Experts Directory
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Faculty
Advertising
Gail Anderson, chair, BFA Design, BFA Advertising; creative director, Visual Arts Press
Debbie Millman, chair, MPS Branding
Steve Heller, co-chair MFA Design
Animation
Victoria Arslani, faculty, BFA Animation
James Bascara, faculty, BFA Animation
Jimmy Calhoun, chair, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Jony Chandra, faculty, BFA Animation
Georgios Cherouvim, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Harry Dorrington, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Christina Faraj, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Khang Le, faculty, BFA Animation
Elana Lederman, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Terrence Masson, chair, MFA Computer Arts
Hsiang Chin Moe, chair, BFA Animation
Peter Schmidt, faculty, BFA Animation
Architecture
Carol Rusche Bentel, chair, BFA Interior Design
Molly Heintz, chair, MFA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Art Administration
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Art Criticism
Tom Huhn, chair, Art History, Honors Program, BFA Visual Arts and Critical Studies
Art Education
Catherine Rosamond, chair, MAT Art Education, MA Art Education
Art History
Tom Huhn, chair, Art History, Honors Program, BFA Visual and Critical Studies
The Art Market
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Art Theory
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
Tom Huhn, chair, Art History, Honors Program, BFA Visual Arts and Critical Studies
Art Therapy
Deborah Farber, chair, MPS Art Therapy
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Terrence Masson, chair, MFA Computer Arts
Bio Art
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
Branding
Debbie Millman, chair, MPS Branding
Steve Heller, co-chair MFA Design
Cartooning & Comics
Viktor Koen, chair, BFA Illustration and BFA Comics
Visual Effects
Jimmy Calhoun, chair, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
Terrence Masson, chair, MFA Computer Arts
Adam Meyers, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects and MFA Computer Arts
Georgios Cherouvim, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects
David Mattingly, faculty, BFA 3D Animation and Visual Effects and MFA Computer Arts
Curating
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
Steven Henry Madoff, chair, MA Curatorial Practice
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Design
Gail Anderson, chair, BFA Design, BFA Advertising; creative director, Visual Arts Press
Carol Rusche Bentel, chair, BFA Interior Design
Allan Chochinov, chair, MFA Products of Design
Liz Danzico, chair, MFA Interaction Design
Molly Heintz, chair, MFA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Steven Heller, co-chair, MFA Design
Kevin T. O’Callaghan, chair, 3D Design
Lita Talarico, co-chair, MFA Design
Design Thinking
Gail Anderson, chair, BFA Design, BFA Advertising; creative director, Visual Arts Press
Molly Heintz, chair, MFA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Miya Osaki, chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation
NFTs
Benton Bainbridge, faculty, MFA Computer Arts
Kenny Schachter, faculty, BFA Fine Arts
Digital Media
Gail Anderson, chair, BFA Design, BFA Advertising; creative director, Visual Arts Press
Tom P. Ashe, chair, MPS Digital Photography
Liz Danzico, chair, MFA Interaction Design
Nathan Fox, chair, MFA Visual Narrative
Bob Giraldi, chair, MPS Film Directing
Drawing
Viktor Koen, chair, BFA Illustration and BFA Comics
Entrepreneurship
Allan Chochinov, chair, MFA Products of Design
Lita Talarico, co-chair, MFA Design
Film and Video
Ralph Appelbaum, founder, “Filmmakers Dialogue”
Bob Giraldi, chair, MPS Film Directing
Mary Lee Grisanti, acting chair, BFA Film and Video
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Fine Arts
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Mark Tribe, chair, MFA Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Steven Heller, co-chair, MFA Design
Lita Talarico, co-chair, MFA Design
Humanities
Kyoko Miyabe, Chair, Humanities and Sciences
Illustration
Nathan Fox, chair, MFA Visual Narrative
Viktor Koen, chair, BFA Illustration and BFA Comics
Interior Design
Carol Rusche Bentel, chair, BFA Interior Design
Painting
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Mark Tribe, chair, MFA Fine Arts
Photography
Tom P. Ashe, chair, MPS Digital Photography
Joseph Maida, chair, BFA Photography and Video
Charles Traub, chair, MFA Photography, Video and Related Media
Printmaking
Gunars Prande, faculty, BFA Fine Arts
Sculpture
Suzanne Anker, chair, BFA Fine Arts
David A. Ross, chair, MFA Art Practice
Mark Tribe, chair, MFA Fine Arts
Sequential Art
Nathan Fox, chair, MFA Visual Narrative
Viktor Koen, chair, BFA Illustration and BFA Comics
Social Design
Liz Danzico, chair, MFA Interaction Design
Miya Osaki, chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation
Sustainability
Allan Chochinov, chair, MFA Products of Design
Miya Osaki, chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation
Carol Rusche Bentel, chair, BFA Interior Design
Teaching Writing
Molly Heintz, chair, MFA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Kyoko Miyabe, chair, Humanities and Sciences