Paula Airth
FI 109 | ext. 7705
Paula.Airth@wwu.edu
Assistant Professor since 2012
MFA University of Utah
BA Western Washington University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Design Foundations, Graphic Design, New Media
Paula Airth: biped, designer and (almost) Washington-state native. Incurable thing-maker. Distrusts elevators.
Cristina de Almeida
FI 106C | ext. 3438
Cristina.deAlmeida@wwu.edu
PROFESSOR since 1997
MFA University of Massachusetts
BFA Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial
COURSES TAUGHT:
Contemporary Design History, Computer Graphics, Publication Design and 3-D Graphic Design.
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Professor Cristina de Almeida came to the United States twenty-two years ago to pursue graduate studies in Visual Design at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
Along with client-based design projects, she engages in experimental work exploring the visual qualities of written language through several media ranging from artist's books to wall hangings. The books have been exhibited across the country, including at the Northwest Bookfest, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Pyramid Atlantic, University of Wisconsin, and Siggraph.
Madge Gleeson
PROFESSOR since 1983; Emeritus
MFA Washington State University
MAT, BA Brown University
COURSES TAUGHT:
New Media, Computer Graphics, Drawing, Illustration, Visualization
Kacey Morrow
FI 106B | ext. 3661
Kacey.Morrow@wwu.edu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR since 2008
MFA University of Illinois
BA University of Iowa
COURSES TAUGHT:
Web Design and Production, Digital Media Design, Motion Graphic Design, Digital Video, Senior Projects
Kacey Morrow is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of New Media Design at Western Washington University, teaching in the Art Department with a focus on motion graphics, digital video, web and interactive design. Prior to WWU, she was a full-time lecturer at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL, teaching in the Graphic and Interactive Communications Department.
She achieved her MFA from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana in Graphic Design/Narrative Media and received her BA from the University of Iowa in Graphic Design with a minor in Cinema and Comparative Literature.
Attending and speaking at conferences such as, Design Principles and Practices and Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media, she stays involved in discussions about the design field and lectures about her work in experimental video. Her videos have appeared in several film festivals and exhibitions nation-wide and have won awards for Best Experimental Film. She has works published in the literary journal Ninth Letter. Ninth Letter was featured in Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, How Design, and Step Inside, and was a competition finalist in SXSW Interactive Web Awards Competition. She also has years of professional experience in Chicago as a motion, print, and multimedia designer.
Kent Smith
AA 252 | ext. 3423
Kent.Smith@wwu.edu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR since 1993
MFA Kent State University
MA, BFA Fort Hays State University
COURSES TAUGHT:
Graphic Design, Typography, Capstone, Design History
Elsi Vassdal Ellis
FI 113 | ext. 3461
Elsi.Vassdal-Ellis@wwu.edu
PROFESSOR since 1977
PhD University of Washington
BS, MEd Western Washington State College
COURSES TAUGHT:
Design Production, Computer Graphics, Book Arts, Design History
Professor Vassdal Ellis teaches digital pre-press, offset and letterpress printing, graphic design history, materials and finishing, and book arts.
She has a BS in Visual Communication, MEd in Industrial Technology Education, and a PhD in Educational Communication with emphases in visual psychology and statistics.
She produces limited edition and unique books as EVE Press and exhibits her work nationally and internationally. Her work is permanently housed in many public collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New Your City Public Library, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Grabhorn Collection in the San Francisco Public Library, and Arts of the Book Collection in the Yale University Library.
