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Agnes Berecz Eva Diaz and international venues and has reviewed books and
exhibitions. Gisolfi chaired the art history department
Visiting Assistant Professor Assistant Professor and is director of the Pratt in Venice Program.
Ph.D. , Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2006; B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., and Ph.D.,
teaches modern and contemporary art history at Pratt Princeton University; Eva Diaz is a Curator for Art in Dimitri Hazzikostas
and the Department of Graduate Studies of the Fashion General and has served as faculty for the Whitney
Institute of Technology and at The Museum of Modern Museum Independent Study Program, Parsons New Assistant Professor
Art; New York correspondent of the Budapest-based School for Design, and Sarah Lawrence College. In B.A., Athens University, Greece; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
art monthly, Müértö, currently writing a book about the addition, she is a freelance critic of contemporary and University; Dimitri Hazzikostas is an art historian and
cultural politics of painting in postwar France; published modern art for publications such as Art in America, archaeologist. A member of the Hellenic Archaeological
in Art in America, Artmargins, Praesens, Treca, and Time Out New York, and Modern Painters. Society, he participated in excavations at Ancient
European and U.S. exhibitions catalogs. Corinth, Troezen and Lechaion. His areas of special
Mary Edwards interest include Greek, Roman, and early Medieval art,
Sam Bryan iconography and interpretation. He is a Whiting Fellow
Adjunct Professor and received the Sears Distinguished Professor Award.
Adjunct Professor B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University; M.L.S., Columbia He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Comparative
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Howard University; DA, University; Mary Edwards grew up in Oklahoma and lives Iconography. As a member of the Pratt Academic
Carnegie-Mellon; Sam Bryan is a filmmaker and film in Manhattan. She studied at the Art Students League and Senate since its inception, he chaired the Senate’s
archivist. He has taught courses in film history and Columbia University. She received a Columbia University Programs and Policies Committee. Prof. Hazzikostas
production at Brooklyn College, Fordham University Kress Fellowship for 1982–83; a National Endowment for also teaches in the Pratt-in-Venice program.
and at Pratt since 1983. Since 1960 he has filmed for the Humanities Travel-to-Collections Grant for 1988; a
the International Film Foundation in Africa and South Gladys Krieble Delmas Grant for 2000; and travel grants Frima Fox Hofrichter
America. His films have been shown at the American from Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and the School
Film Festival, at the Museum of Modern Art and the of Visual Arts. She has been a fellow at the Virginia Professor
Metropolitan Museum of Art. He’s a past president of Center for the Creative Arts, the Ragdale Foundation, the Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.A., Hunter College; B.A.,
the New York Film Council and continues as executive Cummington Community of the Arts, the Mary Anderson Brooklyn College; As a specialist in Art of the Early
director of the International Film Foundation. Center, and the Hambidge Center. Modern period, issues of gender and class have informed
Hofrichter’s writings and teaching. She is the author of a
Edward DeCarbo Diana Gisolfi monograph on Judith Leyster, numerous articles and has
curated several exhibitions. Besides graduate courses
Adjunct Associate Professor Professor in Dutch still-life painting and Vermeer, Hofrichter also
Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, Georgetown B.A., Manhattanville; M.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Yale, University teaches undergraduate Survey. She is a co-author of the
University; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., of Chicago; Gisolfi’s research and teaching focus is major text, Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition.
Indiana University; Ed DeCarbo has earned 2 degrees on Italian Renaissance art, art historical methodology, Hofrichter is a member of the College Art Association’s
in international relations and 2 others in anthropology the context of the Catholic reform in Italy, and art by Committee on Women in the Arts.
and African studies. His field research is in West Africa women. She has published particularly on sixteenth
with a focus on aesthetics, the place and practice of the century Venetian and Veneto art, including that of
arts in everyday life. Veronese, Tintoretto, and Zelotti. Her current work
looks at materials and techniques of such artists in
Left: Class trip to The Museum of Modern Art, New York relation to workshop practice. She lectures in national
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Vivien Knussi Marilyn Kushner Students at a private showing in the Print Study Room of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Adjunct Assistant Professor Visiting Professor
B.A., Tufts Univeristy; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., B.A.; M.A., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Ph.D., Michele LiCalsi
Columbia University. Upon moving to New York City Northwestern Univ; Marilyn Kushner is Curator and
from Boston in 1986, Knussi lectured at the Museum of Head, Department of Prints, Photographs and Archi- Visiting Associate Professor
Modern Art focusing on photography. She also worked tectural Collections at the New-York Historical Society M.A., New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, Cer-
for six years as curator and head of acquisitions for the (2006-Present). Previously she was Department Chair, tificate in Art Conservation; B.A., New York University;
Dreyfus Mellon Fund. Since completing her Ph.D. she Prints, Drawings, and Photographs and Curator of Prints Michele LiCalsi studied art at the New York Academy of
has begun writing a textbook on photography. and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum (1994–2006). Art, the Art Students’ League, and the National Acad-
She has also served as Curator of Collections at the emy of Design. She has been teaching drawing, color
Gayle Rodda Kurtz Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, and Research Asso- and composition at the National Academy of Design
ciate at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Kushner from 1994 to the present. She taught fresco painting at
Assistant Chair of History/Art and Design has published and lectured extensively on works on the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Hunter College, CUNY; paper and has served on juries and guest curated University from 1993 to 2005. She has also worked in art
Ph.D., The Graduate Center—CUNY; Concentration in exhibitions nationwide. conservation at the Brooklyn Museum and The Metro-
European Art of the 18th and 19th Centuries. From 1995 politan Museum of Art. She has worked as a conservator
to the present—Contractual Lecturer at The Metro- on sites in Florence, Rome, Parma, and Sardis.
politan Museum of Art with a focus on the African Art
Galleries.
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Marsha Morton Vanessa Rocco Jack Toolin
Professor Adjunct Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY; B.A., School of B.F.A., Ohio University; M.F.A. San Jose State University;
University of Chicago Marsha Morton’s primary area of International Service at American University; Vanessa an artist working in new media, digital imaging,
research is 19th-century German art, with published Rocco is Assistant Curator of the International Center and performance, who also teaches at Polytechnic
articles on interdisciplinary topics in Neoclassicism, for Photography (ICP) She has organized several Institute at NYU and lectures at Rhode Island School
Romanticism, Biedermeier, Impressionism, and exhibitions and publications at ICP, including Expanding of Design and University of California at Berkeley; his
Symbolism. She is currently finishing a book on the Vision: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s Experiments of the work considers contemporary life in light of changing
printmaker Max Klinger that explores his art within 1920s (2004), Rise of the Picture Press: Photographic political, economic, and technological landscape.
the context of Darwinism, anthropology, psychology, Reportage in Illustrated Magazines, 1918–39 (2002),
and the grotesque. Morton’s books include The Arts and Modernist Photography from the Daniel Cowin Borhua Wang
Entwined: Music and Painting in the Nineteenth Collection (2005). Her reviews and articles about
Century (Garland, 2000) and Pratt and Its Gallery: The photography have also appeared in SF Camerawork Adjunct Assistant Professor
Arts and Crafts Years (1998). She has served as the and Afterimage, among other places. Her most B.A., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC;
secretary of HGCEA (Historians of German and Central recent publication is The New Woman International, M.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence; Ph.D., Columbia
European Art) since 2005. Representations in Photography and Film from the University, NYC. Specializes in Chinese painting and
1870s through the 1960s, co-edited with Elizabeth Otto calligraphy, in particular of the Song dynasty. Other
Joyce Polistena (Ann Arbor: UMP, 2011). areas of research: Contemporary Chinese Art, Buddhist
Art of Southeast Asia, and Western art theory. Curator of
Adjunct Associate Professor Ann Schoenfeld Contemporary Korean Art, Abstract Chinese Art, Taipei
Ph.D., M.Phil., CUNY; TESOL, Columbia University; Joyce Fine Art Museum. Presented “Pan Yuliang’s Life and Art:
C. Polistena has published articles in Religion and the Adjunct Assistant Professor Alienation to Freedom of Expression,” CAA, 2001.
Arts, The Van Gogh Museum Journal, Italian Americans B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University
and the Arts and Culture. Dr. Polistena has presented of Chicago; Ph.D., City University of New York, Graduate Steven Zucker
several papers at The College Art Association, also The Center; recipient of CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, Pratt
Museum of Biblical Art, The North East Popular Culture Institute Faculty Development Fund grant; lecturer, Visiting Associate Professor
Association, and many scholarly venues. Her current SUNY, Purchase; nominator, Joan Mitchell Foundation B.A., Bard College; M.A., Hunter College, City University
work is focused on Eugéne Delacroix, and Nineteenth- for Painting and Sculpture; curator, “Get Close,” of New York; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University
Century European and American Art. She has been Marymount Manhattan College gallery; published in of New York. Specialist in 20th Century Art and Theory;
a member of the faculty at Pratt Institute since 1997, Arts Magazine, I.D., Eye. co-founder and executive editor, Smarthistory.org;
where she teaches a variety of courses in 19th–20th- Selected publications: “Confrontations with Radical
Century Art. Dorothy Shepard Evil: The Ambiguity of Myth and the Inadequacy of
Representation,” Art History, “The Slide Library: A
Katarina Posch Adjunct Professor Posthumous Assessment in the Service of Our Digital
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College; B.A., Sweet Briar College; Future,” Teaching Art History with Technology: Case
Acting Chair, Associate Professor M.A., Southern Methodist University; Specialist in Studies; Selected Awards: Samuel H. Kress Foundation
M.A., University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria; Ph.D., Medieval Art, especially Romanesque manuscripts; grants, 2009 Webby Award for Education, SUNY
National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, author of Introducing the Lambeth Bible (2007); AAUW Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching; Selected
Japan; publications: Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu American Fellowship; Haakon Traveling Fellowship; Papers: CAA, AAM, ICOM, “Museums and the Web,”
Kenmochi (Noguchi Museum, New York, 2007); “About invited lectures include College Art Association (1998), Associazione Nazionale Insegnanti di Storia dell’Arte.
Creativity” (Querdenker Magazin 2007, European Forum Medieval Academy (2000); Symposia on the History
Alpbach 2007, the University of Applied Sciences, of the Bible (1995–2000), International Congress of
Salzburg, 2007); Isamu Noguchi–Sculptural Design Medieval Studies, Frick Symposium (1987).
(Vitra Design Museum, Germany, 2001); curatorial work
for the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Vitra Design
Museum in Germany, and the Noguchi Museum in NYC.
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Industrial Design
Ultimately, design is about human beings, individually and chair
collectively, supplying propulsion to idealistic, aesthetic, and
practical ideas, and the passion of creating, understanding, Steve Diskin, Ph.D.
and sharing the work we do.
assistant chair
Pratt’s Master’s program in Industrial business. They come to Pratt ready to
Design (ID), consistently ranked in the work hard, to prepare themselves for a Scott Lundberg
top 10 in the U.S. by U.S. News and World field where the designer must be able to
Report and DesignIntelligence, is open to provide innovative professional design assistant to the chair
candidates holding bachelor’s degrees in solutions. They become leaders and
any area, including science, humanities, entrepreneurs in industrial design as they Audrey Lapiner
engineering, business, architecture, fine confront the impact of technology and
arts, design, and liberal arts—with or innovation, and explore the relationship technical coordinator
without design experience. The result of design ethics and sustainable strategies
is a student body that represents a wide within contemporary culture. John Medley
range of educational backgrounds. This
rich tapestry of influences—coupled with The faculty is composed of practicing shop technicians
grounding in traditional design skills, design professionals whose areas of
conceptualization, research, and design expertise include furniture, lighting, Gary Hou
processes—prepares our graduates to architecture, exhibition, products, Brendan Mullins
become leaders who question, explore, graphics, tabletop, video, automotive, Seth Weiner
and expand the relevance and excitement medical equipment, packaging, and Julia Wheeler
of this discipline. surface design. While each faculty Melissa Skluzacek
member within the program has his or
Our students are a select group who her particular path, there is a growing office
understand that creativity is a serious understanding that, in the design
profession, disciplines often cross lines. Tel: 718-636-3631 | Fax: 718-636-3553
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that of the student body, creates a vibrant have proved to be valuable learning design curricula for developing nations
community of visual researchers experiences that cannot be duplicated in a to the impact of emerging philosophies,
re-defining the role of industrial design purely academic setting. materials, and technologies on world
in society. cultures.
The Program’s Structure
At Pratt, Industrial Design students Students register for six credits of
and faculty share a common goal: to A minimum of 48 credits of study is thesis over one year, which culminates in
encourage individual growth to its highest required for a Master of Industrial a formal presentation and exhibition of
potential. The many courses offered at Design degree. An additional 11 credits work accomplished.
Pratt enable students to fully develop and enrollment beyond four semesters is
their interests and talents. Students required for applicants who do not have a All work for the degree must
choose core studio courses—focusing on background in industrial design. be completed within seven calendar
product, furniture, strategy, exhibition, years after initial registration as a
and tabletop design—to develop a clear The Industrial Design program’s graduate student.
understanding of aesthetics, creating first year provides a specified curriculum
objects and experiences of enduring of required courses, while later study is Right: Cappellini Showroom exhibition of Furniture Studio
value and meaning that embody respect a blend of structured courses, elective designs by grad students of Professor Mark Goetz
and sensitivity for people and their study in areas of specialized interest, Page 148: Top: Mahtab Pedrami; Bottom: David Hsu
environment. Our mission is to teach core studio courses, and design research, Page 149: Chris Richard
aesthetic value through abstraction and culminating in a master’s thesis. The
form development as well as pragmatism, thesis provides the greatest possible
focusing on the principles of accessibility, freedom and opportunity for pursuit of
responsibility, and creativity. a selected topic and is done under the
direction of a faculty advisor. Thesis
Design projects and problems— candidates are expected to demonstrate
including those that focus on social the full range of design skills, including
responsibility, universal accessibility, drawing, rendering, computer modeling,
marketing, production, cultural heritage, 3-D modeling, color, and design
and aesthetic content—represent the methodology, as well as historical and
varied texture of Pratt’s New York City contemporary issues, participating in
location. Pratt also maintains strong ties the critical dialogue of designed objects
to industry through corporate-supported and environments in their final projects.
programs. Fortune 500 companies are Topics have ranged from social and
regular sponsors of Pratt ID competitions environmental responsibility to urban
and studios, offering subjects from living; form, structure, and aesthetic
re-thinking the user experience to development and mathematics to
business strategy, bringing essential biochemistry and bio-mimicry; from
industry knowledge into the classroom.
