Season 47 Episode 1266

Bathrobe Moments brings in one of this country's most brillant historians!

James Howard is a lecturer, design historian, industrial designer/inventor of some 300 products with 20 patents. He owns and operates entrepreneurial U, a specialty private career school of Design Thinking. One of Howard's courses, “Bridge” Exploring New Career Pathways, takes students through the problem solving processes: problem/necessity, solution, and execution and leads them to new career pathways and job opportunities. James Howard serves as Executive Director of THE BLACK INVENTORS HALL OF FAME, (www.BIHOF.org) a virtual museum devoted to immortalizing African Americans whose noteworthy inventions have improved lives yet gone unnoticed. James also serves on the Board of Directors for the Unites States Intellectual Property Alliance, and he recently assisted the National Inventors Hall of Fame curate their very first Black Inventors exhibit Breaking Barriers. James serves on the advisory board for the American Institutes for Research, addressing the question - Does Race and Gender of the Patent Examiner Matter for Innovation? He is also the recent recipient of the TAGGIE award for his documentary film, The GATHERING and the co-producer of the groundbreaking film, The Great Equalizer, examining fairness in the patent system. For four years James has served as a subject matter expert on Design thinking for the Keller Innovation Center at Princeton University. He is also a visiting lecturer for the University of Texas Center for Integrated Design. James earned a Master and Bachelor of Fine Arts -Industrial Design at University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. James was recently awarded Honorary member of the National Academy of Inventors and serves on the panel for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the innovation ecosystem. He is also a recent recipient of the Inspire Top 100 award.