Programs of Study

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  James Abraham
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., Ball State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Ryadi Adityavarman
  Savannah
  B.Arch., Universitas Katolik Parahyangan; M.Arch., University of Colorado; M.S., University of Texas at Austin.
  
  
  
  
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  Rebekah Adkins
  Atlanta
  B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Emad Afifi
  Savannah
  B.Arch., M.S., Cairo University; D.Arch., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
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  Emad Afifi has taught at SCAD since 1990, served as chair of the architecture department from 1995-2001, and was appointed interim dean of the School of Building Arts in December 2007. He also has conducted practical training in architecture at Landbauamt, Munich, Germany, and was a visiting scholar at the Technical University of Berlin. He has focused on environmental design, environmental technology and building systems integration. His doctoral dissertation and research focused on the integration of architectural and engineering systems, building performance and energy-conscious design.
  
  Conference Leadership:
  

  • Co-chair, SBSE meeting, "Greener Foundations: Environmental Technology and the Beginning Design Student," SCAD, 2005
  • Co-chair, SBSE annual meeting, "The Art and Science of Design," Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Spring Green, Wis., 2000
  • Co-chair, ACSA Administrators Conference, Savannah, Ga., 1999

  Memberships:
  

  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • Society of Building Science Educators
  • American Solar Energy Society
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers

  
  
  
  
  
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  Steven Aishman
  Atlanta
  B.A., Princeton University; M.F.A., Tufts University.
  
  
  
  
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  Manuel Aja-Herrera
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Central England; M.A., Manchester Metropolitan University; M.A., London Institute, Central Saint Martins.
  
  
  
  
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  Marie Aja-Herrera
  Savannah
  B.A., Birmingham Polytechnic; M.A., Krakow University; M.A., London Institute, Central Saint Martins.
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  Marie Aja-Herrera has more than 20 years of experience as a fashion designer, writer, creative director and instructor. Prior to joining SCAD, she worked for Costume National, Byblos, Pierre Cardin, NIKE, Adolfo Dominguez and Purificacion Garcia, Jacques Vert plc and Jefferson International Inc. in Hong Kong. She also had her own label, catering primarily to the European market. In addition, she has served as a dean and chair of fashion programs. She continues her design work, writes articles for various magazines, and serves as undergraduate and graduate adviser for fashion students at SCAD. Aja-Herrera recently received an honorary doctorate from New York University - The Yorker International Institute for her work in design and design education.
  
  Selected Awards:
  

  • Who's Who of American Professional Women, 2006-07
  • Who's Who of World Professionals, 2006-07
  • International Young Contemporary Designer Award
  • RSA Bursary
  • Glove Guild International Design Award
    

  Memberships:
  

  • The Textile Institute
  • The Fashion Group International
  • Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, United Kingdom
  • The Polish Union of Artists
    

  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Fashion Design
  • The Business of Fashion
  • Fashion Sketching
  • Senior Collection I
  • Fashion Portfolio and Presentation
  • History of Fashion
  • Fashion Design Final M.A. Project
  • Fashion Design MFA Thesis

  
  
  
  
  
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  Judith Ott Allen
  Savannah
  B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Jonathan Alvord
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Southern California.
  
  
  
  
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  Margo Ames
  Savannah
  B.Mus., Lawrence University; M.Mus., Florida State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Larry Anderson
  Atlanta
  M.V.A., Georgia State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Denis Antoine
  Savannah
  B.A., University of the Arts; M.A., Royal College of Art.
  
  
  
  
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  Rhonda Arntsen
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Northern Michigan University; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; M.F.A., University of Minnesota.
  
  
  
  
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  Zina Arthur
  
  Atlanta
  B.F.A. and B.A., Stephens College
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  In 1983, Arthur started her own business, Z.W. Designs. Its market of services has spanned from design concepts through technical design for apparel manufacturers. Her    firm also was selected to work with the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
  
  Courses:
  Fashion Technology
  Apparel Development II
  Senior Collection II
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Christopher Auer
  Savannah
  B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Regent University.
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  A veteran of the entertainment industry, Chris Auer has written for "The Cosby Show" and "As the World Turns." He also was the creator and executive producer of the Family Channel's "Big Brother Jake," for which he oversaw all creative decisions during the show's 100-episode run. Auer is the author of eight children's books, and in one of his classes at SCAD, his book "Molly and the Good Shepherd" was made into a movie, providing the opportunity for collaboration between students and professionals.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Emmy Nomination, writing, "As the World Turns"

  Memberships:
  

  • Writers' Guild of America, Lifetime Member
  • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Writer Peer
    

  Courses:
  

  • Screenwriting
  • Writing for Television
  • Preproduction
  • Film and Television Senior Project
  • Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  Nicol Nixon Auguste
  Savannah
  B.A., Marietta College; M.A., Western Carolina University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
  
  
  
  
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  Gregg Azzopardi
  
  Atlanta
  A.A., State University of Farmingdale; B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.
  
  
  
  
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  Carolyn Babcock
  Savannah
  A.S., Schenectady County Community College; B.A., M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D., University of Utah.
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  Carolyn Babcock, Ph.D., joined SCAD in 2003 as a professor of speech and public speaking and now serves as chair of the liberal arts department. Her 10 years of college-level teaching were preceded by corporate experience with General Electric and Prudential Financial. Babcock has a long history of community service including, but not limited to, local planetaria, public television, animal welfare organizations and environmental organizations. Her SCAD-related service includes faculty chair, Academic Program Assessment Council; faculty chair, Communication Council; Leadership Council; academic assessment coordinator; guest relations, Savannah Film Festival; performing arts Graduate Advising Committee; and instructor, First-year Experience.
  
  Classes:
  Speech and Public Speaking
  Interpersonal Communication
  Introduction to Mass Communication
  Elements of Communication
  Social Movements
  Environmental Communication
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Ryan Bacha
  Savannah
  B.S., Fairmont State College; M.Arch., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • American Institute of Architects, Associate AIA

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • Tantra Lounge Design, 10 Best, Trusted Advice for Travelers, 2008

  
  Presentations:
  

  • "Design Methodologies: Teaching Fundamentals of Electronic Design," ACADIA conference workshop, 2005
  • "Solar Decathlon," Participated in the design and build of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University solar decathlon house, 2002

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Bacha Koslosky Design Works, Savannah, Georgia, 2005-present
  • Dunay & Associates, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2001-02
  • WYK & Associates, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1993-95
  • Bartlett Building Company, Benwood, West Virginia, 1987-88
  • Leonard Construction Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, 1986-87

  
  Courses:
  

  • Construction Technology I
  • Architecture Design Studio I, II, III
  • Master Builder
  • Architectural Graphics
  • Electronic Design I, II
  • Visualization in Electronic Design I
  • Communication in Electronic Design I

  
  Service:
  

  • America's Second Harvest
  • SCAD Design Build: Designed and built an outdoor classroom for Kennedy Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia with SCAD's architecture and interior design students. Funded by a $10,000 Hands On grant, 2007
  • SCAD Design Build: Designed and built a gateway for Starland's First Friday events, Savannah, Georgia, 2006

  
  
  
  
  
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  Rihab Bagnole
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., Ohio University.
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  Rihab Kassatly Bagnole, Ph.D., holds a doctorate with a concentration on visual art, as well as a graduate certificate in women's studies. She taught at Ohio University and Denison University before joining SCAD.
  
  Publications:
  

  • Introduction to 'Isis' in "The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi," Saqi 2009.
  • Translation of Isis from Arabic to English.
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture. Greenwood Press, 2007. Contributed entries on "Music in the Middle East and North Africa", "Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa" and "Radio and Television in the Middle East and North Africa."
  • "Penelope: Ithaca's Wisdom." Humanitas 25 no. 3 (2002): 25-29.
  • "I Like My Freedom of Expression." The Post, Athens, Ohio, Oct. 12 (1995): 2.

  Recent presentations and lectures:
  

  • "The Role of the Critique in Creative Development and Assessment." Panel. Measuring Unique Studies Effectively, SCAD, Savannah, Georgia (2009).
  • "Gérôme's 'Almeh' Dancer: An Autochthonous Interpretation." College Art Association Conference, Dallas, Texas (2008).
  • "Presenting Middle Eastern Dance to Western Audiences." Denison University Faculty Luncheon. Granville, Ohio (2006).
  • "The Role of the Musicals of Farid al-Atrash in Popularizing Belly Dancing." Popular Art Association National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (2006).

  Memberships:
  

  • Association for Middle Eastern Women
  • College Art Association
  • Popular Culture and American Culture Association

  Courses:
  

  • Art Criticism (graduate-level)
  • 20th-Century Art
  • Survey of Western Art II

  
  
  
  
  
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  Louis Baker
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  A veteran faculty member of the SCAD graphic design department, Louis Baker has more than 12 years of experience developing and implementing graduate and undergraduate curriculum and courses. His students' work has been published in CMYK and Print magazines. Baker also worked professionally in the advertising and printing industries and is principal of NP Design Associates, a nonprofit advertising agency that has produced design work and marketing studies for clients including Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Habitat for Humanity International and the American Diabetes Association.
  
  Memberships:
  American Institute of Graphic Artists
  University and College Designers Association
  
  Courses:
  Typography 1
  Graphic Design Studio 1
  The Business of Graphic Design
  Alternative Design Approaches
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Fathi Bakkoush
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.A., Ohio Dominican College; M.F.A., East Tennessee State University.
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  Fathi Bakkoush has been teaching at SCAD since 1990 and has taught at the college's Savannah, Atlanta and Lacoste locations, as well as via SCAD-eLearning. Bakkoush serves as the graduate student adviser in the graphic design department. In addition, he is a creative consultant for Akacia Design in Taiwan and ElDib Enterprise in Egypt. He also has worked as an art director for Roberts Motors, the company that built kit cars for "Miami Vice," "SpeedZone" and the "Delta Force" movies. Bakkoush has conducted presentations on five continents and represents SCAD and his students' work in international venues. He has served as a judge for the Pensacola, Fla., Addys in 2007; the Association of Free Community Papers in Denver, 2005-07; and the SCAD annual Sidewalk Arts Festival since 2000. He also has been a reviewer for the AIGA-JAX portfolio review committee in Jacksonville, Fla., since 1994, and is on the graphic design scholarship committee at SCAD.
  
  Exhibitions:
  (Art directed, coordinated and exhibited graphic design student poster projects at the following):
  

  • "Interactive Print," Young Designers Expo 2006, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  • "Change The World," Design College Expo 2006, CoEx Center, Seoul, Korea
  • "The X-Factor," Young Designers Expo 2006, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
  • "The Age of Design," Design College Expo 2005, CoEx Center, Seoul, Korea
  • "S.C.A.D.," Young Designers Expo 2005, World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    

  Selected presentations/lectures:
  

  • Yuan Ze University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007
  • Taiwan National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007
  • Seoul International School, Seoul, Korea, 2006
  • Fachhochschule Wuerzburg-Scheinfurt, Wurzburg, Germany, 2006
    
  • Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005
    

  Awards:
  

  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  Memberships:
  

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts
  • AIGA-SCAD founder and adviser
    

  Courses:
  

  • Graphic Design Portfolio
  • Graphic Design M.A. Final Project
  • Print Studio I and II
  • Typography I

  
  
  
  
  
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  Laurence Ballard
  Savannah
  University of Washington.
  
  
  
  
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  Edward Barbier
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Nicholls State University; M.F.A., University of Illinois.
  
  
  
  
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  Beth Baronian
  Savannah
  B.F.A., San Francisco State University; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University; M.F.A., Academy of Art College.
  
  
  
  
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  Stephanie Batcos
  Atlanta
  B.A., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware.
  
