EDUCATION

MFA   New Media. Transart Institute, Danube University Krems, Austria

BFA     Design. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI USA

> Full scholarship   

> Art and architecture study in Peru with RISD and Brown University

> Studied Graphic Design w/ Malcolm Grear, Tom Ockerse, Dick Higgins (Fluxus artist/publisher)

AS       Design. Endicott College, Beverly, MA USA

TEACHING

2015 – PRESENT

Associate Professor, Design (Graphic/Information).Undergraduate courses in Design I, II, IV, Fundamentals of Graphic/Information Design, History & Design of Typography, Special Topic: Color & Type, History of Design, and Central Design Practicum. Graduate course in Graphic/Information Design Practice I. Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.  

Study Abroad, Spring Break 2025. “Designed & Engineered”, London’s Past and Present

2025 Faculty Development Travel Grant. Data | Art Conference, Harvard, Cambridge, MA.

2023 Faculty Development Travel Grant. 23rd Generative Art Conference, Rome, Italy.

2016 Faculty Development Travel Grant.19th Generative Art Conference, Florence, Italy.

Excellence in Teaching Award. 2017 and 2024                                                         

2019 Faculty Research and Development Grant Award.

2021 – 2022

MFA Candidate Advisor of Thesis and Practice. School of Fine Arts & Design, Philippine Women’s University. Manila, Philippines.

2014 – 2015

Adjunct faculty. Digital Design and Art: Information Graphics. Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT.

Adjunct faculty.Art & Design: Interactive Design, Color Theory. Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT.

Adjunct faculty. College-bound students: Design for Web. Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT. 

2012 – 2015

Adjunct faculty. Graphic Design: Lecture/studio course included Graphic Design I, Typography, Information Graphics, and Interactive Design. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 

2013 Faculty Development Travel Grant. 16th Generative Art Conference, Milan, Italy. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 

2004 – 2013 & 1990 – 1991

Adjunct faculty. Lecture and design courses for School of Communications (Media Design) and College of Visual and Performing Arts, Interactive Digital Design Department (Digital Design I, II, and Motion Graphics II). Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. 

Writing Across the Curriculum. 2007 seminar participant/designed to promote and increase writing in university courses. Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. 

1986 – 1994

Adjunct faculty. Lecture/studio course on Textile Design for interior design. Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT.

1985 – 1987

Adjunct faculty.Studio design courses included Typography, Package Design, Production, and Silkscreen for design majors. Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT. 

1980 – 1985

Instructor of textiles.Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT.

1979 – 1985

Visiting critic. Textiles seminar and silkscreen course. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. 

Assistant instructor. Textile and apparel design. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. 

Assistant instructor. Bookbinding. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

“Reading Color: Type in and on Color”. Presented at the 23rd Generative Art International Conference Proceedings. Domus Argenia / CRF Foundation, Rome, Italy. 2023. Pgs. 180-187

“Conference Review: The Design of Business | The Business of Design”. Published in Design and Culture, Vol. 11. DOI: 2019. Pgs. 261-264. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17547075.2019.1606522 

“Common Ground: Walk New Haven”. Paper presented and published in Collaborate, the University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Proceedings.May 2019. Pgs. 34-55.

Suture. Published artwork in Else Journal Issue 00: Trans What? and Everything Else, a peer-reviewed journal of International Art, Literature, Theory, and Creative Media. 2015

Else Journal Issue 02: The Imperceptible Self. Designer and producer of peer-reviewed journal of International Art, Literature, Theory, and Creative Media. 2017

Else Journal Issue 01: On Contemplation and Everything Else. Designer and producer of peer-reviewed journal of International Art, Literature, Theory, and Creative Media. 2016

The Artist’s Memoir. Acquisition of a 2016 presentation delivered with editor Deborah Cannarella for the Transcultural Exchange on-line repository of presentations delivered at the International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Expanding Worlds, Boston, MA. 2016

19th Generative Art Conference DVD. Conference publications and proceedings published on DVD, Domus Argenia / CRF Foundation, Florence, Italy. 2016

Else Journal Issue 00: Trans What? and Everything Else. Designer and producer of peer-reviewed journal of International Art, Literature, Theory, and Creative Media. 2015

CT (un) Bound, Oral History—Recipe Memories: a contribution to CT (un) Bound, a Yale University Art Gallery and Artspace exhibition; curators Sarah Fritchey and Martha Lewis, New Haven, CT. 2014

