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A–Z of Graphic Design Alumni Involved In Design Education

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A list of CalArts Graphic Design Program alumni currently, or previously, working as teachers, educators, professors, or otherwise involved in academia.

Please email informdesign@calarts.edu for corrections, additions, and typos!


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