  
  
  
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  George Bauer
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Academy of Art College; M.A., M.F.A., West Texas State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
  
  
  
  
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  John Bauernfeind
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Parsons School of Design; M.A., Central Saint Martins College of Design.
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  John Bauernfeind has worked with brands such as Calvin Klein, Pollini, BCBG/PVH and London Fog. His experience ranges from menswear to womenswear and from apparel categories of mass market to luxury design. He also has illustrated for established design houses such as Coach, Avirex and Vanderbilt. In addition to teaching, he serves as the graduate coordinator and the competitions chair for the SCAD fashion department.
  
  Publications:
  

  • Illustrations, "Here and There," Doneger Group, New York, Spring/summer 2008.

  Courses:
  

  • Senior Collection I
  • Fashion Sketching
  • Drawing and Illustration for Fashion Menswear
  • Introduction to Fashion Design
  • Fashion Portfolio Presentation
  • The Business of Fashion
  • Apparel Development III
  • Fashion Studio Practice I and II
  • Directed Studies in Fashion I
  • Fashion Design Technology
  • Fashion M.A. Final Project

  
  
  
  
  
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  Mark Bazil
  Savannah
  B.F.A., College for Creative Studies; B.S., Michigan State University.
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  Mark Alan Bazil is an art director, writer and creative director with more than 20 years of advertising agency experience. He began his career at Young & Rubicam, and prior to joining SCAD, was vice president/creative director for Erwin-Penland, a Hill|Holliday operation. He also served at several other ad agencies, including his own, Bazil-Victory Advertising. Bazil has worked for clients such as BMW, DirecTV, Lincoln-Mercury, Michelin, MTV, St. Pauli Girl, VH1, Verizon and Wachovia, and has received more than 140 advertising awards, including the Clio, EFFIE, ADDY, Matrix, Caddy, PICA and Telly.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • The New York Art Directors Club
  • The American Advertising Federation
    

  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Advertising Design
  • Art Direction I and II
  • Art Direction for Broadcast
  • Branding Theory
  • Branding Studio
  • Advertising Design Self-promotion
  • Off-campus Program - New York City Advertising Seminar
  • Advertising Design Studio I: Creative Strategies
  • Advertising Design Studio II: Branding Solutions
  • Art Direction
  • Advertising Design Production
  • Advertising for Alternative Media
  • Advertising Design Final M.A. Project
  • Advertising Design Portfolio
  • Advertising Design M.F.A. Thesis

  
  
  
  
  
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  Robin Beauchamp
  Savannah
  B.Mus., Lawrence University; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University; Ed.S., Georgia Southern University.
  
  
  
  
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  Zoran Belic
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Arts In Belgrade; M.F.A., Rutgers, State University of New Jersey.
  
  
  
  
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  Cynda Benson
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas.
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  Cynda Benson, Ph.D., is a specialist in 19th- and 20th-century American art and the subject of women in art. She has almost 20 years of teaching and museum experience, and in addition to teaching in the art history department, she serves as the adjunct curator of American art at the SCAD Museum of Art. In that role, she has taught graduate seminars about the women artists of the Gilded Age and Winslow Homer, among others. She was a Luce Fellow of American Art and a National Endowment for the Arts professional intern for two years at the Smith College Museum of Art and has been listed in Who's Who in America. Benson's current area of research is the representation of women artists in late 19th-century American literature, art and culture.
  
  Selected Publications/Curatorial Experience:
  

  • "Narrating the 'Girl Artist': Fictional Constructions of Artistic Identity in Gilded Age America," forthcoming book.
  • Curator and catalog author, SCAD galleries: "Audrey Flack: Reinventing the Goddess" (2000), "Miriam Schapiro: Reconstructing Women's Traditions" (1999), "The Archetypal Image: Myth and Ritual in the Art of Romare Bearden" (1999), "Jacob Lawrence" (1998), "101 Visions: Selections from the Charles Cowles Collection" (1997) and "Romare Bearden: Paper Icons" (1996).
  • Co-author, "Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art," New York and Northampton, MA: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Smith College Museum of Art, 1999.

  Selected Presentations:
  

  • "The Girl Art Student in Gilded Age America," SCAD Museum, May 2005
  • "Kathe Kollwitz: Master Printmaker," Telfair Museum, Savannah, February 2004
  • "The 'New Woman' in the Studio: Women Artists in Gilded Age American Fiction," College Art Association Conference, New York 2003
  • "Daniel Chester French's 'Oglethorpe Monument' and the Spectacle of Veneration," Southeastern College Art Conference, Richmond, Va., 1997  

  Selected Awards:
  

  • Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, SCAD, 2004
  • Research Fellowship, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Penn., 1994
  • NEA Internship, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass., 1991-93
  • Luce Foundation Award (dissertation grant), 1991

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • Association of Historians of American Art
  • Association for Textual Studies in Art History
  • American Studies Association
  • Southeastern College Art Conference

  
  
  
  
  
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  Megan Berkheiser
  Savannah
  B.F.A., The University of the Arts; M.F.A., School of Visual Arts.
  
  
  
  
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  Julie Berman
  Savannah
  B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
  
  
  
  
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  Anne Bessac
  Savannah
  B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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  Anne Bessac was the first gallery director for the R.C. Morre Gallery at Gainesville College in Georgia. A few of the many exhibitions that she curated include: "African Hand: African Art Collection of Bert and Edith Carpenter," "Surfaces and Connections: American Crafts in the South," "The Collaborative Art: Costume, Stage Set, and Lighting Design," "Henry Casselli's Watercolors & Drawings" and "Mattie Lou O'Kelley, A Northeast Georgia's Folk Artist." From 1998-2005, Bessac was head of the Gainesville College art department. She has shown her large charcoal drawings regionally and internationally. She has performed extensive post-graduate studies in printmaking.
  
  Presentations and Lectures:
  

  • CAA panel chair, "Nexus Press: A Reflection of the Triumphs of and Challenges to the Book Art"
  • Visiting artist lecture, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga.
  • Visiting artist lecture, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • SECAC/MACAA panel chair, "Old Roots of the New South"
    

  Solo Exhibitions:
  

  • State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga.
  • Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.
  • Emmanuel Art Gallery, Emmanuel Art Center, Swainsboro, Ga.
  • Quinlan Center For the Arts, Gainesville, Ga.
  • Art Gallery of the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • Bowen Center for The Arts, Dawsonville, Ga.
  • Imatra Taidemuseo, Imatra Kulttuurikeskus, Imatra, Finland
  • Kouvolan Taidemuseo, Kouvola, Finland
  • Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.
  • Georgia Perimeter College Fine Art Gallery, Clarkston, Ga.
    

  Awards and Grants:
  

  • Who's Who in America's Teachers, 2004, 2005
  • Gainesville College Foundation Travel Grant, Italy
  • Fulbright-Hayes Group Travel Grant, India
  • Howard Art Scholarship for Artistic Excellence, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Chancellor Purchase Award, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing
  • Color Theory

  
  
  
  
  
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  Michael Betancourt
  Savannah
  B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Miami.
  
  
  
  
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  Sharokin Betgevargis
  Savannah
  B.S. University of Vermont; M.F.A., Boston University.
  
  
  
  
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  Margaret Betz
  Savannah
  B.A., Chestnut Hill College; M.A., Queens College of the City University of New York; Ph.D., City University of New York.
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  Margaret Bridget Betz, Ph.D., has written for The SoHo News in New York, Art News-where she also as served as editorial associate-and the International Cultural Report. She has contributed scholarly articles to Artforum, The Merton Annual, Soviet Union/Union Sovietique and Osteuropaforschung, and also was the creator and managing director of the Academy, a program that allows high school students to take college courses, at the Ohio State University in Columbus. She has lectured in Canada, England, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, as well as throughout the United States.
  
  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "Glasnost Under Glass"
  • "Asian Costume and Fabrics"
  • "Petersburg-Perestroika"

  Selected awards:
  

  • Fellowship, The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY
  • Grants from Ohio Council on the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, The Cremona Foundation and Graphic Industries (Ohio)

  Memberships:
  

  • CAA
  • AAASS
  • International Thomas Merton Society
  • Institute of Modern Russian Culture
  • HGCEA

  Courses:
  

  • Treasures of Provence
  • Art and Spirituality
  • Survey of Art History
  • 20th-century Art
  • Contemporary Art
  • Art Criticism
  • Picasso and "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
  • Chagall
  • Malevich and Russian Modernism
  • Art History B.F.A. Thesis
  • Art History M.A. Thesis

  
  
  
  
  
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  Dick Bjornseth
  Savannah
  B.S., Iowa State University; M.F.A., Florida State University.
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  Dick Bjornseth's academic and professional career spans a variety of fields including architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, graphics and signage, public art and interior design. Bjornseth's paintings and drawings have been featured in eight solo exhibitions and nearly 40 group shows over the past 20 years.
  
  Publications:
  

  • American Artist Drawing Magazine, February 2007

  Awards:
  

  • Florence Award, Florida State University
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing
  • Color Theory
  • Life Drawing
  • Drawing for the Environment
  • 2-D Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Steve Bliss
  Savannah
  B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.F.A., Ohio University.
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  Steven Bliss has been creating art and teaching professionally for 25 years. His work encompasses a broad range of media, content and presentation, and his teaching has covered the whole spectrum of the photographic medium. As dean of the School of Communication Arts, he oversees diverse "socially and intellectually vibrant" departments.
  
  Selected publications:
  

  • "Introduction to Digital Photography," Joseph Ciaglia, color reproduction, 2002
  • "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes," C. James, color reproduction, 2002
  • Digital photo art, United Kingdom, color portfolio of seven prints, 1999
  • Graphis, "Digital Photo 1," New York, color reproduction, 1998
  • Digi, Hong Kong, color portfolio of five digital prints, 1995

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "Boys: Captured and Directed" (solo), Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2006
  • "Sun Works" (group), Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Boston, Mass., 2001-02
  • "Deep South" (group), School of Contemporary Art Gallery, University of Western Sydney, Australia, 2001
  • "Zeroes and Ones" (group), Moser Performing Arts Center Gallery, Joliet, Ill., 2001
  • "East" (solo), Gallery Espresso, Savannah, Ga., 1999

  Awards:
  

  • Georgia Council for the Arts Artist's Support Grant, 1994
  • Southern Arts Federation/NEA Artist's Support Grant, 1993
  • Polaroid Artist's Support Grant, 1989

  Memberships:
  

  • Society for Photographic Education, national board member, 2000 - present
  • Co-chair SPE National Conference, Savannah, Ga., 2001

  Classes:

  • Introduction to Photography
  • Intermediate Photography
  • Color Photography
  • Digital Imaging I and II
  • Digital Imaging for the Web
  • The Contemporary Landscape
  • Developing a Personal Vision I and II
  • Photography Senior Project
  • Digital Craft
  • Photographic Arts I, II, III, IV and V
  • Photography M.A. Final Project
  • Photography M.F.A. Thesis

  
  
  
  
  
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  Jeffery Boortz
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., University of Southern California.
  
  
  
  
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  Scott Boylston
  Savannah
  B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz; M.S., Pratt Institute.
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  A former art director in New York City, Scott Boylston is the author and designer of "Creative Solutions for Unusual Projects," which was named a book of the month by the Graphic Design Book Club and translated into Chinese. He also wrote and designed the poetry chapbook "Corrosion: Season of Anecdote," an exploration of ecological decline around the world. His book about sustainable package design, "The Complete Package," will be published by Laurence King LTD (London) in 2008. Boylston's short stories have been published in numerous literary journals, and his posters have been featured in group shows around the country.
  
  Recent Publications:
  

  • "Teaching Toward an Ethical Legacy in Graphic Design," Teaching Ethics, Vol. 6, No.1 (upcoming).
  • Two poster designs, "Reproduce" and "Revolt," by Soft Skull Press.
  • "The Distance Between," Shenandoah, Vol. 54, No. 1.
  • "A Long, Black Arc," The Tampa Review, No. 24.
  • "Thinking Things Through," The Nebraska Review, Vol. 30, No. 2.
    