Internships in design consultancies and
corporate offices are encouraged, and
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Harvey Bernstein Meri Bourgard-Rohrs Toy, and the Kohl Group; during his time at Bell Labs he
was awarded the AT Excellence Award, Distinguished
Adj u n ct P ro f e ss o r, CCE Adj un ct Profess or , CCE Member of Technical Staff, Quality Award, and the
B.F.A., M.S., Pratt Institute; design consultant whose A.A., Suffolk Community College; B.A., Hunter College; Golden Thread Award; Cho has been a visiting professor
practice spans the disciplines of interior, industrial, M.F.A., Painting, Pratt Institute; teacher at Pratt Institute and lecturer at Korea National University of Art, Pratt
graphic, exhibit, and retail design; clients include since 1985; faculty member in the Fashion Design, Institute, CIDA in Taiwan, and The New School; holds
JCPenney, Sony, Hallmark, Knoll, Chase, Calvin Klein, Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Architecture seven design patents.
Speedo; recipient of numerous design awards: Gold departments; worked as a graphic designer and
and Silver Awards from IDSA and ID Magazine for illustrator for a variety of publications; studied and Kevin Crowley
product design, as well as awards for lighting design, worked in a variety of media with such artists as
retail, office, exhibit, and graphic design; exhibited Charles Reid, Jean Dobie, Louise Giles, Daniel Greene, Visiting Assistant Professor
at MoMA, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Barbara Necchis, Jim Jensen, Frank Mason, Frank Webb, B.I.D., Pratt Institute; Lowell Technical Institute, polymer
and more; published in Architectural Record, Domus, Lawrence Goldsmith, and Nathan Goldstein; featured chemistry; has 40 years experience in the design and
Abitare, International Design, ID, NY Times, Forbes, in The New York Times, Arts & Antiques and more; has manufacturing of deep-sea diving equipment, high-
Journal, Business Week, Metropolis, and the Design exhibited her work in galleries around the North East as level radiation suits, proximity and approach fire suits as
Encyclopedia of MoMA. well as Europe. well as chemical protective clothing; is also a lifelong
shoe designer having designed both performance and
Frederick Blumlein Gina Caspi fashion shoes for such companies as Converse, FILA,
Wilson, Prince, and Keds in the U.S. and Geox and Block
Adj u n ct P ro f e ss o r, CCE Visiting Professor in Europe.
Design career has included work with organizations B.A., Graphic Design, Hofstra University; M.I.D., Pratt
such as Bell Laboratories and George Nelson Institute; Caspi has been a professor in both Foundation Lucia De Respinis
Associates; in 1983 established Blumlein Associates, 3-D and Graduate Industrial Design since 1986; was the
Inc. (BAI), a design firm that specializes in exhibition, first recipient of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Award, Adjun ct Profess or , CCE
graphic, interior and theatrical projects and since 1985 given for excellence in teaching three-dimensional B.I.D., Pratt Institute; academic appointments adjunct
has been a major exhibition design consultant for Sony design; participated in the Premio Internazionale di professor, 1995-present; selected awards, recognition,
Electronics, Inc.; BAI’s work has appeared at MoMA, Scultura Gioia Lazzerini in Pietrasanta, Italy, where she and published works, Metropolis magazine, Vitra Design
MIT, Lincoln Center, Indiana University, Disney’s EPCOT was awarded a prize for her bronze and ruby sculpture, Book Cold War Confrontations, Women Designers in
Center, Cirque Du Soleil, Universal Studios, and the Torre di San Francesco. the USA 1900–2000, ID Magazine Annual Review, Pratt
U.S.S. Nautilus Submarine Museum; member of Pratt’s Manhattan and Schafler Gallery, “20 Women in Design”;
ID department since 1976. Gihyun Cho Rowena Reed Kostellow Award (2007) for excellence
in teaching; “Three Dimensional Design,” Vitra Museum
Left: Wyman Mastin Adjunct Professor exhibition on George Nelson Office; Women Designers
M.I.D., Syracuse University; industrial design educator, in the USA Exhibition, “High Style: Twentieth Century
professional, and writer; has held the position of American Designers in the USA”; and “High Style:
chief industrial designer at Bell Labs and Lucent Twentieth Century American Design,” Whitney Museum
Technologies and has served as a design consultant Exhibition (aluminum clock).
for Goldstar, Samsung America, Ken Carter, Loveland
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Steve Diskin Stephen Faletti Mark Goetz
Chair Visiting Instructor Adjunct Professor
B.A. Visual Studies, Harvard College; M. Arch., Harvard B.I.D., Pratt Institute; B.E., Mechanical, University B.I.D., Pratt Institute; design faculty since 1993.
University; Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Maryland; a creative problem solver who draws Goetz has taught Sophomore ID Studio, and has taught
de Lausanne; began his professional career with on what could be construed as a freakishly wide the Graduate Furniture Design Studio since 1997.
the architecture firm of Kenzo Tange in Tokyo, the knowledge base to address design challenges in their He has organized several exhibitions of student work
establishment of his studio in Los Angeles, and actual contexts; deep understanding of functional at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair,
the design of the HELIX clock, which is now in the and manufacturing systems is coupled with a strong Cologne Furniture Fair, as well as industry-sponsored
permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt National sensitivity toward social, cultural, psychological, projects with companies such as Herman Miller and
Design Museum; was a professor of advanced product and philosophical factors and a profound appreciation Wilsonart. Goetz is also the owner of TZ Design,
design and founder of the grad ID program at Art of formal and aesthetic characteristics; has worked an industrial design firm founded in 1988, which
Center College of Design in Pasadena; visiting professor for Estee Lauder, the Nokia Theatre, NY Designs, and specializes in furniture for the retail, hospitality, and
at the University of Ljubljana (2002–2010); and visiting Edge Orthotics. contract furniture industry.
professor at the Academy of Art, Architecture, and
Design in Prague (2004–2005); has taught and lectured Patrick Fenton Bruce Hannah
at a number of institutions, notably in Switzerland,
Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Visiting Instructor Professor
Cyprus, Israel, and Turkey. B.A., Visual Communications, UCLA; M.F.A. Design, B.I.D., Pratt Institute; his Hannah Desk System for
Stanford University; partner at Swayspace, a design Knoll named Design of the Decade by IDSA (1990);
Peter Erickson studio that tackles a diverse array of design projects for named first designer in residence at the Cooper-
a wide variety of clients, collaborating with technology Hewitt, National Design Museum (1992); awarded
Visiting Instructor companies, non-profit organizations, hospitals, fashion the Bronze Apple by IDSA for conference, Universal
A professional prop builder who lives in New York City, designers, musicians, professors, artists, and publishers; Design (1993); authored Access by Design with George
Erickson works out of a garage workspace in Brooklyn; portfolio includes design logos, marketing collateral, Covington (John Wiley and Sons, 1996); received
is a professional maker of all sorts; freelance work websites, user interfaces, books, CD cases, software National Design Education Award from the IDSA (1998);
includes the fabrication of custom furniture and props packaging, tradeshow booths, and building signage. Federal Design Achievement Award for exhibition
for advertising. He teaches model-making processes “Unlimited By Design” (2000) named one of 12 most
at Pratt. Colin Gentle influential exhibitions by Metropolis magazine (2006);
authored Becoming a Product Designer (John Wiley
Assaf Eshet Visiting Assistant Professor and Sons, 2004).
B. Eng., University of Connecticut; has worked with
Visiting Assistant Professor firms like SolidWorks Corporation, Martha Stewart Ben Hopson
B.A., Vital-Tel Aviv Center for Design Studies, Israel; Eshet Living Omnimedia, CADD Edge Inc., SA Baxter
strives for innovative designs that create a balance Architectural Hardware, and Hutzler Manufacturing; Visiting Instructor
between the playful and the functional; his creations comprehensive background in 3-D CAD modeling B.A. Sculpture, Wesleyan University; M.I.D., Pratt Institute;
are led by his detailed-oriented, whimsical curiosity that technology, rendering expertise, and mechanical a designer, artist and educator working in Brooklyn,
allows him to push the boundaries of mediums; projects processes; serves as ProductSpark’s lead designer, N.Y., Hopson is the creator of the discipline of kinetic
range from toy design to conceptual art; opened Assaf where he is instrumental in developing new product design, which involves the aesthetic design of physical
Eshet Design Studio in 2000, specializing in toy design lines, and providing SolidWorks 3-D CAD consulting movement by incorporating elements of industrial
and inventions for leading toy manufacturers such services; work has been published in a variety of design, kinetic sculpture, engineering, interaction
as Fisher Price and Hasbro; many of his designs are publications, including Array Magazine, House design, and puppetry, the field allows designers to
patented and have won numerous prizes, while being Beautiful, Dwell, Interior Design, Forbes Life and CNBC; animate products and spaces in new ways; has worked
enjoyed by children worldwide; lead a notable toy Certified SolidWorks Professional and a Certified with clients on projects ranging from kitchen gadgets to
workshop held in Anji, China, in 2000 to research and SolidWorks Instructor. luggage, from concept cars to lighting; work has been
create eco-friendly toys made of bamboo. featured in I.D. Magazine, on boingboing.net, wired.com,
core77.com, designboom.com, and joshspear.com.
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Kate Hixon Michael McMahon Katrin Mueller-Russo
Adjunct Associate Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Associate Professor
Design principal of Hixon Design Consultants, Hixon B.I.D., Pratt Institute; computer animator in New York Dipl Des, Industrial Design, Hochschule für Bildende
teaches 3-D design fundamentals and studio classes City for over 20 years, whose projects have included Künste Hamburg, Germany; has practiced with
at Pratt. Her consultancy specializes in architectural numerous 3-D animations for broadcast television, Hoberman Associates as a design director, working
branding, environmental design, exhibit and event as well as animated simulations of products and on the Hoberman Sphere toy line, on educational
design, editorial design and graphic design, and has prototypes for industry; has taught computer animation applications; and as a consultant collaborating on
had a diverse body of clients, including Pfizer, FAO to undergraduate and continuing education students foldable products for a major children‘s product
Schwarz, Eziba, Ernest & Young, GT Interactive, and the at New York University, and also helped to establish the manufacturer; in 1997, she founded Specific Objects
United Nations. Computer-Aided Industrial Design program at Pratt Inc., an interdisciplinary, sustainability oriented design
Institute in the early 1990s; currently on staff as an practice in New York; her work as been exhibited
Jay Levy animator for the ABC/ESPN television network. internationally and her awards include the Ideas
Competition Design Plus at the Frankfurt International
Visiting Assistant Professor Steven Mercurio Fair Ambiente for her hearing aid design; with her
B.Arch., Pratt Institute; M.Arch., Columbia University; partner, she was chosen as a finalist for the Newark
Levy began his professional career working for 12 years Visiting Associate Professor Visitors Center competition in 2009.
under two men influential in twentieth century art and B.E., M.E. Mechanical Engineering, S.U.N.Y Stonybrook;
design: the New York architect, Charles Gwathmey, worked for the New York City Transit Authority as a Judith Nylen
and the esteemed Japanese sculptor, Isamu Noguchi. mechanical engineer and later moved into several
In 1996 Jay Levy Architects was established. The firm positions within CADD Edge, Inc., a New York company Visiting Assistant Professor
specializes in residential design and has been widely focused on design services, rapid prototyping, software, M.L.S., Pratt Institute; M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking,
published. Other personal pursuits include painting, training, and seminars for design and engineering Pratt Institute; B.A., Scripps College; has taught Portfolio
sculpture, and as an educator at Pratt Institute, the solutions; while at CADD Edge, Inc. was active in and Professional Practices since 2005; has more
study of abstract visual relationships. projects on a one-on-one basis, as well as being than 30 years experience reviewing Industrial Design
involved in full team environments to assist within portfolios in her capacity as Director of Career Services,
Mark Lim large design firms; has taught modeling software, its in which she has helped launch and track the successful
applications and manufacturing processes since 2001, careers of hundreds of students and alumni; exhibiting
Adj u n ct P ro f e ss o r, CCE and is known at Pratt for his expertise on SolidWorks; his photographer and printmaker who has worked in the
B.F.A., Seoul National University; M.F.A., Pratt Institute; teaching mission is to directly couple the relationship field of educational exhibition design.
Jong S. Lim (a.k.a. Mark Lim); “Glomar Explorer” ship between the manufacturing process and industrial
project; First Place Award, Orange County Engineering design through a comprehensive understanding of Shigeru Natsume
Council, (1977/1978); engineering specialist at Holmes SolidWorks; by leveraging his many relationships with
and Narver Inc.; manager of industrial design research design firms throughout the Northeast, he is able to Visiting Associate Professor
and development and author of design patents (U.S. convey how design decisions, good and bad, will impact B.F.A., Space Design, Aichi Prefecture University of Fine
and Europe) at the Conair Corporation; has exhibited at the final, real-world application. Arts, (Aichi Prefecture, Japan); B.F.A., Environmental
Gallery Korea, and Hyundai Art Gallery. Design, Parsons School of Design; M.F.A., 3-D Design,
Frank Millero Cranbrook Academy of Art; Natsume is vice president
Scott Lundberg and director of design/research and vice president of
Visiting Assistant Professor ECCO Design in New York City; prior to joining ECCO
assistant chair; Adjunct associate Professor B.S. Molecular Cell Biology, University of California Design, he worked for frogdesign and served clients
B.S., B. Arch., North Dakota State University; M.I.D., at Berkeley; M.I.D., Pratt Institute; has worked at the such as Nike, Timex, Ford, and Coca-Cola; General Mills
Pratt Institute; a designer and educator who teaches Exploratorium museum in San Francisco (1991–2001) sponsored one of his most recent classes, and currently
industrial design at Pratt Institute and exhibit design where he developed numerous biology-based exhibits he is involved with another program sponsored by
at the Fashion Institute of Technology, he recently and programs, similar to the way his graduate thesis Colgate Palmolive.
became IDSA section vice chair for communicative explored ways of connecting people to the natural
environments; designed the Gossner College world; has taught courses on color and ecological
Campanile in Bihar Ranchi, India; a shower shelf based design since 2004; now a practicing designer currently
on DARPA technology for Shelfworks; and a display- focusing on tableware and table linens.
driven, wine-finding experience for Bottlerocket Wine &
Spirit that got an A+ from Zagat.
