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: Paolo Cardini

CIT Building/Mason Building
pcardini@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

159 Weybosset Street
smathew@risd.edu

Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies: Sean Nesselrode Moncada

College Building
snesselr@risd.edu

Painting: Jackie Gendel

Memorial Hall
jgendel@risd.edu

Photography: Steve Smith

Design Center
ssmith@risd.edu

Printmaking: Megan Foster

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