  Recent Lectures:
  

  • Third Annual International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Madras, Chennai, India
  • Keynote Address, The W.W. Keck Initiative on Leadership and the Liberal Arts, The Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
  • "Insight and Inquiry": Distinguished Voices Lecture Series, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Seventh Annual International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fla.
  • Sixth Annual Democracy Symposium, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • "Subvertisements: Using Ads and Logos for Protest," Northridge Art Galleries, Northridge, Calif., Winter 2007.
  • "No Human Being Is Illegal: Posters on the Myths and Realities of the Immigrant Experience," SHG Gallery, Los Angeles, Winter 2007.
  • "If They Come for You in the Morning," ABC Rio Gallery, New York.
  • "Prison Nation: International Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex," Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles.
  • "Of Rights and Reason: Posters for Free Speech," Kent State Museum Gallery, Kent, Ohio.
    

  Selected awards:
  

  • The New Voice Fiction Award
  • The Nantucket Writing Award in Fiction
  • Nomination for a Pushcart Prize
  • Finalist for the Sandstone Prize (book-length short story manuscripts) 
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers

  Memberships:
  

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts
  • The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
    

  Courses:
  

  • Typography I and II (undergraduate)
  • Graphic Design Studio I and II (undergraduate)
  • Package Design (undergraduate)
  • Graphic Design Portfolio (undergraduate)
  • Print Studio I and II (graduate)
  • Publication Design (graduate)
  • Poster Design (graduate)
  • The Role of Graphic Design in Social Awareness (graduate)
  • 3-D Graphics Studio (graduate)
  • Portfolio Design (graduate)
  • Graphic Design M.F.A. Thesis (graduate)

  
  
  
  
  
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  Kenneth Brandt
  Savannah
  B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University.
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  Kenneth Brandt, Ph.D., has taught English at SCAD since Fall 1999. He has developed numerous courses: The History of Literary Criticism, Nautical Literature, Angelheaded Hipsters: The Beat Writers, Trends in Contemporary Fiction, Literary Criticism and American Moderns, an online course. He also has served as editor of The Call: The Magazine of the Jack London Society since 2006 and as associate editor of Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction since 2005. He is a member of the Jack London Society Executive Board and the advisory board for the PBS documentary film "Jack London: Twentieth Century Man" (A Million Images Productions.
  
  Select publications:
  

  • "MLA Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London." Eds. Kenneth Brandt and Jeanne Campbell. Reesman. MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series. General Ed. Joseph Gibaldi. Forthcoming.
  • "Saving What He Can: The Politics of Derangement in the Poetry of Charles Bukowski." "Beat Meets East," (Sichuan University Press). Forthcoming.
  • "London's Fiction Technique and his Use of Schopenhauer as the 'Motif Under the Motif' in 'The Law of Life,'" Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction (Fall 2004).
  • "Saying What He Means: Linguistic Proportion in the Poetry of Charles Bukowski." Notes on Contemporary Literature (September 2004).
  • "Repudiating the 'Gladiatorial Theory of Existence': Tom King's Ethical Development in Jack London's 'A Piece of Steak,'" Aethlon: Journal of Sports Literature (Fall 2003).

  Select presentations:
  

  • "Is He Martin Eden?: Recovered Film Footage of Jack London in Hobart Bosworth's 1914 Film Adaptation of 'Martin Eden,'" the Jack London Society's Eighth Biennial Symposium, The Huntington Library, San Mario, CA, October 2008.
  • "The Calamity of Accord: Compliance and Dissent in Bukowski's 'Ham on Rye,'" American Literature Association Symposium on American Fiction Savannah, GA, October, 2008
  • "The Textual History of Jack London's 'Martin Eden,'" American Literature Association Symposium on Naturalism, Newport Beach, October 2007
  • "Masculine Collapse in London's Far North," American Literature Association Conference, Boston, April 2007
  • "The Problem of Agency in Jack London's 'Burning Daylight,'" the Jack London Society's Eighth Biennial Symposium, Alaska, July 2006

  
  Memberships:
  

  • The Jack London Society
  • The Western Literature Association
  • The Modern Language Association

  Courses:
  

  • Literary Criticism
  • 19th- and 20th-century Nautical Literature
  • Angelheaded Hipsters: The Beat Writers
  • The History of Literary Criticism
  • Today's Classics: 1945-Present
  • American Moderns: 1900-1945
  • American Realists and Naturalists
  • Composition
  • Composition and Literature

  
  
  
  
  
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  Brenda Brathwaite
  Savannah
  B.S., Clarkson University.
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  A 25-year veteran of the video game industry, Brenda Brathwaite has worked on 22 internationally known titles, including "Def Jam: Icon," "Playboy: The Mansion," "Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes," the award-winning "Wizardry" series and the award-winning "Jagged Alliance" series. Brathwaite was named one of the 100 most influential women in the game industry by Next Generation magazine, and in Spring 2007, she was awarded the SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development to create an exhibition and presentation titled, "What You Don't Know About Video Games." Brathwaite is an active member of the International Game Developers Association, an anti-censorship advocate and a proponent of parental-rating awareness. Her areas of expertise include adult content in video games and the emerging Web 3.0.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • International Game Developers Association

  Selected presentations/lectures
  

  • Upcoming: Game Developers Conference, February 2008
  • SiegeCON Atlanta, October 2007
  • Women in Games International - Austin, "She Got Game," September 2007
  • Women in Film and Television Atlanta, August 2007
  • Idea City, Toronto, Ontario, June 2007
    

  Publications:
  

  • "Sex in Video Games," Thomson, Fall 2006 (work featured)
  • Periodic columnist, Gamasutra.com
  • Features for Computer Games, Power Play and others
    

  Courses:
  

  • Applied Game Design
  • Game Criticism and Analysis
  • Introduction to Interactive Design and Game Development
  • Graduate Studio 1 and II
  • Narrative Content Design
  • Game Design Patterns
    

  
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  Ed Briant
  Savannah
  B.A., Saint Martins School of Art; M.F.A., Union Institute and University.
  
  
  
  
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  Jessica Broad
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., University of Arizona.
  
  
  
  
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  Deborah Lamar Brooks
  Savannah
  B.S., M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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  Deborah Brooks worked full-time in interior design with a specialty in healthcare and commercial design prior to entering academia. She taught at Texas Tech University, the University of Kentucky, Arizona State University, Texas Christian University and Washington State University. After moving to Georgia, she wrote the interior design curriculum for the department of fine arts at Valdosta State University. She joined the SCAD faculty in 2002. Her areas of interest and specialization include sustainable design, collaborative creative work, creative thinking and communication of design ideas. Her mixed-media collages, jewelry and small, functional sculptural work has been exhibited in galleries in Texas and Georgia. Brooks served as a site visitor and chair of accreditation visits for FIDER (now CIDA) for nine years. Her most recent collaborative work includes a sustainably-built residence on Tybee Island near Savannah.
  
  Selected presentations and lectures:
  

  • Baton Rouge, La.
  • Greensboro, N.C.
  • Baltimore, Md.
  • Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  Awards:
  

  • Best of Show Award for Interior Design from the Interior Design Educators Council

  Memberships:
  

  • IDEC, professional member
  • LEED Accredited Professional

  
  
  
  
  
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  Vincent Brosseau
  Savannah
  B.F.A., The Juilliard School; M.F.A., Ohio State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Robert Brown
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Colorado State University; M.F.A., University of Texas.
  
  
  
  
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  Paul Brown
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Trina Brown
  Atlanta
  B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University.
  
  
  
  
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  LaTosha Bruce
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Howard University. 
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  LaTosha Bruce, Ph.D., teaches speech and public speaking at SCAD and is slated to teach a Civil Rights Movement course at Yale University during Summer 2009. Prior to joining the SCAD faculty, she taught principles of speech courses at Stanford University, Howard University and the University of Nebraska - Omaha. Her areas of expertise are intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, and speech and public speaking.
  
  Select presentations:
  

  • Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colo. Junior Statesmen Foundation, "Rhetoric in Action" (2008)
  • Panelist on race relations at the University of Nebraska - Omaha. Hosted by the NAACP and the black studies department at the University of Nebraska - Omaha (2001)

  Professional organizations:
  

  • National Communication Association
  • Southern States Communication Association

  Select awards and honors:
  

  • Service Excellence, Marriott International (2007)
  • Gospel Music Workshop of America original composition, Omaha, Neb. (2002)
  • Sales Team of the Month (more than $1 million in revenue), Marriott Worldwide Reservations (October 2001)
  • Million Dollar Sales Club (more than $3.5 million in revenue), Marriott Worldwide Reservations (1999)

  
  
  
  
  
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  Kristie Bruzenak
  Savannah
  B.S., M.Ed., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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  Kristie Bruzenak studied classical drawing and design at the Barnstone Studios for seven years before earning her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She also has a M.A. in art education from Kutztown State University. At SCAD, Bruzenak has initiated several courses, including an online version of 2-D Design and the course Drawing for Design, which has become a requirement for several majors. Her paintings and drawing are symbolic and embrace the traditions of classical systems.
  
  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Austin, Texas
  • Queens College, Cambridge England
  • Biola University, La Mirada, Calif.
  • Gallery 54, Sacramento, Calif.
  • Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pa.
  • Merrick Gallery, New Brighton, Pa.
  • Concordia University, Austin Texas
  • Gallery Latreuo, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, N.Y.
  • Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • Pearl S. Buck Foundation Headquarters and Cultural Center, Dublin, Pa.
  • The Contemporary Gallery, Marywood College, Scranton, Pa.
  • Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pa.
  • The Museum of American Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • The Barnstone Studios, Coplay, Pa.
    

  Honors and Awards:
  

  • Commissioned by Augsberg Fortress Press, 1997
  • Elected to Delta Kappa Gamma, 1998
  • Honorable Mention, Lehigh Art Alliance, 1994
  • Distinguished Artist Award, Gallery Latreuo, Jacksonville, Fla., 1995
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  Jason Bunin
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Parsons School of Design.
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  Bunin has worked in the fashion industry for many top names, including Isaac Mizrahi, Jill Stuart, Donna Karan, Anna Sui, Bill Blass Group and Sean John, as well as owning his own eponymous collection, Jason Bunin. Known for his versatility, Bunin has designed a range of products, including men's wear, women's evening wear, bridge and sportswear lines and accessories.
  
  Memberships:
  Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
  Fashion Group International (FGI).
  
  Honors and recognitions:
  Gold Thimble Award- Parsons School of Design (1991)
  The Rising Star Award- Men's Wear Designer of the Year (FGI) 2000
  Nominee, Perry Ellis Men's Designer of the Year (American Fashion Awards) 2000
  "Out 100" Most Successful People (Out Magazine) 2000
  
  Courses:
  Senior Collection I
  Introduction to Fashion Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Matthew Burge
  Savannah
  B.A., University of South Florida; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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  As a digital artist, Matthew Burge has been featured in national and international competitions and programs. His fine art has been shown in galleries and museums. His most recent showings were at the Boca Raton Museum of Fine Arts and the IMUG NAB reel. He also exhibited the piece "33 vertebrae," a multi-monitor experimentation, in "Electronics Alive III" at the University of Tampa, Fla. Other participants in this show were Bruce Wands and Chris Landreth, Oscar winner for the animated short film "Ryan."
  
