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.