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about survey participants<br />
educators<br />
John Sharp<br />
John currently teaches interactive design and game development<br />
at scad-Atlanta. With his 10 years of experience, he has also<br />
held a teaching position at Parsons The New School for Design.<br />
John received his ba from the University of Georgia, and a ma<br />
and a ph.d from Indiana University.<br />
Kelly Bryant<br />
Kelly and her 22 years of experience currently teach<br />
publication, book, identity and logo design at Auburn<br />
University in Alabama. She previously taught at Samford<br />
University in Birmingham. In addition she works as a freelance<br />
illustrator and painter in the mediums of watercolor and acrylic.<br />
Kelly has a ma in Illustration from Syracuse University and a<br />
bfa in Graphic Design from Auburn University.<br />
Kermit Bailey<br />
Kermit has 20 years of experience, currently teaching interactive<br />
media, information design and typography at North Carolina<br />
State University. He received his ba in visual communication<br />
from North Carolina Central University and a master of<br />
product design in visual design from nc State University.<br />
Laura Chessin<br />
Laura is a current professor at Virginia Commonwealth<br />
University. With her 14 years of teaching experience, she<br />
has also instructed coursework at risd and the University of<br />
Massachusetts. Laura holds an mfa in graphic design from risd<br />
and a bfa in photography from Cornell University. Prior to<br />
her position at vcu, she maintained her own studio focused<br />
on publication and print-media design based in Amherst, ma.<br />
Leslie Becker<br />
Leslie is a professor with 31 years of experience. She currently<br />
teaches at the California College of the Arts, and previously<br />
at Cooper Union. Leslie has a ma in Design and a ph.d in<br />
Architectural Theory and Methods from uc Berkeley. She will<br />
lecture on design pedagogy to design professors in Beijing<br />
(Summer 2010) and she is an aiga fellow.<br />
Martha Scotford<br />
Martha currently teaches at North Carolina State University.<br />
With her 29 years of experience, she teaches everything from<br />
typography, to brand/identity, design aesthetics, design history,<br />
design methodology, foundation studies, packaging, portfolio,<br />
and publication design. Martha has a bfa and a mfa in Graphic<br />
Design from Yale University School of Art with post-graduate<br />
study at Bath Academy of Art in the uk. Martha also received<br />
a ba in Art History from Oberlin College. Her research focuses<br />
on women in art history and feminist theory.<br />
Mary McLaughlin<br />
Mary currently teaches typography, design methodology,<br />
and environmental graphic design coursework at Virginia<br />
Commonwealth University. She has a total of 23 years teaching<br />
experience with former positions at nc State and Boston<br />
University. Mary attended undergraduate school at<br />
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<br />
Merrick Henry<br />
Merrick currently teaches graphic design at scad. With 8 years<br />
of experience, he has also taught at Kansas State University. His<br />
attended undergraduate school at Kansas Wesleyan University,<br />
graduate school at Kansas State University, with additional<br />
study at Taft College in California. Merrick specializes<br />
teaching coursework in brand/identity design, print design,<br />
and typography.<br />
Mookesh Patel<br />
Mookesh currently teaches at Arizona State University School<br />
of Design Innovation. With his 32 years of experience, he has<br />
also taught at risd and the National Institute of Design (nid)<br />
in India. Mookesh received a ba in visual communication from<br />
nid in India, a bs from Ahmedabad Science College, Gujarat<br />
University in India, and a mfa in graphic design from risd. He<br />
is a practicing information/experience designer, principal and<br />
partner at InfoDesign Management Inc. in Scottsdale.<br />
Nancy Skolos<br />
With 20 years of experience, Nancy currently teaches graphic<br />
design at risd. She originally studied at the University of<br />
Cincinnati in industrial design. After two years of study, she<br />
was accepted as one of a few undergraduate students at<br />
Cranbrook Academy of Art where she completed her bfa in<br />
interdisciplinary design, and then went directly to Yale and<br />
received an mfa in graphic design. She currently practices design<br />
professionally with her husband to form the firm specializing in<br />
innovative poster design – Skolos-Wedell.<br />
Renee Seward<br />
Renee currently teaches digital design, brand/identity, design<br />
aesthetics, design methodology, and environmental graphic<br />
design at the University of Cincinnati (uc). She received her bs in<br />
Graphic design from uc and her mfa from North Carolina State<br />
University.<br />
Richard Shanks<br />
With his 14 years of teaching experience, Richard currently<br />
teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received<br />
his bfa from the University of Michigan and his mfa from the<br />
California Institute of the Arts. Richard currently practices design<br />
professionally as president of UpShift Creative Group in Chicago.<br />
Samantha Lawrie<br />
Samantha currently teaches graphic design at Auburn<br />
University with 11 years of experience. She has a bfa and a<br />
Master of Education from Auburn, with a mfa from Louisiana<br />
Tech University.<br />
Santiago Piedrafita<br />
Santiago is currently an associate professor and chair of the<br />
department of graphic design and industrial design at North<br />
Carolina State University. Previously, Santiago chaired the Design<br />
Department at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (mcad).<br />
He holds a bfa from the College of Industrial Design in Brazil,<br />
and a ms from Pratt Institute in New York. Recently Santiago<br />
was named to the prestigious id Forty, The International Design<br />
Magazine’s annual list of 40 top designers, architects and visual<br />
professionals from around the globe.<br />
Sherry Blankenship<br />
With her 13 years of experience, Sherry currently teaches graphic<br />
design at Ohio University. She has previously taught in New<br />
Zealand, Lebanon and Qatar where she was also the graphic<br />
designer for Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. She<br />
has also taught courses in India, Turkey and Zimbabwe. She has<br />
a degree in education from Paterson State College in New Jersey<br />
and a mfa in visual communication design from North Carolina<br />
State University.<br />
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