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Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman for Design, Portfolio and Professional Practice, and Martin Skalski
Internship courses; infuses strategic design process
Adjunct Associate Professor with the student’s unique vision, resulting in clear and Professor
B.F.A. Fashion Design, Pratt Institute; M.I.D., Pratt direct presentations. B.A., University of Toledo; M.I.D., Pratt Institute; teaches
Institute; Computer Graphics and Graphic Design, transportation design, color theory, three-dimensional
School of Visual Arts; Millinery Design, Fashion Institute Andrew Schloss design, and drawing; director of Pratt Transportation
of Technology; experience as design director of Starter Design Program; received grants from the NEA, Ford,
for Nike; Champion Athletic Apparel; C-9 by Champion Adjunct Associate Professor General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and
for Target; Fila U.S.A.; accessories designer for Liz B.A., Biology, University of Oregon; M.S., Biomechanics Daimler Chrysler; directed design projects for Northrup
Claiborne, art director, Everlast, BUM Equipment, and and Human Movement Studies, University of Oregon; Grumman, BASF/Mearl, Black and Decker, NASA, NEC,
Nautica kids; freelance product, graphic, and interior M.I.D., Industrial Design, Pratt Institute; has a diverse Corning, Nissan, Ford, and GM.
designer; has taught fashion and industrial design at professional background that includes corporate and
Pratt since 1998. retail identity and branding, the design of retail and Jordan Steckel
other branded interiors, consumer product design,
Jeanne Pfordresher furniture and lighting design, and packaging and Adjun ct Profess or , CCE
graphics. Schloss’s design experience includes over Music and Art High School; Cooper Union; B.F.A. Yale
adjunct Assistant Professor 200 retail specialty stores, concept shops, showrooms, University; two Guggenheim Fellowships (1959–1960);
B.F.A., Industrial Design, B.F.A., Sculpture, Cleveland and exhibits, and includes work for CBS Television, Sony design and fabrication of exhibitions, displays,
Institute of Art; experienced in teaching product Pictures, Spike TV, Lego, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, prototypes for Tiffanys, Bonwitt Teller, IBM, Lever Bros.,
studios in the undergraduate, graduate, and design Penhaligon’s Perfumers, Aarohi Diamonds, and many Revlon, Henry Dreyfuss; commissioned cast bronze
research classes; a founding partner of Hybrid more. His product work includes design for such clients entranceway doors for the Statue of Liberty; various
Product Design and Development, her projects as Artemide, George Kovacs, Zelco, Hands On Toys, sculpted medals and awards; sculptures for hotels,
have included housewares, consumer electronics, Disney, and ABC School Supply. restaurants, banks, ships, churches, synagogues, private
personal care, medical devices, and sustainable residences; taught design at SVA (1963–1970); presently
transportation systems. Arthur Sempliner teaches 3-D design in Pratt Foundation Department
(since 1984); also 3-D design, drawing, and moldmaking
Russell Robertson Adj un ct Profess or , CCE in the Industrial Design Department (since 1992).
B.S. Industrial Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
Adjunct Professor M.B.A. Marketing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; has Irvin Tepper
B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art and Design; his focus taught the Production Methods classes in the Industrial
incorporates a comprehensive balance of academic Design department for more than 15 years; varied Adjun ct Profess or , CCE
theory and professional practice; has worked on work experiences early on in his career include being M.F.A., University of Washington; B.F.A., Kansas City
corporate design staffs in Korea and The Netherlands a designer at Dorwin Teague and later rising to the Art Institute; Tepper’s works are in many museum
for Samsung, LG Electronics, and Philips Electronics, position of vice president; president of Construciones collections around the world including the Victoria and
and for design consultancies such as Brook Stevens Sempliner in Spain for three years, before founding Albert Museum, London; Museum of Contemporary Art,
Design, Insight PD LLC, ECCO Design, and 4Sight; Chelsea Design Associates in New York; relationship Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland; and the Los Angeles
participates and designs within a wide range of product with the Pratt Institute began in 1969 when he was County Museum of Art. Tepper’s work is the subject of
segments: POP displays, exhibits, recreational the assistant to Professor Gerald Gulotta, a visual a book, titled When Cups Speak: Life with the Cup—A
sports equipment, medical equipment, agricultural literacy instructor; in 1995 developed and taught two Twenty-Five Year Survey (Silver Gate, 2002).
equipment, housewares, personal care products, Production Methods courses for the Industrial Design
structural packaging, and home audio/video department; is recognized for his vast knowledge and Jonathan Thayer
equipment; a founding partner of Hybrid Product experience in all areas of design and manufacturing;
Design + Dev. Inc., which develops innovative product holds over 35 US patents; winner of won several awards Associate Professor
solutions and meaningful experiences for global including first prize at the Popai Show for his Vacuum B.I.D., Pratt Institute; in his professional design work, he
consumer culture; from 2002–2004, he served as chair Coffee Dispensing System; has worked on a large has developed projects in lighting, furniture, and house
of the IDSA/NYC chapter and director of the design variety of projects in several different fields, including wares but remains focused in the field of structural
magazine POPSICLE, which highlighted the NYC design architecture, packaging design, exhibit design, point of packaging, where he has been awarded nine U.S. utility
scene and schools; has built curriculum and taught at purchase, and industrial design. patents for technology developed on behalf of the New
Pratt for more than 10 years: Sophomore and Junior Venture Packaging Department of the Estee Lauder
Design Studio, Experimental Transportation, Drawing Corporation, where he has held a position for well over
a decade and is the recipient of international awards
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for innovation in cosmetic packaging; in his capacity Aichi World Expo 2005 in Japan; former associate Joel Wennerstrom
as full time professor, he has taught a range of classes professor and director of Prodiseño, School of Visual
including Drafting and Prototypes, Production Methods, Communication and Design in Caracas, where he Adjunct Associate Professor
3-D Abstraction, Solidworks, and Sophomore, Junior, was involved in academic projects and research in B.I.D., Kent State University; M.I.D., Pratt Institute; an
and Senior Studio; named one of the country’s most minimal structures, consumer products, interface and industrial designer with 20 years experience designing
admired educators by DesignIntelligence magazine information design, and thesis projects; co-publisher consumer and industrial products in both the corporate
(2006); has stewarded numerous industry projects of Objetual, a website focusing on design issues in and consulting environments; currently specializing
at Pratt and is currently developing collaborative Venezuela, he has published design articles in both in baby strollers and other juvenile products; besides
internship opportunities between corporations and the national newspapers and specialized magazines; being an industrial designer and educator, he is a
ID department. participates in projects and activities as advisor member dedicated musician and woodworker.
of the Ibero-American Design Biennial in Madrid.
William Jeffrey Tolbert Henry Yoo
Tanya Van Cott
Adjunct Associate Professor Adjun ct Profess or , CCE
B.S. Biology, Millsaps College; B.F.A., Museum Art Visiting Assistant Professor B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.I.D., Pratt
School; M.F.A., Yale University; a visual artist living in B. Arch., Pratt Institute; M.I.D., Pratt Institute; an award- Institute; Yoo has worked for BMW, Boeing, Chrysler,
Brooklyn, N.Y. who has taught at Marylhurst College, winning architect and industrial designer, who received Pepsi, Proctor and Gamble, General Mills, Gucci,
Yale University, Parsons The New School for Design, both degrees from Pratt Institute, she has dedicated her Herman Miller, McNeil Associates, Philip-Morris,
Pratt Institute, and The Cooper Union; from 1993–2000, career to interdisciplinary design, seeking out projects Samsung, Timex, Victoria’s Secret, Warner Brothers, YSL,
he was the president and owner of ArtPanel Inc., that span her interests in psychology, theory, structure, and Zegna.
which manufactured high-quality wood supports for color, detail, materiality, and especially whimsy, to
fine artists; since 2006, has been project manager create unique design solutions; established her own “Pratt truly enabled me to be
for the Way2Go tandem car project; a revolutionary, architecture and design practice after working as a ready for roles in the many
lightweight fuel-efficient vehicle for the transportation project architect with Pentagram Design, NYC; recently areas of the design business
industry; has exhibited his work in New York and across completed her first work of fiction, a novel written for in which I have worked.”
the country; in 2010, worked with Philip Riley at Skink every man and especially every woman, called Woman
Ink Editions to create a portfolio of Giclée prints, which Be Cool; writing and performing the spoken word —S c ott Avidon, M.I.D. ’96,
were featured in a group exhibition at Skink Ink Editions. publicly has led to a renewed interest in teaching, where Designer, Steuben Glass;
all her fascinations and training come together. Seguso Viro, Murano, Italy
Ignacio Urbina Polo
Rebecca Welz
Associate Professor
M.S. Product Engineering, Universidad Federal de Santa Adj un ct Profess or , CCE
Catarina, Brazil; Venezuelan industrial designer with Boston Museum School; B.A., Empire State College;
over 20 years of experience specializing in the field of Welz is a sculptor represented by June Kelly Gallery in
bionics: he has worked on consumer products, street New York and galleries on the west coast; recipient of
furniture, signage systems, exhibition design, and Pollock Krasner and ED Foundation grants; recipient
visual communication systems for many companies, of a fellowship at Urban Glass; founder of Association
manufacturers, institutions and government agencies; of Women Industrial Designers (AWID), mounting first
in the late 1980s worked at the prestigious Brazilian exhibition of product design by women in the U.S.,
Laboratory of Industrial Design on Florianopolis Island “Goddess in the Details”; published book on exhibition.
where he had the opportunity to work in many different
and diverse product design projects, as well as support
his passion of surfing the waves; in 1999, while living in
Caracas, he co-founded Metaplug, a multidisciplinary
design firm and workshop; worked as an industrial
designer in the foundation of La Estancia Art Center in
Venezuela and the Andean Amazon Pavilion at the
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Interior Design
Interior Design at Pratt provides the ultimate learning chair
environment—New York City, an internationally recognized
center of interior design—and a challenging course of study Anita Cooney
for students preparing themselves for a career in an expanding,
dynamic field. assistant chair
The graduate Interior Design program interests. For instance, the designer who Karin Tehve
was ranked first in the country by comes from a background in economics
both U.S. News and World Report and has a very different approach from assistant to the chair
DesignIntelligence in 2012. Students one coming from dance, and each has
are drawn from all parts of the world something to learn from the other. Aston Gibson
and, by way of the Qualifying Program,
from a variety of disciplines, which Our faculty members are practicing office
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hard and prepare to enter a profession in
which the designer must be multifaceted Building upon its reputation as one of
and able to provide innovative design the top graduate programs in the country,
solutions. Many come to the program for the graduate Interior Design program
career change, so classroom interchange seeks to expand its leadership role, setting
is enhanced by the diversity of students’ standards for critical thought, exemplary
expression, professional aptitude, and
Left: Nora Mattingly responsible action in transforming the
human environment. The curriculum
brings the rigor as well as broad and deep
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thinking of architectural study to focus enormous menu of courses is available for design, or communications design.
on the scale, use, and materiality of the the pursuit of individual interests. To support our commitment to
interior, connecting interior design to
larger issues of inhabitation, cities, and The program is full time. Many technological excellence, personal
society. The program instills values in its students find internships, either for credit laptop computers are required for all
students, not as mere competencies but or independently, generally pursued graduate students. For more information,
as opportunities for critical engagement during the summer breaks. It is not please refer to http://www.pratt.edu/
in the contemporary world. In support recommended that any student work for academics/academic_resources/
of this transformative responsibility, the the first semester of the program. technology_resources/laptop/interior/.
program fosters an inquisitive dialogue
among its faculty and students, and open For most students, the program master of science in
exchange with the world of designers, culminates in a thesis project. The thesis interior design
producers, and users of the built provides the greatest possible freedom The mission of the Master of Science in
environment. We are equally committed and opportunity for pursuit of a selected Interior Design program is to educate
to the application of current technology topic. Work is done under the direction talented and motivated students from
to the educational experience and the of thesis advisors and is completed diverse cultural, professional, and
support of analysis and research that within one year. The Exhibition educational backgrounds in the discipline
contributes to the body of the knowledge Design Intensive is an alternative to the and profession of interior design. Our
in the discipline. traditional thesis track and offers students educational community encourages
a one-year immersion in exhibit design in philosophical exploration, ethical and
The Program’s Structure the final year. environmental responsibility, aesthetic
expression, and practical application.
Like its undergraduate counterpart, Applicants with an undergraduate We provide students with a challenging
the graduate Interior Design program degree in interior design, architecture, environment and course of study that
at Pratt is an architecturally oriented or other closely related design fields encourages creative innovation.
program with emphasis on spatial design may be eligible for the 48-credit two-
rather than surface embellishment. All year graduate program. An application Right: Top Column: Nora Mattingly; Center Column,
aspects of space—scale, proportion, portfolio is required. A two-semester Bottom Column: Rachel Rosenberg
configuration, and light sources, as well Qualifying Program of an additional 20
as textures, materials, and colors—are credits is required for applicants whose
studied in relation to their effect on the undergraduate backgrounds are unrelated
human spirit. Students are encouraged to interior design or architecture but
to take advantage of the many course whose applications indicate a strong
offerings at Pratt, enabling them aptitude for graduate study. These
to fully develop their interests and students complete 68 credits in three
talents. Electives may be chosen from years. It should be noted that while
any department in the Institute, so an applicants to the Qualifying Program
are not required to submit a portfolio, we
do encourage applicants with academic
or professional experience to submit a
portfolio of work from other disciplines
such as fine arts, fashion, industrial
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“Pratt was an amazing, amazing
experience in my life. We
had top faculty that inspired us.
I use the foundation that I
received at Pratt, but I take it in
many different directions.”
—Samuel Botero,
B.F.A . I nte r ior D esi g n ’68
Renowned interior designer; principal,
Samuel Botero Associates, Inc.
“I’ve been told I’m good at
creating luxurious spaces and
creating comfort in a very elegant
way. The Color course I took
at Pratt gave me the tools to
develop finished palettes for all
my professional projects.”
