Officers

Nick Bontrager
Nick Bontrager

President
Associate Professor, School of Art, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth

Jessye McDowell
Rene G. Cepeda

Curator of Header/Footer Gallery
Lecturer, UNARTE

Meredith Drum
Meredith Drum

Previous Secretary, 2021 – 2024
Associate Professor, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech

Rashin Fahandej
Rashin Fahandej

Chair of Resources Committee
Assistant Professor of Interactive and Emerging Media, Emerson College

Tacie Jones
Tacie Jones

Co-Chair of Grants, Scholarships, and Finance
Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, Marshall University

Kim Lyle
Kim Lyle

Co-Chair of Grants, Scholarships, and Finance
Assistant Professor Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

Nassem Navab
Nassem Navab

Incoming Secretary
Assistant Professor, Electronic Design and Multimedia, The City College of New York, CUNY

Johanna Gosse
Paulina Velázquez Solís

Co-Chair of Communications Committee
Visiting Critic, AAP Department of Art, Cornell University
Lecturer, Department of Art, Ithaca College

Chelsea Thompto
Chelsea Thompto

Executive Editor of the Media-N Journal
Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech

Johanna Gosse
Eden Ünlüata-Foley

Co-Chair of Events & Exhibitions Commitee

Jessye McDowell
Jessye McDowell

Previous President 2020 – 2023
Assistant Professor of Digital Media & Animation, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

KT Duffy
Rebecca Forstater

Previous Chair of Grants, Scholarships and Finance
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Wofford College

Past Presidents

Mat Rappaport
Mat Rappaport

President Emeritus 2017 – 2020
Associate Professor, Columbia College Chicago

Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead
Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead

President Emeritus 2014-2017
Director, Penn State School of Visual Arts

Paul Catanese
Paul Catanese

President Emeritus 2009-2014
Professor, Columbia College Chicago

Gwyan Rhabyt
Gwyan Rhabyt

President Emeritus 2006 – 2009
Professor, California State University, East Bay

Doreen Maloney
Doreen Maloney

Founding President 2003 – 2006
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington