More than 25 new academic leaders and full-time faculty members have joined the Pratt community in time for the new academic year. Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, they share a commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and to shaping an inclusive environment that inspires inquiry, learning, and the creation of innovative work.
Leadership
Quilian Riano – Dean, School of Architecture
Christopher Brownell – Chair, Mathematics and Science (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Douglas Easterly – Chair, Digital Arts and Animation (School of Art)
Sarah A. Lichtman – Chair, History of Art and Design (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Leonel Ponce – Academic Director, Sustainable Environmental Systems; Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (School of Architecture)
Karyn Zieve – Assistant Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Adjunct Assistant Professor
Farzam Yazdanseta – Associate Chair, Undergraduate Architecture; Adjunct Associate Professor (School of Architecture)
Full-Time Faculty
Alexandra Austin – Student Success and Assessment Librarian, Libraries
Agnes Berecz – Associate Professor, History of Art and Design (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Constantin Boym – Professor, Industrial Design (School of Design)
Kathy Carbone – Assistant Professor, School of Information
Sai Chivukula – Assistant Professor, School of Information
Mariel Collard Arias – Assistant Professor, Master of Landscape Architecture program, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (School of Architecture)
Caitlin Craggs – Assistant Professor, Digital Arts and Animation (School of Art)
Dalia Davoudi – Assistant Professor, Humanities and Media Studies (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Jan Dutkiewicz – Assistant Professor, Social Science and Cultural Studies (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Oasa Duverney-Gaspar – Assistant Professor, Foundation (School of Art, School of Design)
David Erdman – Associate Professor, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (School of Architecture)
Brooke Garner – Assistant Professor, Fashion Design (School of Design)
Kimi Hanauer – Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Communications Design, Graduate Communications Design (School of Design)
Mark Heller – Assistant Professor, Master of Landscape Architecture program, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (School of Architecture)
Dr. Harriet Harriss – Professor, Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (School of Architecture)
Carlos Jimenez – Assistant Professor, Photography (School of Art)
Gopinaath Kannabiran – Assistant Professor, School of Information
Melissa Klay – Associate Professor, Creative Arts Therapy (School of Art)
Shayla Lawz – Assistant Professor, Humanities and Media Studies (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Joyce Yu-Jean Lee – Assistant Professor, Foundation (School of Art, School of Design)
Kelly Oh – Associate Professor, Art and Design Education (School of Art)
Yi Xin Tong – Assistant Professor, Foundation (School of Art, School of Design)
Joshua Trees – Associate Professor, Undergraduate Communications Design, Graduate Communications Design (School of Design)
Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion Design
Byron Lars – Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion Design (School of Design)
Fellow
Ann Dinh, AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellow, Undergraduate Architecture (School of Architecture)