 Charles Palmer, adjunct instructor, Liberal Arts, teaches business with a focus on contemporary business practices. He has more than 20 years experience in retail and consumer consulting. He began his career as a merchant at Crate & Barrel and Macy's West, where he graduated from the executive training program. He has served as a strategist and consultant at Retail Planning Associates (RPA), and Fitch Worldwide. Clients have included HSBC Bank, Nintendo, Wrangler, Intel, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Dell, Kmart, Columbia Sportswear, HP, and Staples. BS, Ohio State University.
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 C.F. Payne, instructor, chair, Illustration, teaches illustration. He has a distinctive illustrative style that has earned him the reputation as Norman Rockwell’s successor. His work is featured in many U.S. magazines, including Time, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Book Review, Mad Magazine, and Reader's Digest. He exhibits widely, juries national shows and serves on boards for illustrators' organizations. He illustrates children’s books, including True Heart, written by Marissa Moss, and Micawber and The Remarkable Farkle McBride, written by John Lithgow. BFA, Miami University (Ohio).
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  Tamara Peterson, associate professor, chair, Foundation Studies, teaches painting, color theory, two-dimensional design and illustration. Her award-winning paintings have been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally, including the Butler Institute of American Art Midyear Exhibition and the 2008 Contemporary American Realism Biennial at Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Permanent collections include the Columbus Metropolitan Library and FWMoA, Fort Wayne, IN. Peterson is the 2009 winner of the CCAD Award for Teaching Excellence. BFA, CCAD; MFA, Ohio University.
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 Kon Petrochuk, professor, Media Studies and Graduate Studies, teaches film, video, photography, and digital video. He has screened work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Cinematheque in San Francisco, and the Contemporary Media Center in Dayton. His major projects include If I Scratch, If I Write, a 16mm film about Cleveland poet, d.a. levy, and Two Unknown Photographers, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Maryland Film Festival. MA, Kent State University; MFA, San Francisco State University.
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 Richard Petry, professor, Media Studies and Graduate Studies, director of graduate program development and implementation, teaches Media Studies portfolio and advanced digital imaging. He has worked in both commercial and fine art photography, as well as film, performance, and sculpture, and recently has produced films and video integrated with dance performances. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship, and a Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, he has exhibited throughout the U.S. and in India and Europe. His images are part of the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, The Ohio State University, and numerous private and corporate collections. BA, MFA, Tyler School of Art.
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 Evangelia Philippidis, adjunct instructor, Visual Communications, teaches design concepts and professional practice. She has created several award-winning illustrations for The Columbus Dispatch and owns Silver Moon Graphics, an illustration and design studio. BFA, CCAD.
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 Djahangir Pirasteh, professor, Fine Arts, teaches drawing, painting, watercolor, and anatomy. He has exhibited his work in solo and group shows in the U.S. and internationally, including at the annual conference of the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis; Villanova University (received international mention); and St. Cloud State University (received an honorable mention award and earned him membership to the President’s Club). He has been commissioned by and donated to private and public institutions, and has served as a juror for art competitions. AA, BA and MA, St. Cloud State University; MFA, University of Wisconsin.
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 Julie Posey, associate professor, Liberal Arts, chair, Science, teaches human anatomy, ecology/environmental science, scientific applications for the artist and topics in science and physics. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Biochemical Pharmacology, and Pharmacological Research, and two manuals for advanced physiology and general anatomy courses. BS, The Ohio State University; MS, University of Toledo.
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Mike Quillin, adjunct instructor, Visual Communications, teaches illustration methods. He works as an art director/graphic designer for the Columbus Metropolitan Library and is the recipient of numerous design and illustration awards. He has produced design solutions as well as illustrations for a number of regional and national clients. He studied at CCAD and The Art Institute of Chicago. |
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Peter Rasmussen, professor, Fine Arts, teaches sculpture. He has exhibited his work in group shows and juried exhibitions. His work is included in a number of public and private collections, including Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, Bank One, and the Builders' Exchange. He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council grant. BS, U.S. Air Force Academy; BFA, CCAD; MFA, Carnegie Mellon University. |
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 Thomas Richner, assistant professor, Animation, teaches animation and time-based media. He specializes in traditional, hand-drawn animation. His professional work includes layout artist and timer on "The Simpsons" for six seasons. In additional to producing his own short films, which have screened at festivals around the U.S., he continues to work with animation industry professionals in Hollywood to develop and pitch animated properties primarily for television. He also is a consultant for EA Games. BFA, Denison University; MFA, UCLA.
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 Tim Rietenbach, professor, Foundation Studies, Fine Arts, and Graduate Studies, teaches two dimensional design, sculpture and fine arts junior seminar. He has served as the Visiting Artist coordinator, chair of Foundation Studies, and is currently the director of student exhibitions. He spent more than a decade living, working and exhibiting in New York City. His large scale installation work has earned him several Individual Artist Grants from the Ohio Arts Council, including the Dresden Residency. BFA, CCAD; MFA, The Ohio State University.
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 Neil Riley, associate professor, Fine Arts, teaches painting and drawing. His awards include a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy and a residency at the Klots Chateau in Rochefort-en-Tere, France. BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art; MFA, Boston University.
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 Robert Robbins, professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies, teaches painting and drawing. He has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and has received several Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and Greater Columbus Arts Council. He was twice a MacDowell Fellow, and invited to the Chateau Rochefort-en-Tere artist residency program in France. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the U.S., including the Butler Institute of American Art, the Chateau Museum in Rochefort-en-Tere, France; the Springfield Museum of Art; the Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts; the MacDowell Colony; and at Moorehead University and the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work is in various private and public collections including The Ohio State University and the Columbus Metropolitan Library. BFA, CCAD; MFA, Yale University.
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Tracy Robbins, associate professor, Animation, teaches interactive design, digital imaging, experimental animation, and time-based media design. She has been awarded several grants and exhibits her work both nationally and internationally. Her CD-ROM-based art has been published for the European Media Arts Festival and SIGGRAPH. BFA, Art Academy of Cincinnati; MFA, University of Cincinnati. |
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 Bruce Robinson, professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies, teaches figure drawing and painting. His work has appeared in numerous regional and national juried shows. He exhibited in Dresden, Germany in the 1997 exhibition celebrating the fifth anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Columbus and Dresden. BFA, Kansas City Art Institute; MFA, Indiana University.
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