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New Faces in
   Academic Affairs
   2021–22
   FACULT Y AND STAFF

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ruby onyinyechi amanze
 MCMILL AN STEWART ENDOWED CHAIR IN PAINTING

                                               ruby onyinyechi amanze received an MFA from
                                               Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from Tyler
                                               School of Art.

                                               amanze’s practice consists of works on paper about
                                               the vast and magical potential of space and the
                                               balance between magnitude and weightlessness.
                                               Incorporating a working vocabulary of just seven
                                               elements, amanze plays with the possibilities of
                                               spatial relationships between forms.

                                               Her research is rooted in various three dimensional
                                               expressions, including architecture, design, and
                                               movement/dance languages such as Gaga.
                                               Existing in all these practices is an intentional
                                               construction of space and therefore, a recognition
                                               of its malleability. Exploring dance further, amanze
                                               recently co-founded the dance company, THE
                                               DECK which debuted an original piece, tell me
                                               a way you pretend to be strong at the Collezione
                                               Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 2021.

                                               amanze has exhibited her work globally in
            photo credit: Sahar Coston-Hardy   New York, Johannesburg, Miami, Paris, London
                                               and Lagos, including in the California African
                                               American Museum, the Drawing Center, and the
                                               Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2016 amanze was
                                               a finalist for the Prix Canson drawing prize and
                                               in 2019, amanze was named the Deutsche Bank
                                               Featured Artist at Frieze New York. Her work has
                                               been collected by the Smithsonian, The Jewish
                                               Museum, and the Studio Museum of Harlem.

                                               She previously taught at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn
                                               and Drexel University in Philadelphia. In 2012-13,
                                               amanze was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship
                                               in Drawing to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

                                               amanze lives and works between Philadelphia
                                               and New York.

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Melodie Davis-Bundrage
 FIBER FACULT Y & CO-DIRECTOR OF THE RATCLIFFE CENTER
 FOR CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

                            Melodie Davis-Bundrage received her PhD in
                            International Fashion Merchandising from the University
                            of Georgia (UGA), MS in Management from University
                            of Maryland University College, and BBA in Accounting
                            from Howard University.

                            Melodie is an academic leader and creative entrepreneur
                            who works at the intersection of fashion and beauty
                            merchandising, sustainable entrepreneurship, and
                            racial justice. She formerly held the positions of Chair,
                            College of Business and Associate Professor at Johnson
                            & Wales University, North Miami Campus; Assistant
                            Professor and Department Chair, Fashion Marketing
                            and Management at Northwood University; and Ph.D.
                            Candidate/Instructor of Fashion Merchandising at the
                            University of Georgia. At Johnson & Wales, she ran
                            sixteen major programs including two Entrepreneurship
                            majors, and supervised the co-curricular programs
                            housed in the Entrepreneurship Lab and Fashion Lab.
                            During her time at UGA, she was named UGA Next Top
                            Entrepreneur for her skill in creating retail business
                            plans and pitching investors. Her beauty brand, which
                            was launched from the Now That’s Entertainment
                            competition, is currently sold through independent
                            retailers and international distribution channels. She has
                            also published articles and presented papers in the areas
                            of her research interests including: entrepreneurship
                            case studies, consumer behavior towards sustainable
                            fashion and beauty products, teaching and mentoring
                            fashion merchandising students, and history of health
                            impacts from products marketed to Black women.

                            Prior to her time in academia, she worked for 25
                            years in retail management including owning a
                            brick & mortar cosmetics boutique and 15 years
                            in corporate and non-profit leadership positions.
                            She has experience auditing retailers and managing
                            finances and human resources for non-profit
                            organizations that have retail divisions.

                            mdavisbundrage@mica.edu
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Mai Ly Degnan
 ILLUSTRATION PRACTICE FACULT Y

                            Mai Ly Degnan earned her MFA in Illustration Practice
                            from the Maryland Institute College of Art and BFA in
                            Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

                            Mai Ly is an award winning illustrator based in
                            Baltimore. She is passionate about visual arts
                            education and student creative development. Since
                            2016 she has been teaching illustration at both MICA
                            and Towson University, working with students in all age
                            groups from high school to graduate school. Along with
                            teaching, Mai Ly has a deep love for visual storytelling
                            and enjoys creating playful lifestyle illustrations using
                            strong female characters, busy patterns, and bright
                            colors. As an active freelance illustrator, Mai Ly works
                            in a variety of markets including editorial illustration,
                            licensing, greeting card design, and adult and children
                            book publishing.

