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The Art Institute of Atlanta
6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, N. E.
100 Embassy Row
Atlanta, Georgia 30328-1649

Phone: 770.394.8300
Toll free: 1.800.275.4242
Fax: 770.394.0008
www.aia.artinstitutes.edu

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Board of Trustees
Dorothy C. Fenwick, Ph.D., Chair
Peter Giopulos, Ph.D.
John W. Kraft, Ph.D.
Rich Oprison
Daniel K. O'Day

Executive Committee
Janet S. Day, President
Joselyn C. Cassidy, Vice President, Human Resources
Christopher Schwarzer, Vice President, Administrative
and Financial Services
Sharon Bolling, Director of Career Services
Sally Parsonson, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs
James Petty, Dean of Student Affairs
Newton I. Myvett, Vice President, Admissions  

Department Chairs

Rob Albertson
Department Chair
Video Production/Digital Media Production/Audio Production

Paul M. Black, NCARB, AIA
Department Chair
Interior Design

Lee Crowe
Department Chair
Media Arts & Animation

Dan L. Henderson
Department Chair
Illustration & Design/ Art Foundations

Ameeta Jadav, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Web Design & Interactive Media/Game Art & Design/Visual & Game Programming

Louise Luther
Department Chair
Academic Support

Heather Olson, Ph.D.
Department Chair
General Education

Sarah Gorham, CEC
Interim Department Chair
Culinary Arts/Culinary Arts Management

Larry Stultz
Department Chair
Advertising

Linda Wood
Department Chair
Graphic Design/Photographic Imaging

Audrie P. Clark, CC
Interim Assistant Department Chair
Culinary Arts

Marc J. Jolis, CCC, CCE
Interim Assistant Department Chair
Culinary Arts

David Keeder
Assistant Department Chair
Digital Media Production/Video Production

