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I am currently a Professor of Design & Illustration in the School of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin–Stout. My teaching expertise and professional background covers a broad subset of Visual Communication Design, including illustration, graphic design, concept art, and design drawing. I teach at all levels, from foundations through M.F.A.
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES
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GRADUATE-LEVEL TEACHING
I have advised many M.F.A. thesis projects as both a thesis advisor and committee member. I typically choose to advise projects on Visual Communication topics such as graphic design, illustration, and story-driven media, and enjoy working with students who explore these through the lens of societal impact, historical context, or cultural expression. Selected highlights at the link; a full list of thesis advising is available through my CV.
”No Word for Art: Discovering Hmong Creatives Through Multimedia Forms”
Pang Chia Yang, MFA 2025 | Multimedia Producer, Skyward ”Graphic Nonfiction for Eco-Educational Resource / Just Say NOPE to Plastic”
Brianna Capra, MFA 2024 | Independent illustrator & Lecturer, UW-Stout “Re-imagining the Spooner Railroad Park as a Center for Community and Railroad History, Recreation, and Edutainment”
Jonathan Alesch, MFA 2024 | Associate Lecturer, Design at UW–Eau Claire “A Thread Through History: How Interlinking Contemporary Art with Paj Ntaub Can Connect Generations”
Jackson Yang, MFA 2023 | Graphic Designer, UW-Stout “Representation and Diversity in the Horror Genre: How Design Research can Inform the Creation of a Themed Lifestyle Publication”
Jessica Kromrie, MFA 2022 | Marketing Manager at Canomiks “Motion Graphic and Tangible User Interface for Audience Participation in Recorded Live Performance”
Matthew Anton Wigdahl, MFA 2021 | Tenure-line faculty, Design at UW–Eau Claire “Designing the Future: Diegetic Sculpture & Literary Adaptation in Speculative Fiction Cinema”
Jonathan Wheeler, MFA 2021 | Tenure-line faculty, Video Production at UW-Stout ”Chinese-style Digital Painting”
Zi-xu Tian, MFA 2017 | Instructor of 3D Animation at Visual College of Art & Design, Vancouver |
COURSE HISTORY
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UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN–STOUT
Design Theory & Methods Color Theory Design Drawing (perspective) 2D Digital Foundations Design Visualization (ID) Concept Art (Game/Anim.) Typography & Letterform Digital Illustration Illustration Capstone Graduate Seminar 1 / MFA Design Research / MFA Design Education / MFA Sem. 2/Thesis Prep / MFA Creative Thesis / MFA |
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
2D Design Foundations 3D Design Foundations Design Foundations Lecture Design Drawing 1 Design Drawing 2 Design Drawing 3 Graphic Design 1 Typographic Design BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY
2D Digital Foundations YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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STUDENT RECOGNITION
Kaleigh Kahl, BFA Animation student
Kristen Protheroe, MFA student | kristenprotheroe.com
Brianna Capra, MFA '24 | bcaprastudioarts.com
Riley Dombrowski, BFA '24
Jonathan Alesch, MFA '23
Kristofer Tremain, BFA '21
Matthew A. Wigdahl, MFA '21 | wigdahldesigns.com
STUDENT SUCCESSES
My students become successful designers, illustrators, art directors, and researchers in industry, as well as professors and college-level instructors. In addition to agencies and studios across North America, they are employed by entities such as Apple, IBM, Crocs, HOKA, Edward Jones, Amazon, DreamWorks, the NHL, 3M, Westinghouse Electric, United Airlines, and Microsoft. They have gone on to graduate programs at North Carolina State University, University of Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, MICA, SCAD, UCLA, MCAD, Lund University, Arizona State University, Ohio State University, and the University of Minnesota. They have served as instructors and tenure-track faculty at institutions such as the Cooper Union, Arizona State University, University of Louisiana–Lafayette, Kennesaw State University, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin–Stout, Ohio State University, New York University, and Princeton University.
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