Academic Directory

Advertising Design
Phone: 313-664-1665 Fax: 313-664-1650
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 8th floor

  • Kristen Koch – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1645
  • Phillip McAvoy – Interim Chair, Assistant Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1668

Art Education
Phone: 313-664-7419
Email: arteducation@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Fax: 313-664-7416
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd floor

  • Amy Ruopp, PhD – Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Chair & Associate Professor Art Education
    Phone: 313-664-1461
  • Carolyn Forgacs – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7640

Art Practice
Phone: 313-664-7490 Fax: 313-664-7685
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd floor

  • Lisa Rigstad – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7655
  • Valerie Jenkins – Chair / Professor
    Phone: 313-664-7486

Communication Design
Phone: 313-664-1645
Email: commdesign@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Fax: 313-664-1650
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 8th floor

  • Susan LaPorte – Chair / Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1646
  • Kristen Koch – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1645

Craft and Material Studies
Phone: 313-664-7446
Email: crafts@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Fax: 313-664-7816
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd floor

  • Lisa Rigstad – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7655
  • Kimberly Harty-Scott – Chair/Section Chair/Assistant Professor
    Phone: 313-664-7447

Entertainment Arts
Phone: 313-664-7698
Email: eada@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Fax: 313-664-7623
Location: Walter B. Ford II, 3rd floor

  • David Gazdowicz – Chair / Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-7699
  • Beck Arnett – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7698

Fashion Design
Phone: 313-664-1640 Fax: 313-664-1490
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 9th floor

  • Aki Choklat – Chair / Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1641
  • Tina Tomicic – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1640

Film
Phone: 313-664-7490
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd Level

  • Sara Abbate – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7446
  • Scott Northrup – Associate Professor + Chair
    Phone: 313-664-7848

Foundations
Phone: 313-664-7695
Location: Walter B. Ford II, 2nd floor

  • Elena McCann-Arnaoutova – Chair
    Phone: 313-664-7812
  • Lorraine Thomas – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7695

Graduate Studies
Phone: 313-664-1475 Fax: 313-664-1490
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 7th floor

  • Maria Luisa Rossi – Chair MFA System Design Thinking / Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1473
  • Melanie McClintock – MFA Chair Color + Materials Design
    Phone: 313-664-1468
  • Raphael Zammit – Chair MFA Transportation Design / Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1604
  • Chelsea Flowers – Program Manager Graduate Studies
    Phone: 313-664-1475

Illustration
Phone: 313-664-7602
Email: illustration@collegeforcreativestudies.edu

Location: Walter B. Ford II, 3rd Floor

  • Lauren Lawrence – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7602
  • Don Kilpatrick III – Chair / Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-7603

Interior Design
Phone: 313-664-1640 Fax: 313-664-1606
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 9th floor

  • Sandra Olave Sabbagh – Chair / Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1636
  • Tina Tomicic – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1640

Liberal Arts
Phone: 313-664-7640 Fax: 313-664-7885
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd floor

  • Carolyn Forgacs – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7640
  • James Garvey – Chair
    Phone: 313-664-7644

Photography
Phone: 313-664-7490
Location: Kresge-Ford, 2nd Level

  • Sara Abbate – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-7446
  • Scott Northrup – Associate Professor + Chair
    Phone: 313-664-7848

Product Design
Phone: 313-664-1626
Email: productdesign@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Fax: 313-664-1606
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 10th floor

  • Greg Darby – Department Chair/Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1622
  • Heather Earnley – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1626

Transportation Design
Phone: 313-664-1600 Fax: 313-664-1606
Location: A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education, 10th floor

  • Paul Snyder – Chair – Associate Professor
    Phone: 313-664-1601
  • Kelly Kossuth – Program Manager
    Phone: 313-664-1600