—Jasmine Lam,
M .S. I nte r ior Desi g n ’98
Principal, Jasmine Lam,
Interior Design + Architecture
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Interior Design Faculty
Doreen Adengo Klein, American Crafts Museum, Speedo, Warnaco, and Mary Burke
Franklin Mint; past chair, N.Y. Industrial Design Society
Visiting Assistant Professor of America (IDSA); awards include gold/ silver IDSA Adjunct Associate Professor
B.S., Catholic University; M. Arch., Yale University; RA; (product), Lumen, (lighting), Interior Magazine (retail, B.A., Fordham University; M.S. Columbia University; B.
project architect, Gruzen Samton Architects, currently office, exhibit), AIGA (graphics), Roscoe, (furniture), Arch., City College School of Architecture; RA; directs
working on the design and construction of affordable and I.D. Magazine; exhibited at MoMA, Cooper-Hewitt Burke Design & Architecture PLLC in a broad range
housing, educational, and government projects; one National Design Museum, Gallery 91, AIGA, ADC, of architecturally based residential, hospitality, and
of her projects recently won a design excellence and ICSID. commercial projects; registered architect who has
award from the U.S. General Services Administration; practiced in the field of interior design and architecture
previously worked for Robert A.M. Stern Architects of Meri Bourgard for over 35 years; previously held leadership roles in
New York City, Adjaye Associates of London, and Ellerbe prominent architecture firms including Cetra Ruddy,
Becket of Washington, D.C. Adj un ct Profess or , CCE Gruzen Samton LLP, HOK, Swanke Hayden Connell,
A.A., Suffolk Community College; B.A.,Hunter College; and Tihany International; led KPF Interior Architects’
Eric Ansel M.F.A., Pratt Institute; Vermont Council on the Arts Singapore office, designing major interior spaces for
Grant recipient; work included in public and private the headquarters of United Overseas Bank, designed by
Visiting Assistant Professor collections nationwide and in Europe. Kenzo Tange; then set up her own Singapore practice,
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., School Burke Design, providing interior architecture services
of the Art Institute of Chicago; M. Arch., Pratt Institute; Jennifer Broutin throughout Asia and Australia; serves as vice president
has worked as an architect at Cooper Robertson and for design excellence of the AIA New York Chapter,
Partners and at Selldorf Architects; as project architect, Visiting Associate Professor after a five-year stint as the chair of the chapter’s
recently completed a two-year renovation of a historic B. Arch., University of Miami; M.S.A.A.D, Columbia Interiors Committee; former board member of the
two-family building in lower Manhattan; his paintings University; LEED AP; partner, Fluxxlab; designer with New York Chapter of IIDA, and is the 2012 chair of the
have been exhibited in New York and Atlanta. professional experience in architecture, exhibition Advisory Group for the Interior Architecture Knowledge
design, and architectural publication, who has worked Community of the AIA; serves annually as a juror in
Tarek Ashkar with such diverse groups as The Metropolitan Museum the Best of NeoCon competition in Chicago, and is a
of Art, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, Arquitectonica frequent contributor to design publications.
Visiting Assistant Professor International, and Volume Magazine; recipient of
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M. Arch., Harvard the Spark Design Award, the SARA New Architectural Mateo Antonio de Cardenas
University; principal, Tarek Ashkar Studio. Product Award, and the Well-Tech Technology Prize;
has been featured on the show Invention Nation and Visiting Assistant Professor
Harvey Bernstein The G Word, both on the Discovery Science Channel, in B. Arch., Cooper Union; M. Arch., Architectural
addition to short documentaries for GOOD Magazine Association.
Adjunct Professor and Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, where
B.F.A., M.S., Pratt Institute; consultant on interior, she was an artist in residence; recipient of grants for
industrial, graphic, exhibit, and retail design; clients the research and exhibition of her work awarded by
include JC Penney, Sony, Hallmark, Knoll, Chase, Calvin New York University, City University of New York, and
01SJ Biennale.
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Ike Cheung Anita Cooney projects primarily in the New York City area, though
other sites have ranged from the Hollywood Hills to
Visiting Assistant Professor Chair the Bund in Shanghai; prior to founding Formactiv, he
B.Arch., Pratt Institute; LEED AP; formerly senior B.A., Brown University; B. Arch., Pratt Institute; worked in the offices of Rafael Vinoly Architects, Davis,
designer and design director at HOK and TPG LEED AP; principal , acoo design, llc. whose work Brody, Bond and Greenberg-Farrow Architects.
Architecture respectively; currently at Haworth as a includes residential and commercial interiors and
senior workplace design strategist collaborating with restaurant design; previously, co-founder of AC2, a Philip Farrell
clients to integrate their business needs, workplace multidisciplinary design studio, whose notable works
knowledge, and applied design to deliver knowledge- included commercial and residential interiors as well as Adjunct Professor
based interior architecture workplace solutions; recent product design; regular participant of and serves on the B.F.A., M.S., Pratt Institute; in practice since 1978 with
projects include Penguin Publishing Headquarters board of the educational organization DesignInquiry, Farrell Design Associates, a firm that offers a broad
in New York City, Mullen Advertising Headquarters a transdisciplinary educational organization devoted range of professional services in both residential and
in Boston, and Marchon Eyewear Headquarters in to researching design issues in intensive team-based commercial design; major organizations that have
Long Island; has been featured in publications such as gatherings; her work has been published in Interior commissioned his firm include Citibank, Warner/
The New York Times, Contract magazine, Interior Design and I.D. as well as in several design annuals. Amex Communications, MCTV, Intelligent Office
Design magazine, Real Estate Weekly, OfficeInsight Franchise, Air France, Sony, Revlon, and AT&T; illustrated
and IIDA Newsletter. Carol Crawford or contributed to a number of books, including
Construction Materials For Interior Design (Watson-
Melissa Cicetti Adjunct Assistant Professor Guptill, 1989), Commonsense Design (Charles Scribner),
M.S., Pratt Institute; N.Y. Certified Interior Designer; Interiors For The Handicapped Pantheon Press, Putting
Visiting Assistant Professor professional member ASID, IIDA, USGBC; since 1997, It All Together (Charles Scribner), and Space Planning
B.A., M. Arch., University of Pennsylvania; RA; principal, Carol Crawford Environments, Inc., has combined Basics (John Wiley and Sons, 1992).
studio Cicetti architect pc; noteworthy projects include sustainable interior design with fine art for residential,
the Reece Murphy Residence in Cutchogue, N.Y., various commercial and healthcare clients; her creative work David C. Foley
projects for Richard and Clara Weyergraf Serra, and the in mixed media construction, photography, lithography
Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn. and drawing has been shown in solo and group Visiting Professor
(in conjunction with Gluckman Mayner Architects), exhibitions in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., University of Illinois,
where she was a project manager; former lead architect Chicago; M. Arch., University of Norte Dame; RA;
on all retail projects for fashion designer Helmut Lang, Wendy Cronk registered architect with expertise in the luxury retail
many of which won multiple awards; also a successful and residential markets, whose studio, UR Design, also
photographer/ artist, whose book Marking the Land 1 Visiting Assistant Professor provides urban design services for urban and rural
(University of New Mexico Press, 2005) is a photographic B.A., Washington University; M. Arch., Harvard University, communities.
essay exploring the interaction between land forms RA; the work of Wendy Cronk Architect includes new
in the Southwest and the human-made interventions construction, interior design, custom furniture design, Antonio Furgiuele
upon them; photographic works have been exhibited and graphic design; her award-winning graphic design
internationally, including at Ryerson University in work was published in HOW magazine and Two-Color Adjunct Assistant Professor
Toronto and Go Fish Gallery in New York City. Graphics, and her design for a lighting fixture made B. Arch., Syracuse University; has been teaching at
out of a re-used industrial object was featured in the Pratt’s School of Architecture and Department of
James Conti exhibition “Artists Create Light”; previously worked Interior Design since 2006; has also taught at The City
predominantly in the offices of Tsao & McKown and College School of Architecture as well as Parsons
Adjunct Associate Professor Toshiko Mori Architect; her design contributions were The New School for Design; founded the O/S Group,
B.F.A., Youngstown State University; M.F.A., Ohio State most notably recognized in A+U for the Taghkanic a collaborative design practice based in Brooklyn,
University; principal, Jim Conti Lightworks; clients Residence for Toshiko Mori Architect. in 2007.
include the N.Y.C. Department of Transportation, Battery
Park Conservancy, Alliance for Downtown New York, and Ron Eng Pavlina Gantcheva
Great Park in Orange County, California; awards include
the IES Lumen Award, Glowing Topiary Garden, IALD, IES, Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor
AIA award for Bronx Charter School for the Arts. B.S.A.D., M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B. Civil Eng., University of Architecture and Civil
RA; director of design at Formactiv: Architecture.Design. Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria; B. Arch., Pratt Institute;
Technology. P.C. since 1999, completing projects at M.S., Columbia University.
scales ranging from retail boutiques, galleries, and
townhouses to large mixed-use and institutional
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Jennifer Hanlin Aki Ishida Margaret Kirk
Adj u n ct Ass o ci aAt e P rof essor Visiting Professor Vis itin g iIn structor
B.A., Princeton University; M. Arch., Harvard University; B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., Columbia B. Arch., Syracuse University; M. Arch., Pratt Institute;
Technical University, Berlin; principal, Cooper Hanlin, University; RA; LEED AP; founder, Aki Ishida Architect studied in Florence and travelled throughout Italy; has
her own interiors’ practice started in 2003, which is PLLC, a research-based design practice; previously, worked for numerous architecture firms in Minneapolis
known for its emphasis on a collaborative relationship associate for over four years at James Carpenter and New York since 1998 and currently works with
with clients; has designed residential, office, retail, Design Associates, a studio focused on artistic and Khanna Schultz in Brooklyn, N.Y., on projects in New
and gallery projects as well as custom furnishings; technical use of glass; has also worked at Rafael Vinoly York City and Maharashtra, India; has also volunteered
previously developed her interior design skills at Architects and at I.M. Pei Architect; also teaches design in community design workshops and participated in
Gabellini Sheppard Associates, N.Y., where she studios at Rhode Island School of Design and has numerous research projects and competitions.
earned the 2002 best of competition award from the taught at Parsons New School of Design and Konkuk
International Interior Design Association (IIDA) for her University in Seoul, Korea; through these schools, she Komal Kehar
work as project architect for the Jil Sander, London has successfully run collaborative design projects
flagship store; currently collaborating with Cooper in partnership with corporations and non-profit Vis itin g Ass istaAn t Profess or
Joseph Studios on retail and residential design as their organizations, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering B.A., Concordia University; M. Arch., Parsons School of
interior design principal. Cancer Center, 93 Nevins Street, Starwood Hotels, and Design; project manager, SPaN LLC, New York, N.Y.
The 4th Bin; her research has been supported by the
John Heida Graduate Kinne Travelling Fellowship from Columbia Vanessa Keith
University, Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant from
V i si t i n g Ass i staAnt P rof essor the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Vis itin g Ass istAan t Profess or
B.S., University of Montana; B. Arch., California College and a fellowship from The MacDowell Colony. B.A., Columbia University; M. Arch., University of
of the Arts. Pennsylvania; principal, Studio TekaDesign.
Eric Kachelhofer
Moira Henry Margaret Kirk
Visitin g Ass istAan t Profess or
V i si t i n g Ass i staAnt P rof essor A commercial artist since 1977, with more than Vis itin g Ass istAan t Profess or
B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M. Arch., 15 years experience in the computer graphics field, B.Arch., M. Arch., Syracuse; B.Arch., M. Arch., Pratt
Southern California Institute of Architecture. he has worked in advertising, publishing, and in the Institute. Ms. Kirk holds a has worked for numerous
comic industry. architecture firms in Minneapolis and New York
Claudia Hernandez since 1998 and currently works with Khanna Schultz
Sheryl Kasak in Brooklyn, NY on projects in New York City and
Viissitiitnign gAssAistsainstAPrnotfePsrsorf essor Maharashtra, India. In the past, she has volunteered
B. Arch., California State Polytechnical; M.S., Columbia Visitin g Ass ociAate Profess or in community design workshops as well in research
University in the City of New York; Plain Space Inc., B.F.A., B. Arch., Rhode Island School of Design; M.S., projects and competitions.
Architecture and Design. Columbia University; founder, Interim Design, an
architecture and interior design practice based upon Eugene Kwak
Stephen Horner her undergraduate thesis “An Interim Architecture,”
which addressed the 15 Year War in Lebanon and the Vis itin g Ass istaAn t Profess or
V i si t i n g Ass i staAnt P rof essor proceeding redevelopment of the center of Beirut; her B. Arch., Carnegie Mellon University; M.S., Columbia
B.A.,University of Sussex, England; M.A., Parsons School practice focuses on the communication of information University; LEED AP; educator, architect, and an urban
for Design; principal, MediumBase Design and a through spatial design and the notion that we are designer who works for Dattner Architects, focusing
founding member of the lighting think tank, phoscope all living in an interim state, one which is constantly on technology-based green and sustainable public
which promotes ecophotal systems for 21st-century evolving and reacting to our surroundings and our lives; work including New Housing New York Legacy Project;
nightscapes, and advances critical photostudies has worked for I.M. Pei and Rafael Vigñoly; represents his entry for the Reinventing Grand Army Plaza
as well as the conventions of lighting practice and Atelier Christian de Portzamparc in New York for U.S. Competition was selected as one of the top 30 ideas
education; has also worked for Tillett Lighting Design projects; held the winning entry for the international to be included in a public exhibition, and his entry for
and L’Observatoire International where he worked on theoretical competition Unbuilt Architecture with her Intersections: The Grand Concourse Beyond 100 also
award-winning projects such as The Highline and Alice Lightning House design in 1994 and has been published earned an Honorable Mention.
Tully Hall and the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center. several times in Abstract, The Columbia University
annual design publication.
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Annie Kwon Cam Lorendo Francine Monaco
Visiting Assistant Professor Adjunct Associate Professor Adjunct Associate Professor
B. Arch., Rhode Island School of Design; M.S., Columbia B.A., Parsons the New School for Design; design B.Arch., University of Cincinnati; RA; registered architect
University; principal, Serge Studio. career as a carpenter and a contractor, which has in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, whose work
proven invaluable in providing a working knowledge includes projects in the United States and Europe; more
Scott Larrabee of methods and materials to his practice; principal than 25 years experience in architecture as well as
work has been in the furniture industry where he has interior design; her early work as a project architect for
Visiting Assistant Professor had extensive experience with Knoll, Herman Miller, a highly respected architectural firm designing homes
Steelcase, Vecta, and DesignTex for whom he has and apartments was followed in 1989 by a position as
Jason Livingston worked nationally designing office systems display, project architect for the in-house design department
showrooms, market events, new product introductions, of the Guggenheim Museum; as a member of the
Visiting Assistant Professor and trade shows; commercial practice covers a broad museum’s planning team her focus was in orchestrating
B.A., University of Miami; M.F.A., New York University; spectrum of projects including office interiors, trading several design projects of the museum’s expansion
LC; IES; IALD; principal, Studio T+L, LLC and an firms, advertising agencies, and restaurants; residential in New York City; she designed and supervised the
accomplished lighting designer in architecture and work has spanned the gamut from apartments to creation of administrative office space within newly
theatre with over 20 years of experience; projects single-family homes in numerous locations throughout excavated space at the original Frank Lloyd Wright
range from offices and libraries to historic buildings the United States. museum building; over the years, she has pursued
and unique installations; his work has been profiled in a mixture of residential and non-residential work;
Lighting Design + Application and Lighting & Sound William Mangold her increasing focus on the intersection between
America; awards include a Lumen Citation and an architecture and interior design led her to establish
International Illumination Design Award; he was a 2010 Adjunct Assistant Professor D’Aquino Monaco in 1997 with Carl D’Aquino; she was
finalist in the ESTA Rock Our World Awards. B.F.A., B. Arch., Rhode Island School of Design; M. inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2007.