  As a motion graphics designer, Burge has worked in both Chicago and South Florida. In Chicago, he worked an animator/designer producing work for clients including Pepsi, Gatorade and Chicago Radio Broadcasters. He also worked as a multimedia developer and 3-D animator at Atomic Imaging Chicago. In South Florida, Burge worked for CPN Design Studios as a designer/animator, Tampa Digital Studios head animator/designer and WFLA Channel 8 (Tampa's NBC affiliate) as a designer/animator. His South Florida clients included ESPN, NHRA, NHL, NFL, the U.S. Department of Defense and others. Burge has worked with personalities ranging from fitness guru Tony Little to Butch Patrick (TV's Eddie Munster) to author Tom Clancy.
  
  Burge has been teaching art and computer art for more than nine years. He also has an extensive background in experimental video art and interactive media.
  
  Memberships:
  National Association of Photoshop Professionals
  College Art Association
  
  Courses:
  Design for Moving Media
  Advanced Motion Techniques
  3-D Motion Graphics
  Interactive Design (offered through the interactive design and game development program)
  Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Adriana Burgos
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Costa Rica; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Patricia Butz
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California.
  
  
  
  
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  Anthony Cady
  Savannah
  A.A.S., Fashion Institute of Technology; B.F.A., Fashion Institute of Technology.
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  Anthony Cady joins SCAD from The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He has consulted for various footwear labels and designed and hand made shoes that have walked the runways of New York Fashion Week. He has delivered lectures on accessories at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in Hangzhou, China, and appeared in "Eleven Minutes," a feature-length documentary on Jay McCarroll.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Bruno Magli Fashion Footwear Association of New York Award
  • Accessories Council ELLE Group Innovator Award
  • Condé Nast/Mademoiselle Next Generation Award Finalist
  • Women's Wear Daily "Next Big Star" selection

  
  Courses:
  

  • Sewing Technology for Accessory Design
  • Footwear Design I and II
  • Belt Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Lei Cai
  eLearning
  B.S., Hefei United University; M.S., Chinese Academy of Science; M.F.A., University of Oklahoma.
  
  
  
  
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  Catherine Cardarelli
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Art Center College of Design; M.F.A., University of Georgia; M.S., State University of New York, Buffalo.
  
  
  
  
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  Mary Ann Casem
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Before coming to SCAD in 2001, Mary Ann Casem differentiated herself as a creative professional who combined the arts of marketing and graphic design. She worked in Washington, D.C., for most of her career, and spent three decades as an agency owner, creative director, art director and graphic designer. Her firm specialized in integrated corporate communications for 16 years, well before integrated communications gained popularity as a strategic approach to solving business problems. Casem's clients included IBM, Time magazine, Lockheed Martin, MCI, Amtrak, AT&T, Coca Cola, Fannie Mae, GE, the Smithsonian Institution, PBS, the National Gallery of Art, National Public Radio, Paramount Publishing, Proctor & Gamble, Rolls Royce, EDS, the Beef Industry of New Zealand, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, the U.S. Postal Service, Hallmark Cards and United Way. Casem has served as a judge for the PBS On-air Awards, second and third district Addy awards, Regional Addy and Art Director's award shows, and United Way's Nationals awards. At SCAD, she has coordinated and judged numerous competitions for the Center for Student Counseling and Disability Services, as well as several local charities. Casem teaches courses in both advertising design and graphic design at SCAD.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Graphic Design Portfolio
  • Graphic Design Studio I and II
  • Corporate Design
  • Trademark and Logo Design
  • Typography I
  • QuarkXpress
  • The Role of Graphic Design in Social Awareness
  • Conscious Design
  • Introduction to Advertising Design
  • Art Direction I
  • The Business of Graphic Design
  • The Business of Advertising Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Greg Ceo
  Savannah
  B.F.A., New York University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Michael Chaney
  Savannah
  B.S., Mississippi State University; B.F.A., Art Center College of Design; M.F.A., Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
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  Michael Jackson Chaney's film and time-based media work addresses the interplay of spirituality and social constructs using multiple-channel video, film, sound and performance. His short films have been included in numerous international film festivals. Chaney's industry work includes projects for such clients as Hearst Publications, the New York Times Co. and the United States Peace Corps.
  
  Exhibitions:
  

  • "Firmament" (solo exhibition), Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, 2007.
  • "Open House," Gallery Loci, Savannah, 2006.
  • "Syncretism," sponsored by Drain magazine, Savannah, 2005.
  • "Quiet," Aquaspace Gallery, Savannah, 2004.
  • "Flow," Aquaspace Gallery, Savannah, 2003.  
  • "Current Circuits," Gallery Lhomond, Paris, France, 2002.  
  • "Vapor" (multimedia group show), Aquaspace, Savannah, 2002.

  Film Festival Screenings:
  

  • Virginia Film Festival: God on Film, Charlottesville, Va., 2006.
  • Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France, 2005.
  • Black Maria Film Festival, International Traveling Film Festival, 2005.
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2005.
  • Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005.
  • Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Palm Springs, Calif., 2005.
  • Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, 2004.

  Courses:
  

  • Film and Television Senior Project
  • Film and Television M.F.A. Thesis
  • Experimental Film and Installation
  • Critical Concepts in Media
  • Theory and Application in Film
  • Location Sound (offered through the sound design department)

  
  
  
  
  
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  Pei-Jung Chen
  Savannah
  B.F.A., National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. 
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  Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Pei-Jung (P.J.) Chen is a contemporary metalsmith who brings years of experience in the jewelry industry to her classes at SCAD, which she joined in 2004. She has multiple academic backgrounds including industrial engineering management, graphic design, and metals and jewelry. Her work often invites viewers to interact with it, and she has shown her pieces in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Taiwan. She is a member of the American Craft Council and Society of North American Goldsmiths.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Third place, 2004 Southern Jewelry Travelers Association/SCAD Design Contest
  • Third place, 3M/SNAG Innovative Tools for Personal Use
  • Finalist, 2001 Second Awards in Fine Jewelry
  • Outstanding Achievement Award in Metals and Jewelry, SCAD
  • May Poetter Gallery Award, SCAD

  
  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Metals and Jewelry
  • Rendering for Metals and Jewelry
  • Metals and Jewelry Studio I: Technical Fabrication
  • Metals and Jewelry Senior Project
  • Metals and Jewelry Studio II: Design and Fabrication
  • Studio Jewelry and Design Practice

  
  
  
  
  
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  Pete Christman
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Syracuse University.
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  I am a photographer,
  I am a painter,
  I am a teacher,
  I am a student,
  I am a modernist,
  And I am a postmodernist.
  I use a camera,
  A paintbrush,
  A computer,
  Peanut butter
  And Vaseline.
  I am interested in everything; I want to do it all.
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Dale Clifford
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Miami University; M.F.A., Clemson University.
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  Dale Clifford was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1996 - 2002, he was chair and assistant professor of visual communication at the American University in Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates. He joined the SCAD faculty in 2002 and has been teaching at SCAD-Atlanta since January 2006. Clifford's prints and drawings have been exhibited in 12 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
  
  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • 25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleris, New Canaan, Conn.
  • 26th National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Ind., 2006
  • 40th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Cristi, Texas, 2006
  • Hilo National Invitational Exhibition, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, 2006
  • "American Democracy Project," Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Mo., 2006

  Presentations and lectures:
  

  • "Perspective of Prospectives," Advanced Placement Annual Conference 2006 Orlando, Fla.

  Awards:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2004

  Memberships:
  

  • Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta 2006 - present
  • Southern Graphics Council, 2004 - present
  • Southeastern College Art Conference, 2004 - present

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Intermediate Painting
  • Drawing Methods Studio
  • Formal Aspects of Painting (graduate)
  • Painter's Modes of Expression (graduate)

  
  
  
  
  
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  Heidi Cody
  Savannah
  B.A., Wesleyan University; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  
  
  
  
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  James Cohen
  Savannah, eLearning
  A.A., American Academy of Art; B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Syracuse University; M.F.A., University of Hartford.
  
  
  
  
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  Marcia Cohen
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Wayne State University; M.A., University of New Mexico.
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  A 31-year veteran of teaching at the Atlanta College of Art, Marcia R. Cohen is a professor in the painting and foundation studies departments at SCAD-Atlanta. Cohen's paintings, drawings and photographic works have been exhibited widely, with recent solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the University of Texas, the University of Charlottesville and Callanwole Fine Arts Center. Cohen has lectured nationally and internationally about the interdisciplinary aspects of color theory at professional conferences and as a visiting artist in Spain, France, New York and California.
  
  Awards:
  King Baudouin Foundation U.S. Cultural Exchange Fellowship
  Fulton County Arts Council
  SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development
  
  Memberships:
  Inter Society Color Council
  Southeastern College Art Conference
  College Art Association
  Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
  The Contemporary
  Black Mountain College Museum
  
  Classes:
  Drawing I
  Water-based Media Exploration
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Julie Collins
  Savannah
  B.A., David Lipscomb University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Sarah Collins
  Atlanta
  B.A., Oglethorpe University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Sarah Collins is interested in the social and psychological aspects of fashion. She taught the first fashion classes at SCAD-Atlanta in Fall 2005.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "Here Comes the Sun: Swimwear to suit everybody," April 2007, Atlanta Life Magazine
  • "Beyond the Seams: How threads are turned into trends," Feb. 2007, Atlanta Life Magazine
  • "We Wish You a Pretty Christmas: Simple looks that wear well for the holidays," November 2006, Atlanta Life Magazine
  • "Fashion Comes of Age: Is the youth bias out of style," October 2006, Atlanta Life Magazine

  Exhibitions:
  

  • Curator, "Sewlful: Hip Hop Influenced Threads," November 2007 - February 2008
  • Co-Curator, "To a T: Cute or Couture, Museum of Design Atlanta," October 2006 - January 2007

  Membership:
  

  • Fashion Group International

  Courses:
  

  • Fashion Technology
  • Introduction to Fashion
  • Apparel Development I, II and III
  • Fashion Sketching
  • History of Fashion
  • Business of Fashion
  • Senior Collection I
  • Computer Aided Fashion Design
  • Fashion Design Technology
  • Fashion Studio Practice I and II
  • Computer-aided Fashion Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Beth Concepcion
  Savannah
  B.A., Oglethorpe University; B.S., Mississippi State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Justin Cone
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Houston; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Linda Warner Constantino
  Savannah
  B.A., Drew University; M.A., Syracuse University; M.F.A., University of Hartford.
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  Linda Warner Constantino has 25 years of professional experience as an illustrator, graphic designer, art director and painter. Her work has been published in books, magazines and newspapers, and has been translated into murals. She has studied illustration and design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and later in Italy. She previously taught at the School of Visual Arts in Savannah as well as privately, and is a Certified Adobe Expert in Adobe Photoshop CS. In addition to her illustration work she is an avid plein air painter in oils and watercolor and her works are in numerous private collections. View her Web site: www.lwarnerconstantino.com.
  
  Clients:
  

  • Arthur Blank
  • Little, Brown and Company
  • Newsweek
  • Cricket Publishing
  • Down East Publishing

  
  Awards:
  

  • International Award of Excellence, Society of Newspaper Designers
  • Winsor & Newton Painting Award, Philadelphia Water Color Club
  • Finalist, The Small Works North America 2007 Show
  • First Place, South Carolina Press Association illustration competition

  
  Courses:
  

  • Electronic Illustration I
  • The Portrait in Illustration
  • Collage for Illustration
  • Watercolor for the Illustrator
  • Illustrating the Edible
  • Illustration Portfolio

  
  
  
  
  
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  Aram Cookson
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.F.A., Boston University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Jaclyn Cori-Newman
  Savannah
  B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  While working as the photography editor at the Keystone Gazette, Jaclyn Cori won a prestigious National Press Photographers Association award for her photographic essay on local Army reservists preparing for Operation Desert Storm. She is an expert in black-and-white wet darkroom techniques. She has been interviewed for and quoted in books about photographic teaching. Her photographs have been exhibited with the work of Mary Ellen Mark, Annie Leibovitz and Joyce Tenneson.
  
