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Portrait of Maura Susan Schaffer

Maura Susan Schaffer

  • Asst Professor of Instruction at School of Family & Consumer Sciences, College of Applied Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Interior Design- CIDA Accreditation. 2025 - Present.
  • Member, FCS- Events Committee. 2025 - Present.
  • Academic Program Director, Interior Design Education Abroad Italy. January 2025 - Present.
  • Member, Purdue University- Interior Design Student Exhibition- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2007 - Present.

2025

  • Organizer, Coordination of Interior Design end of year display of ID work for Bloom. 2025.
  • Faculty Lead, Faculty lead for ID2322 Basic Design. 2025.
  • Faculty Lead, Faculty lead for ID2322 Design Development. 2025.
  • Participant, Interior Design Biannual Proficiency Exam Review- Spring/Fall. 2025.
  • Participant, Bobcat days. 2025.

2024

  • Participant, College of Applied Arts/ Bobcat days- Spring/Fall. 2024.
  • Participant, Interior Design/ Biannual Proficiency Exam Review/ Spring/Fall. 2024.
  • Organizer, Interior Design Perspective Workshops. 2024.
  • Advisory, Design Graphics Curriculum. 2024.
  • Faculty Lead Instructor, Interior Design/ ID2322 Basic Design. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Faculty lead, Interior Design/ ID2322 Design Development. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, FCS/ Events Committee/ Bloom/ Holiday Party. January 2024 - December 8, 2024.
  • Organizer, Interior Design/ Display of Student Work/ Bloom. March 2024 - April 26, 2024.

2023

  • Participant, College of Applied Arts/ Bobcat days/ Spring/Fall. 2023.
  • Participant, Interior Design/ Biannual Proficiency Exam Review/ Spring/Fall. 2023.
  • Organizer, Interior Design Perspective Workshops. 2023.
  • Participant, FCS/ Events Committee/ Bloom / Holiday Party. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Faculty lead, Interior Design/ ID2322 Basic Design. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Organizer, Interior Design/ Display of work/ Bloom. March 2023 - April 21, 2023.

2022

  • Participant, College of Applied Arts/ Bobcat days/ Fall. 2022.
  • Participant, Interior Design/ Biannual Proficiency Exam Review/ Spring/Fall. 2022.
  • Faculty lead, Interior Design/ ID2322 Basic Design. August 2022 - December 2022.

2021

  • Board Member, Bee Cave Arts Commission. 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Georgetown Art Center. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, 620 Gallery. 2020.
  • President and Co-founder, Cuernavaca Arts Cooperative. 2014 - 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum/ Texas Society of Sculptors. 2019.
  • Officer, Cuernavaca Arts Cooperative Summer Art Academy. 2015 - 2019.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Scholastic Regional Art Competition. 2017.

2012

  • Chair, Division of Art and Design Awards Ceremony Committee- Purdue University. 2012.
  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2012.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2012.

2011

  • Chair, Division of Art and Design Awards Ceremony Committee- Purdue University. 2011.
  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2011.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2011.
  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design- Dr. Barbara Walker Visiting Artist Committee. 2011.

2010

  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2010.
  • Member, Division of Art and Design Awards Ceremony Committee- Purdue University. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design- Dr. Barbara Walker Visiting Artist Committee. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University- Interior Design Student Exhibition- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University- Interior Design- CIDA Accreditation Committee. 2010.
  • Member, Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)- Scholarship Collaborative. 2010.
  • Member, Purdue University Grievance Committee. 2008 - 2010.

2009

  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2009.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2009.
  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design- Dr. Barbara Walker Visiting Artist Committee. 2009.
  • Member, Purdue University- Interior Design- CIDA Accreditation Committee. 2009.
  • Co-Chair, PLACE (Purdue Liberal Arts Community Engagement) Project, Indiana Veterans Home – Lincoln Building. 2009.
  • Organizer, Student Day at the Statehouse. 2009.

2008

  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2008.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2008.
  • Member, Purdue University- Interior Design Student Exhibition- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2008.

2007

  • Member, Purdue University Interior Design- Annual Sophomore Portfolio Review. 2007.
  • Member, Purdue University Division of Art and Design MFA Review. 2007.
  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2007.

2006

  • Organizer, YWCA. 2006.

2004

  • Member, Purdue University- Division of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit- Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries. 2004.

2001

  • Coordinator / Organizer, Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC). 2009 - 2001.