Phil., Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center (in process); has
Jennifer Logun taught at Pratt since 2007, and is also an adjunct at Julie Moskovitz
Hunter College and Moore College of Art; as a Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor candidate in the Environmental Psychology program Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., Gettysburg College; M. Arch., University of Florida. at CUNY Graduate Center his research looks at the B.A., University of Michigan Ann Arbor; M. Arch.,
role institutions play in architectural production and University of Pennsylvania; LEED AP; her Brooklyn-
Kimberly Loken utopian visions for transforming the social and spatial based practice concentrates on modern, clean
environment; he has had various papers accepted for spaces incorporating eco-friendly technology and
Visiting Assistant Professor publication and is currently preparing an edited volume materials; Fabrica718 works with community-based
B.S., The Catholic University; M. Arch., University of bringing together key readings related to space and groups, nonprofits, and others to create innovative
Texas at Austin; RA; associate, Beyer Blinder Belle place; as a designer, he has worked on a number of programming and spaces for their projects; she
Architects & Planners, involved the all phases of renovation and adaptive reuse projects, including the currently is working on several actors’ residences in
project development with a particular emphasis on ongoing renovation of an 1872 row house where he N.Y.C.; work published in Wired, New York magazine, and
historic preservation and urban revitalization; projects lives with his family. Topos; her collaborative project for artist studios and a
of note include: a new museum in Antwerp, Belgium, residence won a 2006 NYC Green Building Competition
focused on European emigration to North America; T. Camille Martin award; in 2005, her office won a Kalil Fellowship for
design and supervision of two lobby retrofits and Smart Design from Parsons and in 2006, she was named
new custom bronze artwork which won a SARA/ Visiting Assistant Professor a finalist in the Williamsburg Waterfront State Park
NY Award; a feasibility study for 9th Street Station M.A., Washington University; B.A., Miami University; Competition; in 2007, she traveled to South America to
for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; principal, TCM Studio, Brooklyn, N.Y. study courtyards and outdoor spaces through the AIA
the development of PATH Stations Design Guideline, Stewardson Keefe Lebrun Travel Grant.
Empire State Building Restoration, and a new 16-unit Anthony Mekel
condominium in Tribeca; previous architectural work Stephen Mullins
has included the design of a new animal hospital in an Adjunct Assistant Professor
existing building in Austin, Texas; has also worked as B.Arch., Pratt Institute; professional career has focused Visiting Assistant Professor
an art director for independent feature films, including on corporate interior design with an expertise in the B.Arch., The Cooper Union; M.A., Architectural
Splice of Life, A Yeti In The City, Holidays With Heather, application of digital design tools for the process; has Association; principal, Metre Design, Inc.; senior project
and Samuel Demango. worked as a senior designer and project manager at manager, D’Aquino Monaco, New York, N.Y.
Mancini-Duffy, The Phillips Group, and most recently
at HOK.
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Robert Nassar Andrew Pettit and research initiatives; also curates Design Diversions,
a series of design-related tours and events in and
Visiting Assistant Professor Adjunct Associate Professor around New York City.
B.F.A., Syracuse University; principal, Robert Nassar B. Arch., Pratt Institute; RA; principal, Andrew L. Pettit,
Design, New York, N.Y. Architect; firm’s work encompasses many residential Christian Rietzke
and renewal projects from single family homes and
Joseph E. Nocella brownstone restorations to multi-family dwelling Visiting Assistant Professor
complexes; projects completed or in process include Diplom-Ingenieur, University of Applied Sciences,
Visiting Assistant Professor renovated lofts, commercial offices, and custom Münster, Germany; M. Arch., Pratt Institute; project
B.S., University of Missouri; M. Arch, The residences as well as industrial adaptive re-use projects manager, McKay Architecture/Design; has designed
University of Kansas; RA, AIA, LEED AP; practicing and restaurants, a night-club, and other hotel and several single family residences located in the area
architect, focusing on BIM technologies, since 1996; hospitality lifestyle designs, commercial retail outlets, of New Paltz, N.Y., informed by the principles of
previously worked for architectural firms SOM, HOK, and high end design fashion shops; clients include sustainability and has managed the construction of
NBBJ, and FXFowle. several corporate groups from General Electric Plastics several full building conversions in Lower Manhattan
Division to a major international publishing firm, and Newark, New Jersey; has worked for a variety of
Tetsu Ohara an international insurance company, a private legal firms in Germany, Sweden, and Spain on large scale
firm, and a specialty paper goods manufacturer; hotels, shopping centers, and industrial complexes; work
Visiting Assistant Professor restored Memorial Hall on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus has been published in Domus and ICON Magazine.
B. Arch., University of California, Berkeley; Certificate with Philip Farrell.
of Architecture, Harvard University; principal designer, Gustav Rohrs
SpatialDesignStudio, Inc. in N.Y.C.; has engaged in Salvatore Raffone
design projects in both the East and West ranging Professor
from product design, exhibition design, interior design, Visiting Assistant Professor B. Arch., M.I.T.; worked in the offices of Werner Both,
to architectural services; recently published project B.S., Northeastern University; M. Arch., Harvard BDA, Essen, Germany; later served for extended periods
includes Japan Brand “Unfolding” exhibition with University; RA; associate, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as project architect in the offices of Edward Larrabee
Japanese Ministry of Trade at Felissimo Design House where he began in 2000; projects include Terminal 4 Barnes and then, Richard R. Moger; in the mid-1970s,
in Manhattan. at JFK International Airport, Seven World Trade Center, set up his own cabinet shop while teaching architecture
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lotte Super Tower and design part-time at Parsons, Orange County
Brian Osborn (Seoul), and Mt. Sinai Center for Science and Medicine; Community College, and NYIT; in 1979 began teaching
focus has been on bringing technical clarity to the at Pratt Institute and in 1986 was appointed chair of
Visiting Assistant Professor design process on complex projects; previously worked the Interior Design department, a position he held until
B.L.A., California Polytechnic State University; M. for various firms in the Boston area, including Chan 1997, at which point he joined the full-time faculty.
Arch., Pratt Institute; founder of BOTH Landscape and Krieger and Associates, Office dA, and Machado Silvetti.
Architecture, Inc. located in New York City; also teaches Edward Russell
landscape architecture at Rutgers University. Woodson Rainey
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jon Otis Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., Wichita State University; M.F.A., Parsons the New
B.F.A., B. Arch., University of Utah. School for Design; president, Lighting Workshop, Inc.;
Professor LEED, IES.
B.A., Moravian College; M.S., University of Denise Ramzy
Massachusetts; principal, OlA – Object Agency, a Mary-Jo Schlachter
multidisciplinary design studio and design strategy Visiting Assistant Professor
agency, whose work ranges from interior architecture B.A., Williams College; M.S. RED, Columbia University; Visiting Assistant Professor
and design, exhibition design, branding and visual M.I.D., University of the Arts, LEED AP; designer whose B.S., M. Arch., University of Pennsylvania; RA; USGBC
communications, product design and consulting; clients work bridges multiple disciplines within the built committee member; co-founder, d3, an organization
have included Tandus Flooring, George Nakashima environment; after working in architecture and real committed to advancing innovative positions in art,
Woodworker, Scotts Inc., Vitra Design Museum, Corning estate development, she recently established Field architecture, and design by providing a collaborative
Glass, Contract Design, Tuva Looms, and World Moto Dimension, a research-based practice focused on environment for artists, architects, designers, and
Cross; recipient of Fulbright and Lusk fellowships to sustainable urban redevelopment; also teaches at New students from throughout New York City though
Italy; named Most Admired Educator in Interior Design York University and Parsons The New School for Design; a program of exhibitions, events, competitions,
in DesignIntelligence in 2009. a LEED AP BD+C, she serves as a volunteer for the U.S. and publications; prior to independent practice as
Green Building Council, advising on their educational MJIT Studio, she worked extensively in affordable
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housing and high-end residential design in various Jina Y. Son affordable housing, high-end residential projects, retail,
New York architectural firms including Beth Cooper and hospitality designs.
Lawrence, Raffaella Bortoluzzi, and Bruno Kearney; her Visiting Associate Professor
architectural and installation work has been exhibited in B.S., University of Cincinnati; Meshinc, New York, N.Y.; RA. Myonggi Sul
Philadelphia, New York, and Savannah.
Elizabeth Stoel Professor
Deborah Schneiderman B.A., Valparaiso University; M.S., Pratt Institute; interior
Visiting Associate Professor designer in New York City for over 20 years; principal,
Associate Professor B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Harvard University; Myonggi Sul Design, which provides interior design
B.S., Cornell University; M. Arch., SCI-Arch; RA; LEED LEED AP; writer and designer based in Brooklyn, N.Y.; services to corporations, high end residences, and
AP; principal, deSc design/research; projects include currently works at Rogers Marvel Architects and also major architectural firms; previous appointments
residential design, exhibition design such as the Empire pursues her own independent projects and research; include director of interior design at Marcel Breuer
State Building audio tour and kiosk, and collaborative work focuses on creating performative, project- Associates, and work as an associate at GN Associates/
work with the artists Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel specific, and sustainable relationships between Carol Groh and Associates, where her creative skills and
on Polarities at the Kansas City International Airport interior and exterior, and ranges in type and scale from leadership were instrumental in the firm’s recognition
and Metronome at Union Square in New York City; interiors to landscapes and public art; contributor to as the 1988 Designer of the Year by Interiors magazine;
previously taught at Parsons New School for Design ArchitectureBoston magazine and is a project editor has taught at both Hongik University and Gunguk
and Arizona State University; author of the upcoming at PRAXIS Journal of Writing and Building; selected University in Seoul, Korea, as a visiting professor.
books Inside Prefab (Princeton Architectural Press, as a semi-finalist in the National Ideas Competition
2012) and Integrating Sustainability in Design for the Washington Monument Grounds in February Yutaka Takiura
Education (with Jacques Giard in 2013); articles have 2011; her proposal for a National Flood Park on the
appeared in Interiors: Design, Architecture and site showcases a proactive response to the issue of Visiting Associate Professor
Culture; Design Principles and Practices: An increased flooding from global warming on a national B. Eng., Waseda University; M. Arch., University of
International Journal; Home Cultures: The Journal stage, in the heart of Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania; M. Arch., Illinois Institute of Technology;
of Architecture Design and Domestic Space; RA; architect based in New York City and focusing on
and International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Sarah Strauss interior architecture projects; professional experience
Economic and Social Sustainability. includes working with prestigious designers of such as
Visiting Associate Professor Marcel Breuer and becoming known as a specialist in
Hazel Siegel B.A., Duke University; M. Arch., Yale University; founder, modern design of the 20th century.
Bigprototype (2004), a practice that operates at
Visiting Assistant Professor the intersection of design and building, harnessing Madeleine Taylor
B.F.A., Skidmore College; M.F.A., Hunter College, City interests in making, testing, research, and play, with
University of New; Atelier Hazel Siegel Ltd. offices in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Rincon, Puerto Rico; Visiting Assistant Professor
also founded LittlePrototype, a furniture and product B.F.A., B. Arch., Rhode Island School of Design;
Andrew Simons design company located in Brooklyn, and Collider, an M.S., Columbia University; RA; principal, boutique
installation art project with Lia Halloran that travels architecture and interior design studios MMTNYC,
Visiting Assistant Professor between New York City and Los Angeles. New York City and MMTSLC, Salt Lake City; has
B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; partner, served as director of operations at Ace Gallery in
Emphasis Design. Brent Stringfellow New York City, and worked as a designer at Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill, LLP.
Steve Smith Visiting Assistant Professor
B. Arch., University of Pennsylvania; M. Arch., Harvard Karin Tehve
Adjunct Associate Professor University; RA; LEED AP; project architect, Ennead
B.S., Pratt Institute. Architects, New York City. Assistant Chair, Adjunct Associate Professor
B.Arch., Pennsylvania State University; M. Arch., Harvard
Joanna Sohn Keena Suh University RA; architect and founder, KT3Dllc. (2001),
a small interdisciplinary practice pursuing projects
Visiting Assistant Professor Adjunct Associate Professor in architecture, interiors, multimedia design and site-
B.A., Smith College; M.S., Pratt Institute; senior B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M. Arch., specific art; awards include a 2009 Building Brooklyn
architectural designer, Shamir Sham Design. Columbia University; RA; architect, Reddymade Design, Award and a 2009 Lumen Citation and Regional Award
New York City; professional experience includes a broad (with Linnaea Tillett) for This Way, a permanent light
range of architecture and interior projects including installation under the Brooklyn Bridge; recent projects
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include a test-kitchen for Every Day with Rachael Timothy Ventimiglia management and hands-on fabrication—which have
Ray magazine and collaboration with Linnaea Tillett provided him the opportunity to work closely with a
Lighting Design on a permanent light installation in Visiting Assistant Professor range of clients and collaborators; currently seeks to
Winnipeg, Manitoba. B. Arch., M. Arch., Cornell University; as a senior designer integrate traditional craft-based production methods
at Ralph Appelbaum, Associates Inc., has directed and with advanced digital fabrication to produce projects
Jack Travis collaborated with architects, planners, and consultants and experiences that are conceptually rich, rigorously
for exhibitions and museums such as the Smithsonian designed, and efficiently constructed.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Arctic Studies Center in Anchorage, Alaska; SC Johnson:
B. Arch., Arizona State University; M. Arch., University Fortaleza Hall in Racine, Wisconsin; Chemical Heritage Michael Zuckerman
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; RA; since establishing Foundation Museum in Philadelphia; Grand Teton
his namesake design studio in 1985, has completed National Park Visitor Center in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Adjunct Associate Professor
proposals or has been involved in over 100 projects of the Lepidoptera Galleries of the Florida Museum of B.S., B. Arch., City College of New York; RA, LEED AP;
varying scope and size; to date, the firm has completed Natural History in Gainesville, Florida; Corning Museum principal, G.V.Z. Architects; recent work includes projects
several residential interiors projects for such notable of Glass Innovation Center; and the Intel Museum in for Saint Ann’s School, Enterprise Lighting Sales, Arcus
clients as Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, and John Saunders Santa Clara, California; master planning for parks and Foundation, Harlem United, The Bellhouse, as well as
of ABC sports; commercial and/or retail interiors clients memorials includes the Federal Hall National Memorial many residential clients; prior work included designing
have included Giorgio Armani, Cashmere Cashmere, in New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural lobbies for residential co-ops and retail stores and
and the Sbarro family of the famed pizza parlors; Travis Sciences in Philadelphia; the Los Angeles State Historic collaborating on restaurants, residences, and offices
encourages investigation into Black history where Park; the University of Arizona Science Center in Tucson; with Judith Stockman and Associates, The George
appropriate and includes forms, motifs, materials, and the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake Office, and Richard Bloch Architect; has designed
and colors that reflect this heritage in his work; City; has also spoken extensively on the design of custom light fixtures and furniture during the course
interests have broadened in recent years to include museums in various venues. of various projects; formerly, project architect, project
design issues not only concerning cultural content manager, and senior designer with the firm of Jack L.
but sustainability in environmental design as well as William Watson Gordon Architects (1974–1983), responsible for many
alternative educational practices that seek to insure the projects of varying scope and complexity including
entrance of more students of color into the profession; Visiting Assistant Professor building renovations and new construction.
editor, African American Architects: In Current B.A., Princeton University; M. Arch., University of Texas
Practice, (Princeton Architectural Press, 1991) the first at Austin; principal, Castro Watson, whose work
publication to profile the work of black architects in the includes residential and design build projects as well as
United States; in 2004, he received his Fellowship in the winning entries to design competitions; Speak Up for
AIA, and in 2006 was inducted into the Council of Elders Small Farms, Stored Potential Competition, in Omaha,
of the National Organization of Minority Architects Nebraska, was the winning entry in 2010.