  Courses:
  Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced and Graduate Black-and-white Darkroom
  The Photographic Book
  Developing a Personal Vision
  Photographic Arts I, II, III, IV and V
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Tracy Cox-Stanton
  Savannah
  B.A., University of West Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida.
  
  
  
  
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  Carla-Mae Crookendale
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Shawn Crystal
  Atlanta
  B.S., Towson State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Quentin Currie
  Savannah
  B.A., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; M.F.A., Miami University; Ph.D.*, Capella University.
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  Quentin Currie has spent more than 20 years in the graphic design field, serving as a practitioner, an educator and an administrator. He has worked with clients including Shook Design Group, Neighboring Concepts, BellSouth, TimeWarner Cable and Charlotte Transit Authority on projects such as corporate branding strategies, environmental graphics and nonprofit promotions. He also has exhibited paintings in more than a dozen national exhibitions. Prior to SCAD, Currie taught at Winthrop University and served as academic director of graphic design at the Art Institute of Charlotte. In his doctoral dissertation for Capella University, he is studying the impact of cognitive load theory on visual media.
  
  Branding identity projects:
  

  • Independence Bus Project (design consultant), Ralph Whitehead and Associates, Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga.
  • Crawford Bistro Restaurant
  • Southern Grille on Brevard
  • Lafayette Place (retail shops)

  Papers, articles and lectures:
  

  • "Controlling Visual Organization for Maximum Impact," Georgia Electric Marketing Membership Association, Savannah, Ga.
  • 2004 The Jean Thing - Developing tools to ensure consistency in studio Assessment.
  • Understanding and Using the Studio Critique (lecture/paper)
  • Charlotte Observer, "Living" section, Valentine's Day art
  • Charlotte Observer, business section, "A Taste of Uptown"

  Awards:
  

  • 2003 Art Institute of Charlotte Educational Impact Award
  • 2002 Art Institute of Charlotte Community Service Award
  • 2002 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
  • 2000 Alpha Kappa Alpha Pearl Award (Pursuit of Excellence in Achievement through Responsive Leadership), outstanding professional in the arts
  • 1999 Phi Kappa Phi Student/Faculty Mentor Award

  
  
  
  
  
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  Charles DaCosta
  Savannah
  Diploma, National Film and Television Institute; Diploma, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design; M.A., London College of Printing; Pg.Certificate, Surry Institute of Art and Design; Ph.D., University for the Creative Arts, University of Brighton.
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  Charles daCosta is an animation history professor at SCAD. Previously he taught animation at the University of Westminster, media and cultural studies at the Kingston University and University College of the Creative Arts, and animation studies at Morley College and the London Center of Samford University, Birmingham, Ala. He also served as new media manager at the University of Reading in England and was a project manager for the European Commission's MEDIA initiative. In addition, daCosta has worked as a freelance photographer for COMPIX, the Commonwealth Institute's picture library; as a cameraman and photographer for a UNESCO expedition in the South Pole; and on several educational animation projects in Europe, Africa and South America. He has written, presented and participated in several conferences and led animation workshops Ghana, Nigeria and the UK.
  
  Selected papers, publications and presentations:
  

  • "Framing Invisibility: selective positioning of blacks in the Aardman Studio's work," San Francisco Calif., March 2008 and Bournemouth UK, July 2008
  • "Current developments in popular animation: the British situation," Black History Month at Morley College, London, October 2005
  • "Black portrayal in animation: A brief history," Black History Month at Morley College, London, October 2005
  • "Making past perfect sense in clay: Britishness / Englishness in the works of Aardman Studios," Cartoons: The International Journal of Animation, Fall 2006
  • "Oh dem negative images: How animation has been used to reinforce negative racist stereotypes," in BFM (Black Filmmaking Magazine), March 2004, Vol. 6, No. 23

  Awards:
  

  • UNESCO Special Envoy, Year of the Ocean, 1998
  • Best Animation Film 1990, "The Human Reproductive System," National Film and Television Institute, Accra, Ghana

  
  Memberships:
  • Society for Animation Studies
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies
  • American Popular Culture Association
  
  Classes:
  • Survey of Animation
  • Media Theory and Animation
  • Animation Studio 1 and 2
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Peter Damski
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Florida.
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  Peter Damski received a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Production from the University of Florida in 1978. He moved to Los Angeles in 1979 to pursue a career as a recording engineer, working at prominent studios including The Record Plant and Larrabee Studios. In 1981, Damski took a position working at Vidtronics, one of the premier post houses in the early 1980s. Driven by the desire to work outside the confines of a mix stage, he transitioned into film and television production in 1982. For the next 25 years Damski worked on sitcoms as a production mixer. His credits include "Will & Grace," "Mad About You," "My Wife and Kids" and "Hannah Montana." Prior to SCAD, Damski was a faculty member at Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif., where he taught audio production and advanced audio production.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Seven-time Prime Time Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Sound Mixing, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  • Two-time Prime Time Emmy Award winner, Outstanding Sound Mixing, "Mad About You," 1994-95
  • MPSE's Golden Reel Award nominee for work on "Mad About You," 1994

  Memberships:
  

  • Secretary of the Cinema Audio Society, 2007-present
  • Editor of the CAS Quarterly, the Official Journal of the Cinema Audio Society, 2005-present
  • Academy of Television Arts and Sciences: Peer Group Executive Committee, Sound Branch, 2004-07

  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Sound Design
  • Location Sound

  
  
  
  
  
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  Mohamed Danawi
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Concordia University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Mohammed Danawi is represented in the advertising, design and editorial markets by Lisa Freeman Inc., and in the children's book market by Wendy Lynn and Co. Danawi was the chair of the illustration department from 1998-2002. He is a member of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators. In 2002, he was selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
  
  Selected illustrated children's books:
  

  • "Pourquoi les plantes ne se deplacent pas"
  • "Compte a rebours"
  • "Roseline Dodo"
  • "Our Wonderful World" (team project)
  • "A Trip Across the River"
  • "Zig Zag le Zebre"
    

  Selected other publications:
  

  • Applied Arts magazine (2000 and 2003)
  • American Showcase
  • Creative Source
  • Quebec Directory of Illustrators
    

  Competitions:
  

  • RSVP
  • American Illustration
  • The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
  • The Society of Korean Illustrators
  • Illustration Cubed
    

  Awards:
  

  • ADDY, poster design, 1998

  
  
  
  
  
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  Kenneth Daniel
  Savannah
  B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Central Michigan University.
  
  
  
  
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  Liz Darlington
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.Des., Victoria University of Wellington; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Liz Darlington is a photographer from New Zealand. Her specialty is photographic digital media, and her background is in the television and new media industry. She has exhibited throughout the United States and is represented by the Krause Gallery in Atlanta. She had her first solo show in her home country in 2006.
  
  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "Constructs" (solo), The PhotoSpace, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2007; and Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, October 2005
  • "Cross Currents," Red Gallery, Savannah, March 2007
  • "Constructs Series" (two-person), Krause Gallery, Atlanta, March 2006
  • "Horizon," Red Gallery, Savannah, January 2006
  • Three-person show, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, March-April 2005
    

  Awards:
  

  • Outstanding Course Development Award, National Instructional Technology Council
  • Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, "Constructs 2004," Savannah and Atlanta
  • Honorable mention, 2004 International Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colo., June 2004
  • Honorable mention, Digital Photography, Adobe Partners by Design, May 2002.
  • Computer Graphics Pioneers Grant, SIGGRAPH, 1995.
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Society for Photographic Educators

  Classes:
  

  • Introduction to Photography
  • Digital Imaging I
  • Digital Imaging for the Web
  • Advanced Digital Imaging
  • Developing a Personal Vision I and II
  • Digital Craft I, II and III
  • Photographic Arts I, II, III, IV and V
  • Master of Arts Final Project

  
  
  
  
  
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  Karen Davies
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Western Michigan University; M.F.A., University of South Carolina.
  
  
  
  
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  Mary Lou Davis
  Savannah
  B.G.S., M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Michigan.
  
  
  
  
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  Jeffrey DeVincent
  Savannah
  B.A., Northern Illinois Univeristy; M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh.
  
  
  
  
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  John DeVylder
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
  M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Henry Dean
  Savannah
  M.A., University of St. Andrews; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Henry Dean has been a foundation studies professor at SCAD since 1999. From 1981-83, he worked as sculptor and painter in London, England. In 1984, Dean moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where he produced paintings and sculptures for exhibitions and commissions across the United States and the United Kingdom. In 1999 he moved to Savannah, Ga., where he produces drawings, paintings, photographs and conceptual and outdoor landscape-based installations. Dean's work was featured in the article "Concepts Grounded in Concrete Sketches" in the February-May 2009 edition of American Artist: Drawing magazine. The article explores Dean's sketchbook art and the way this ties into his outdoor installations.
  
  Exhibitions and Installations:
  

  • "Georgia Green," GCSU Art Museum, Milledgeville, Ga.
  • "LAOKÖON 2007," outdoor installation, Savannah, Ga.
  • "Composite/Dig," Savannah, Ga.
  • "The Memory of Water," Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, N.J.
  • "Evocation Pole: Rediscovering Golden Mountain," Sierra City, Calif.
  • "Art At The Armory," Philadelphia, Pa.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Landscape Drawing

  
  
  
  
  
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  Sherran Deems
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University.
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  Sherran Deems has had numerous one-person exhibitions throughout the American Southeast and has participated in national and international group exhibitions. She has worked as an editor, writer and artist and has served on the textbook review and editorial advisory board for Collegiate Press and Prentice Hall for color theory.
  
  Selected presentations:
  

  • "Moving from Black and White to Color," Virginia Art Education Association, Fairfax, Va.
  • "Methods of Evaluation in the Classroom," Talk About Teaching, SCAD
  • "Teaching Studios - Experiences of Senior TAs," School of Graduate Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
    

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "Landscape Revisited" (solo), Pinnacle Gallery, SCAD
  • "Recent Paintings" (solo), Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Va.
  • "Scissors, Rock, Paper" (solo), Clark Pollard Gallery, Richmond, Va.
  • Arts in Embassies program, United States State Department, American Embassy in Slovenia
  • "Diverse Images II" (group), Galerie Corti, Brussels, Belgium
    

  Selected awards and recognition:
  

  • Who's Who in American Education
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers
  • Listed in Who's Who in America 2008 and 2009
  • Listed in Who's Who in the World 2009
  • Who's Who in America nominations (2007, 2008)
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2005
  • Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University
    

  Selected memberships:
  

  • Faculty chair for the Undergraduate Studies Council, SCAD

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing 
  • Color Theory
  • Color Drawing
  • Drawing Methods

  
  
  
  
  
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  Gustavo Delao
  Savannah
  Licenciado en Diseno de la Comunicacion Grafica, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana; Maestriaen Artes Visuales, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.
  
  
  
  
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  Harvey Deneroff
  Atlanta
  B.A., City College of New York; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California.
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  Harvey Deneroff is the founder and past president of the Society for Animation Studies. An expert on animation labor history, he has served as editor of Graffiti, Animation Magazine and Animation World Magazine, as well as publishing The Animation Report, an industry newsletter. He was Festival Director of the Week with the Masters Animation Celebration in India and organized the 1995 Ojai Animation Conference and several conferences for the Society for Animation Studies.
  
