Savannah

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  Ryadi Adityavarman
  Savannah
  B.Arch., Universitas Katolik Parahyangan; M.Arch., University of Colorado; M.S., University of Texas at Austin.
  
  
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  Deborah Lamar Brooks
  Savannah
  B.S., M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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  Deborah Brooks worked full-time in interior design with a specialty in healthcare and commercial design prior to entering academia. She taught at Texas Tech University, the University of Kentucky, Arizona State University, Texas Christian University and Washington State University. After moving to Georgia, she wrote the interior design curriculum for the department of fine arts at Valdosta State University. She joined the SCAD faculty in 2002. Her areas of interest and specialization include sustainable design, collaborative creative work, creative thinking and communication of design ideas. Her mixed-media collages, jewelry and small, functional sculptural work has been exhibited in galleries in Texas and Georgia. Brooks served as a site visitor and chair of accreditation visits for FIDER (now CIDA) for nine years. Her most recent collaborative work includes a sustainably-built residence on Tybee Island near Savannah.
  
  Selected presentations and lectures:
  

  • Baton Rouge, La.
  • Greensboro, N.C.
  • Baltimore, Md.
  • Knoxville, Tenn.
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  Awards:
  

  • Best of Show Award for Interior Design from the Interior Design Educators Council

  Memberships:
  

  • IDEC, professional member
  • LEED Accredited Professional

  
  
  
  
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  Marianne Brower
  Savannah
  B.S., D'Youville College; M.S., Pratt Institute.
  
  
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  Esma Burçin Dengiz
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Bilkent University; M.S., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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  Esma B. Dengiz has experience in commercial, institutional and residential design and adaptive reuse projects. Her areas of specialization include lighting, interior lighting and traditional architecture of Asia Minor.
  
  Memberships:
  IALD
  IESNA
  IDEC
  
  Classes:
  Lighting for the Interior
  Applied Interior Lighting
  Interior Design Studio II
  

  
  
  
  
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  Kathleen Fritz
  Savannah
  B.A., Gordon College; M.I.D., Boston Architectural College.
  
  
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  Christina Gonano
  Savannah
  B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Chatham College.
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  Before joining the faculty at SCAD, Christina Gonano worked in the interior design industry. Her designs can be seen in and around the Pittsburgh, Pa., area, where she worked on projects for the Mellon Arena, home of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, and at the Nemacolin Resort and Spa, host to the PGA's 84 Lumber Classic.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • Interior Design Educators Council
  • American Society of Interior Designers (allied membership)
    

  Courses:
  

  • Graphics for the Building Arts
  • History of Interior Design II
    

  
  
  
  
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  Margo Jones
  Savannah
  B.V.A., Georgia State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  With more than 25 years of experience with corporate, developer and government clients, Margo Jones has developed expertise in strategic planning, programming and workplace analysis for major corporate facilities, as well as the interior design of corporate headquarters, computer/data operations centers, product marketing and demonstration centers, convention centers, food service facilities, retail centers and healthcare facilities. An interior design faculty member since Fall 2002, she also serves as the internship coordinator for the School of Building Arts, and is also a business and career coach and consultant.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • International Interior Design Association, fellow and professional member
  • Interior Design Educators Council, professional member
  • United States Green Building Council, LEED-accredited professional
  • National Council for Interior Design Qualification, certified designer
  • International Coach Federation, professional member
  • FIIDA
  • AP
    

  Courses:
  

  • Undergraduate and graduate design studios
  • Professional Practices
  • Portfolio Preparation
  • Off-campus Programs, New York City and Washington, DC.
    

  
  
  
  
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  Jain Kwon
  Savannah
  B.A., Sungshin Women’s University; M.F.A., Ewha Woman’s University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
  
  
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  Monica Letourneau
  Chair
  Savannah
  B.A., Roger Williams College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  In 2005 Monica Letourneau joined SCAD after 10 years as an interior designer specializing in corporate and multi-family housing design in Atlanta, Ga., and Alexandria, Va. She has participated in collaborative projects with the architecture department and encourages the use of community projects in her classes. She addresses sustainable design in all studio projects.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • NCIDQ Certified, #013068
  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Accredited Professional
    
  • Interior Design Educators Council
  • International Interior Design Association, professional member
  • American Society of Interior Designers, professional member
  • American Institute of Architects, associate member

  Courses:
  

  • Interior Graphics
  • Interior Design Studio II, III, IV and V
    
  • Interior Materials II
  • Professional Practices
  • Interior Design Seminar (graduate)
  • Interior Design Studio II and IV (graduate)
  • Contemporary Issues (graduate)
  • Interior Design Final M.A. Project (graduate)
    

  
  
  
  
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  Helena Moussatché
  Savannah
  B.Arch., Instituto Metodista Bennett; M.Ed., Pontificia Universidade Católica; Ph.D., Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
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  Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Helena Moussatche is a graduated and licensed architect in Rio de Janeiro with a Ph.D. and master's degrees in education. She has practiced architecture and interior design for 20 years. Her academic experience reflects 17 years of teaching architecture and interior sesign, and 10 years of research on educational facilities in both Brazil and the United States. The findings of her studies on the environmental quality and human response to educational indoor environments have been published and have received national and international recognition.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "Environmentally Responsible Specifications," in Louise Jones (Org.), "Environmentally Responsible Design." New York: Wiley.
  • With Languell, J. "Life-cycle Costing of Interior Materials for Florida's Schools." Journal of Interior Design v. 28; n.2; Pp. 37-49, 2002.
  • With King, J. "Reason or Folly? Interior Designers' Process of Choosing Interior Finish Materials." Interiors amd Sources Magazine. September 2002, pp. 76-79.
  • With Languell, J. "Flooring Materials: Life Cycle Costing for Educational Facilities." Facilities, U.K. 19 (10) pp. 333-343, 2001.
  • With Languell-Urquhart, J. "Service Life Cycle Costing of Ceiling Systems in Educational Facilities." Facilities Design and Management, May 2001, pp. 24.
    

