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STEVE STIER (email to update your profile)
Profile last updated: 8/9/05
 
Address: 5317 Okemos Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823
County: Ingham
Phone (w): 517-347-3073
Phone (h): -
Fax: -
E-mail: stiers@msu.edu
Website: -
 
Academic Affiliation: Michigan State University
Non-academic affiliation: -
Degree: M.S. Eastern Michigan Univ.; M.S., Western Michigan Univ.
Major: Historic Preservation, Education, Industrial Arts
Minor: -
 
Specialization areas: Conservation/Cultural Heritage, Education, Folklore/Folklife, History, Preservation
Implementing projects as: Planning, Developing, Research, Consulting, Presenter/panelist, Projector Evaluator
Project types: Live Events and Exhibiitons, School Projects, Media (film, TV, radio), Digital media (internet, etc.)
Areas willing to participate: Live Events and Exhibiitons, School Projects, Media (film, TV, radio), Digital media (internet, etc.)
 
Past experience: Planned, wrote proposal & presented living history exhibit on timber framing for the "Country Life Historic Park" at the Michigan State Fair (92-94); Planned, researched & interpreted interactive exhibit on traditional barn building for the Fesitval of Michigan Folklife (94); planned, researched & interpreted exhibit on traditional stone masonry for the Festival of Michigan Folklife (95); researched, wrote proposal & co-produced exhibit on the 1876 "Lincoln Jubilee" for the "Country Life Historic Park" at the Michigan State Fair (97). Researched & presented first person interpretation of Elkhana Watson, "father of the American agricultural fair" for documentary video Blue Ribbon Walkways, and MSUM exhibit It's Fairtime! (99-01). Planned, wrote proposal & produced one day conference "Understanding the Farmstead" for "ANR Week" at MSU (01). Researched, instructed & demonstrated traditonal wood construction techniques, and historical wood building repair & restoration for East Michigan Univ. Historic Preservation Program Fayette Field School (01-03). Planned & coordinated collaborative hands-on preservation training program for Detroit's Randolph Career & Technical Center studes at Historic Fort Wayne (05-06). Education in industrial arts and historic preservation. Taught at high school, college & adult education levels. Owner of RE:Construction; Co-Curator for Agricultural Collections & Instructor - Tillers International, Board Member Michigan Historic Preservation Network
 
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