Design Thinking Workshop

Florida State University, Founding Director, Innovation Hub, CEO, Innovation by Design LLC, ken@innovation.fsu.edu

Ken Baldauf is the Founding Director of Florida State University’s Innovation Hub, where students from all disciplines work together, utilizing Design Thinking with emerging technologies, to confront the demanding and complex problems of our day. After over 25 years as an FSU faculty member with a background in music and computer science, Ken has pivoted from machine to human, now fostering curiosity, creativity, compassion, and innovation across the disciplines. Through his Innovation by Design class, and through a wide variety of workshops, design sprints, and boot camps, Ken and his team teach and facilitate Design Thinking sessions that win hundreds of new enthusiasts each year. Ken has authored several textbooks, collaborated with Cengage Learning Publishing to create an online learning framework, has presented at educational conferences around the world, and consults with businesses and organizations in order to increase their creative and innovative potential.

Florida State University, Teaching Professor, Sociology Department, lisa.munson@fsu.edu

Lisa Munson is a Teaching Professor in the Sociology Department at Florida State University. Her research centers around inequality and social justice, teaching innovation, and public sociology. With 16 years of teaching experience, Lisa has focused on pedagogy and curriculum development, serving for nearly a decade on the University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Planning Committee, a term as Director of Undergraduate Studies for Sociology, and currently as the Supervisor of Graduate Teaching. Lisa has published three textbooks, including one for the Sociology of Hip Hop Culture, a course she designed and launched at Florida State University. She co-edited a special edition of “Arts," an international peer-reviewed open access journal, and serves on the journal's Topical Advisory Board. Presenting at national conferences and universities, Lisa has also organized multiple symposia, panels, and workshops focusing on teaching, education, and social change. She has received numerous university teaching awards, most recently the University Innovation in Teaching award. Lisa has also received community awards recognizing her leadership and community service. Off-campus, Lisa has organized community workshops, and she has organized, curated, and hosted over 50 showcases highlighting hip hop, house, and jazz music, dance, and visual art.