  Presentations/Lectures:
  

  • "Brazilian Architecture: past and present," keynote speaker, Brazil Symposium, Eastern Michigan University, 2004.
  • "Sustainability and Interior Materials," School of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002
  • "Social Representations in School Architecture," School of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002
  • "Material Selection in Interior Design Practice," IDEC International Conference, Santa Fe, N.M., 2002
  • "From School Houses to Government Logos: The Meanings of Brazilian Public School's Architecture." Society of Architectural Historians 54th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2001.
    

  Awards:
  

  • 2002-03 Teacher of the Year - College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida
  • Literati Club/Emerald Awards for Excellence 2002 - Outstanding Paper in the 2001 Volume of Facilities, U.K.
  • Interior Design Educators Council Best Paper 2001: "Assessing the Service Life Cycle Costs of Interior Materials Through Collaboration."
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Brazilian Institute of Architects
  • Interior Design Educators Council
  • U.S. Green Building Council, LEED-certified member
  • Journal of Interior Design board of reviewers
  • Council of Interior Design accreditation site visitor
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/PROARQ, visiting board of professors in architectural theory and research
    

  Classes:
  

  • Interior Materials I and II
  • Interior Design Studios III and IV
  • Interior Design Graduate Seminar
  • Interior Design Theory and Criticism
  • Contemporary Issues in Interior Design
  • Final M.A. Project
  • Interior Environmental Systems
  • Emerging Interior Materials

  
  
  
  
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  Khoi Vo
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Florida; M.Arch., Southern California Institute of Architecture.
  
  
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  Crystal Weaver
  Savannah
  B.S., Morehead State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  
  
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  Marilyn Whitney
  Savannah
  B.A., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  
  
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  Meghan Woodcock
  Savannah
  B.A., Virginia Tech; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  

Atlanta

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  Rebekah Adkins
  Atlanta
  B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Kyle Benedict
  Atlanta
  M.Arch, Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Barri  Braswell-Culpepper 
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., M.F.A, Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Meldrena Chapin
  Atlanta
  B.A., B.Arch., M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
  
  
  
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  Shirley Cribbs
  Atlanta
  B.S., St. Louis University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Sonia Fueredi
  Atlanta
  B.S., The Catholic University of America; M.Arch, University of South Florida.
  
  
  
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  Wendy Heller
  Atlanta
  B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Jewish Theological Seminary of America; M.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Joel Kelly
  Atlanta
  B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M. Arch, Princeton University.
  
  
  
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  Grant Preisser
  Atlanta
  

  B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Florida State University.

  
  
  
  
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  Liset Robinson
  Atlanta
  B.S., M.Arch., Georgia Institute of Technology.
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  Liset Robinson is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture degrees, and is a registered architect and interior designer in Georgia. In 1988, she began to work in the education field and also started her own design firm specializing in residential, hospitality and retail store design. From 1999 - 2005, she served as dean of the interior design program at a local university, where she expanded the department to include more than 200 students and facilitated CIDA re-accreditation. In addition to her teaching responsibilities at SCAD-Atlanta, she served as chair of the technology/growth council in 2006-07. She has served as a jury member for both the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and the Interior Design Educators Council, and is serving as vice president of professional development for the International Interior Design Association. She is on the IIDA best of the best (b.o.b.) Awards Committee, where she has proposed and received approval to begin a b.o.b. Student Design Award. Robinson is also serving on the Social Justice Network for IDEC, and will be presenting at the 2007 Art and Design Social Justice Symposium. In 2007, she was selected by Design Intelligence as one of the Interior Design Educators of the Year.

  
  
  
  
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  Victoria (Maria) Shipley
  Atlanta
  B.S., University of Maryland.
  
  
  
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  Brian Sweny
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.Arch., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Shane Totten
  Atlanta
  B.A., North Carolina State University; M. Arch., North Carolina State University.
  
  
  
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  Peili Wang
  Atlanta, eLearning
  A.F.A., Sichuan Fine Arts Institute; B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Born in Sichuan, China, Peili Wang became interested in the arts as a child. A 1994 graduate of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, he pursued a career in interior design and construction-site management. Although this experience provided a strong foundation in occupational knowledge, he felt his artistic qualifications needed further broadening, so he moved to Savannah to study at SCAD. "As a professor, I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for space, color, form and light, and experimenting with ways in which different media enhance architectural perspective," he said.

  
  
  
  

eLearning

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  Cindy Barlow
  eLearning
  B.S., Bob Jones University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Peili Wang
  Atlanta, eLearning
  A.F.A., Sichuan Fine Arts Institute; B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Born in Sichuan, China, Peili Wang became interested in the arts as a child. A 1994 graduate of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, he pursued a career in interior design and construction-site management. Although this experience provided a strong foundation in occupational knowledge, he felt his artistic qualifications needed further broadening, so he moved to Savannah to study at SCAD. "As a professor, I enjoy sharing my enthusiasm for space, color, form and light, and experimenting with ways in which different media enhance architectural perspective," he said.