                            Her work has been recognized by The Society of
                            Illustrators of NYC and LA, American Illustration,
                            and 3x3 Magazine. Selected clients include Harper
                            Collins, Chronicle Books, The Norman Rockwell
                            Museum, Quarto Kids, Time Magazine, Boston Globe,
                            Washington Post, VICE, PBS, and NPR.

                            Mai Ly joins the Illustration Practice MFA program this
                            year, as full-time faculty filling in for Kimberly Hall who
                            is on leave.

                            mdegnan@mica.edu

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Pickett Slater Harrington
 SOCIAL DESIGN FACULT Y

                          Pickett Slater Harrington received his Master in
                          Social Work, with a concentration in organizations and
                          communities, from the University of South Carolina.

                          Pickett has spent his career igniting social change.
                          He is the founder and managing principal at Joltage, a
                          social change design firm that champions innovative
                          solutions to social challenges. He has experience
                          connecting and working with communities and
                          institutions to address complex, systemic social
                          issues. He has served in various roles in national
                          nonprofit organizations including the Children’s
                          Defense Fund, the Urban League, and Public Allies.
                          In addition, he has served as manager of leadership
                          development at Independent Sector, a national
                          leadership network of nonprofits and foundations,
                          where he focused on moving a new generation of
                          social change leaders from next to now. Pickett has
                          also served in various leadership roles in community
                          based groups and organizations. His background
                          also includes serving as an adjunct professor and
                          senior consultant with the Community Building
                          Institute at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH.

                          His work in Baltimore includes partnering with Seawall,
                          a Baltimore based community developer that believes
                          in using real estate to empower communities.
                          This partnership, in conjunction with residents of
                          Baltimore, led to the development of a community
                          vision for the transformation of Lexington Market. He is
                          also working with the United Way of Central Maryland
                          as they launch Neighbors United, an initiative to build
                          the capacity of neighborhood residents to identify
                          and work on systemic challenges that impact their
                          community.

                          Pickett lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and
                          two kids, and enjoys woodworking, sailing, and sci-fi.

                          pslaterharrington@mica.edu

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Yohey Horishita
 ILLUSTRATION FACULT Y

                         Yohey Horishita (he/him/his) holds a Master of Fine Art
                         and a Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration from Savannah
                         College of Art and Design (Atlanta, GA).

                         Horishita has a freelance illustration practice and worked
                         for various clients domestically and internationally, such
                         as the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Canon,
                         Casio, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
                         NYC. His work has also appeared in prestigious trade
                         publications such as the Society of Illustrators Annual,
                         Communication Arts, and American Illustration. His
                         intricate, detailed, and colorful illustration are his way of
                         storytelling and challenging the boundaries of social and
                         cultural norms.

                         Japan-born Horishita crossed the ocean in 2005,
                         moved to Jacksonville, Alabama alone, and later lived
                         in Atlanta, Georgia. He again moved to New York City
                         after receiving his MFA and now lives in Baltimore, MD.
                         He hopes that this journey has made him a better Steel
                         Magnolia and prepared him for a fresh start at MICA!

                         He joins the full-time faculty this year after serving as a
                         digital art lecturer at P.I. Art Center (New York, NY) for
                         six years.

                         yhorishita@mica.edu

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Hein Koh
 MCMILL AN STEWART ENDOWED CHAIR IN PAINTING

                           Hein Koh received her MFA in Painting/Printmaking from
                           Yale University and a dual BA in Studio Art and Psychology
                           from Dartmouth College.

