A list of CalArts Graphic Design Program alumni currently, or previously, working as teachers, educators, professors, or otherwise involved in academia.
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Sean Adams
Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at Art Center
José Allard
Director, School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Tasheka Arceneux-Sutton
Assistant Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University
Maja Blazejewska
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design (former)
Juliette Bellocq
Senior Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design
Weston Bingham
Adjunct faculty, Pratt Institute and School of Visual Arts, New York (former)
Elizabeth Buchta
Adjunct faculty, University of Missouri St. Louis, University of Notre Dame, Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans (former)
Ane Burdick
Professor, Chair, Media Design Practices, Art Center College of Design
Emilie Burnham
Faculty, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
John Calvelli
Lecturer, Associate Chair, School of Critical + Creative Studies, Alberta College of Art and Design
Kathryn Catmur
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Todd Childers
Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University School of Art
Liz Charman
Professor, Portland State University
Cassandra Cisneros
Lecturer in Design, University of Texas at Austin
Gregory Coats
Adjunct faculty, Chaffey College
Kristen Coogan
Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts
Lucy Cooke
Adjunct faculty, Chaffey College
Neil Cornelius Coons
Full-time faculty in the design department at MCAD
Devin Dailey
Faculty CSULB
Ania Diakoff
CalArts x Hongik, “Demystifying Design” courses at CalArts
Sophie Dobrigkeit
Lecturer, Design, University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, Germany
Neil Doshi
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Beth Elliott
Adjunct Faculty, CalArts
Joel Evey
Adjunct faculty, SUNY Purchase
Charles Field
Senior Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
San Jose State, San Francisco State, California College of the Arts (former)
Jessica Fleischmann
Adjunct faculty USC, and SCIArc (former), adjunct faculty Otis College of Art and Design
Taylor Giali
Adjunct faculty, Chaffey College
Barbara Glauber
Adjunct faculty, Cooper Union and Critc at Yale
Denise Gonzales Crisp
Professor, Graduate Program Director, Department of Graphic and Industrial Design, North Carolina State University
David Grey
Chair, Graphic Design Department, Santa Fe University
Stefano Giustiniani
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design (former)
Sibylle Hagmann
Professor, University of Houston, School of Art
Katie Hanburger
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Brooke Irish
Adjunct faculty, Chaffey College
Claudine Jaenichen
Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Chapman University
Roman Jaster
Otis, USC, Chaffey (former). Adjunct Professor CalArts
Margo Johnson
Adjunct faculty, University of Southern California (former)
Snow Kahn
Adjunct faculty, Art Center and Otis (former)
Kathy Keen
Adjunct faculty, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago (former)
Yasmin Khan
Adjunct Professor, Otis College of Art and Design
Tom Kracauer
Instructor Calarts X Hongik, Visiting Faculty/Director Print Media Lab, CalArts
Andrew Kutchera
Lecturer at USC Roski School of Art and Design
Lecturer at USC Marshall School of Business
Sue LaPorte
Professor, College for Creative Studies
George LaRou
Professor, New Media Program Chair, Maine College of Art, Portland
Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti (former)
Deborah Littlejohn
Assistant Professor, Design Research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Ana Llorente
Full-time assistant Professor, Otis College of Art and Design
Jiwon Lee
Associate Professor, Kookmin University
Ian Lynam
Chair, MFA in Graphic Design, Vermont College of Fine Arts, adjunct faculty Temple University Japan and Meme Design School
Megan Lynch
Adjunct faculty, CCA
Daniella Marx
Chair of the Department of Design at Loyola University New Orleans.
Jen McKnight
Associate professor at UM st Louis.
Jennifer Moody
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (former)
Chris Morabito
Adjunct Faculty, MDP at Art Center College of Design
Silas Munro
Professor, Miami University
Armando Mtz-Celis
Adjunct faculty, Chaffey College
John Joseph Nacu
Faculty, Westview High School, San Diego
Kali Nikitas
Founding Chair, MFA Graphic Design and Chair, Communication Arts, Otis College of Art and Design
Matt Normand
Adjunct faculty, CCS, Ringling College of Art and Design, University of S. Florida, Kyle Cooper Academy (former), Art Institute
Lisa Nugent
Associate Professor, Graduate Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design (former)
Tuan Phan
Assistant Professor, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Tx.
Alex Pines
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Joe Potts
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
David Robinson
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College
Tanya Rubbak
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Calvin Rye
Coursera pilot for Fundamentals of GD
Adjunct faculty, Ann Arbor Art Center
Louise Sandhaus
Faculty, CalArts
Jennifer Schanen Rider
Adjunct Faculty, MDP at Art Center College of Design
Richard Shanks
Adjunct Professor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Robert Sirko
Associate Professor, Valparaiso University, Bloomington, Indiana
Stuart Smith
Adjunct Faculty, CalArts
Shelley Stepp
Technical Faculty, CalArts
Jon Sueda
Chair of MFA Design, CCA
Leslie Sun
Adjunct Faculty, Otis College of Art and Design (former)
Design Lecturer, Ren Longhua University of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (former)
Gail Swanlund
Faculty, CalArts
Jae-Hyouk Sung
Associate Professor, Kookmin University
Andrea Tinnes
Professor, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Adjunct Professor, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway (former)
Brad Tucker
Adjunct Faculty, CalArts
Edwin Utermohlen
Instructor, Ringling College of Art and Design
Christopher Vice
Associate Professor, Indiana University (former);
Chair, Visual Communication Design, Indiana University Herron School of Art and Design (former)
Daryn Wakasa
Adjunct Professor at Loyola Marymount University
Ching Wang
Adjunct faculty, Otis College of Art and Design
Jessica Wexler
Faculty, SUNY Purchase
Pirco Wolframm
Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
Ben Woodlock
Adjunct faculty, UCLA extension, Otis College of Art and Design
Michael Worthington
Faculty, CalArts
