JoanInderhees

Wow — enrolling in this class makes me feel like I've passed the 20-mile marker on this PhD 'marathon'. 6.2 miles to go! (And those are the most challenging miles.)
 * Day job:** nontenured-track associate lecturer (aka 'associate professor' rank, but without the terminal degree) in Visual Communication Design here at KSU, and faculty coordinator for the First-Year Experience classes for the College of Communication and Information. My BFA and MA are in VCD, many, many moons ago. I design books and logos/identity systems.
 * Hobbies:** running and swimming. I compete in both, and fare better in running. I'm training for the Boston Marathon on April 20 — yes, training in NE Ohio in the winter is no. fun. at. all. I use the same strategy we're probably all using to get through this PhD program: I keep thinking about the finish line in Copley Square, and doing my best to stay healthy.
 * Family:** my husband's an architect and restores historic buildings. My daughter lives with her husband and daughter in Alaska, and my son lives in Rhode Island.
 * HIED areas of interest:** students and faculty transitioning into the college environment, adjunct faculty, and faculty development. I intend to do research on the way faculty approach teaching in studio design courses, and the institutional supports for such non-lecture format teaching.