                           Hein’s work, comprised of painting, sculpture, and
                           drawing, centers on creating personal, universal,
                           and collective narratives involving fantastical,
                           anthropomorphic characters of food and flora. Her work
                           has been reviewed or featured in publications including:
                           Artforum; ArtNews; The Atlantic; The Brooklyn Rail; The
                           Huffington Post; Hyperallergic; New York Magazine; The
                           New York Times; Time Out New York; and The Wall Street
                           Journal. She was also recently included in the book
                           We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art
                           World, written by Jasmin Hernandez and published by
                           Abrams Books.

                           Hein has also taught or lectured at Columbia University,
                           California College of the Arts, Tyler School of Art,
                           Dartmouth College, Maryland Institute College of
                           Art, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts.
                           Her work has been exhibited widely and internationally,
                           including venues such as Allouche Benias Gallery, Anton
                           Kern Gallery, Jack Hanley Gallery, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery,
                           Kasmin Gallery, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Rockefeller
                           Center, Sargent’s Daughters, Semiose Galerie, and
                           Western Exhibitions. She recently had solo shows at Anton
                           Kern Gallery’s WINDOW space, Semiose Galerie in Paris,
                           France and will be opening a solo show at Allouche Benias
                           Gallery in Athens, Greece in October 2021. In addition,
                           her first institutional solo show at the SCAD Museum of
                           Art opened in August 2021. Hein is represented by Anton
                           Kern Gallery.

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Priyanka Kumar
 ILLUSTRATION FACULT Y

                         Priyanka Kumar received her MFA in Illustration
                         Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She
                         also holds an MA in Art History from Jawaharlal Nehru
                         University, New Delhi, and studied literature and film
                         for her undergraduate degree at Jadavpur University,
                         Kolkata.

                         Priyanka is an illustrator and printmaker from Kolkata,
                         India. She is a recipient of the Bromo Seltzer Studio
                         Fellowship 2020-21, was recently appointed art director
                         at the literary anthology South Asian Avant-Garde, and is
                         creative head at Anchovy Press, a Baltimore-based UP/
                         Start 2021 winning enterprise dedicated to illustrated
                         books that center BIPOC children. Her personal work
                         spans visual narrative, printmaking, and murals. Her
                         graphic narratives can be found in Bystander: Stories,
                         Observations and Witnessings from South Asia, First
                         Hand: Graphic Non Fiction from India, and Drawing The
                         Line.

                         pkumar@mica.edu

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Joo Yun Lee
 ART HISTORY FACULT Y

                        Joo Yun Lee earned her Ph.D. in Art History and Criticism
                        and Graduate Certificate in Art and Philosophy from
                        Stony Brook University, SUNY; her MA in Art History and
                        Theory from Hongik University, South Korea; and her
                        BA in English Literature and International Trade from
                        Ajou University. Additionally, she was a participant in the
                        Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study
                        Program in 2013-2014 (Helena Rubinstein Curatorial
                        Studies Fellow).

                        Joo Yun is pleased to join MICA’s Department of
                        Art History as a full-time faculty member after
                        having taught at New York University, Pratt Institute,
                        and Hongik University. Originally from Seoul, South
                        Korea, Joo Yun is an art historian, curator, and
                        cultural producer working on the intersection of art,
                        science, and computational media in contemporary
                        art and visual culture. Her research focuses on the
                        technological modes of production, distribution, and
                        reception of technical images, intermedia performance
                        and installation, sound art, and architecture from the
                        1960s to the present crossing regional boundaries. Her
                        current research focuses on East Asian contemporary
                        art and media practices that intersect with the global
                        art under the strong influence of the global capitalism
                        consolidated with information technology, networks,
                        and datafied society.

                        Joo Yun is a recipient of the Fulbright Graduate Study
                        Award. Previous to starting her art history degree, she
                        was a curator at the Seoul Museum of Art and was
                        in charge of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale. She is a
                        founding member and editor of AliceOn (aliceon.net),
                        the first web magazine and networking channel on
                        media art and culture in South Korea.

                        jlee36@mica.edu

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Shiva Nallaperumal
 GRAPHIC DESIGN MFA FACULT Y

                           Shiva Nallaperumal received his MFA in Graphic
                           Design from The Maryland Institute College of Art and
                           his UGCD (Communication Design) from DJ Academy
                           of Design, Coimbatore.