INtransit Volume 3 Video Journal. Published “Land Grab” and “RocknRoller” videos, The AstroDime Transit Authority, Lowell, MA, 2008

The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book. Featuring National Coalition Against Censorship’s “Dissent” poster; and branding for Yale University’s Office of Cooperative Research. Sharon Steuer, author. 2006

Yale Medicine. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.” Found in Translation.” Illustration for genetics. 1998

Time Capsule. Compilation, and concise encyclopedia of women artists. Robin Kahn, editor. Creative Time in cooperation with SOS International. New York, NY. 1996

Dear Unknown Friend, Children’s Letters from Sarajevo. A book of 20 x 24-inch Polaroid Polacolor photographs of letters written by children during the Bosnian War to their penpals in the U.S.A. The Open Society Institute (Open Society Foundations), New York, NY. 1994

Threads Magazine. “Designing the Warp: Parallel Considerations” Premier Issue. The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT. Author of article and illustrations. 1985

CO-AUTHORED COMMISSIONS

Herbert Matter: Artist Magician.  Commissioned by author John T. Hill, Bethany, CT.  Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. January 2026

From Puerto Rico to New York: Fragments from a life of service. Book design of memoir commissioned by the Hon. José A. Cabranes (U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit) New Haven, CT. 2026

Bodies for Sale. Book design commissioned by the author Charles Barber and Mark Maselli, Community Health Center, Inc. of Middletown, CT. 2026

The PERCH Vol. 8: Social. Journal commissioned by the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and the College of Letters, Wesleyan University. New Haven, CT.  2026

Thinking Twice. Book design commissioned by the artist photographer Phyllis Crowley. New Haven, CT. 2025      

Winnowing: John T. Hill Recent Photographs. Commissioned by author and photographer John T. Hill, Bethany, CT.  Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. January 2025

Always Groundbreaking, Always Grounded. Annual Report Design commissioned by the Moses/Weitzman Health System. Stamford, CT. 2025

Impermissible Punishment: The Problem Punishment Poses for Democracies. Facsimile and production editor. Author and distinguished Yale Law Professor Judith Resnik. University of Chicago Press. New Haven, CT. 2025 

From the Deck: Poetry by Robert Brennan. Book design commissioned by the poet and artist, Robert Brennan, Easton, CT.  Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2024

After Eden: The Double Identity of Carbon. Book design commissioned by Suzanne Anker, theorist and visual artist working at the intersection of art and the sciences, and Chair of the Fine Arts Department, School of Visual Arts. New York, NY. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2024    

Drafting Primer for Weavers. Design conversion and print production for author and master weaver and knit wear designer, Susan Guagliumi. Northford, CT. 2024

The PERCH Vol. 7: Substance. Journal commissioned by the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and the College of Letters, Wesleyan University with contributions by CCSU students. New Haven, CT. 2024

Art Work: Expression & Recovery. Commissioned by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DHMAS) and Yale Program for Recovery and Community Heath (PRCH). Three Central Design students contributed project management, photography, image conversion and retouching, layout, and print-preparation. 2024

We Love Gather New Haven. Collateral design of various promotion, identity and branding campaigns. Gather New Haven. New Haven, CT. 2024

20 Years of Public Art. Design of Social media spots, motion graphics, and presentation design for Site Projects. New Haven, CT. 2024

300 Years of Faith and Justice. Collateral design of various promotion, identity and branding campaigns for United Church on the Green, New Haven, CT. 2024

Annual Appeals. Various promotion, identity and branding campaigns. Connecticut Mental Health Foundation. New Haven, CT. 2024

Good Measure: Knit a perfect fit every time. Commissioned by master knitwear designer and author Deborah Newton, Providence, RI. 2023

Finishing School: A master class for knitters. Commissioned by master knitwear designer and author Deborah Newton, Providence, RI. 2023

Paz y Salud: Cómo un grupo de activistas de una pequeña ciudad y estudiantes universitarios propusieron cambiar la atención médica. Book design and additional multi-level campaigns (print, epub, and audio). commissioned by the Community Health Center, Inc. of Middletown, CT. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2023

