and the Illuminating Engineering
Society National Student Lighting Design Competition.
Teaches courses in graphic design at the Robert Busch School
of Design, Kean University where he is also the founding
director of The Design Center, which has won numerous
awards for its exhibitions, publications, and products in the
various fields of design.
Professor Robbins is an award-winning writer and the author
of 24 books in the areas of mystery science fiction, puzzles and
humor, and visual communications. His cartoons, illustrations,
graphics, and games have appeared in dozens of publications
and exhibitions and his unique series of mystery jigsaw
puzzles has millions of fans around the world. His work can be
seen at www.alanrobbins.com