Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

BRAD HOKANSON
Associate Professor, Graphic Design Program
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
246d McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-4918
brad@umn.edu
     

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Graphic Design
  • Cognitive Tools
  • Digital Imaging
  • Interactive Media
  • Visual Thinking and Communication
  • Computer Graphics
      Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):
  • DHA 1300 Introduction to Design
  • DHA 1334 Introduction to Computer Applications to Design
  • DHA 3351 Graphic Design I
  • DHA 5383 Sound and Video
  • DHA 5399 Theory of Electronic Design
     Selected Scholarship:
  • Hooper, S., & Hokanson, B., (Eds.). (2002). A learning software design competion. Educational Technology, 42(5), 5-28. -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Reinartz, T., & Hokanson, B. (2001). Learning to make meaning without making
  • Hokanson, B. (2001). Silk and Solison:Technology paradigms and education. Educational Technology, 41(3), 42-45. -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Hokanson, B., & Hooper, D. (2000). Computers as cognitive media: Defining potential of computers in education. Computers and Human Behavior, 16(5), 537-552. -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Hokanson, B. (2000). Why I have to paint: The importance of learning through one’s fingers in a digital world. Art and Academe: A Journal for the Humanities and Sciences in the Education of Artists, 11(2), 17-24. -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Hokanson, B., & Hooper, S. (2001). Observations from a learning software design competition. Tech Trends, 45(2), 3-4. (Co-author). -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Hooper, S., & Hokanson, B., (2000). The changing face of knowledge. Social Education. 64(1), 28-32. Invited Article, Refereed Journal. (Co-author). -Refereed Journal Publication
  • Hokanson, B. (2001). Digital image creation and analysis as a means to examine learning and cognition. In M. Beynon, C. Nehaniv, & K. Dautenhahn, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology. Berlin: Springer. -Other Publication
  • Hokanson, B. (2001). If Einstein could paint: An investigation into the use of symbol systems and cognition, in Griffin, R., et al. (Eds.). Natural Vistas: Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy Association. State College, PA: IVLA. -Other Publication
  • Hokanson, B., & Hooper, S. (2001). Observations of the University of Minnesota Learning Software Competition. Paper presented at the Association for the Educational Computing and Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA. Also presented twice the Association for Educational Computing and Technology Conference in Denver, CO and at the International Visual Literacy Association Conference. Ames IA. Also presented at the SITE Conference in Orlando, FL. -Refereed Presentation      

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • 2002 CHE Ad Hoc working group on Web site
  • 1993-2001 DHA Curriculum Committee
  • 2001 Contract/PA Faculty Evaluation Standards
  • 1999-2000 CHE Professional/Academic Advisory Committee
  • 1998-2001 DHA ByDesign Advisory Board
      Awards:
  • 2002 McFarland Creative Teaching Award from CHE
  • Honorable mention for the Innovative Technology Award