Derek Lackaff
Associate Professor Of Communication Design
Elon, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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SeniorDerek Lackaff is an associate professor of communication design and former Fulbright Scholar with 14 years of experience shaping interactive media education and research at Elon University. He directs and mentors MA students in iMedia while researching social interaction in digital contexts, from democratic participation to endangered language revitalization. As Associate Director of Elon’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and former director of the MA program, he blends pedagogy consulting with practical curriculum leadership to help faculty and students adopt effective, evidence-based teaching practices. He also founded Hackranch, applying his academic insights to real-world media and design projects. Colleagues describe him as a bridge between scholarly inquiry and hands-on media practice, translating complex social research into engaging interactive experiences.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, German, Danish, Norwegian, Luxembourgish
Github Skills (30)
weblate9
localization8
docker-container8
internationalization8
docker-image8
docker6
android4
flutter4
scrabble3
ios3
react-native3
chrome-extension2
mozilla-firefox2
firefox-webextension2
thunderbird2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lackaff/lackaff.github.io
Oct 2017 - Sep 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
lackaff/zwischenwelt
Mar 2012 - Jan 2013
Contributions:8 commits in 11 months
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