2023 Gilardoni Calendar. Commissioned by Gilardoni, SpA for 2023 calendars using x-ray imagery with Gilardoni machines. Art direction by Studio B. New York, NY and Mandello del Lario, Italy. 2022

Peace & Health: How a group of activists and college students set out to change healthcare. Book design and additional multi-level campaigns (print, epub, and audio). commissioned by the Community Health Center, Inc. of Middletown, CT. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2022

Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms. Issue of the 2nd edition of 720-page book commissioned by the authors, Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis, in collaboration with the Yale University Law Library. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2022

Grand Avenue. State to East Street. Book design commissioned by Walk New Haven. Cultural Heritage Tours, Ethnic Heritage Center, New Haven, CT. 2022

The PERCH Vol. 6. The View from Here. A Special Issue on Living in the Time of COVID. Journal commissioned by the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and the College of Letters, Wesleyan University. New Haven, CT. 2021

Reveries: Journaling in Place. Book design commissioned by artist, educator, and author Susan Newbold, Boothbay, ME. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2021

Our Community at Winchester: The city and its workers at New Haven’s gun factory. Book design commissioned by the Greater New Haven Labor History Association, New Haven, CT. Published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. 2020

Rep, Rips, Reps Weave. Commission to design and produce a portfolio and project book for author and educator, Lucienne Coifman. Consultant and project manager for editorial, photography, illustration, print production and distribution strategies. 

Namati’s Work in Mozambique. Commission to design and produce a publication for Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Namati’s work in Africa on land ownership and land transfer and rights.

School’s Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten. On-going design and production of promotional materials for a film about an alternative outdoor learning environment for kindergarten-age Swiss children.

Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University Nursing.Commission to updated existing materials for a bereavement experience designed and produced for distribution by Yale-New Haven Hospital’s neonatal Intensive care unit. Consists of a variety of support materials for both staff and grieving parents. Originally funded by a grant from the Picker Foundation.

Hector’s Heroic Day. Commission to project-manage, design, produce, and publish author Patrick Jones’ book about the Hispanic boy’s journey to become a real hero. Collaboration with editor Deborah Cannarella and illustrator Chuck Lockhart. An OctoberWorks imprint. 

Tarantino Architects and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Public relations materials and social media consultant and liaison for media inquiries regarding the sale, deconstruction, and acquisition of the Bachman Wilson House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1954 New Jersey Usonian, by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s for its collection of American architects’ work. Millstone, NJ and Bentonville, AK. https://crystalbridges.org/frank-lloyd-wright/

Susan Guagliumi.Commission to design and produce layout templates for author books, website and social media campaigns
for author’s books about machine-knitting, Hand Knits by Machine and techniques in the garden, Handmade for the Garden. Northford, CT.

Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC). Commission to design and produce various promotion and marketing materials for a partnership between the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services and Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing. New Haven, CT.

National Coalition Against Censorship. Commission to design and produce identity and branding for NCAC’s annual“Free Speak Matters” celebration honoring Defenders of Free Speech in children’s publishing. New York, NY.

50th Anniversary of Connecticut Mental Health Center. Commission to design and produce branding, identity, and publication for partnership event between the State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services and Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing. New Haven, CT.

Open Society Foundation (OSF). Commission to create Moving Walls 23’s identity and branding for its Journeys exhibition catalog and installation graphics, an annual exhibition of OSF’s Documentary Photography Project. New York, NY.

Ball & Socket Arts, Inc. Commission to design and produce website and promotions for an emerging mid-State art and cultural center in Cheshire, CT. http://www.ballandsocket.org

Greater New Haven Labor History Association. Members communications and website maintenance. New Haven, CT.

Walk New Haven / Cultural Heritage Tours. Commission to create identity and branding, logo, and marketing materials for a neighborhood community project of the Ethnic Heritage Center, residing on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. Designed and produced a series of three books, postcards, posters, ads, and brochures for walking tours of New Haven’s historic neighborhoods. New Haven, CT. https://walknewhaven.org

Walk New Haven / Cultural Heritage Tours. Commission to adapt a design system created by Criscola Design, LLC. of the project’s identity and branding to produce an interactive, responsive website for the four walking tours of New Haven’s historic neighborhoods—a neighborhood community project of the Ethnic Heritage Center. New Haven, CT. https://walknewhaven.org

Kids Right to Read Project. Commission to design and produce the identity and publication branding for a National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) signature program—the Youth Free Expression Program—offering support, education, and advocacy to First Amendment challenges from schools and libraries to promote the freedom to read. New York, NY.