                           Shiva is a graphic designer, type designer, and art
                           director from Chennai India and co-founder (with Juhi
                           Vishnani) of the plural design practice November. He
                           has worked with a wide variety of clients from the
                           Fashion, film, news, art, and tech industries on identity
                           systems, printed matter, editorial design, exhibitions,
                           interactive media, and typefaces. As a type designer
                           he has worked with Typotheque, Bold Monday, Sharp
                           Type, Commercial Type, and Lost Type Co-op. In 2017
                           he became the first graphic designer to be included in
                           Forbes India 30 under 30. In 2019 he was inducted
                           into the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale
                           (AGI) as a member.

                           snallaperumal@mica.edu

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Karl Williamson
 PRODUCT DESIGN FACULT Y

                           Karl Williamson earned his BFA in Industrial Design
                           from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)
                           and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
                           (SAIC) in the Design for Emerging Technologies MFA
                           program.

                           Karl has worked in design related higher education for
                           nine years, beginning at the Universidad Francisco
                           Marroquin in Guatemala where he founded the Product
                           Design program and ran the Fabrication Lab. He
                           returned to the United States to open the Grainger
                           Engineering Design + Innovation Lab at the University
                           of Wisconsin - Madison (UW) which focuses on hands-on
                           learning, digital fabrication, and interdisciplinary design
                           in the College of Engineering. While at UW he helped
                           craft the Masters of Design + Innovation program and
                           developed PPE for the UW hospital system during the
                           pandemic.

                           In his studio practice Karl often builds custom digital
                           tools that take an experimental approach to product
                           design; exploring how technology mediates skill,
                           manifestes materiality, and enacts its own agency.

                           Karl has worked with a range of project partners
                           including; Samsung, IBM, Pollo Campero, Rossana
                           Orlandi Gallery, The Goodman Theater, Taller KEN, and
                           most memorably The Addams Family Musical, when he
                           worked on a 30 foot squid puppet.

                           kwilliamson@mica.edu

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Dolores Zinny
 PROGRAM DIRECTOR, RINEHART SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE

                          Dolores Zinny received her six-year degree as Licentiate
                          in Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional Rosario Argentina
                          and attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study
                          Program (ISP) in New York in 1995-96, where she lived
                          for 8 years before moving to Berlin in 2002.

                          Dolores is part of the artist duo Zinny Maidagan, who
                          are well known for their large-scale works for the
                          public space. Those include: Forgetting Curve, 2013,
                          1rst Prize Public Art Competition Fulda University of
                          Applied Sciences; Hippocampus, 2017, 1rst Prize
                          Public Art Competition Hessen Goethe-Universität,
                          Frankfurt; and Word for Word, 2017, a large-scale
                          intervention for LACMA’s façade as part of Getty
                          Foundation Pacific Standard Time LA/LA. Architectural
                          interventions include works for Graz City Hall, the Royal
                          Library of Belgium Brussels, and Fundación PROA
                          esplanade.

                          Her work has been recognized and exhibited widely
                          internationally, with special projects at The New Museum
                          of Contemporary Art New York, MIT, and Artist Space
                          New York. Notable solo shows have been at Fundación
                          PROA Buenos Aires, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Museo
                          Tamayo Mexico City, DAAD Galerie Berlin, Museum für
                          Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, MGK Siegen, Lund Konsthall,
                          The Showroom London, and Sala Rekalde Bilbao.

                          She has participated in the 1st Cartagena Biennial,
                          2014; the 8th Gwangju Biennial, 2011; the 5th Berlin
                          Biennale, 2008; the 2nd Seville Biennial, 2007 and the
                          50th Venice Biennale, 2003.

                          Her legacy has been captured in numerous books,
                          among them Compartment/Das Abteil published by
                          the MMK Frankfurt with an essay by Ranjit Hoskote
                          and Such a Good Cover published by DAAD with an
                          essay by Lynne Cooke.

                          Dolores is looking forward to moving from Berlin to
                          Baltimore this fall, where in her new role she will be
                          Program Director for the Rinehart School of Sculpture.

