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Communication Design Faculty

Brian Bowles

Associate Professor

JJ Brojde

Assistant Professor

Jon Brown

Adjunct Instructor

Jody Campbell

Assistant Professor

Tim Chiappetta

Adjunct Instructor

Maggie Conners

Adjunct Instructor

Kelli Daly

Adjunct Instructor

Ben Dembroski

Adjunct Faculty, Director of Emerging Technology

Sam Drake

Adjunct Faculty

Laura Farahzad Mayer

Assistant Professor

Nicole Hauch

Associate Professor

Kyle James

Asst. Director of the MIAD Lubar Innovation Center, Adjunct Instructor

Mario Macari

Adjunct Faculty

Drew Maxwell

Exec. Director of MIAD Innovation Center, Design Faculty

Phillip McFarlane

Interim Full-Time Instructor

Brian Pettit

Adjunct Instructor

Jennie Quinn

Adjunct Instructor

Adam Setala

Associate Professor, Chair of Communication Design

News

Student commission celebrates previous MIAD board chair

Deanna Tillisch, outgoing chair of the board at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), received a student-commissioned monotype print in recognition of her service. “Deanna Dancing” was made by Anna Louise Barr ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice).

Bronzeville initiatives by MIAD alums garner state and local awards

Community advocate, business owner, writer and editor Lexi S. Brunson ’14, an alum and assistant professor of Writing and Humanities at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), recently accepted two awards: Best Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Initiative (Business) at the 34th annual Wisconsin Main Street Awards and Historic King Drive Business of the Year.

Fine Art senior selected for Tidal Shift Award

Marta Tereziya ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice), a senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), was recognized with a 2025 Tidal Shift award for her oil painting “Global Warning.” The award celebrates young artists who want to solve the climate crisis.