Faculty – RISD Academic Affairs

HERI Survey of RISD Faculty

Written on February 21, 2017. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

RISD is participating in a national survey of college faculty that will provide important information about faculty satisfaction, goals, and experiences. Administered through the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA every three years,...

Writing Center Welcomes Jim Zvi, Assistant Director ELL

Written on September 6, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Writing Center.

http://academicaffairs.risd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/jim-zvi.mp4 The Writing Center is delighted to introduce Jim Zvi, RISD’s new Assistant Director of English Language Learning (ELL). Jim will work as an educator and advocate for RISD’s ELL...

Faculty Lunch Forum: Supporting International Students, 02/22/16

Written on February 9, 2016. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Faculty Lunch Forum: Supporting International Students Monday, February 22nd 2016, 11:30am to 1:00pm in the Tap Room. Panel Discussion with Lunch. Panelists: Paolo Cardini (ID), Patricia Barbeito (LAS), Gwen Farrelly (GPP), Jen Liese (Writing Center),...

‘Jesse Burke: Wild & Precious’ opens at RISD Museum

Written on January 25, 2016. Posted in Updates from the Museum of Art.

“Jesse Burke: Wild & Precious” opens at the RISD Museum on Thursday evening, January 21, 2016. The exhibition is on view through September 25. Encompassing landscape, portraiture and still-life photography, “Wild & Precious”...

Beaman awarded Graham Foundation Grant

Written on May 20, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts announces its 2014 Grants to Individuals, which will award over $520,000 to 68 projects that demonstrate innovative and thought-provoking ideas in architecture. Micheal Leighton Beaman (Critic,...

Smith and Leidtke RISCA recipients

Written on July 26, 2013. Posted in Architecture and Design, Fine Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts has announced the recipients of its first 2014 round of grants. Steven Smith (Associate Professor, Photography) received a Fellowship in Photography to pursue his own work. Amy Leidtke (Critic, Industrial...

Gizycki’s “F.I.T” and “Kinefaktura” on view around the globe

Written on June 20, 2013. Posted in Liberal Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

Two experimental films by Marcin Gizycki’s (Senior Lecturer, HAVC) have been shown at several festivals recently: “F.I.T.” – Extremely Shorts Film Festival, Houston (May 3-June 1); “Kinefaktura” – AHOF’s Savannah International Animation...

RISD @ International Festival of Animated Films in Annecy, France

Written on June 20, 2013. Posted in Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

At this year’s edition of the International Festival of Animated Films in Annecy, France (June 10-15, 2013) the RISD community was well represented. Two RISD FAV faculty had works in the main competition for short films: “Feral” by Daniel Sousa (’94)...

Intercultural Student Engagement mentoring program

Written on May 20, 2013. Posted in Updates from & for Faculty.

Intercultural Student Engagement is proud to announce the success of the RISD | ISE Mentoring Program that just completed its pilot year in February 2013! The program ultimately served 29 student mentees and all but one student achieved cumulative...

David Warner passes

Written on May 10, 2013. Posted in Liberal Arts, Updates from & for Faculty.

It is with great sadness that Academic Affairs informs the RISD community that Professor David Warner (History, Philosophy and Social Sciences) died on the evening of May 8, 2013 due to complications from recent heart surgery. David was born on June...

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