  Selected publications:
  

  • "The Art of Anastasia" (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • Contributor to Beck, Jerry, ed. "Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the History of Cartoon, Anime & CGI." (HarperCollins)
  • Contributor to Lent, John A., ed. "Animation in Asia and the Pacific." (John Libby/University of Indiana Press)
  • Contributor to Canemaker, John, ed. "Storytelling in Animation." (American Film Institute)
  • Contributor to Pilling, Jayne, ed. "A Reader in Animation Studies." (John Libby/University of Indiana Press)
    

  Presentations and lectures:
  

  • Society for Animation Studies
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies
  • Annecy International Animation Festival
  • Cardiff International Animation Festival
    

  Membership:
  

  • Society for Animation Studies

  Courses:
  

  • Survey of Animation
  • History of Film
  • History of Animation
  • Media Theory and Animation
  • Media Theory in Broadcast Design

  
  
  
  
  
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  Esma Burçin Dengiz
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Bilkent University; M.S., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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  Esma B. Dengiz has experience in commercial, institutional and residential design and adaptive reuse projects. Her areas of specialization include lighting, interior lighting and traditional architecture of Asia Minor.
  
  Memberships:
  IALD
  IESNA
  IDEC
  
  Classes:
  Lighting for the Interior
  Applied Interior Lighting
  Interior Design Studio II
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Gauri Deshpande
  Atlanta, eLearning
  B.F.A., Sir. J.J. Institute of Applied Art; M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art.
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  Gauri Deshpande grew up in Mumbai, India, and began her career as a designer at Elle magazine in Mumbai. She then was a designer at Contract Advertising, a JWT affiliate agency in Mumbai, handling projects for such clients as Cadbury, ABN AMRO, BPL Mobile and NIIT. She then worked in e-commerce development firms such as Screenhouse Inc. and Zooba Inc. in Boston before moving to Savannah to teach in the graphic design department. She was part of the group of faculty who pioneered the development and instruction of eLearning courses at SCAD, as well as the development of the advertising design program. Her areas of expertise include cross-cultural communication, retail branding, usability design, planning and user interface design for Web development, design methodologies relating to inclusive design, and integrated marketing. She is a member of the Art Director's Club New York and the High Museum of Art.
  
  Awards:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship, Summer 2007 to develop a documentary film on the street professions of Mumbai, India.
  • "The Global Native" thesis presentation and group exhibition, Boston
  • Silver Award, Government of Maharashtra Best Advertising Campaign, Mumbai, India
  • Award for Best Advertising Campaign, Mumbai, India
  • Award for Best Photography, Mumbai, India
  • Award for Best 3-D Sculpture Design, Mumbai, India

  Courses:
  

  • Understanding Client Objectives
  • Advertising Design and Typography
  • Web Advertising
  • Global Advertising
  • Advertising Design for Alternative Media
  • Advertising for Alternative Media

  
  
  
  
  
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  Heather Deyling
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Kent State University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art.
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  Heather Deyling has shown her work in numerous exhibitions throughout the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. She is the recipient of a Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is represented by Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif., and 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, Ga. Visit her Web site.
  

  Solo Exhibitions:

  • ADA Gallery, Richmond, Va.
  • Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • "Seven from Savannah," 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • Telfair Art Fair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga.
  • "New Work," Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • "LaGrange National Biennial," LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
  • "Cul-de-Sac: Art from a Suburban Nation," Radford University Art Museum, Radford, Va.
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • New Media Caucus
  • Southeastern College Art Conference
  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I, II and III
  • Life Drawing
  • Color Theory
  • Sumi-e Drawing

  
  
  
  
  
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  Joseph DiGioia
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.F.A., Manhattanville College; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology.
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  Joseph DiGioia came to Savannah after more than 20 years of working as a practicing design professional for Fortune 500 companies including GE, United Technologies, and Proctor & Gamble.
  
  Guest Lectures:
  

  • "The Grid," Georgia Southern University
  • "The State of Typography Today," AIGA, Rochester Chapter
    

  Memberships:
  

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts
  • Type Directors Club
    

  Courses:
  

  • Graphic Design Studio I and II
  • Typography II
  • Portfolio Design
  • Print Studio I and II
  • Typography Studio I
  • Design Methodologies (via SCAD e-Learning)
  • Graphic Design M.F.A. Thesis
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  Robert Dickensheets
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Pratt Institute; M.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Scott Dietrich
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Arizona; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  
  
  
  
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  Scott Dietz
  Savannah
  A.A., Broward Community College; B.A., M.Arch., University of Florida.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2009
  • Preservation Award, Historic Savannah Foundation, 2008
  • AIA Award of Excellence, Savannah, Georgia Chapter, 2007
  • Traveling Fellowship, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation, 1996
  • James Gamble Rodgers Scholarship - Full Graduate Tuition, 1996

  
  Research, Presentations and Publications:
  

  • "Building Information Modeling," 2004-present
  • "Levels of Territory: Defined and Defended," ACSA Regional Conference on Territorial Practices, 2005
  • "Archetypes," Beginner's Mind Conference, 2004
  • "Plastic Dialects," Architrave Magazine, Fall 2003
  • "Swipe Space," Architrave Magazine, Fall 2003
  • Observation and Occupation, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Traveling Fellowship Archive, 1998

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Principal, Dietz Consultant Group, Inc., 2001-present
  • Designer/Project Manager, Facilities Planning and Construction, University of Florida, 2003

  
  Courses:
  

  • Master Builder
  • Architectural Design Studio VII
  • Architectural Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
  • Architectural Design Studio VIII: Thesis II
  • Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio I, II
  • Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
  • Electronic Design Practice and Project Management

  
  
  
  
  
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  Kathryn Dillon
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Parsons School of Design, New School University.
  
  
  
  
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  Larry Dixon
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Florida.
  
  
  
  
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  Mary Aswell Doll
  Savannah
  A.B., Connecticut College; M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.
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  Mary Aswell Doll, whose specialties are myth and modern literature, has written four books: "Beckett and Myth: An Archetypal Approach," "To the Lighthouse and Back: Writings on Teaching and Living," "Triple Takes on Curricular Worlds" and "Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum." She has edited or coedited two books and has published numerous articles and chapters, most recently "Under the Helmet" in "Reimagining Education: Essays on Retrieving the Soul of Learning" (2009). She is working on a book about teaching myth to SCAD students, tentatively titled "The More of Myth: A Pedagogy of Diversion."
  
  Courses:
  

  • Literature by Women
  • World Mythology
  • British Literature Since 1920
  • The Absurdist Imagination
  • Literary Auto/biographies

  
  
  
  
  
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  Nancy Doolan
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of North Florida; M.F.A., Radford University.
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  Nancy Doolan has exhibited paintings and drawings extensively over the past 20 years. Her drawings have been published in The Naples Review, Superstock Publications and UNF Soundings. Her drawing "Tapestry" was recently selected for publication in American Artist. She has also been a freelance writer and created a publication called The Depot Dispatch, which still is operating in Elkhart Lake, Wis., after 20 years.
  
  Selected awards:
  

  • Winner, SCAD 25th Anniversary Poetry Competition, 2004
  • Winner of Jacksonville Symphony poster competition
  • Juried exhibition awards, Kohler Art Center, UNF Gallery and Atlantic Beach Merchants
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • High Museum
  • National Public Radio
    

  Classes:
  

  • Drawing I, II and III
  • Life Drawing
  • Landscape Drawing
  • Drawing Methods Studio
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  John Drop
  Savannah
  A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago; M.A., Ohio State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Allan Drummond
  Savannah
  B.A., London College of Printing; M.A., Royal College of Art.
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  Allan Drummond is chair of SCAD's illustration department. He worked as a journalist before studying graphic design at the London College of Printing, and illustration at the Royal College of Art. As an illustrator, his clients include the New Yorker, Time Magazine, the Times and the Daily Telegraph, as well as design groups in the United States, Europe and Japan. He also designed and produced the murals for Holborn Station, a London Underground interchange. Drummond's writing for children first appeared with his illustrations for "The Willow Pattern Story," an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" children's book that is still in print after 16 years. He has since written, illustrated and published seven more titles. In 2006, Houghton Mifflin published "The Journey that Saved Curious George," which includes nearly 40 of Drummond's illustrations, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the "Curious George" books. His next book, "Tin Lizzie," is slated for publication in 2008 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Model T Ford. Visit his Web site.
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Matthew Dudzik
  Savannah
  B.A., Miami University; M.Arch., Washington University in St. Louis.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008
  • Danforth Scholar, Washington University, 2005-07

  
  Presentations, Publications and Exhibitions:
  

  • Paper Presenter, Art and Design for Social Justice Symposium, 2009
  • "Revista Pós número 20" ISSN: 1518-9554, 2007
  • Exhibited FAUUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, 2006
  • "NOISESCAPES," 2006
  • "Best of College Photography,” 2005

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Austin Tao and Associates, St. Louis, Missouri, 2006
  • Wigen Tincknell Meyer & Associates, Saginaw, Michigan, 2005
  • Clock Tower, Vecchio Lifestyle Center, Beijing, China, 2006

  
  Courses:
  

  • Graphics for the Building Arts
  • Architectural Fundamentals I, II
  • Architecture Design Studio I, II, III
  • Portfolio Preparation and Presentation

  
  
  
  
  
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  Amanda Dumas-Hernandez
  Atlanta
  A.A., The Art Institute of Atlanta; B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Alfred University.
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  Amanda Dumas-Hernandez is an interdisciplinary artist who uses the practices of sculpture, painting, installation and digital imaging in her work. Dumas-Hernandez earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Art and Design at Alfred University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design. She also has attended the Munchen Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Germany. She has exhibited and been reviewed or featured in art publications throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. Dumas-Hernandez was recently interviewed by BBC Radio and her images were displayed on British television. She taught at various institutions, including the Art Institute of Atlanta, the Atlanta College of Art, and Alfred University before joining SCAD-Atlanta.
  
  Gallery Representation:
  Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  
  Memberships:
  International Sculpture Center
  
  Classes:
  3-D Design
  Drawing for Design
  Drawing
  Color Theory
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  David Duncan
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., University of Arizona.
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  David Allan Duncan has been teaching sequential art, comics history and drawing since 2003. He began his teaching career at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was working on his comic strip "Gobnobble," which has since developed into an ongoing series of comic stories.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Sequential Art
  • Hand Lettering and Typography for Comics
  • Survey of Sequential Art
  • Alternative and Experimental Comics
  • Sequential Art Graduate Studio
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  Cayewah Easley
  Savannah
  B.S., University of California, Davis; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Cayewah Easley has been teaching in the fibers department since 2002 and became chair in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental design with an emphasis in textiles and a Master of Fine Arts in fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She served as chair of the visual arts department at a private high school in Northern California for five years. Her current work explores accumulation and organization of time, material and information as markers of cultural awareness; she has exhibited throughout the United States and in Chile.
  
  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • "Multiple Choice," Fibers Faculty Show, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah
  • "Crossing Boundaries, Maintaining Traditions," Teaching Artists of the Southeast, University of North Carolina, Raleigh N.C.; traveling exhibition
  • "ReOrder," Red Gallery, Savannah

  Memberships:
  

  • Surface Design Association
  • College Art Association

  
  
  
  
  
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  Shideh Ebrahim-Zadeh
  Atlanta
  B.S., Kennesaw State University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology.
  
  
  
  
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  Sheila Edwards
  Savannah
  B.A., Marquette University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Robert Eisinger
  Savannah
  B.A., Haverford College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Chicago.
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  Robert Eisinger is dean of the School of Liberal Arts at SCAD. A political scientist, Eisinger has taught at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., where he also served as department chair; the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.; and the George Washington University. He is the author of "The Evolution of Presidential Polling" (2003: Cambridge University Press), as well as numerous articles, op-ed pieces, essays and book reviews for a variety of print and online venues. He also has served as a radio political analyst for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a mayoral campaign adviser, and a peer reviewer for numerous book manuscripts and journal articles.
  