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Mina Cheon
 A SSOCIATE DEAN OF FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE AND FACULT Y

                            Mina Cheon received her PhD in Philosophy of Media
                            and Communications from the European Graduate
                            School, European University for Interdisciplinary
                            Studies, Switzerland; MFA in Imaging Digital Arts from
                            UMBC: An Honors University in Maryland; MFA from
                            the Hoffberger School of Painting, MICA; and BFA
                            from Ewha Womans University.

                            Mina is a Korean new media ar tist, scholar, and
                            educator who exhibits her political pop art known as
                            “Polipop” internationally. Being a part of the Korean
                            diaspora, Cheon’s art results from a life-time of
                            working with a postcolonial and comparative cultural
                            lens and making contemporary art that is in historic
                            alignment to appropriation art and global activism art,
                            while focusing on North Korean awareness, Korean
                            unification, and global peace projects. Recent projects
                            include working with the Asia Society Museum in New
                            York with participation in the Asia Society Triennial
                            and her solo show at The Korea Society in New York.
                            Cheon had solo exhibitions at the Ethan Cohen Gallery
                            (2014, 2017, 2020) and Lance Fung Gallery (2012) in
                            New York; Trunk Gallery (2014), Sungkok Art Museum
                            (2012), and Insa Art Space (2004-5) in Seoul, Korea;
                            and Maryland Art Place (2012) and C.Grimaldis Gallery
                            (2008) in Baltimore. She has participated in the 2018
                            Busan Biennale and has exhibited her work and/or is
                            in the collection at the Seoul Museum of Art, Noyes
                            Museum of Art, Seoul Olympic Museum, American
                            University Museum, Smith College Museum of Art,
                            and Baltimore Museum of Art.

                            mcheon@mica.edu

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Lindsay Cubbage
 A SSISTANT DIRECTOR, BRAND MARKETING FOR OPEN STUDIES

                           Lindsay Cubbage earned a BS in Hospitality
                           Management and Administration from the University
                           of South Carolina (USC), followed by graphic design
                           studies at Santa Monica College.

                           While completing her undergraduate work, she was a
                           Historian for Gamma Phi Beta, Zeta Sigma Chapter at
                           USC. She also volunteered with Girls on the Run and
                           the Stop Hunger Now Project, all while continuing her
                           fine art ceramics practice on the side.

                           Prior to joining MICA in January 2020, Lindsay was a
                           marketing coordinator at Ticketmaster and an Executive
                           Project Manager at Popchips. She first found her love
                           for design and working within the fine arts as a Career
                           Services Advisor at the Art Institute of Washington. She
                           has a dedicated passion for brand design, creative
                           services, and working with other artistic individuals. As
                           the new Assistant Director of Marketing and Recruitment
                           for the Open Studies team, she aims to uplift its core
                           programs through inspiring design, optimal creative
                           project management, and marketing strategy. She
                           genuinely enjoys the creative process and will always
                           find a way to create.

                           Aside from balancing her full-time role at MICA, Lindsay
                           loves to travel and aims to travel to all seven continents,
                           volunteer with other fine art organizations such as the
                           Getty, continue her ceramics practice, long distance
                           run, Cross Train (Crossfit), and work with other creative
                           clients through her business space, Cubbage Creative.

                           lcubbage@mica.edu

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Tiffany Holmes
 INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST

                           Tiffany Holmes received her PhD from the University
                           of Plymouth in the UK, a MFA from MICA, a MFA in
                           Digital Arts from UMBC, and a BA in Art History from
                           Williams College.

                           In her new role at MICA, Tiffany serves as the chief
                           academic officer, responsible for all aspects of the
                           development and delivery of educational programs,
                           including curricula; faculty; facilities and budget;
                           and ensuring and supporting the achievement
                           and fulfillment of academic excellence across all
                           disciplines of the College.

                           A 1997 MICA alumna, Tiffany returned to Baltimore in
                           2018 to serve as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate
                           Studies. In this position, she collaboratively developed
                           two new First-Year Fellows programs; four new minors;
                           a new interdisciplinary major in Ecosystems, Society,
                           and Justice; as well as the new Center for Creative
                           Entrepreneurship with a major gift from the Ratcliffe
                           Foundation.

