Faculty
Our faculty are experts in their respective creative fields. Our program emphasizes collaborative teaching, interactive workshops, and guest lectures by industry professionals to bridge the gap between academia and industry, fostering an industry-driven curriculum.
Professor, SUNY FIT
C.J. Yeh
Founder and Executive Creative Director, Cynda Media Lab
Professor, SUNY FIT
Christie Shin
Co-Founder and Program Director, DesignPortfolio.Center
Guest Lecturer
Eddie Opara
Partner, Pentagram
Guest Lecturer
Bethany Lesko
Partner, Design, Lippincott
Guest Lecturer
Jung Kwon
Partner, Lippincott
Guest lecturer
Christine Vallaure
Founder of moonlearning.io, Author of theSolo.io
Guest Speaker
Matt Owens
Partner, Athletics
Guest Lecturer
Matthieu Lorrain
Creative Lead, Google DeepMind
Guest Speaker
Joey Hunter
Chief Creative Officer and partner, Entropico
Guest Speaker
Steph Cajucom
Senior Creative Director, Amazon Brand Innovation Lab
Guest Speaker
Thor Schaeff
Developer Relations Engineer, ElevenLabs
Guest Speaker
Julio B. Soler
Founder, Creative Director, MEDIA ET AL
Guest Speaker
John Kudos
Managing Partner, KUDOS Design Collaboratory™
Guest Speaker
Aashrey Sharma
Senior UX Designer, Epic Games
Guest Lecturer
Yaamin Mohamed
Global Partnership Lead, LottieFiles
Guest Lecturer
Ray Sison
Partner, Design, Playlist Studio
Guest Lecturer
David Mendez
Senior Software Engineer, Warner Bros. Discovery/CNN
Guest Lecturer
Hedy Deng
Staff Developer, WeightWatchers
Guest Speaker
May Zhou
Senior UX Designer, EY
Guest Speaker
Qingyi Li
User Experience Designer, Google
Guest Speaker
Weber Wong
Founder & CEO, FLORA
Guest Speaker
Michelle Ma
Designer, FLORA
Guest Speaker
Tarshaa Krishnaraj
Producer, FLORA
Guest Speaker
DJ Kim
Creative Technologist, FLORA
Guest Speaker
Jennie Heo
User Experience Researcher, Google
Guest Speaker
Julia Singh
Product Designer II, Microsoft
Guest Speaker
Shandy Tsai
Sr. Creative Producer, Duolingo
Guest Speaker
Elizabeth Li
Founder, design is a party
Guest Speaker
Minjal Dharia
Director, Brand Strategy and Internal Operations, Lippincott
Guest Speaker
Margaret Panoti
Senior Product Designer, 21GRAMS
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