(2006-2011)

Within DXARTS at the University of Washington, I have served as a lead instructor for the entire undergraduate digital arts core curriculum, which includes:
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(2008)

Dancing in the Digital Domain was a live performance collaboration between DXARTS and the University of Washington Department of Dance. The concert, presented May 29 – June 1, 2008, was the culmination of yearlong collaborative dialogue exploring embodiment vis a vis digital technologies.
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(2007-2008)

The Digital Arts Writing Initiative is a project that I led with DXARTS Assistant Professor James Coupe, in collaboration and Cathy Beyer, Research Scientist in the University of Washington Office of Educational Assessment. The goal was to explore and develop writing within digital arts.
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(2004-2006)

The Innovation component of the Sixth College Culture, Art, Technology (CAT) Program at the University of California San Diego facilitated art/technology collaboration and experimentation within an interdisciplinary undergraduate learning environment.
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(2006)

The Digital Literacy Pilot project was a major academic research initiative within the Innovation component of the Sixth College Culture, Art, Technology Program at the University of California San Diego, conducted in Spring 2006.
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(2005)

SPECFLIC 1.0 was a large-scale telecommuncations media performance event directed by Visual Arts Associate Professor Adriene Jenik, with choreography, assistant direction, and curricular integration by Heather Raikes. The work was presented for the UCSD opening of Calit2.
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(2000-2004)

As New Media Producer-In-Residence (2000-2003) and Assistant Professor of New Media (2003-2004) within the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University, I designed and taught the following courses:
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(2000-2004)

The Temple University School of Communications and Theater New Media Performance Laboratory fosters the development of original works that utilize new technologies to synthesize artistic and communicative disciplines in the discovery of new messages and new means for their distribution.
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(2002)

Spring’s Awakening was a multimedia performance project performed by the Temple University Graduate Acting Program in Spring 2002, under the direction of Theater Associate Professor Kevin Cotter and New Media Producer-In-Residence Heather Raikes.

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(2000-2004)

Any new medium carries within it the seeds for new conceptual models and new means of interaction. The ability to translate all media into a digital realm breaks the boundaries that previously separated various disciplines. New media is inventing itself on the margins between art and science; film and journalism; theory and theater; television and graphic design. It is in this interdisciplinary spirit that the New Media Interdisciplinary Concentration invites and facilitates collaborations across disciplines that aspire to invent new ideas and create divergent expression.
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