(NOMA), the highest honor that each organization
bestows upon its individual members. Henry Weintraub
Becky Vas Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; M. Arch.,
Visiting Assistant Professor Harvard University; professional work has included
B.A., Amherst College; M. Arch., Harvard University; residential, town house renovations to rooftop
RA, LEED AP; has worked for a number of offices on a additions, to office and gallery renovations for
large variety of projects including residential, office, offices such as Ennead, Spivak Architects, and Daniel
and commercial work for Studio-ST Architect, Alex Rowen Architects.
Scott Porter Design, Macrae-Gibson Architects, and
Leroy Street Studio; recipient, while teaching at Boston Corey Yurkovich
Architectural College, of a 2003 Edco Grant to create
and teach a workshop and seminar on the history and Visiting Assistant Professor
design of wallpaper in the context of smart building B. Arch., Kent State University; M.S., Harvard University;
skins, digital printing, and installation art. a New York-based designer working at the intersection
of architecture, exhibition design, product and furniture
development, and brand environments; has a wide
variety of design and production experiences—from
initial creative strategy through to construction
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School of Information and Library Science
a real education for the a global education dean
digital world in manhattan
Tula Gianinni, Ph.D., m.l.s., m.m.
In our global society, library and SILS’s graduates emerge uniquely [email protected]
information science is at the heart of prepared for the many new and changing
human culture and communication. Now, opportunities available to information assistant to the dean for
more than ever, the world relies on skilled professionals across a wide range of administrative services
professionals to design and organize environments, including libraries,
information in a way that connects people archives, and museums, as well as the Vinette P. Thomas, m.s.l.i.s.
with one another, as well as with ideas technology, law, and health information [email protected]
and meaning. sectors. In fact, by the fall of 2011, 90
percent of recent graduates were working assistants to the dean for
Pratt’s School of Information and in professional positions they had academic programs
Library Science (SILS) prepares students obtained within a year of graduation.
to harness the latest digital technology to Quinn Lai, M.A., M.S.L.I.S.
design a more usable and understandable SILS’s programs not only teach theory [email protected]
world. At the same time, SILS also and research but also offer students an
prepares students to be leaders in the unparalleled chance for an immersive administrative assistant
field of library and information science hands-on experience. SILS is the only
by imbuing them with the values school of library science headquartered in Katie Merlie, b.a.
of the profession and teaching them to Manhattan; the world capital of art and [email protected]
uphold and advocate for intellectual culture is its extended campus. Through
freedom, equal access to information, and interdisciplinary programs, partnerships, lms coordinator
lifelong learning. and internships with New York’s great
cultural institutions such as the Brooklyn Jessica Lee Hochman, Ph.D.
Left: SILS Performance Showcase Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, [email protected]
Brooklyn Library, and New York Public
Library, students find internships and office
other work-study opportunities that can
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[email protected]
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be found nowhere else. Students also
have the unique opportunity to learn with
leaders in their fields who are working
in the libraries of many of New York’s
cultural institutions. Finally, SILS’s
international summer programs in
Florence and London make the promise
of a global education a reality
for students.
studying library science at a
school of art and design
The history of SILS dates back to 1890,
just three years after the founding of
Pratt Institute itself. SILS takes pride
in being the oldest library school in the
United States and in having our program
continuously accredited by the American
Library Association since 1923, when
accreditation was first introduced. Since
its founding, Pratt has been a leading
school of design, art, and architecture,
and SILS complements this mission.
By being part of Pratt, SILS brings
innovation and creativity to information
and library science while drawing
on Pratt’s many academic offerings
in the arts to offer unique programs
blending the arts with library and
information science.
A student in the stacks of the Pratt Brooklyn Library
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Library and Information Science
a creative and sils facilities are designed dean
vibrant community for teaching and learning
Tula Gianinni, Ph.D., m.l.s., m.m.
SILS attracts students from top Pratt’s cultural informatics, digital media, [email protected]
universities who come to study with and digital humanities labs support
leading practitioners and researchers. teaching and learning activities using assistant to the dean for
SILS’s full-time faculty members are the latest computer equipment, as well administrative services
leaders in information research and as information design and Web software.
teaching pedagogy, creating engaging Our cutting-edge seminar/lab classrooms Vinette P. Thomas, m.s.l.i.s.
learning environments. Part-time are designed for participatory hands-on [email protected]
faculty members are leaders in practice, learning experiences.
holding key positions as leaders in the assistant to the dean for
professional information field. Students what makes sils your first academic programs
can participate in a wide variety of choice for a library and
student organizations to enhance the SILS information science education? Quinn Lai, M.A., M.S.L.I.S.
experience. Among the organizations they [email protected]
can join is the SILS Student Association ▶▶ An outstanding job-placement rate
(SILSSA), as well as a student chapter as a result of strong relationships administrative assistant
of the American Library Association. with the profession
They may also join student chapters of Kate Merlie, b.a.
the Special Libraries Association and ▶▶ Partnerships with major cultural [email protected]
American Society for Information Science institutions giving students chances
and Technology. for experiential learning, including lms coordinator
at the New York Public Library,
the Brooklyn Public Library, Jessica Lee Hochman, Ph.D.
the Brooklyn Museum, and The [email protected]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
office
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[email protected]
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▶▶ The chance to earn advanced The Master of Science the core curriculum
certificates in archives and in in Library and Information
museum libraries within the Science (M.S.L.I.S.) All students must take the four-course
M.S.L.I.S. degree core curriculum that prepares them for
structure and requirements more advanced courses and to pursue
▶▶ The opportunity to take courses focused areas of study.
within overarching program The structure of the program supports
concepts: Cultural Informatics, student learning and career goals and is Required courses:
WISE (World Information, built around overarching areas of study
Society and Environments), LEO that are at once interdisciplinary and LIS-651 Information Professions
(Literacy Education and Outreach) converging. These are expressed through
for Library Media Specialist, areas of concentration, advanced certifi LIS-652 Information Services and
and Children and Young Adult cates, and dual degree programs that offer Sources
Librarianship. students a rich array of choices and the
opportunity to take a creative approach to LIS-653 Knowledge Organization
▶▶ International summer partnership planning one’s courses and career path.
programs in Florence with LIS-654 Information Technologies
Studio Art Centers International Through a wide variety of courses, the
and in London with University curriculum represents the information Prior to enrolling in LIS-654 Information
College London continuum in all media and formats, Technologies, students should possess
including creation, storage and retrieval, baseline technical skills and be able to use
▶▶ The opportunity to earn dual communication, description and Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel,
degrees, including a master of access, selection, acquisition, organization, Access, and PowerPoint, and various
science in art history, a master of fine preservation, dissemination, use, Internet technologies.
arts in digital arts, and law degrees and management.
with Brooklyn Law School student learning assessment/
course and credit requirements outcomes and e-portfolio with
▶▶ Small classes averaging 15 students assessment program
Students must complete 36 credit
▶▶ Convenient class meeting hours with a B average and meet other Beginning in fall 2012, entering students
times at 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm to prescribed requirements of the Institute. will be required to create an e-portfolio
accommodate working students Students entering with a master’s degree and participate in SILS’s e-portfolio
complete 30 credits. All SILS courses are assessment program. Working with their
▶▶ Student advisement and mentoring 3 credits. The degree includes four core faculty advisors, students will select
by full-time faculty courses (12 credits) and eight elective five of their assignments that best
courses (24 credits). Students must demonstrate mastery of the five goals
complete degree requirements within and student-learning objectives for the
four years from the date of registering for M.S.L.I.S. degree program. Students
the first course. must demonstrate that they can do the
following: carry out and apply research;
communicate effectively and create
and convey content; use information
technology and digital tools effectively;
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apply concepts related to use and users collections; fine and performing arts; Information Policy
of information and user needs and digital libraries; digital collections; Social Media
perspectives; and perform within the exhibitions and catalogs; image databases; Digital Information: Economics
framework of professional practice. Web design; and preservation and
E-Portfolios at Pratt run on the Mahara conservation. and Management
platform, open source software, and are Conservation Lab at Brooklyn
supported by the Office of Educational WISE (World Information,
Technology and the Technology Advisory Society and Environments) College Archives
subcommittee on Teaching and Learning. Social Media
We invite you to visit the e-portfolio This area brings together information Strategic Leadership
website at http://eportfolio.pratt.edu/. studies in business, government, law, Human Computer Interaction
policy and politics, and health in the Literacy and Learning in the
current pratt students context of our diverse global digital
world. Importantly, the study of each Digital Age
Some students enroll directly from their area is served by several specialized Data Management and Assessment
undergraduate studies; others decide to courses although we recommend Moving Image and Sound Archives
change careers after having established combining these to broaden contexts Archives Appraisal, Acquisition,
themselves in other professions such as and connections to work effectively
law or teaching. Among our entering in today’s interdisciplinary and and Use
students, about 30 percent hold subject networked environment.
masters and 4–5 Ph.D.s and some J.D.s. LEO (Literacy, Education, and Outreach)
Courses include:
program themes: design From public and school libraries to
your degree program to meet Information Architecture museums, this area of study is supported
your interests and needs by our programs in Library Media
Usability of Digital Information Specialist and Children and Young
Cultural Informatics: Information Adult Librarianship.
Studies at the Intersection of Information Visualization
Culture, Digital Technology, and
Information Science Digital Humanities
Traditional library services in arts and Management of Digital Content M.S.L.I.S. with Library
humanities have been transformed Projects in Digital Archives Media Specialist Program (LMS)
through their convergence with
technology. Pratt’s program reflects the Digital Preservation and Digitization The program meets the needs of students
field’s new directions and global reach, who wish to become school librarians.
as represented in an array of courses Human Information Behavior Our LMS program, accredited by the New
with studies in academic, research, and York State Regents, leads to New York
museum libraries; archives and special Cultural Heritage Access State teacher certification. This 32-credit
and Description track, part of the 36-credit M.S.L.I.S.
degree, prepares students for rewarding
Metadata, Description, and Access careers as school librarians. Students
holding an M.S.L.I.S. degree may
People-centered Methods and Design
Academic Libraries and Scholarly
Communication
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complete the LMS track with the SILS in liberal arts and sciences—will be Core LIS and LMS track courses require
Advanced Certificate in LMS. See below evaluated prior to admission. Admission a total of 100 clock hours of field
Certificate Programs for details. to the program is based on the evaluation observation. LIS-690 and LIS-692 each
of the student’s admissions folder require 20 full days (for a total of 40 days)
Children and Young Adult Librarianship and may include an interview and a of student teaching in three NYSED
review of GRE or other test scores. To administered tests. Elective courses
Students pursuing this program area find comply with New York State Education for LMS and Children/Young Adult
rewarding positions in public libraries Department (NYSED) requirements for Librarianship: Tween Media and Literacy,
and in museum education and outreach certification, students must complete the Genre Drama, Graphic Novel, Storytelling,
programs. Students in this program take following coursework: and Instructional Technology. See www.
advantage of SILS’s strong partnerships pratt.edu/apply for more information on
with the New York and Brooklyn ▶▶ Pedagogical core in education admissions requirements.
Public Libraries and the New York City (six credits of coursework,
public schools. ED-608 Roots of Urban Education program focus areas
and ED-610 Child and Adolescent
degree requirements for Development, in the Department In consultation with faculty advisers,
m.s.l.i.s. with library media of Art and Design) students generally focus their elective
specialist (lms) program coursework to meet individual
leading to new york state ▶▶ Two noncredit seminars: child abuse career goals in the field of library
teacher certification recognition, and school violence and information science. Within this
prevention and intervention framework, we have developed areas
LMS is one of Pratt’s two education of emphasis based on the strengths of
programs, the other being Art and ▶▶ The four core, required our curriculum and faculty as well as
Design Education. To give students a courses for the M.S. in Library disciplinary and collaborative connections
richer experience through collaboration and Information Science with the Institute. These areas are
and interdisciplinary approaches, these described below.
programs work together to meet program ▶▶ Two electives
and certification requirements in the
field of education so that students in Recommended courses:
both programs can complete all of their
education coursework at Pratt. Students LIS-648 School Media Centers Knowledge Organization
in the Library Media Specialist program and Cultural Heritage
track work with children and young LIS-676 Literature and Literacy for
adults in school libraries. Completion Children Growing out of traditional studies of
of this program leads to New York State cataloging and classification, database
teacher certification in the area of LMS. LIS-677 Literature and Literacy for design, storage, and retrieval, this area
Young Adults has emerged as one central to the latest
Students wishing to enter the LMS developments in Internet and Web-based
program must apply and be formally LIS-680 Instructional Technologies information studies.
accepted as an LMS student. The New
York State requisite—a background LIS-690 Student Teaching: 1–6 It prepares students for careers in
online services, digital collections and
LIS-692 Student Teaching: 7–12 libraries, Web libraries, and information
systems and networks.