  Areas of expertise:
  

  • American politics
  • Political parties
  • Interest groups
  • Public opinion
  • Research methods

  
  
  
  
  
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  Jeffrey Eley
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.Arch.Hist., University of Virginia.
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  Jeff Eley specializes in modern architecture in Europe and the United States, as well as colonial architecture in the United States. His areas of interest include domestic architecture and interiors of England from the Renaissance through the mid-19th century as well as the Arts and Crafts and Aesthetics movements. He has taught at SCAD since 1983 and has also served as the director of off-campus programs, dean of international studies, vice president for student services (1997-2000) and vice president for academic services (2000-05). Eley serves on the Georgia National Register Review Board for the Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Dominique Elliott
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Rhode Island; M.F.A., Southeastern Massachusetts University.
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  Dominique Elliott is a Belgian native who grew up in France in the Parisian region. She studied filmmaking, painting and visual design and earned a presidential award for academic excellence. While in Europe, Elliot worked in stage management and design on numerous theater productions and developed her first exhibition of large paintings inspired by Antonin Artaud's "Theater of Cruelty."
  She has taught for 19 years, including several seminars at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and Brown University. Her interest in using new media technologies as a pedagogical tool led her to design interactive training resources for the department of academic computing and technology at UMass, Dartmouth, as well as for the Massachusetts Higher Education Computing Conference. More recently she developed three eLearning courses for the broadcast design and motion graphics department at SCAD.
  
  As chairperson of SCAD's video department for two years, she was instrumental in establishing the largest Avid Authorized Educational Training Center in the nation. Her work has been included in numerous international film festivals, exhibitions and private collections, and most recently on Adobe's Web site.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • BDA International/PROMAX
  • NAPTE
  • International Documentary Association
  • National Association of Photoshop Professionals
    

  Areas of specialization:
  

  • Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection
  • Discreet Logic's Flame
  • Avid Media Composer
  • Final Cut Pro

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Mohammed Elnahas
  Savannah
  B.Arch., M.S., Ain Shams University; Ph.D., The University of Adelaide.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • American Institute of Steel Construction
  • American Institute of Architects, Associate AIA
  • Society of Building Science Educators
  • The Masonry Society
  • Society of Egyptian Architects
  • Syndicate of Engineers – Egypt

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • EPA Environmental Education Grant, 2005
  • Honorable Mention, Interfaith Sacred Space, International Design Competition, 2004    
  • Faculty Development Grant, Bush Foundation, North Dakota State University, North Dakota, 2002-03
  • Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 1992-96
  • Special Training Scholarship Award, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, 1988

  
  Publications:
  

  • M. Elnahas: Reconfiguring Traditional Studio: Responses to Concerns expressed in Traditional Design Studios, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Eng. Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 3., 2008
  • Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as a Teaching Approach at Design Studio, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 3., 2008
  • K. Nassar and M. Elnahas: Occupant Dynamics: Towards a New Design Performance Measure, Architectural Science Review, Vol. 50, 2007
  • M. Elnahas: Energy Simulation of Urban Dwellings in Temperate Climates, Architectural Science Review, Vol. 46.3, pp. 239-45, 2003
  • M. Elnahas: The Effects of Urban Configuration on Urban Air Temperatures, Architectural Science Review, Vol. 46.2, pp. 135-8, 2003

  
  Courses:
  

  • Architecture Design Studio I, II, III
  • Environmental Control I

  
  
  
  
  
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  Beverly Elson
  Savannah, eLearning
  A.A., Colby-Sawyer College; B.A., M.A., The American University; M.B.A., South Eastern University; Ph.D., University of Maryland.
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  Beverly Elson spent many years as an educator in Washington, D.C. She is a generalist with a great interest in architectural history; her major areas are 19th-century American art and architecture and 17th-century Dutch painting, prints and drawings. Other areas include Rococo through Impressionism, 20th-century art and contemporary art. She is also a practicing collage artist who exhibits nationally and internationally.
  
  Selected publications:
  

  • "Visions of America," catalog for the art exhibition in the American Embassy, Sweden.

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • MOCA-DC Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., August 2008
  • International Art Exhibition in the Cairo Opera House in Egypt, September 2006.
  • "Art Show: International American Artists AlAhram Artists" (group exhibition), Cairo, Egypt, October 2005
  • "New Delhi 4 India" (group exhibition), All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, India, November 2004
  • Sam Rayburn House Office Building, as a joint project between the Embassy of Egypt and Congress, February 2006

  Selected presentations:
  

  • "The Windows of the National Presbyterian Church," Building Spiritual Washington symposium, Society of Architectural Historians, Washington, D.C., March 2007
  • "Current Views of the American Presidency," Art History Focus Week, Savannah College of Art and Design, March 1993
  • Gallery talk on American Impressionism and the Ash Can School, Telfair Museum, Savannah, Georgia, March 1992
  • "Art Power on the Rise: Artists' Rights," Annual Conference of the Institute for International Development and Strategic Studies, Southeastern University, August 1989
  • "American Artists Look at the American Presidency," 14th annual conference on Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts, The American University, October 1988

  Awards:
  

  • NEH Grant for College Teachers, Summer 1992
  • NEH Grant for College Teachers, Summer 1989
  • Nominated by Southeastern University in both 1988 and 1989 for the CASE Professor of the Year award.
  • NEH Grant for College Teachers, Summer 1985
  • Two Fulbright Grants, Saigon, Vietnam

  Memberships:
  

  • Center for the Advanced Study of the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • College Art Association
  • National Society of Arts and Letters (Washington chapter)
  • Society of Architectural Historians (Latrobe chapter)
  • Society for Emblem Studies
  • Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.

  Courses:
  

  • Survey of Western Art I
  • Survey of Western Art II
  • American Art
  • Contemporary Art
  • 20th-century Art
  • Art Since 1945
  • 19th Century Art

  
  
  
  
  
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  Gregory Eltringham
  Savannah
  B.A., Northeastern University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Nancy Emmeluth
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., College of Saint Rose; D.A., State University of New York at Albany.
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  Nancy Emmeluth has a Doctor of Arts in humanistic studies with a concentration in Africana studies and English. A permanently licensed teacher in New York State, Emmeluth has taught in middle school, high school, community college, research institutions and at-risk programs for incarcerated young people. At SCAD, she has created and taught several courses in the liberal arts and performing arts departments, including Classics of Science Fiction, African American Literature, African American Drama and Contemporary American Drama. Emmeluth also contributes to assessment initiatives at SCAD through her work with the general education program.
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Rosemary Erpf
  Atlanta
  Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Boston University; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., City University of New York.
  
  
  
  
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  Denise Falk
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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  Denise Falk has been a painting professor at SCAD since 1992, and was chair of the department from 1993-2000. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world, including venues in Provence and Paris, France, Tel Aviv, Israel, New York City, Beijing, China, Milan, Italy, Atlanta, Ga., and Chicago, Ill. Visit her Web site.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Susan Falls
  Savannah
  B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.A., Hunter College; Ph.D., The City University of New York. 
  
  
  
  
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  Jonathan Farris
  Atlanta
  M.A., University of Virginia; B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University.
  
  
  
  
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  Robert Fee
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Gayle Fichtinger
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., Arizona State University.
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  Prior to teaching at SCAD, ceramic sculptor Gayle Fichtinger was the studio foundations coordinator in the art department at Plymouth State University, where she taught drawing and design. Before joining PSU in 2000, she worked for 15 years as a full-time studio artist, continuously exhibiting ceramic sculpture in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Her works are included in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Art Museum, Danforth Museum of Art, Erie Art Museum, Racine Art Museum, DeCordova Museum and the Czech Ceramic Design Agency. Articles and reviews of her work have been published in "Ceramics: Art and Perception," Ceramics Monthly, American Craft and The Boston Globe.
  
  Publications:
  Marvin Sweet, "The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar," Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China, 2006
  Marvin Sweet, "Gayle Fichtinger: Carving a Path," in Ceramics: Art and Perception, March 2003, pp. 60-61, No. 51
  
  Solo Exhibitions:
  "Firewood: Terracotta Portraits," McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass.
  "Gayle Fichtinger," Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, Md.
  
  Group Exhibitions:
  "The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar," Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Mont. (Two-year traveling exhibition, book/catalog)
  "Taking It With Us: Ceramics by Sister Dennis Frandrup and Former Students," Benedicta Arts Center, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.
  
  Courses:
  2-D Design
  3-D Design
  Drawing
  Color Theory
  Ceramics
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Jonathan Field
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.A., Ph.D., Lancaster University.
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  Jonathan Field, Ph.D., is an experienced lecturer and artist with extensive knowledge in coordinating a range of art education programs. He is committed to an interdisciplinary model of art education and has established a strong exhibiting portfolio. His area of expertise is the 20th century, particularly the post-War period, with a focus on the relationship between postmodern American literature and visual representation. Since 1999, Field has taught art history at SCAD. Visit his Web site for more information about Field's academic and practical interests.
  
  2006 Exhibitions/Publications:
  

  • "Sisyphus," Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta; Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art; and the Sarai Media Lab, New Delhi, India. Also broadcast as part of "Indie Show Case," hosted by Cox Communication, Georgia.
  • SECAC/MACAA Exhibition (juried), Parthenon Gallery, Nashville, Tenn.
  • "Shimmer," Transcultural Exchange, Boston.
  • "Horizons," Red Gallery, Savannah.
  • "Monster," STARCCA Gallery, Savannah.
  • "60 Seconds of Play," Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, and Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art.

  Awards:
  

  • 2006: Inclusion in Marquis Who's Who as educator of note
  • 2003: SCAD Presidential Award

  Courses:
  

  • Contemporary Art
  • Art Criticism
  • Survey of Western Art I and II
  • 20th-century Art
  • Art Since 1945
  • French Modernism
  • New York: Art Capitol of the World
  • Art in Australia

  
  
  
  
  
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  Deborah First
  Savannah
  B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Deborah First has been a professor in the SCAD fibers department since 1986. Her current area of investigation - and one focus of her teaching at SCAD - is computer-aided jacquard weaving. Her studio work includes sculpture, mixed-media and jacquard weaving.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • Exhibiting work in the United States, Italy and England
  • Presenting a paper for the Textile Society of America bi-annual conference
  • Leading field session for the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at SCAD

  
  
  
  
  
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  Anthony Fisher
  Savannah
  B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Joy L. Flynn
  Savannah
  B.A., M.F.A., University of North Dakota.
  
  
  
  
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  John Foerster
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Michigan.
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  John Foerster is a practicing medical illustrator who has taught at the graduate and undergraduate level for more than 12 years. He specializes in teaching digital illustration techniques and has conducted Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter workshops throughout the United States and Canada. He has received more than a dozen national awards for both his artwork and his contributions to the field of medicine. In addition to his editorial and advertising work, he has illustrated more than a dozen textbooks and is co-author of an award-winning medical book about cervical disorders.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Peter Fossick
  Savannah
  B.A., Manchester Polytechnic; M.Sc., University of Strathclyde.
  
  
  
  
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  Jason Fox
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Tom Francis
  Atlanta
  B.S., M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin.
  
  
  
  
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  Jason Frazier
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Missouri State University; M.F.A., Colorado State University.
  
  
  
  
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  Kathleen Fritz
  Savannah
  B.A., Gordon College; M.I.D., Boston Architectural College.
  
  
  
  
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  Catherine Fruisen
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Webster University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  SuAnne Fu
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.F.A., M.S., Cornell University.
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  SuAnne Fu specializes in fundamental interactive theories and history, and ways in which applications of visual aesthetics and human interaction extend to Web design, installation art and game design. Prior to SCAD, she worked as a contract designer for several Web design firms and participated in two start-up companies. She previously worked with designers and computer graphics scientists on interdisciplinary projects to build better models and environments for artists. Her areas of research include interactive design and cognitive arts.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • Association of Computing Machinery
  • International Game Developers Association
    

  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Interactive Design and Game Development
  • Survey of Computer Art
  • Survey of Interactive Entertainment
  • Interactive Design and Game Development Portfolio
  • Interactive Design and Media Applications
  • Interactive Art and Culture

  
  
  
  
  

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  Rebecca Klein Ganz
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., University of Florida; M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design.
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  As a student, Rebecca Klein Ganz explored the notions of non-intention and chance in the creative process of visual communication, extending the boundaries of graphic design and challenging convention and conditioned response. She has exercised these theories and practices in the multiple courses she has taught at SCAD-Atlanta.
  