Transart Institute | Creative International Low-Residency MFA + PhD.Commission to produce promotional materials for the University of Plymouth, UK program admissions. Plymouth, UK.

Carol Becker, Former Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts. Commission to create identity and branding system, logo, for Dean Becker’s website highlighting her books, publications and writings. New York, NY. https://www.caroldbecker.com

Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation. Commissioned to create new branding and identity, logo, business forms, and organizational stationery. New Haven, CT.

Atlantic Pulp. Commission to create identity and branding system, complete with logo design for new business venture, and website design and production. North Haven, CT.

Open Society Foundation (OSF). Commission to create Moving Walls 25’s exhibition catalog for Another Way Home, an annual exhibition of OSF’s Documentary Photography Project. New York, NY.

Open Society Foundation (OSF). Commission to design and produce a lookbook for designer, writer, musician, and lawyer Walé Oyéjidé who aims to combat bias with creative storytelling. He is the founder of Ikiré Jones, a brand which employs fashion design as a vehicle to celebrate the perspectives of immigrants and other marginalized communities. With the use of fashion photography and prose, his work aims to reframe the lens through which migrants are commonly seen in Western society. His designs appeared in the Marvel motion picture Black Panther. New York, NY.

National Coalition Against Censorship. Commission to design and produce identity and branding for NCAC’s annual “Free Speak Matters” celebration and gala honoring Defenders of Free Speech in children’s publishing. New York, NY.

Me & Chris: A dog’s story by Alex. Commission to design and produce author, educator, and artist Christopher Cozzi’s book— the story of a dog as told from imagined perspective. In this highly visual, memoir-style album, the two share a lifetime of adventures: renovating houses, gardens, and stone walls, forming/ending relationships, and teaching visual art to students in an urban public school. Fully illustrated with color photographs and the artist author’s original journal pages and artwork. An imprint of OctoberWorks, Inc. North Haven, CT.

Christopher A. Cozzi.Commission to design and produce website for author, educator, and artist for the launch of his new book. Guilford, CT. https://www.chriscozzi.com

Ambient Intelligence. Commission to create identity and branding system complete with logo design and website for new Connecticut start-up business. Design and creation of social media campaign, stationary system and imagery library. Hartford, CT.

West Rock Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.Commission to design and produce identity and branding, logo design and promotional materials for doctor’s office. Commission to design and produce website. Woodbridge, CT.

The Orchard Street Shul and Congregation Beth Israel.Commission to design and produce event materials for Gala Reception and Concert honoring various leaders in social justice and human rights. New Haven, CT.

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars. Design and production of an exhibition catalog featuring the work of 108 artists, photography of the installed exhibit, programmed events, and writings by the curators. New Haven, CT.

Vulnerable but not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways in Unaccompanied Children. Commission to design and produce an on-demand report for Yale Professor Manuel Paris and others. New Haven, CT.

New Haven Preservation Trust.Commission to design and produce a new website. Founded in the 1960s, the Trust has played a key role in the preservation and restoration of countless private residences and commercial buildings throughout the city of New Haven. New Haven, CT. https://nhpt.org

The Asian Series. Commission to design and produce artist and photographer Phyllis Crowley’s book of photographs. Consultant for print manufacturing and distribution strategies. New Haven, CT.

Lucienne Coifman.Commission to design and produce a new website for author and educator, Lucienne Coifman for promotion of her workshop and teaching schedule and sales and promotion of her book, Rep, Rips, Reps Weave. New Haven, CT. https://www.lucienne-repweave.com

MaryBeth Bowerman. Commission to design and produce a new website for entrepreneur, MaryBeth Bowerman for promotion of her professional organizing business. North Haven, CT. https://www.inspiredorg.biz

OctoberWorks. Identity and branding for publishing consultancy services. Includes editorial, design, marketing, manufacturing, and representation. On-demand and conventional publishing and imprint. North Haven, CT. https://www.octoberworks.com

PRESENTATIONS | PANELS | TALKS

Re-Present Photographic Practice Symposium.A day-long symposium on photography as a mirror of a moment, featuring opening remarks by Dean Andreas Mueller, a morning panel of six professionals, and afternoon talks by faculty and students. Dedicated to John T. Hill, who donated 500 copies of his book Norman Ives: Constructions and Reconstructions to Design students. Funded by a Faculty Development Grant. October 2024