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Recommended electives: Reference and Information Literacy Law Librarianship
LIS-608 Human Information Behavior Providing user services and sources Given the rapid growth of information
LIS-630 Research Methods in both real and virtual information services over the Internet and Web, as
LIS-662 Advanced Cataloging environments, including user education well as global contexts, information
LIS-663 Metadata, Description and and research, public programs, and user policy and law have become a new
studies. The LEO and WISE programs and demanding area of focus for legal
Access support this focus. research, adding to the field’s scope and
LIS-670 Cultural Heritage Description influence. Law schools, law firms, court
Business/Corporate Information system libraries, and corporations are
and Access typical places of work for law librarians.
Business information specialists work in For recommended electives for this
Information Design and Interaction a variety of settings, including corporate concentration, see the section under
libraries and information centers, dual-degree programs with Brooklyn
Recommended electives: consulting firms, academic business Law School.
libraries, foundations, and cultural
LIS-643 Information Architecture and institutions. Within corporations, they Health Information
Interaction Design may function as knowledge managers,
providers of information services to The expanding role of technology in the
LIS-682 People-centered Research clients, and instructors and assistants in provision of health sciences and medical
and Design company research, including competitive information offers students new and
intelligence, online database searching, challenging opportunities. Librarians in
LIS-697 Social Media and information analysis and presentation. this field work in a wide range of settings,
LIS-681 Usability of Digital from medical schools and academic
Recommended electives: libraries to pharmaceutical firms and
Information hospitals. The program permits students
LIS-608 Human Information Behavior LIS-616 Business, Economics, and to take Pratt courses on site at Cornell
LIS-693 Digital Libraries Statistical Sources Medical Library, where they study the
LIS-697 Human Computer Interaction latest theories and practices in the field.
LIS-613 Government Information
Preservation/ Conservation Sources Recommended electives:
Choose from four courses: LIS-627 Online Databases: Business
LIS-632 Preservation and Conservation LIS-611 Information Policy LIS-614 Health Information
LIS-697 Conservation Lab, Brooklyn
LIS-619 International Information LIS-624 Medical Informatics
College Archives Sources
LIS-670 Cultural Heritage LIS-685 Medical Librarianship
LIS-630 Research Methods
Conservation, Florence, LIS-697 Contemporary Issues
SACI School LIS-669 Management of in Health Information
LIS-697 Digital Preservation Electronic Records
and Digitization
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Dual-degree Programs library and information Recommended courses:
science and law (two
m.s.l.i.s. and m.s. in theory, dual-degree programs with LIS-613 Government Information
criticism, and history of art, brooklyn law school) Sources
design, and architecture
M.S.L.I.S. and J.D.: 104 credits; M.S.L.I.S. LIS-616 Business, Economics and
This program is especially designed for and L.L.M. (Law Master’s) in Information Statistical Sources
students who wish to pursue careers Law and Society: 45 credits
in art-related fields—where art, LIS-617 Legal Research Methods and
information, and technology converge. In affiliation with Brooklyn Law School, Law Literature
Students will be prepared to work in this program prepares students for careers
any number of settings from academic in law librarianship and related fields. LIS-619 International Information
libraries and museums, to galleries and Today’s employers often give preference Sources
auction houses, as well as other cultural to law librarians holding a J.D. as well
settings. The program requires 30 credits an M.S.L.I.S. The joint degree requires LIS-626 Online Databases: Law
at SILS and 30 credits in history of art, for completion of 86 credits for the law
a total of 60 credits. Students must apply degree and 36 credits for the M.S.L.I.S LIS-627 Online Databases: Business
to and be accepted as matriculated in degree; nine of the 36 LIS credits can be
both programs. Application may be made taken at Brooklyn Law School, subject to LIS-684 Law Librarianship:
initially to the dual-degree program, or the approval of the dean of SILS. Students Contemporary Issues
to one of the two programs, with later wishing to pursue the M.S.L.I.S./L.L.M.
application to the other, provided that the must already hold a J.D. This dual degree can be completed in
student has not yet graduated from the three to four years of full-time study,
first program entered. Recommended courses: or four to five years of part-time study,
including summers. To enter the
m.s.l.i.s. and m.f.a. in Accounting for Lawyers program, a student must apply separately
digital arts (digital arts to Pratt and to Brooklyn Law School.
and information) Administrative Law Each school processes applications
independently, without reference to the
This three-year, 75-credit dual-degree American Legal History joint degree. Upon acceptance to both
prepares students to work at the intersec- schools, a student follows the joint degree
tion of digital arts and information. It Comparative Law program leading to the conferring of
offers students the opportunity to develop both degrees. Students who have already
high-level knowledge and skills in using Copyright Law earned a library science or law degree
digital tools creatively across media in before applying to Pratt are not eligible
such emerging areas as virtual informa- Information Privacy for the joint degree program. To obtain
tion and learning environments for a wide a Brooklyn Law School application and
range of information settings. Intellectual Property: Protection of catalog contact:
Digital Information
Office of Admissions
International and Foreign Law Brooklyn Law School
Research 250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Similarly, nine of the 86 credits required 718-780-0385
for the J.D. may be taken at Pratt.
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SILS Certificate Programs advanced certificate in LIS-677 Literature and Literacy for
museum libraries (12 credits Young Adults
SILS offers several certificate programs within the m.s.l.i.s. program
within the M.S.L.I.S. program, or for or post-graduate) LIS-680 Instructional Technology
people who already hold library science
degrees and wish to earn a specialization. Pratt-SILS is the first and only school of LIS-690 Student Teaching I
library and information science to offer
advanced certificate a museum libraries certificate program. LIS-692 Student Teaching II
programs in archives and Based on four pillars of knowledge—
in museum libraries research/curatorial; digital technology; One hundred hours of field observation in
education and outreach, and field school library media centers plus 40 full
Students choose to complete one or both experience—it prepares students for days of student teaching (20 elementary
12-credit certificates within the M.S.L.I.S. careers not only in museums, but also and 20 secondary) are required. Student
(24 credits plus the 12-credit core for research libraries, art libraries, and in teaching is conducted in the fall or
the 36-credit master’s), as the program digital archives and humanities. This spring terms in New York City under
curricula are complementary within the program can be taken within Pratt’s the supervision of a certified LMS. Field
contexts of cultural informatics and arts M.S.L.I.S. program. It can also be taken hours and student teaching must be
and humanities perspectives. as a stand-alone program by holders of an completed, documented, and submitted to
M.L.S. degree from an ALA-accredited the coordinator in order to graduate.
advanced certificate in program. Students select one three-credit
archives (12 credits course from a selection of courses for each In addition, New York State requires
within the m.s.l.i.s. program of the four required areas. a firm background in liberal arts and
or post-graduate) sciences for all certified teachers. Upon
advanced certificate in application to the program, students
This program can be taken within library media specialist must provide proof via transcripts
Pratt’s M.S.L.I.S. program. It can also program leading to new york of at least one three-credit course in each
be taken as a stand-alone program state teacher certification of the following:
by holders of an M.L.S. degree from an in lms (18 credits)
ALA-accredited program. Artistic Expression, Communication,
To be eligible for this post-master’s History, Social Sciences, Humanities,
Required courses: program, applicants must hold an M.L.S. Science, Mathematics, and Writing.
degree from an ALA-accredited program.
LIS-624 Management of Archives and Students must also provide proof via
Special Collections Required courses: transcript of at least six credits in a
language other than English. New York
LIS-698 Practicum/ Seminar LIS-648 Library Media Centers State requires a pedagogical core of
two electives from recommended education courses. This requirement is
LIS-676 Literature and Literacy for satisfied at Pratt Institute.
archives courses (6 credits) Children
Required courses:
ED-608 Roots of Urban Education
ED-610 Child and Adolescent
Development
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For more information, contact Professor Admissions Brooklyn Historical Society. In addition,
Jessica Hochman, coordinator of the scholarships help students participate in
Library Media Specialist Program, at admission as a special student our London and Florence programs.
[email protected].
Students eligible for admission may begin Planning Your Program
advanced certificate in the program as a special student, defined
library and information studies as a non-matriculated student. As such, advisement and mentoring
(30 credits) a student may take up to six credits. To
proceed in the program, a student must Upon entering SILS, each student
To meet the needs of experienced apply for admission and be accepted as is assigned a faculty advisor to help
professionals, Pratt offers a post- matriculated. See www.pratt.edu/apply with course planning to meet his/her
master’s certificate requiring 30 credits for more information. educational and career goals. Whether
of coursework. Of these, six must be taking the 36-credit master’s or the
research-oriented independent study. Of scholarships 30-credit degree for students holding
the remaining 24 credits, students may a master’s in another field, students
take up to nine in related subject areas. SILS merit, continuing, special, and work with their advisors to customize
grant-funded scholarships make their programs.
Required courses: significant contributions to serve and
recognize talent and at the same time In addition, the SILS office staff,
Elective credits 24 contribute to make real the dream of a team of knowledgeable and caring
(six three-credit courses) a SILS M.S.L.I.S. degree. Students professionals, are ready to assist students
must take a minimum of six credits to and to make their educational experience
LIS-699 Research-oriented be eligible for scholarship funds. All at Pratt rewarding and personally
Independent Study entering students are considered for merit fulfilling. All students should establish
scholarships. Scholarships and fellowships a Pratt email account and sign up for
“The fact that Pratt is a are offered for continuing students the SILS listserv to stay informed about
world-renowned and include research, internships, and school activities and job postings.
art school that encourages international study.
independent thinking
seemed like a natural fit For the past several years, SILS
for me.” students have greatly benefited from
scholarship funds from Institute of
—Jill Go l d st ei n, Museum and Library Services partnership
M.S.L.I.S. ’09, Project archivist, grants, which award scholarships for
Hank Kaplan Boxing Archive, internships and the archives certificate
Brooklyn College Library with the Brooklyn Historical Society,
museum library certificate with
the Brooklyn Museum and Digital
Management program with Brooklyn
Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, and
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▶▶ Florence in partnership with Studio “So many of the
Art Centers International (SACI) professors I had at Pratt
is a five-week, six-credit program built an awareness
offering two three-credit courses in me that community is
that run concurrently and are the focus, and we have
taught by SACI Italian faculty: to meet the demands of
the community.”
▶▶ Florentine Art and Culture,
Museum and Library Research and —M ary Grah am, M.L.S. ’78,
Documentation Former Deputy Director
for Public Service,
SILS students in the Conservation Lab course at the ▶▶ Cultural Heritage Conservation— Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn College Archives Lab Focuses on paper conservation
including rare books, manuscripts, “Forty years have passed,
internships and practicum and art on paper. and I still believe that
Pratt Institute, with its
To gain hands-on experience studying ▶▶ London Summer School on friendly atmosphere, was
and working in one’s area of emphasis, E-Publishing and Bloomsbury the best thing that ever
we strongly encourage students to Conference in partnership with happened to me.”
participate in our program of internships University College London (UCL),
and practicum. Students select their work Department of Information is —Dr . Far ide h Tehra ni ,
site based on program interests and career a two-week, three-credit program M.S.L.I.S. ’76, Librarian,
goals and have the opportunity to work in taught by UCL faculty. It features Rutgers University Libraries
such leading cultural organizations as The visits to publishers and libraries
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in London, Cambridge, and Oxford,
and Brooklyn public libraries, the New and lectures by noted academics.
York and Brooklyn historical societies,
Brooklyn Museum, and Pratt libraries in workshops
addition to numerous other academic and
special libraries in the metropolitan area SILS provides students with a series of
in fields such as IT, publishing, and the all-day workshops taught by experts
corporate sector. in their field. Fall 2011 workshops
included Paper Conservation, Rare
international programs Book Cataloging, Introduction to EAD,
Introduction to Archivists Toolkit, Grant-
Responding to the globalization of writing for Digitization Projects, Graphic
information and library service, and Sequential Novels, and Podcasting
SILS’s new program in international and Information Visualization.
librarianship offers courses in Florence
and London.
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Library and Information Science Faculty
Selenay Aytac Gilok Choi Susan DiMattia
Visiting Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Visiting Associate Professor
Ph.D., Information Science, Long Island University, Ph.D., School of Information, University of Texas at B.A., Wilson College; M.B.A., University of Connecticut;
C.W. Post Campus; M.B.A., Business and Total Quality Austin; M. A., Communication, Ewha University, Seoul, M.L.S., Simmons College; Past president of Special
Management, Isik University; B.L.S., Istanbul University. Korea, 1998; B. A., Journalism and Broadcasting, Ewha Libraries Association; Editor, Library Hotline.
University, Seoul, Korea, 1994; her research interests
Virginia L Bartow focus on how users process different forms of auditory Ernest DiMattia
and visual information in virtual environments drawing
Visiting Assistant Professor recent developments in multi-sensory media, so she Visiting Associate Professor
B.A., William Smith College; M.L.S., Columbia University; teaches a course on virtual information environments. B.A., Boston College; M.L.S., Simmons College; M.B.A.,
curator of the George Arents Collection, and University of Connecticut; President and Executive
head of Special Collections Cataloging, The New York Anthony Cocciolo Director, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT.
Public Library.
Assistant Professor Deirdre Donohue
Jason Baumann Ed.D., Ed.M., M.A., Communication, Computing and
Technology in Education Teachers College, Columbia Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor University; B.S., Computer Science University of B.A., State University of New York New Paltz; M.L.S., Pratt
B.A., Eugene Lang College the New School for; M.L.S., California, Riverside; his research interests are in the Institute; Librarian, International Center of Photography.
Queens College, City University of New; M.F.A., City uses of emerging information and communications
College of New York; Special Assistant to the Director, technologies (ICTs) to enhance libraries and education, Kathleen Dreyer
NYPL Research Libraries. especially in the social, cognitive and affective
dimensions of learning and knowledge construction Visiting Assistant Professor
John Berry in digital environments; former head of Technology M.L.S., Drexel University; M.S., Columbia University; B.S.,
for the Gottesman Libraries at Teachers College, Biology, Long Island University.
Visiting Professor Columbia University.
B.A., Boston University; M.L.S., Simmons College; Judith Freeman
Editor-at-Large, Library Journal Anthony Cucchiara
Visiting Professor
Helen-Ann Brown Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., Livingstone College; M.L.S., Rutgers University;
B.A., St. Francis College; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; M.B.A., Children’s literature consultant, lecturer, writer, member,
Visiting Assistant Professor Long Island U Brooklyn; Archivist and Associate Newbery Committee, Children’s Book Award; author of
B.S., University of Maryland College Park; M.L.S., Librarian for Distinctive Collections and Information Libraries Unlimited Series, Books Kids Will Sit Still For.
