Sunday, March 2, 2014



Dissertation Support Requested
BEGGING - I AM UNDER DEADLINE
(I know you know what that's like!)

IRB Protocol number 10303
Study: Business Coursework &/or other preparation for an Applied Arts career in Marketing

Hello!
        I am begging for a total of 40 minutes of your time! Openly asking if you or anyone you know would be willing to contact me to do
·         a survey (17 questions in 2 parts),
·         an interview (conversationally about 15 to 20 questions),
·         and to share some images (as you deem significant) …
… as part of my dissertation.
            Criteria is that they graduated from one of 42 AICAD accredited schools (http://www.aicad.org/) as an illustration major. There would be an informed consent form (all individual results are confidential) and your total commitment, all inclusive, is –planned for under 50 minutes. Respondents will receive aggregate level results (confidentiality assured).
            I am a doctoral candidate at Argosy University School of Business, with a BFA from UArts in Illustration, and as an educator of 30+ years, a university professor for much of that, I sense something of a potential  gap in curriculum.  The research seeks to confirm suspicions that may exist, further the conversation about what constitutes success, and otherwise shed light on the relationship between right and left brain paradigms, applied arts and business. This is intended as foundational research.
            Research is later intended as regards this consideration and other applied arts.  Further research may also venture what business can learn from the arts and vice versa.  What inherent default boundaries of thinking and behavior occur based on these right / left-brain considerations.  Cultures generally and specific to business, to the arts, and any role education plays in exacerbating such divisions, pro or con (and more).
   Thank you,
   Frank Davis
*It does not matter what year you went or which AICAD school it was, which include:
Alberta College of Art and Design
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Art Center College of Design
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Cleveland Institute of Art
College for Creative Studies
Columbus College of Art and Design
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Cornish College of the Arts
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Kansas City Art Institute
Laguna College of Art and Design
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Maine College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Memphis College of Art
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Montserrat College of Art
Moore College of Art and Design
New Hampshire Institute of Art
NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
OCAD University
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Otis College of Art and Design
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Parsons The New School for Design
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Pratt Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling College of Art and Design
San Francisco Art Institute
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
School of Visual Arts
The Cooper Union
The University of the Arts
Watkins College of Art Design & Film