Making Things: A Conversation with Five Innovators.Presentation and panel discussion for ACES Educational Center for the Arts and Co-op New Haven high school students sponsored by the City of New Haven Dept. of Arts & Culture and Arts Council of Greater New Haven. ACES / ECS, New Haven, CT. February 2024

Barbenheimer Extravaganza Symposium. Barbie!! Interdisciplinary presentation with Central Design students Ashley Yokubinas, Nancy Ingenito, and Margot Doraz, Torp Hall, CCSU, New Britain, CT. November 2023

3rd Annual Career Day and Showcase. Two presentations on graphic/information design for educators and high school students interested in careers in arts and culture, social sciences, business, public services, and STEM sectors. ACES Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT. October 2023

Connecticut League of History Organizations 2022 Annual Conference. Future of History: Looking Past the Pandemic Toward New Ways of Working. Presenter and panel on Walk New Haven, Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum and the Wethersfield Historical Society, Wethersfield, CT. June 2022

UCDA Design Education Summit. “The (notso) Short Fest” poster presentation. Virtual Event. May 2021

SCSU Women’s & Gender Studies Conference: Gender, Race, Community & Conflict. Invited panelist for Pursuing Peace & Justice Through Design, presented In Grace We Trust: Homage to Home, New Haven, CT. Virtual Event. April 2021

Public Humanities at Yale: Democracy in America. Our Community at Winchester: Design Praxis with Ephemera & Archives, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Virtual Event. March 2021

Connecticut League of History Organizations 2020 Annual Conference. Stewardship 2020, Caring for the Past in an Uncertain Future. Acceptance of a session proposal titled Common Ground: Walk New Haven, CCSU, New Britain, CT. June 2020

Central Authors. Presentation and reading from A Mouth Full: The Re-Cookbook for CCSU’s cable television show featuring members of the Central family talking about their books, airs on cable outlets in Connecticut, New Britain, CT. February 19, 2020. https://mediaspace.ccsu.edu/media/AUTH2006+-+Jeanne+Criscola/1_2k92vpqx/69288921

The Institute Library. Melted Pots and Cooked Books, Talk and Book Signing, A Mouth Full: The Re-Cookbook, a collaboration with Joan Fitzsimmons. Curator Martha Lewis, New Haven, CT. October 2019

Design Incubation Colloquium 6.1.“Reading Color: Type in and on color” presentation. Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. October 2019

2019 Design Incubation Residency at the Haddon Avenue Writing Institute. “Reading Color: Type in and on color” writing residency. Chicago, IL. October 2019

UCDA Design Education Summit. “Common Ground: Walk New Haven” presentation. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. May 2019

CSCU Faculty Research and Creativity Conference. “Reading Color: Type in and on color” presentation. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. May 2019

FAC Conference on Student Success and Shared Governance.“Common Ground: Walk New Haven” Presentation. CCSU, New Britain, CT. April 2019

College Art Association/Transart Alumni.“Reading Color: Type in and on Color” Pecha Kucha presentation. New York, NY. February 2019

2019 Design Incubation Fellowship Workshop.“Reading Color: Type in and on Color” workshop and presentation in the Book Category. New York, NY. January 2019

TransCultural Exchange’s International Conference. Opportunities in the Arts: Exploring New Horizons: “Bespoke Multiples” Workshop and Presentation. Quebec, Canada. February 2018

ELSE Journal: The Imperceptible Self. Launch, presentation, and reading, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY. January 2017

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven. Lecture and workshop on best website platforms and practices for creating an artist’s website. July 2017

Maniac: Manic Episode 5. Artist talk on the artworks in exhibition. October 2017

19th Generative Art Conference. Domus Argenia/CRF Foundation | Artist talk, exhibition, presentation of creative research and project work, Florence, Italy. December 2016

Expanding Worlds, TransCultural Exchange Conference. The Artists Memoir—Presentation and Round-table Discussion with Deborah Cannarella. Boston, MA. February 2016

ELSE Journal: On Contemplation. Presentation and artist talk with a reading from the book/box Oral History: Recipe Memories, an artwork collaboration with Joan Fitzsimmons, Brooklyn. January 2016

