David Stricker received a BS in criminology from the University of Minnesota at Duluth and an MED from the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. He spent several years designing and constructing residential and light commercial buildings. For the last decade, his focus has been technology education. David has taught grades 7-12, and has worked as a teaching specialist with pre-service technology educators. David completed his doctoral program in 2008 and is presently employed as a Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. His dissertation title was Perceptions of creativity in art, music and technology education.