                           Tiffany is also a practicing digital media artist. Her
                           studio practice explores the potential of art and
                           design to promote environmental awareness and
                           sensitivity to shifting ecologies on the planet. Projects
                           include a commission for the National Center for
                           Supercomputing Applications where sequences
                           of experimental animations visualize real time
                           energy loads. Her paper detailing this work, “Eco-
                           visualization: Combining art and technology to reduce
                           energy consumption,” earned a Best Paper award at
                           Creativity and Cognition 2007. She has lectured and
                           exhibited worldwide: Museum of Contemporary Art
                           Chicago; J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles; 01SJ
                           Biennial, Siggraph; Interaction in Japan, ISEA Nagoya;
                           and Microwave Festival, Hong Kong. A recipient of
                           the Michigan Society of Fellows research fellowship
                           in 1998, Holmes has earned the Illinois Arts Council
                           individual grant, an Artists-in-Labs residency award in
                           Switzerland, 2010 Rhizome Commission, and a 2016
                           Distinguished Alumni Award from UMBC.

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Ashley Laboda
DIRECTOR, CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FOR
OPEN STUDIES
                         Ashley LaBoda earned a PhD and MA in Spanish
                         Linguistics, both from the University at Albany, SUNY
                         in Albany, NY and a BA in Spanish and French from
                         Houghton College.

                         After completing her graduate studies, Ashley
                         worked at Franklin and Marshall College and George
                         Washington University, where, in addition to teaching,
                         she coordinated the Spanish curriculum and directed
                         an assessment of student achievement of learning
                         goals and outcomes—thus sparking her interest in
                         the administrative side of academia. She then joined
                         Verto Education as the founding Course Director of
                         the Spanish language program where she developed
                         the curriculum and trained faculty to deliver courses
                         abroad.

                         Ashley joined MICA full time in the department of
                         Open Studies in December 2020 as the Director of
                         Curriculum Design and Development. Her role entails
                         providing faculty training and support, with a focus
                         on promoting best practices in teaching and learning;
                         ensuring quality and accessibility of course design
                         and delivery; and aligning institutional and program
                         goals with course objectives and learning outcomes.

                         alaboda@mica.edu

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Brian Murry
 DIRECTOR, BUDGET AND FACULT Y CONTRACTS

                           Brian Murry received his MBA from Rice University and
                           MS in Microbiology and BSc in Biology from Louisiana
                           State University.

                           Brian joins MICA as the Director of Budget and Faculty
                           Contracts where he oversees and coordinates the
                           faculty contracts process and acts as the general
                           budget administrator for the Academic Affairs division.
                           Prior to joining MICA, Brian worked as a budget
                           and contracts program manager with Children’s
                           Hospital Los Angeles. He has a broad range of
                           healthcare experience, from benchwork to clinical trial
                           management to healthcare administration. He comes
                           to MICA as someone with a long-standing interest in
                           supporting faculty and operations within academic
                           institutions.

                           bmurry@mica.edu

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Victoria Hunte
 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIST FOR OPEN STUDIES

                          Victoria Hunte received her MS in Instructional
                          Technology from Towson University and holds a BS in
                          Elementary Education.

                          Prior to starting employment at MICA, Victoria was a
                          fourth and fifth grade teacher for Baltimore County
                          Public Schools. While teaching, she ran extracurricular
                          activities that involved broadcasting and multimedia
                          production. She also served as the Technology
                          Liaison for her school, often providing professional
                          development opportunities for her colleagues. Prior to
                          teaching, Victoria served as a Corporate Trainer for a
                          local mortgage company. It is there that she found her
                          knack for instructional design.

                          Victoria joined MICA in February 2021 as an
                          Instructional Technologist for Open Studies. Her work
                          primarily consists of maintaining Canvas, Zoom, and
                          other technology tools; creating print and interactive
                          training materials for faculty and students; and
                          working closely with the Director of Curriculum Design
                          and Development to support the instructional design
                          and integrity of courses.