Transart Institute / Winter Residency.Presentation/artist talk and reading from Oral History: Recipe Memories Box, Brooklyn. January 2016

Celebrate Connecticut Women Entrepreneurs. First state-wide conference at UConn Stamford. Exhibitor and participant. Created a promotional screen-based presentation and provided sample publications. July 2015

Eastern Connecticut State University. Artist talk/interview, Willimantic, CT. Spring 2015

Central Connecticut State University.Artist talk/interview, New Britain, CT. Spring 2015

ELSE Journal: Trans What? and Everything Else. Launch, presentation, and reading, Dumbo, NY. Winter 2015

16th Generative Art Conference.Triennale di Milano Museum, Milan, Italy | Dec. 10–14, 2013

Kohn-Joseloff Gallery, Cheshire Academy. Virtual Really, artist talk on solo exhibition, Cheshire, CT. 2010

Donau-Universität Krems, Austria, Transart Institute.Virtual critic, MFA Winter Residency, Brooklyn, NY. 2010

John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art. Panel participant on the Cultural Heritage Artists Project of the Orchard Street Shul, New Haven, CT. Winter 2010

Quinnipiac University. Visiting lecturer in Basic Digital Techniques for graduate Journalism Program. Hamden, CT. 2009

11th Generative Art Conference.Paper presentation and projection installation, Generative Design Lab, Politecnico di Milano University, Milan, Italy. December 2008

MFA Exhibition. tech_no_logica, Donau-Universität Krems, Transart Institute, Austria. Summer 2008

Connecticut Culture & Tourism | Governor’s Conference. Presenter, Brand and Web 2.0. Hartford, CT. 2007

Quinnipiac University. Design for Publication, public affairs presenter. 2001

Public Relations Society of America. Conference presenter, (PRSA) Southern Connecticut Chapter. 1998

AWARDS AND HONORS

2025

Study Abroad Faculty, Spring Break 2025. “Designed & Engineered”, London’s Past and Present, London, England. 2025

Awarded $1,450 CCSU AAUP Travel Grant.For the Data | Art Conference, Harvard, Cambridge, MA. 2025

Award of Excellence. 48th Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) Design Award for art direction of the New Britain Industrial Museum, a branding and identity campaign developed by Central Design students. Hartford, CT. 2025

Submitted: NextGen 2025:2025

Submitted: Faculty Development Grant.2025

Award of Excellence. Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) Design Awards for New Britain Industrial Museum, a branding and identity campaign developed by Central Design students, New Britain, CT.

2024

Award of Excellence. Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) Design Awards for The PERCH: Vol. 7 / Substance, a journal published jointly by Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and the College of Letters, Wesleyan University. Illustration by Central Design students, Central Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT.

Award of Excellence. Connecticut Art Directors Club (CADC) Design Awards for the CCSU Rec Center Installation a project by Graphic/Information Design student, Nancy Ingenito. CCSU. New Britain, CT.

Excellence in Teaching Award. Central Connecticut State University, 2024, New Britain, CT.

2023

Award of Excellence. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for Gilardoni 2023, a calendar using x-rays from the company manufactured products with Studio B/Print Management and printing by Grafiche Cola, Lecco, Italy 

Honorable Mention Award. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for Peace & Health: How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare, a book published jointly by the Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, and OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT. Charles Barber, author, Lucile Bruce and Marianne Curling, editors.

2022

20th Anniversary Game Changers Award. Connecticut Explored event honoring Ethnic Heritage Center’s Walk New Haven: Cultural Heritage Tours. Hartford, CT.

Honorable Mention Award. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for The PERCH: Vol. 6 / The View from Here: A Special Issue on Living in the Time of COVID a journal published jointly by Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health and Wesleyan University, edited by Charles Barber and Lucile Bruce. 

2021

Award of Silver. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for Reveries: Journaling in Place a book by Susan Newbold published by OctoberWorks, North Haven, CT.

Award of Excellence. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for The PERCH: Vol. 6 / The View From Here: Special Issue on Living in the Time of COVID, a journal published jointly by Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and the College of Letters, Wesleyan University. New Haven, CT.

