Faculty Spotlight
Department Chairs
Faculty
Christopher Arnold
Instructional Areas
Chris Arnold is actively involved with curriculum development in Art & Design. He teaches throughout the Illustration curriculum with a primary focus on studio coursework.
Ivan Brunetti
Instructional Areas
Graphic Novels, Cartooning, Editorial Illustration.
Caitlyn Brunner
Michele Carter
Cheri Charlton
Instructional Areas
Illustration, Painting, Mural Art, Digital Art, and History of Illustration.
Timothy Cozzens
Instructional Areas
Interior Architecture, Interior Design, Furniture and Interiors History, Interior Detailing, Furniture Design + Fabrication, Foundations
Greg Diedrich
Christopher Eliopoulos
Instructional Areas
Introduction to Illustration, Digital Illustration, Children's Books, Cartooning.
Sarah Faust
Instructional Areas
Typography, Visual Branding and Narrative, Experiential Learning, Community Engagement (via outside partnerships for Senior Practicum)
Michael Hays
Instructional Areas
Children's Book Illustration, Digital Illustration, After Effects Animation, Experimental Illustration, Foundation Skills in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
Kevin Henry
Instructional Areas
I teach a range of design and foundation courses including furniture construction, portfolio design, ideation sketching, and a variety of skills-based foundation courses generally focused on software (Adobe Creative Cloud). In the Fashion Studies program I will be teaching Fashion Design Studio II which focuses on a range of digital design tools and their integration into creative practice.
Andrea Hill Fitzgerald
Denise Holmes
Rene King
Instructional Areas
Interior Design, Design of Cities & Social Justice, Lighting Design, Particpatory Design
Ronald Kovach
Instructional Areas
Design is an extremely inclusive endeavor.
Richard Laurent
Instructional Areas
Richard currently teaches in the Design Department at Columbia College– specializing in Illustration. Outside of Columbia he teaches in the fine arts, specializing in the history and practice of oil painting with a focus on European master painting.
Jeffrey Marienthal
Instructional Areas
Advertising Design, Graphic Design, Typography, and the primary print applications of the Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop).
Rebecca Midden
Instructional Areas
Interior Architecture and Design Studios: focusing on hands-on experience in designing and planning interior spaces for various purposes such as workplace environments and adaptive reuse projects. Emotive Design: delving into the psychology of design and creating spaces that evoke emotions and connect with occupants in a rich and meaningful way.
Izze Norman
Corinn Posudevsky
Petra Probstner
Instructional Areas
Petra Probstner is actively involved with curriculum development in Interior Architecture. She teaches throughout the curriculum starting from Foundation level courses to Senior Studios.
Dane Rausch
Jilly Simons
Instructional Areas
Graphic Design, Typography, Brand Identity
Guy Villa
Instructional Areas
Curriculum development in Book Design, Typography, Information Design, Visual Identity and Narrative Development.
