Service: Civic Orchestration & Institutional Stewardship

Institutional stewardship across governance, infrastructure, and curriculum.

FTAG & Research Infrastructure

Institutional Technology Advocacy

Faculty Technology Advisor Group (FTAG)
Served on a Provost-initiated task force to align university IT policy with the demands of an R2 research community. This role encompassed the design of efficient technology adoption pipelines, the stewardship of early AI implementation, and the removal of procurement barriers to ensure faculty autonomy within a complex technical landscape.
Research Infrastructure Working Group
A 90-day initiative to modernize institutional technology standards. By revising hardware/software policies to support specialized research needs, this work provides faculty with the technical agency required to sustain Kean University's R2 Carnegie classification.
Policy & Institutional Integrity

University Senate Service & Governance

Academic Standards Committee — Generative AI Policy
Served on the committee reviewing student code of conduct updates. Volunteered for and served on the subcommittee responsible for authoring the university's initial generative AI policy language.
Academic Technology & Multimedia Committee
Advising on the seamless implementation of institutional technology to support faculty-wide innovation.
University Appeals Board
Serving on the judicial body presiding over student academic code of conduct appeals, ensuring institutional integrity and fair process.
Institutional Stewardship

Center for Immersive Experiences (CIE)

Co-founded and stewarded to provide equitable access to virtual production tools and immersive research infrastructure. Henry Stankiewicz coordinates the Motion & Experience Lab, overseeing resource management, technology acquisition, and the dismantling of technological alienation through shared access, training, and curricular continuity — ensuring that mastery of emerging tools is an inclusive opportunity. The lab also serves as the institutional home through which program-level Motion Graphics coordination across Graphic Design and Advertising is situated.

ISEA Roma Design, Italy — Spring 2026

International Research Residency Host

Organized and hosted two doctoral candidates from ISEA Roma Design (PhD in Design for Social Change) for an 8-week international research exchange at the Michael Graves College. This residency piloted a bidirectional flow of knowledge between Italian Design for Social Change methodologies and the High-Tech Humanism framework. PhD candidates were embedded in Motion for Portfolio, providing senior-level critique on narrative and ethical dimensions of time-based media; integrated with student teams on the Zimmerman Urban Garden Project; and co-facilitated a cross-disciplinary workshop ('Resources in Commons') for Michael Graves College and Hennings STEM students.