Awarded $5,000 Artist Respond Grant from Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for Arts to provide funding to artists creating economic development opportunities for arts-based experiences, learning modes and services to audiences across Connecticut—and beyond. May 2021

2020

Awarded $1,000 Artist Respond Grant from Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for Arts to provide funding to artists and teaching artists to support the creation and presentation of free and accessible on-line arts-based experiences, learning opportunities and services to audiences across Connecticut—and beyond—on the World Wide Web, May 2020

Award of Excellence. University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Design Awards for A Mouth Full: The Re-Cookbook a book published by OctoberWorks with Joan Fitzsimmons, edited by Deborah Cannarella. Atlanta, GA.

2018

Awarded $1,200 travel grant. Carol A. Ammon College of School of Arts & Sciences, CCSU, to present and exhibit at International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Exploring New Horizons, TransCultural Exchange, “Bespoke Multiples” presentation. Quebec, Canada. February 2018

Awarded $650 travel grant. Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences for The Design of Business/The Business of Design: AIGA Connecticut Design Observer Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT. November 2018

Awarded AAUP Full Time Faculty Development Grant for participation as a 2019 Design Incubation Fellow for “Reading Color: Type in and on Color” under the Book Tracks. January 2018

2017

Excellence in Teaching Award. Central Connecticut State University, 2017, New Britain, CT.

Submitted a $15,000 grant to the Phoebe Foundation to print and promote the book Our Community at Winchester: An Elm City Story, about the demise of Winchester’s U.S. Repeating Arms Company and the impact on its workers and community, New Haven, CT. 2017

2016

Awarded $1,400 travel grant. Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences to present and exhibit at the 19th Generative Art Conference in Florence, Italy, December 2016

Grant Proposal, “World View: Looking Down” Office of Grants and Funded Research, Central Connecticut State University. 2016

Submitted $3,500 REGI Grant for Oral History: Recipe Memories Potluck Westville event with collaborator Joan Fitzsimmons. New Haven, CT. 2016

Awarded $12,000 grant from the Phoebe Foundation to the Greater New Haven Labor History Association to edit, design, produce a book using text and images from Our Community at Winchester: An Elm City Story, an exhibition about the demise of Winchester’s U.S. Repeating Arms and its impact on community workers, New Haven, CT. 2016

2015

Awarded $250 grant from the NEA Our Town and Andy Warhol Foundation for Oral History: Recipe Memories project, a collaboration with Joan Fitzsimmons, New Haven, CT. 2015

2012

Gold Award/Special Report. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Open Society Time, a report on the Open Society Foundations work, New York, NY. “Beautifully organized” and “excellent design.”

Media Award. Connecticut Nurses Association for 2012 Nursing Update Annual Report on the work of nurse at Yale-New Haven Health (YNHH) toward completion of the Magnet journey on the state of nursing, New Haven, CT.

2010

Silver Award. Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Mercury Awards, Special Recognition for the 2009 Nursing Update on the state of nursing at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.

2008

Design Award. American Institute of Architects, New Jersey in Preservation category, Bachman-Wilson House poster on behalf of Tarantino Architects, Millstone, NJ. “The chronological presentation board was loved by the jurors.”

Gold Award/Publication. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Open Society News for Open Society Institute, New York, NY.

2006

Bronze Award. Council on Foundations. Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications. Special Report category for Restoring American Leadership, report on domestic programs for Open Society Institute, New York, NY. “A policy publication designed in a creative way.” “Easier to understand due to design.”

2005

Silver Award/Annual Report. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for U.S. Programs 2003 Annual Report, report on domestic programs for Open Society Institute, New York, NY. “For its effective, well-organized structure and its “visually rich” images and layout.”

Silver Award/Public Policy Campaigns. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for www.revenuewatch.org, Open Society Institute, New York, NY.

2003

Silver Award/Special Reports. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Bending the Bow: Targeting Women’s Human Rights and Opportunities, a report on international women’s programs for the Soros Foundations Network, New York, NY. “Strong and compelling publication,” “a pleasure to look at.”

2002

Special Recognition Award. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Building the New South Africa, One House, One Dream at a Time, a book about rebuilding South Africa for the Soros Foundations Network, New York, NY. “Visually captivating.”

1997

Gold Award. 12th Annual Admissions Advertising for Quinnipiac University Annual Report, Hamden, CT.

