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: Charlie Cannon
CIT Building/Mason Building ccannon@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: Sean Salstrom (department head)
Metcalf Building ssalstro@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: Seth Papac
Metcalf Building spapac@risd.edu
Landscape Architecture: Suzanne Mathew
159 Weybosset Street smathew@risd.edu
Painting: Duane Slick
Memorial Hall dslick@risd.edu
Photography: Laine Rettmer
Design Center lrettmer@risd.edu
Printmaking: Megan Foster
Benson Hall mfoste01@risd.edu
Sculpture: Taylor Baldwin
Metcalf Building tbaldwin@risd.edu
Teaching + Learning in Art + Design: Nancy Friese (department head)
345 South Main Street nfriese@risd.edu
Textiles: Anais Missakian
College Building amissaki@risd.edu