Susan Tennant, MFA
- Assistant Director, Media Arts and Science
- Associate Clinical Professor
Education
- M.F.A. Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis
- M.S., Media Arts and Science, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
- B.F.A., Ceramic Art and Design, S.U.N.Y.'s Alfred University
- B.A., Education, S.U.N.Y’s Alfred University
Biography
Susan Tennant is an Associate Clinical Professor in Media Arts & Science. Susan’s teaching schedule currently encompasses digital documentation of cultural heritage and physical computing. She also is an instructor of Informatics study abroad program in Paros, Greece.
Susan Tennant’s awards include:
- 2007 Indiana University Board of Trustees Teaching Award of Excellence
- 2002 SPROP Interdisciplinary grant, Indiana University
- 2001 IMLS Institute of Museum and library services, awarded for the CLIOH Project
- 2000 Silicon Graphics Inc Award for excellence in Computational Sciences and Visualization at Indiana University
- 2000 Grant Recipient of Indiana University High Performance Network Applications Program Internet 2
- “SIVE”, a scalable immersive 3D environment designed for the desktop and Internet2
- 1999 Grant Recipient of Indiana University High Performance Network Applications Program (HPNAP) Internet2 for “Chichen Itza, A Virtual Tour”
Tennant is on the 2002 Board of Directors of the Virtual Heritage Network as well as the Board of the Eiteljorg Museum. She is a past Master Fellow recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts; a three-time recipient of the Indiana Arts Commission Distinguished Master Fellowship; and in 2002 received an IU SPROP interdisciplinary grant.
Tennant has also been active in service to the University and community with activities such as:
- 2002 VC Herron Search and Screen committee
- 2002 Assessment Committee Museum Studies, IUPUI
- 2002 Project Director 2016, Informatics at the Indiana State Fair
- 2002 Guest Lecturer, Kathleen LaBarre, SLIS, Indiana University
- 2002 Mentor Foreign exchange Students program School of Informatics
- 2002 Producer/ Developer Projects Wishard Health Services, “STD interactive” CD ROM
- Trauma center web site; Weight management kiosk and Bariatric web site
- 2002 Indiana State Museum Kiosk Project Director
- 2002 Indiana Medical History Museum, Producer DVD
- 2001 Mentor Foreign exchange Students program School of Informatics
- 2001 Ruth Lilly health education web site