1996

Best Public Relations Campaign. Health Public Relations and Marketing News for Now I Know Better: Kids Tell Kids About Safety, a book of stories written by children about their accidents and injuries for Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Gold Award. 11th Annual Admissions Advertising for Quinnipiac University Annual Report, Hamden, CT.

Honorable Mention. For Public Space in the New American City, Atlanta Design Competition, Atlanta, GA.

1995

Council on Advancement & Support for Education (CASE). Regional Award for Excellence in Design. Silver Medal/Annual Report category, Publications Campaign, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT.

Silver Award/Special Report. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Children of Atlantis, a book of essays by young adults from the former Yugoslavia for Soros Foundations Network, New York, NY.

Printing Industry of America Award. for Dear Unknown Friend, Children’s Letters from Sarajevo. Hartford, CT

Gold Award. 10th Annual Admissions Advertising for Quinnipiac University Annual Report, Hamden, CT.

1994

Gold Award/Special Reports. Council on Foundations, Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications for Dear Unknown Friend, Children’s Letters from Sarajevo, a book of letters by children during Bosnia-Herzegovina wartime for the Soros Foundation Network, New York, NY.

American Association of Museums Award. Museum Publications Design Competition. Second Place for Conservation by Design, an exhibition catalogue designed and produced for Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and the Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection (WARP), South Berwick, ME.

AWARDS FOR ELY CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Submitted $738,000 grant application to Community Investment Fund 2030 for funds to repair roof and windows on the 10,000 sq foot John Slade Ely House Galleries, 51 Trumbull Street. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2022

Awarded $3,500 grant to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the New Alliance Foundation for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2022

Awarded $25,000 grant to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the John Slade Ely Trust for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2022

Awarded $500 grant from the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, 2022

Awarded $24,950 grant to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the John Slade Ely Trust for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2021

Awarded $2,500 ARTE-Accessible grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, programming initiatives, New Haven, CT. 2021

Awarded $500 grant from the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, 2020

Awarded $2,050 Supporting Arts Grant for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2020

Awarded $3,000 CARES Emergency Relief Grant by the Connecticut Office of the Arts for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2020

Awarded $25,450 grant to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the John Slade Ely Trust for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2020

Submitted a $3,750 Arts Workforce Initiative grant to the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for an intern ($3,750 each) for Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2020

Awarded $2,500 grant from the USB Corporation for Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2020

Submitted a $5,000 grant Mayor’s Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant, City of New Haven, Arts, Culture and Tourism for an initiative centered on gun safety and related social justice issues. With Unload Foundation and CT Against Gun Violence, to identify artists, activists, partners, and audiences for six workshops in 2019, w/Youth Summit in November 2019, inspired by the interactions witnessed at a state-wide Youth Planning Summit on Gun Safety during Unload: Pick up the Pieces that aimed to bring community together, take actions toward reducing gun violence. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2019

Awarded $7,500 Arts Workforce Initiative grant for Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts for two interns ($3,750 each). 2019

Awarded $12,000 FY20 Arts Project grant for the “The Collision Room” a programming project of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, by the Connecticut Arts Council of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). 2019

Awarded Yale University President’s Public Service Fellowship Placement, Summer 2019, for the Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. for Ely Center of Contemporary Art operations and programming, New Haven, CT. 2018

Awarded $5,500 matching grant for Ely Center of Contemporary Art operations and programming, New Haven, CT, from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. 2018

Awarded $500 grant for Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. for operations of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, from the New York Community Trust. 2018

Awarded $500 grant by AvanGrid Lights up the Arts to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. for operations of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2018

Awarded $29,000 grant for Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the John Slade Ely Trust for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2017

Awarded $3,000 grant for Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation for the Ely Center of Contemporary Art programming initiatives, New Haven, CT. 2017

Submitted a $5,000 grant to the Mayor’s Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant, City of New Haven Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism for a community mural project lead by Katro Storm with ACES Aspire program students and Citizen’s TV with the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2017

Awarded $2,500 grant by the New Alliance Foundation to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. for Ely Center of Contemporary Art operations, New Haven, CT. 2017

Awarded $500 grant for Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. for operations of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, from the New York Community Trust. 2017

Awarded $30,000 grant to Friends of John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art, Inc. from the John Slade Ely Trust for operations and programming of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. 2016

Awarded $5,500 matching grant from Community Foundation of Greater New Haven to Ely Center of Contemporary Art for programming initiatives, New Haven, CT. 2016