Connect with your department
Now that you’ve been accepted to join RISD’s graduate community you may want to reach out to a graduate program director with questions about your program. You can find their contact information below.
Graduate program directors
Architecture: Debbie Chen
Bayard Ewing Building archgrad@risd.edu
Ceramics: Katy Schimert (department head)
Metcalf Building kschimer@risd.edu
Design Engineering: Khipra Nichols
CIT Building/Mason Building knichols@risd.edu
Digital + Media: Shona Kitchen (department head)
CIT Building/Mason Building skitchen@risd.edu
Furniture Design: Patricia Johnson
20 Washington Place pjohns01@risd.edu
Glass: Jocelyne Prince (department head)
Metcalf Building jprince@risd.edu
Global Arts and Cultures: Eric Anderson
College Building eanderso02@risd.edu
Graphic Design: Bethany Johns
CIT/Mason Building bjohns@risd.edu
Illustration: Calef Brown
Illustration Studies Building cbrown02@risd.edu
Industrial Design: Ayako Takase
CIT Building/Mason Building atakase@risd.edu
Interior Architecture: Eduardo Duarte
CIT Building/Mason Building eduarte@risd.edu
Jewelry + Metalsmithing: Timothy Veske-McMahon
Metcalf Building tveskem@risd.edu
Landscape Architecture: Suzanne Mathew
Bayard Ewing Building smathew@risd.edu
Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies: Sean Nesselrode Moncada
College Building snesselr@risd.edu
Painting: Jackie Gendel
Memorial Hall jgendel@risd.edu
Photography: Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
Design Center swolukau@risd.edu
Printmaking: Megan Foster
Benson Hall mfoste01@risd.edu
Sculpture: Taylor Baldwin
Metcalf Building tbaldwin@risd.edu
Teaching + Learning in Art + Design: Shana Cinquemani (department head)
345 South Main Street scinquem@risd.edu
Textiles: Anna Gitelson-Kahn
College Building agitel01@risd.edu