                          Victoria’s love for technology goes beyond the
                          workplace. In her free time, she enjoys learning about
                          graphic design and front-end software development.
                          Other hobbies include cooking, reading, traveling, and
                          performing spoken word poetry.

                          vhunte@mica.edu

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Zvezdana Stojmirovic
 A SSOCIATE DEAN OF DESIGN AND MEDIA AND FACULT Y

                            Zvezdana Stojmirović [z–VEZ–dah–nah stoy–ME–
                            roe–vitch] (she/her) received her MFA in Graphic Design
                            from MICA and BFA in Fine Art from The Cooper Union.
                            She is also a 1994 graduate of the Whitney Museum
                            of American Art Independent Study Program (ISP).

                            Joining MICA’s Graphic Design faculty in 2005,
                            Zvezdana has taught across the curriculum, and has
                            collaborated widely with other departments, including
                            Illustration, Fiber, Film & Video, and Environmental
                            Design (the predecessor of today’s Architectural
                            Design). She has led teaching partnerships with Etsy,
                            Under Armour, and the Walters Art Museum. Her
                            book, co-authored with Helen Armstrong, Participate:
                            Designing with User-Generated Content, was published
                            in 2011 by Princeton Architectural Press.

                            Zvezdana has exhibited extensively stateside and abroad,
                            including KC Grad in Belgrade, Serbia, and Momenta
                            Art and The Most Gallery in NYC. In 2013, she created
                            a typographic commission for BOPA (Baltimore Office
                            for Promotion and the Arts) at the Top of the World
                            observation deck in Baltimore.

                            Last year, Zvezdana helped launch the First-Year
                            Fellows in Creative Entrepreneurship as Lead Faculty
                            and Faculty Coordinator. In this role, she fused an
                            innovative curriculum that integrates financial literacy
                            and “real world” applications with core lessons in 2d
                            and 3d fundamentals.

                            Prior to her MICA epoch, Zvezdana designed countless
                            interactive exhibitions for the Brooklyn Children’s
                            Museum, and graphics for art world clients with the
                            design studio, Bureau. In the evening, with the studio
                            partners, she volunteered her time on WAC, the Women’s
                            Action Coalition, and Gran Fury, the graphic arm of ACT
                            UP. She was part of many other art groups, such as
                            Parasite, a conceptual art organization, and Prosopon,
                            a Byzantine iconography studio, both on the Lower East
                            Side.

                            zvezdana@mica.edu
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Colette Veasey-Cullors
INTERIM VICE PROVOST FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
                          Colette Veasey-Cullors received her MFA in
                          Photography from Maryland Institute College of Art
                          and her BFA in Photography from the University of
                          Houston.

                          Colette is a photographer whose work investigates
                          themes pertaining to socio-economics, race, class,
                          education, and identity with a particular interest in
                          social and creative engagement with individuals
                          and communities historically underinvested in and
                          underrepresented. She has worked with a number
                          of community-based organizations including:
                          Communities in Schools; Project Row Houses; Art on
                          Purpose; 901 Arts; Baltimore Youth Film Arts; and Art
                          Source South Africa.

                          Her photography is included in the permanent collection
                          of the National Museum of African American History
                          and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Photographic History
                          Collection of the National Museum of American History
                          (NMAH), both of the Smithsonian Institution. Her work
                          has been widely exhibited, including: The California
                          African American Museum, The African American
                          Museum in Philadelphia, The Museum of Fine Arts
                          Houston/Glassell School of Art, and The Chattanooga
                          African American Museum. Veasey-Cullors’ work
                          is included in the publications MFON: Women
                          Photographers of the African Diaspora (2017, Barrayn/
                          Fawundu), an anthology featuring the work of more
                          than 100 women photographers of African descent
                          from around the world, and BLACK: A Celebration of
                          a Culture (2004, Willis). In 2021, she was appointed
                          to the board of trustees at Aperture Foundation, NYC.

                          In the winter of 2021 Colette founded the Center
                          for Organizing, Representation and Empowerment
                          (CORE) at MICA and since the start of summer has
                          entered into the role of Interim Vice Provost for
                          Undergraduate Studies.

                          cveaseycullors@mica.edu

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