Faculty
Aileen Pierce, Instructor
E-mail: Aileen.Pierce@colorado.edu
ATLAS Building, Room 225E
Office Hours (Spring 2013): Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. , or by appointment
Aileen Jaitin Pierce has been an instructor for the Technology, Arts, and Media program at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 2004. Aileen teaches courses focusing on the intersection of technology and society, as well as the integration of programming into new media. Aileen holds a B.S. in Math/Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University. She spent nine years in Silicon Valley working at Oracle and two startups in product marketing and technical support before moving to Boulder.
Ian Hales, Instructor
E-mail: Ian.Hales@colorado.edu
ATLAS Building, Room 225E
Office Hours (Spring 2013): Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m.–1:50 p.m. or by appointment
Ian Hales is a graphic artist and designer who is currently an instructor at the University of Colorado, Boulder,in the Technology, Arts, & Media Program. Ian is a CU graduate from the School of Fine Arts who teaches courses focusing on digital art, 2D and 3D animation, new media design, as well as gaming and virtual societies. Ian’s work strives to push the standard conception of digital art and graphic design and establish new methods of conveying themes and ideas in visual mediums.
Kevin Hoth, Adjunct Lecturer
E-mail: kevin.j.hoth@colorado.edu
ATLAS Building, Room 225E
Office Hours (Spring 2013): Tuesdays 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., or by appointment
Kevin Hoth is a multimedia artist, commercial and fine art photographer, and photography/digital media educator. He has used traditional and digital photographic technologies creatively since 1995 and has exhibited photography, digital images, video, and solo performance work in over 70 exhibitions around the U.S. He has taught design, digital art, and photography at several universities and now teaches design and digital media studies at The University of Colorado at Boulder. He was born and raised in Wisconsin and now resides in Boulder, Colorado.
David Schaal, Lead Multimedia Instructor
E-mail: David.Schaal@colorado.eduATLAS Building, Room 225B
Office Hours (Spring 2013) Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:50 p.m.–3:30 p.m., or by appointment
David Schaal is a digital artist showing work nationally and internationally and is currently the lead instructor for the TAM program. He received a BFA in Fine Art, a BA in Psychology, and an MFA in Integrated Art. He has developed and taught Technology Arts Media courses since the founding in 1998 as the first faculty hire in ATLAS. He is interested in all aspects of digital culture and media theory. He also serves on the steering committee for ASSETT, education director for the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, and as a board member for ICAS (International Cities for Advanced Sound).
Joel Swanson, Director
E-mail: Joel.Swanson@colorado.edu
Office Phone: 303.735.2933
ATLAS Building, Room 225C
Office Hours (Spring 2013): Tuesdays 12:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m., or by appointment
Joel Swanson is an artist and writer who is currently the Director of the Technology, Arts & Media Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He teaches courses on digital art, media theory, and the history of design. He received his MFA in digital art at the University of California, San Diego. His art work is motivated by literary theory and exists as a series of installations, both real and virtual, that explore the nature of language and its embodiment. Swanson's work has been shown in various national and international venues. His work can be seen online at joelswanson.net.
Research and teaching interests: digital art, digital media theory, design, typography.
Education:
M.F.A., University of California at San Diego, 2005
B.F.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2002
Mark Winokur, Associate Professor
E-mail: Mark.Winokur@colorado.edu
ATLAS Building, Room 225F
Office Hours (Spring 2013) Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:15 p.m.–11:45 p.m., or by appointment
Research and teaching interests: Popular culture; film; science fiction; technology and media; American studies; American race and ethnicity studies
Education:
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1987
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1980
B.A., Brandeis University, 1977