University of Maryland College Park; M.S., University Services, Brooklyn College, CUNY.
of Pennsylvania; Education and Outreach Head, Weill Nancy Friedland
Cornell Medical Library.
Visiting Associate Professor
Left: A student at the Pratt Brooklyn Library B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., New York
University; M.L.S., Rutgers University; Head, Butler Library
Media Center , Butler Library, Columbia University.
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Barbara Genco Susan Hamson Irene Lopatovska
Visiting Associate Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
B.A., Canisius College; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; Director, Ph. D., American History, Temple University; M.A., B.S., Kiev State University; M.L.S., University of North
Collection Development, Brooklyn Public Library. American History, Rutgers University; B.A., Historical Texas; Ph.D., Information Science, Rutgers University.
Studies, Richard Stockton College; curator of
Tula Giannini manuscripts and university archivist, Columbia Rare Amy Lucker
Book and Manuscript Library.
D e a n o f t h e S cho o l of Info rmat io n and Visiting Assistant Professor
Library Sciences Jessica Lee Hochman M.S.L.I.S., Simmons College; M.A., Latin, Greek,
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr Coll; M.L.S., Rutgers University; Master University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., Classics, Colby
of Music, Manhattan School of Music; Bachelor of Assistant Professor College; Library Director, Institute of Fine Arts, New
Music, Manhattan School of Music; An interdisciplinary Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University in York University.
researcher, she is a leading scholar in French wind Philosophy and Education, and Cultural Studies.
instruments and LIS in the digital world. Recent Diversity Fellow 2001–2003 Master of Arts Degree in Susan L. Malbin
publications include: nine articles in Grove Dictionary Instructional Technology and Media in the Program of
of Music, the book, Great Flute Makers of France, Scientific Foundations. Completed May, 2001. Visiting Instructor
published in Japanese, 2007, described in Choice as “a Ph.D., Comparative History, Brandeis University; M.L.S.,
model of archival research for all graduate students; Jennifer Hubert-Swan State University of New York Albany; B.A., History,
“Core Competencies for Art Museum Librarianship,” Barnard College; director of library and archives,
ARLIS, and “Frédéric Triebert, Designer of the Modern Visiting Assistant Professor American Jewish Historical Society.
Oboe” Pendragon. Program Chair, ALISE 2009, M.L.S., Wayne State University; B.A., English, Olivet
her theme, Transforming LIS Education for the 21st Nazarene University; Library Department chair, Little David Marcinkowski
Century, reflects creative and innovative approaches Red School House, Elisabeth Irwin High School.
to education. Visiting Associate Professor
Michael Inman M.A., Media Studies, The New School; B.A., Philosophy
Sharareh Goldsmith and Religion, Kean University; associate professor,
Visiting Assistant Professor Associate Degree Program, Pratt Institute; associate
Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., University of North Texas; M.A., University of North director of Computing Services, Pratt Institute,
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; Texas; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; Librarian in Charge, Rare Manhattan campus.
Advanced Certificate in Library and Information Studies, Book Division, NYPL Research Libraries.
Pratt Institute. Hillias Martin
Elizabeth Johnston
Joshua Hadro Visiting Assistant Professor
Instructor M.L.I.S., Pratt Institute; B.A., English and Drama,
Instructor M.L.S., Pratt Institute; B.A., Colorado College; freelance University of Georgia; assistant director for young adult
M.L.S., Pratt Institute; B.A., Philosophy, Columbia software developer. programs, New York Public Library.
University; executive editor, digital products, Library
Journal and The Horn Book. Jesse Karp Seoud M. Matta
Alexis Hagadorn Instructor Dean Emer itus
M.L.S., Pratt Institute; B.A., Journalism, New York D.L.S., Columbia University.
Visiting Assistant Professor University; early childhood and interdimensional
M.L.S., Columbia University, Advanced Certificate in librarian, Little Red School House and Elizabeth Irwin Elena Dana Neacsu
Library and Archives Conservation, Columbia University; High School.
B.A., Barnard College; head of conservation, Columbia Visiting Assistant Professor
University Libraries. Matthew Knutzen Diploma de Drept (JD/BA equiv.), University of
Bucharest School of Law; D.E.A. (LLM equiv.), Ecole de
Assistant Professor Droit et des Etudes Politiques, Caen, France; L.L.M.,
M.F.A., Abstract Cartography and Artists’ Books, Pratt Harvard Law School; M.L.S., Queens College, CUNY; Law
Institute; B.A., Geography, University of California, Reference Librarian, Columbia Law Library.
Berkeley; geospatial librarian, New York Public Library.
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Lisa Norberg Lee Robinson Christopher Sula
Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Certificate in International Technology and
M.L.S., Indiana University; B.A., Political Science, B.A., CUNY; M.L.S., Columbia University; M.A., Hunter Pedagogy, The Graduate Center, City University of New
York; M.Phil., Philosophy, The Graduate Center, City
University of Wyoming; dean, Barnard Library and College, CUNY; Supervising Librarian, NYPL, Research University of New York; B.A., Philosophy and English,
Augustana College.
Academic Information Services. Libraries, Art and Architecture Dept.
Cynthia Tobar
Maria Cristina Pattuelli Pamela Rollo
Visiting Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Visiting Professor M.L.S., Certificate in Archival Management, Pratt
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., Lemoyne College; M.L.S., Columbia University; Institute; M.A., Political Science, New School for Social
Advanced degree (master’s equivalent) in Cultural Formerly Director, Information Resources, Credit Research; B.A., English and Writing, Minor in Philosophy,
Heritage Studies, University of Bologna, Italy; Advanced Suisse First Boston; Past President, Special Libraries City University of New York–Hunter College; metadata
degree (master’s equivalent) in Philosophy, University of Association; business information consultant. librarian, Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center, City
Bologna, Italy. University of New York.
Caroline Romans
Alexa Pearse Kara Van Malssen
Visiting Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor M.L.S., Drexel University. Assistant Professor
M.L.S., Palmer School of Library and Information M.A., Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, New
Science, Long Island University; M.A., World History, Charles Rubenstein York University; B.A., Film and Media Studies, University
New York University; B.A., History, New York of Florida.
University; librarian for journalism, media, culture, and Professor
communication, Bobst Library, New York University. B.S., Richmond College, CUNY; M.S., Polytechnic Inst Kevin B. Winkler
Bklyn; Ph.D., Polytechnic Inst NY; M.L.S., Pratt Institute;
Slava Polishchuk also a visiting professor of engineering at the Institute Visiting Assistant Professor
for Research and Technology Transfer, Farmingdale B.A., San Diego State University; M.L.S., Columbia
Visiting Assistant Professor State College (SUNY).Professor Rubenstein has been University in the City of New York; M.A., Hunter College,
M.F.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York; elected to the IEEE Board of Directors serving as City University of New York.
B.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Director Elect in 2008–2009 and then as Director
conservator, Library Archives and Special Collections, 2010–2011. Philip Yockey
Brooklyn College Library, City University of New York.
Nasser Sharify Visiting Associate Professor
Deborah Rabina B.A., Guilford College; M.A., University of North
Dean Emer itus , Distin guis h ed Profess or of Carolina at Greensboro; M.L.S., Columbia University;
Associate Professor Libr ary an d In for mation Scien ce Manager, Celeste Bartos Education Center, NYPL,
Ph.D., Rutgers University; Rabina’s areas of specialization Lic. des Lettres, Tehran University; M.S., D.L.S., Columbia Research Libraries.
include reference resources (general, legal, government), University.
information law and policy, government and NGO
information sources and scholarly communications. Kenneth Soehner
Dr. Rabina’s research focuses on two major areas: how
democratic micro and macro organizations, form and Visiting Associate Professor
harbor information policies that stem from and support B.A., New York University; M.L.S., Columbia University;
their perception of democracy and the role of evolving M.A., Columbia University; Chief Librarian, Arthur K.
patterns of scholarly communications in academic and Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
research environments.
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School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Liberal Arts and Sciences courses enhance all-important media studies
skills of writing, speaking, and good thinking. Courses in the
humanities, mathematics and sciences, and social sciences classes in the liberal arts
form the core of students’ general education. The School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences offers courses in astronomy, botany, dean
chemistry, communications, cultural history, creative writing,
cultural studies, ecology, English, foreign languages, gender Andrew Barnes, Ph.D.
studies, humanities, mathematics, music, performance, [email protected]
philosophy, physics, psychology, science, and social science.
assistant to the dean
Pratt also offers instruction at the Programs (IEP, CEP, and SCP). The
introductory level in Italian, Spanish, courses in these programs help students to Gloriana Russell
German, French, and Chinese. prepare for academic and studio courses
Students for whom a language is a by incorporating elements of literature, as academic advisement
program requirement have a priority in well as critical theories and examinations c o o r d i nat o r
registration. Other students may select six of the visual arts. The SCP is strongly
credits in a single language for liberal arts recommended for students whose TOEFL Erich Kuersten
elective credit. score is below 600 (PbT). Students who
complete the SCP program are not office
The School of Liberal Arts and required to take the placement exam.
Sciences also provides English language Tel: 718-636-3570 | Fax: 718-399-4586
support for international students in the Our Liberal Arts and Sciences www.pratt.edu/slas
Intensive, full-time Certificate of English faculty members are creative writers,
Proficiency, and summer certificate composers, and performers, as well as
scholars, critics, and scientists. They help
Left: Students in the classroom students find meaning in the traditional
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disciplines of history, literature, science,
and philosophy; to explore emerging
approaches to multiculturalism, gender
studies, and popular culture; and to
provide a humanistic context for the
flights of imagination that result in art
and design.
The mission of the School of Liberal
Arts and Sciences is to enable students to
explore areas of knowledge and reflect
critically and creatively on aesthetic
forms and on intellectual and cultural
practices. Graduates can conduct
research, substantiate arguments, and
communicate in the broadest possible
sociohistorical, literary, and scientific
contexts. The school’s primary goal
is for its students to make continuing
contributions as critical thinkers and
creative professionals.
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Media Studies
The Graduate Program in Media Studies at Pratt is situated chair
in the uniquely vibrant environment of an art, design, and
architecture school. Students who value both the intellectual Ira Livingston, Ph.D.
and creative sides of media studies are encouraged to apply. [email protected]
Media Studies at Pratt is an intensive The Program’s Structure c o o r d i nat o r
program developed in relation to Pratt’s
art, design, and architecture environment The program emphasizes studies of Jon Beller
and to the burgeoning mediascape, lively media in their various forms, including [email protected]
social space, and theoretical scene of film, video, television, radio, writing,
Brooklyn and New York City. Classes and computer-mediated forms of administrative secretary
are small, following both the seminar convergence. Students study the logics
and workshop format, and all classes are and logistics of media and mediation, Danielle Skorzanka
taught by professors. and they explore cultural technologies
of expression, representation, and office
The program has been conceived and manipulation, along with the aesthetic,
instituted in a way that understands that economic, and political contexts in which Tel: 718-636-3790
media emergence is rapidly transforming such media necessarily operate. Students
experience, society, and knowledge. It gain expertise in media history, theory
is designed to foster the investigation of and practice, and in textual analysis,
many of the significant social, political, interpretation, and semiotics.
cultural, economic, and aesthetic
questions of our time by drawing both on The Master of Arts in Media Studies
the historical record with regard to media graduate program consists of 30 credits
forms as well as on cutting-edge theory taken over three semesters and a thesis.
regarding gender and sexuality, race, The program can be completed in three
nation, political economy, aesthetic form, semesters if the student finds a final
screen studies, and the like.
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thesis/project topic during the first year The Final Project/Thesis Workshop develop particular areas of concentration,
and prepares to complete it in the third (HMS-659A) offers an intensive small first through coursework and then in their
semester. Even so, an extra semester is support group in which students can one-on-one work with thesis advisors.
generally recommended to allow more develop and write their thesis; students Faculty represent areas that include
to time to find, explore, and develop the who want more time to finish their thesis New Media, Documentary Studies,
thesis/project that will best serve the take HMS-659B (Thesis in Progress). Global Media, Media and the Urban
student’s particular interests. Environment, Media and Performance,
Students may also choose to undertake Music/Sound Studies, Media/Attention
The core sequence for the M.A. an internship for academic credit Economies, Media Ecology, Archaeology
consists of Mediologies 1 and II (six credits (HMS-9700, 9701, 9702, 9703) and professional of (New) Media, and Media, Activism,
total) and Encounters 1 & 2 (two credits enrichment. and Social Change.
total), Practices 1 and II (elective courses
totaling six credits), seminars and project Admissions Requirements Elective seminars run in the format
courses (electives totaling 12 credits), an of small discussion courses focused on
Internship course (for those who wish; HMS- Applications for admission to the Master individual or team presentations on the
9700, 9701, 9702, 9703) and a final thesis with of Arts in Media Studies are due January analysis of texts, films, objects, themes,
required Final Project/Thesis Workshop 5 for the following fall; the program and theories. Elective project courses are
(four credits total); and for those who wish, accepts fall entrants only. Applicants semester-long laboratory/workshops
a Thesis in Progress course). should have a B.A., B.S. or B.F.A. from in which students and one or more
an accredited institution. Candidates faculty members—in any one of several
Mediologies courses (HMS-650A/B) must submit (1) a statement of purpose departments—engage a topic, idea,
provide students with crucial critical and in which they describe their interest in interface, space, or modality, focusing on
theoretical tools; students take a sequence the program; (2) 10–20 pages of relevant the interface between the theorization
of two required introductory courses writing sample(s), with emphasis on and production of media objects. Foci will
during their first semester. These courses analytical writing about media; (3) vary based upon specific expertise and
are designed to address students with transcripts of undergraduate coursework; interests of involved faculty and students.
substantial experience in media studies as and (4) three letters of recommendation.
well as students with less exposure. All applicants must follow the standard Each year in late April, the Media
admission process for graduate programs Studies Program will host a conference,
Practices courses comprise a range of at Pratt: see www.pratt.edu/apply. Mediologies, which will include
electives, including those taught in presentations of work and works-in-
other programs, such as Digital Arts. master of arts in media studies progress by students, faculty, and guest
These courses enable students to acquire presenters. Seminar courses being offered
basic competence in media aesthetics In addition to the core courses described in the spring will enable students to
and production. above, the program offers a range of develop papers and projects specifically
electives in areas of specialization and for presentation at Mediologies.
Encounters courses (HMS-549 A/B) enable interdisciplinary constellations within
students to engage directly with others media studies, enabling students to
working in media fields, and with timely
issues and ideas, in an open-discussion
“salon” environment.
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