With courses such as the Graduate Teaching Seminar: Theory and Methods, the MCAD MFA program helps to prepare its students for positions in higher education, both nationally and abroad. We caught up with some of our MFA alums who have begun their careers on the other side of the lectern.

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Known hires so far:

Alanna Stapleton ’18 – Visiting Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University (Illustration and Foundations Drawing)

Bryan Clendenen ’12 – Professor of Digital Communications at Savannah College of Art and Design

Cole Seidl ’17 – Lecturer of Cinema Studies at Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York

Grace Olson ’19 – Instructor of Digital Photography, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Hallie Bahn ’19 – Instructor of Animation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Heather Lamanno ’19 – Instructor of Drawing at Augsburg University

Qiuwen Li ’16 – Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University

Samantha Russell ’17 – Instructor of Art History at Macomb Community College

Sherry Muyuan He ’18 – Assistant Professor (tenure-track), City College of New York in Manhattan

Offered to second-year students, the MCAD Graduate Teaching Seminar: Theory and Methods is a two-week summer intensive which exposes students to teaching and learning theories and history as they develop professional practice skills. The seminar introduces graduate students to general teaching pedagogy, course planning, resources, classroom and course management, levels of learning, and critique methodology. The course prepares graduate students for fall semester teaching assistantship positions and post-degree teaching. This seminar is taught in conjunction with a subsequent semester of assisting a faculty member, and attending bi-weekly sessions with the MFA teaching assistant cohort.