Erin Whikehart
Assistant Department Chair
Graphic Design

Faculty A-Z
Jose Acosta, M.C.
Charles Anderson, M.B.A.
Gordon Anderson, M.B.A.
Timothy Anderson, CCE
Jeffrey D. Ashworth, M.S.
Tom Baker, M.F.A.
Nathaniel Bareford, M.F.A.
Philip Bekker, M.F.A.
Brian Bentley, M.A.
Troy Bennett, M.F.A.
Diana Berger, B.S.
Thomas Biondolillo, M.F.A.
Robert Blakey Jr., B.S.
Carolina Blatt-Gross, M.A.
Paul Bodrogi, CEPC
Vickey Bolling, M.F.A.
Saurabh Bose, M.S.
Christa Bowden, M.F.A.
Carol Brannon, M.S.
Michael Budowick, M.A.
Michael Burke, M.A.
Fran Burst-Terranella, M.A.
Katrina Callahan, M.F.A.
Janet Canfield, CCC
Natasha Capper, B.S.
Radu Cazan, M.F.A.
Dana Carter-Lee, M.A.
Kenneith Celmer, B.A.
Ying-Ying Chou, Ph.D.
Cathleen Clark, M.C.
Jan Columbia, M.F.A.
Joel Conison, M.F.A.
Joseph F. Costa, CEC, CCE
Ann Critchfield, M.V.A.
Kenneth Daniel, B.A.
Jane Davenport, M.F.A.
Robert L. Day, M.A.
Timothy J. Dempski, M.A., M.F.A.
Perry Dilbeck, M.F.A.
Georgina Drake, M.Chem.
Caroline Edenfield-Morris, CCE, CCC
Deborah Enea, M.A.
Don Evans, M.I.T.
Kathy Faass, B.A.
William Farzley II, CCC, CCE
Hamilton Fisher, M.S.
Kathleen Fisher, J.D.
Gary Flesher, M.Arch.
Michael Fornaro, Ph.D.
Lee Furey, Ph.D.
Deborah Lynn Gold, M.F.A.
Lilia Gomez-Lanier, M.A.
Joseph Griffith, M.F.A.
Stephen Grote, M.F.A.
Elio Guevara, M.F.A.
Matthew Haffner, M.F.A.
Tracey Hawkins, M.A.
Jerry Heilpern, B.S.
Nancy Ann Higgins, CEPC, CCE
Michelle Hinton, M.Ed.
Maria Howard, B.A.
Aniquay Howell, M.F.A.
Tim Hunter, M.F.A.
Holly Isserstedtt, M.A.
Lemario Jackson, M.Ed.
Nicole Jacobs, M.F.A.
Andrew Jessup, M.Arch.
Edward Kaiser, B.S.
Rachel Keller, F.M.P., B.A.
Praveen Kilaru, M.S.
Sandy Killam-Hall, M.S., RD, LD
George King, B.S.
Richard King, M.A.
Christine Kowalczyk, M.B.A.
Charles Leonard, M.A.
Mishelle Lewis, M.F.A.
William Livesay, M.F.A.
Ellen Lytle, M.Des.
Claire May, Ph.D.
Greg McClune, Ph.D.
Ben McCormick, M.F.A.
Lorne Shane McGee, M.F.A.
Lynn McGill, M.A.
Michael McGill, M.S.
Jill McGonigle, M.F.A.
Stephen McNeill, M.A.
Anne Melfi, M.A.
James Morris, A.A., CCE
Sandra Morse, M.A.
David Moyers, M.F.A.
John Munevar, M.A.
Lynn Murray, Ph.D.
Marie Niccolai, M.F.A.
John Oechsner, B.A., CEPC, CCE
William Oglesby, J.D.
Paul Orlando, M.F.A., M.A.
Kayanna Pace, M.S.
Katie Parks, M.F.A.
Walter Patterson, M.S.C.E.
Jo Peterson, M.V.A.
Monique Porche-Smith, A.A., CC, CPC
David Reeder, M.S.
Rosalie Risley, M.B.A.
Nancy Rorabaugh, M.F.A.
Maria Rossini, M.Arch
Susan Rumble, M.A.
Lori Rush, M.V.A.
Laurence Ruth, M.F.A.
Joyce Ryan, M.F.A.
Ophelia Santos, M.A.L.D.
Nakeesha Seneb, B.A.
Inu Sengupta, M.S.
Stephen Sengupta, M.Ed.
Jackie Sheridan, M.F.A.
Daryl Shular, A.A., CCC
David Smith, M.F.A.
Dara Solomon, M.S.
Lorraine Spaulding, M.S.
Catherine Spitz, M.A.
Mindy Spritz, M.A.
Meredith Statler, M.S.
Marilyn Stockton, Ph.D.
Michael Strizhevsky, Ph.D.
Althea Sumpter, Ph.D.
Kelly Thames, M.F.A.
Michael Thrush, M.F.A.
Dean Turner, M.F.A.
Daniel Vaccaro, M.Ed.
Alan Vaughn, M.S.
Stephen Waide, M.B.A.
Denise Wallace, M.F.A.
Aarron Walter, M.F.A.
Taian Wang, M.S.
Bretton Wells, M.A.
Jeff Wierenga, M.A.
Shirley Williard, Ph.D.
Andrew Wills, M.A.
Thomas Womack, M.A.
Sam Worley, M.Ed.
C. Sue Youngblood, M.F.A.
Helen Ziga, M.F.A.

Staff

T.J. Bonds
Director of Technology

Brandon Gholston
Director of Facilities

Charles Leonard
Faculty Development Coordinator

Gayle Meier
Library Director

Rachel Oliver
Director of Student Financial Services

Darrell Ray, Ph.D.
Director of Student Development

Kim Resnik
Director of Communications

Mardi Richardson
Registrar

April Shavkin
Counselor

Mary Ann Walker
International Student Advisor

Thomas Watson
Counselor

Stephen Wildfeuer
Assistant Dean, Academic Services

Barbara Williams
Director of Accounting

Diana Sharple
Director of Community and Professional Education

Jameson Moschella
Director of Residence Life

This is a partial listing of administrative staff.

The Art Institute of Atlanta

6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, N.E., 100 Embassy Row  Atlanta, GA 30328-1635 • 1.770.394.8300 • 1.800.275.4242