  Ganz has worked as a senior graphic designer at Merge Design, a multidisciplinary Atlanta studio, where she designed annual reports, identities, Web sites, corporate collateral and branding solutions for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to dot-com start-ups. She regularly does freelance design work, specifically focusing on non-profit organizations.
  
  Ganz often creates her graphic design work side-by-side with traditional media such as painting, drawing, experimental sewing and bookmaking. Each feeds into the other, encouraging a continuous conversation among conventionally separate processes and ways of thinking.
  
  Publications:
  Communication Arts
  Print
  AIGA:365
  "All Messed Up: Unpredictable Graphics" by Anna Gerber
  "Colossal Design" by Clare Warmke
  
  Exhibitions:
  "Tzedakah: The Art of Giving," Breman Museum, Atlanta, September 2006.
  
  Memberships:
  AIGA, Atlanta Chapter
  
  Courses:
  (Undergraduate)
  Introduction to Graphic Design
  Typography I and II
  History of Graphic Design
  Graphic Design Studio I and II
  Vector and Raster Graphics
  Corporate Design
  (Graduate)
  Print Studio I
  Design Methodologies
  Poster Design
  The Role of Graphic Design in Social Awareness
  Typography Studio I
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Stephen Gardner
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Parsons School of Design.
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  Stephen Gardner has been teaching in the foundations studies department at SCAD since 1993. He is the director of the drawing minor and acts as the drawing coordinator for the department. Gardner is a figurative painter who generally combines realistic painted figures with irregularly shaped formats. In addition, he regularly accepts portrait commissions and produces monthly illustrations for Better Homes and Gardens magazine.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development to produce the text, "The Artist's Traveling Sketchbook"
  • Illustrator for "Small Gardens of Savannah and Thereabouts," Pelican Press
  • Illustrator for "Toxicology of the Lung," Taylor and Francis Group

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  • Drawing II
  • 2-D Design
  • 3-D Design
  • Design Methods Studio
  • Perspective
  • Travel Portfolio

  
  
  
  
  
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  Michael Gargiulo
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., School of Visual Arts.
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  Michael Gargiulo served as a character animator on films including "The Ant Bully" and "Robots," and "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron" film and television series. He worked as a computer graphics artist on the "Roughnecks: Starship Troopers" television series, and on games including "Rules of the Game." Prior to joining the faculty at SCAD, he was an instructor at the Art Institute of Dallas, Texas.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • A Bunch of Short Guys (Dallas animation organization)
  • Art Institute of Dallas Library Committee

  Courses:
  

  • Character Animation
  • Principles of 3-D Animation
  • Storyboarding for Animation
  • Characterization
  • Principles of 3-D Modeling
  • Language of Animation
  • Animation Production Studio

  
  
  
  
  
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  Maureen Garvin
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; M.F.A., Temple University.
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  Maureen Garvin is the dean of the School of Fine Arts at SCAD. She started teaching in the college's foundation studies department in 1988 and served as chair from 1991-2003. Her work has been exhibited in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia, as well as Beijing, China, and London, England. Her studio creations include handmade paper pieces, large oil pastel works on paper, and wall relief pieces made with paper pulp.
  
  Selected presentations and lectures
  

  • Lecture/papermaking workshop, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1998
  • Slide lecture, "Staging a Still Life to Teach Drawing Concepts," FATE Conference, 1997
  • Chair of panel "Introducing Conceptual Processes in Foundation Drawing," FATE Conference, 1995
  • Visiting artist/slide lecture, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, 1986
  • Visiting artist/slide lecture, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, 1986
    

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • Group show, Capital State Gallery, Atlanta, Ga., 2001 (invitational)
  • "98 China Art Expo" (group exhibition), Beijing, China, 1998 (invitational)
  • "Georgia Arts 96" (group exhibition), Jordan Hall, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., 1996 (juried)
  • "More Fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil" (group exhibition), the Gallery in Cork St., London, England, 1996 (invitational)
  • Group show, Institute Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1996 (invitational)

  Awards:
  

  • Grant for residency, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, N.Y., 1993
  • Grant for residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Va., 1985
  • Grant for residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Ga., 1984
  • Nominated by SCAD for Professor of Year Award, 1997 and 1998

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • F.A.T.E.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Thomas Gattis
  Savannah
  B.I.D., Auburn University; M.S., Bemidji State University.
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  Tom Gattis became chair of industrial design after spending seven years as a professor. He launched the marine design minor in 2003 and continues to serve as program coordinator. He was the lead faculty member on two transportation projects in the SCAD industrial design department: the "Stinger," an original-concept, family sport boat, and the "Ohana," a pair of resort kayaks designed for Hobie Cat. His previous experience includes starting the industrial design program at Finlandia University and working as a designer and project manager in the nuclear industry, an account executive in the trade-show and exhibition field, and as a professional model-maker.
  
  Publications:
  

  • Paper, "The Large Design Project - Beyond Traditional Education," Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, 2002
  • Paper with Ron Sekulski, "Why Small Business Needs Design: Strategies for New Curriculum Development," Education Conference: Why Design, 1998
  • Paper with Steve Viser, "Entrepreneurial Design Center: Blurring the Boundaries Between Design, Education, and Business," Education Conference: Blurring Boundaries, 1997

  Presentation:
  

  • "Promoting Economic Development Through Design Education; Case Study Savannah College of Art and Design's Original Concept Boat," Georgia Economic Development Association Annual Conference, 2002

  Memberships:
  

  • American Craft Council
  • American Association of Woodturners

  
  
  
  
  
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  Bridget Gaynor
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.A., William Paterson University.
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  Bridget Gaynor began her career in visual effects in 1993 as a 3-D generalist in post-production at Post Effects in Chicago, Ill. In that role, she worked on graphics for broadcast, commercials, corporate video and video games. In 1995 she became senior technical director at Rhythm & Hues Studios in Los Angeles, where her duties included sequence and scene lighting, materials, textures, sequence supervising, lighting lead, compositing artist and more. She has worked on more than 16 films, as well as commercials and theme park attractions. Since 2004, she has taught courses in the SCAD animation and visual effects departments, as well as in the technical direction minor. Gaynor is an Autodesk-certified Maya instructor.
  
  Selected film credits:
  

  • "The Chronicles of Narnia," look development and fur grooming
  • "Garfield," sequence lighting lead and sequence supervisor
  • "The Cat in the Hat," sequence lighting lead and look development lead
  • "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," look development and lighting
  • "It's Tough to be a Bug," 3-D stereoscopic theme park attraction in Disney's Wild Animal Park, sequence superviosr
    

  Memberships:
  

  • SIGGRAPH Education Committee

  Courses:
  

  • Digital Lighting and Rendering
  • 3-D Color, Lighting and Rendering
  • Digital Materials and Textures
  • Compositing for Technical Direction
  • 3-D Collaborative Project
  • Character Look Development
  • Creature Look Development
  • Visual Effects Portfolio
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  Andrea Messina Gebbia
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Florida; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Stephen Geller
  Savannah
  B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., Yale University.
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  Stephen Geller is an internationally renowned screenwriter, novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He also originated two Master of Fine Arts and undergraduate screenwriting programs at Boston University and Arizona State University. With a musician/composer father and an actress/teacher mother, Geller was raised during the heyday of Hollywood, where he participated as a child actor, dancer and, later, writer and director.
  
  He has published four novels, several of which were made into films and also published abroad.
  
  His adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize; his teleplay of "Warburg: A Man of Influence" won the Silver Bear Award for Best International Miniseries; and most recently, he wrote and starred in "Cuppa Cabby, Piece o' Pie," which won the Zoefilms Internet International Film Festival for Best Comedy of 2000.
  
  Geller has worked regularly in the Italian, French, British and Scandinavian film industries as well as in the American industry.
  
  He is a member of the screenwriting branch of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America.
  

  
  
  
  
  
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  Thomas Gensheimer
  Savannah
  B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
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  Thomas Gensheimer, Ph.D., teaches courses in non-Western architecture, with specializations in the art and architecture of Africa and the Islamic world. As an undergraduate anthropology student, he worked on archaeological excavations at the colonial plantation of Flowerdew Hundred in Virginia and in the ancient Indus Valley city of Harappa in Pakistan. He has published articles on shell trading between Mesopotamia and the ancient Indus Valley civilization. He also has conducted research on Swahili architecture and cities as a Fulbright scholar in Kenya, and has lectured and published articles on the urban history of the medieval East African coast. He has traveled extensively throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and was a member of the first group of foreign travelers permitted to cross the Khunjerab Pass from Northern Pakistan to Xinjiang via the Karakoram highway. His current work focuses on African urban form and design, and European representations of African cities.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Richard Gere
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., University of Tennessee.
  
  
  
  
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  Sari Gilbert
  Savannah
  B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Columbia University.
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  Sari Gilbert has been a designer, producer and entrepreneur in technology and interactive entertainment for more than a decade. Her area of specialty is educational interactive and game design, with an emphasis on design for young children. She designed and produced the initial titles for preschoolers and kindergarteners in the popular JumpStart series. Gilbert then went to Disney Online as an executive producer, where she led design and development of all interactive entertainment and educational initiatives for the early learning market. She also founded and operated her own e-mail marketing technology company, GoMo Technologies, which ran campaigns for Dreamworks, Showtime and the Pepsi Corp. Gilbert has done project strategy consulting for Ask Jeeves, Bonus.com and Redleaf Ventures.

  
  
  
  
  
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  David Gildersleeve
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  James Gladman
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Minneapolis College of Art and Design; M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute.
  
  
  
  
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  David Gobel
  Savannah
  B.Arch., Texas Tech University; M.A., Princeton University; M.Arch.Hist., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Princeton University.
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  David Gobel, Ph.D., teaches courses in Renaissance and Baroque architecture, 20th-century architecture, urban form, theory and criticism, and garden and villa architecture. He has received several awards and fellowships, including the Fulbright-Hays/Spanish government fellowship for study in Spain. With department chair Robin Williams, he founded the biennial Savannah Symposium and has co-directed several of the symposia. He served as co-editor of ARRIS: The Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians and has also edited journals at the University of Virginia and Princeton University. Gobel is an active member of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and served as president from 2005-07. His research areas include 16th-century urbanism in Spain, the theoretical writings of Philibert de l'Orme, the architecture of the Protestant Reformation, and the urban plan of Savannah.

  
  
  
  
  
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  Christina Gonano
  Savannah
  B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Chatham College.
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  Before joining the faculty at SCAD, Christina Gonano worked in the interior design industry. Her designs can be seen in and around the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, where she worked on projects for the Mellon Arena, home of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, and at the Nemacolin Resort and Spa, host to the PGA's 84 Lumber Classic.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • Interior Design Educators Council
  • American Society of Interior Designers (allied membership)
    

  Courses:
  

  • Graphics for the Building Arts
  • History of Interior Design II
    

  
  
  
  
  
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  David Goodrowe
  Atlanta
  B.S., Florida State University.
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  Goodrowe's experience in the fashion industry includes both wholesale and retail, with a focus on marketing, business, and management in the fashion industry, specializing in the luxury sector.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Introduction to Fashion
  • Supply Chain Management Strategies

  
  
  
  
  
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  Ray Goto
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Western Washington University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
  
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  Julie Granacher
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Virginia; M.Arch., Savannah College of Art and Design.