carla is the creator and head of the 4D Design Program at Cranbrook AcADEMY Of Art

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Founding Head of 4D Design, September 2018-Present

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Assistant Professor of Product Design, August 2017-August 2018

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA, Lecturer, January 2013-June 2017

Co-founder of the xLab, a Comcast-sponsored exploration of content-coupled connected products

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY, Adjunct, July 2009-August 2014

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA, Visiting Assistant Professor, August 2007-June 2008

Team member for Simon, humanoid human-robot interaction project

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Savannah, GA, Professor of Interactive Design, September 2002-June 2007

• Co-wrote the curriculum for the new Interactive Design Department in 2002

• Established the College’s first Physical Computing course to teach creative technology

• Guided student teams on corporate sponsored projects from the Gulfstream Corporation

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Adjunct, May 2002-July 2002

COURSES TAUGHT

• Created course Designing Smart Objects, launching 2018-19

• PGIN5010 Design Semantics

• PGIN5020 Advanced Modeling Methods

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

• IPD521 Smart Objects for Play and Learning

• IPD528 Design of Contemporary Products: Smart Objects

• IPD551 & IPD552 Integrated Product Design Studio (Studio Design Process and Problem Framing)

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

• Smart Objects (jointly listed MFA IxD and Product Design)

• The Practice of Interaction Design, Summer intensive

• Fundamentals of Interaction Design

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

• IDUS 8900 Information and Interface Design

• IDUS 8900 Design Aesthetics

• IDUS7000 Graduate Thesis Studio I & II

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

• ITGM440 Physical Computing

• ITGM709 Visual Information and Interface Design

• ITGM 403 Information and Interfaces

• ITGM 130 Digital Design Aesthetics

• ITGM715 Interactive Web Design

• SNDS355 Interactive Sound for the Web

• ITGM303 Programming for Interactivity

• ITGM490 Portfolio and Post Production

• ITGM355 Animation for the Web

• ITGM 260 Interactive Design

PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL

• PGTE5023 Programming for Interactive Design

ADDITIONAL TEACHING ACTIVITIES
• Developed and successfully passed the curriculum for the Georgia Tech International Plan for Industrial Design Majors
• Established the first Physical Computing course and lab to teach creative technology at the Savannah College of Art and Design
• Guided student teams on corporate sponsored projects with the Gulfstream Corporation surrounding passenger in-cabin interface solutions.
• Developed, wrote and taught eLearning versions of SCAD’s ITGM709 and ITGM715, described above.
• Co-wrote the entire curriculum for the new Interactive Design Department at Savannah College of Art and Design in 2002