Core Faculty
Robert Arellano
EMDA Professor
MFA, Brown University, 1994;聽BA, Brown University, 1991
Professor Arellano teaches courses in Design, Production, and Writing. 聽A founding director of the EMDA program, Professor Arellano is also a musician and author. His literary production includes pioneering work in electronic publishing, graphic-novel editions, and five other novels.
Office: Art Building 111
Phone: 541.552.8146
E-Mail: arellanor@sou.edu
David Bithell
Professor, Program Chair
PhD, University of California, Berkeley; BA, University of California, San Diego
Professor Bithell teaches courses in interdisciplinary arts and technology, including digital audio and music composition, robotic art, and programming for artists. As an interdisciplinary composer, artist, and performer exploring the connections between visual art, music, theater, and performance, Bithell utilizes new technologies and real-time interactive environments to bring the precision and structure of contemporary music and audio practices together with an understanding of performance, narrative, and humor drawn from recent theater, live cinema, and performance art. His works have been presented at major venues in the United States, Europe, and Asia and been supported by grants and commissions from Meet the Composer Commissioning Music / USA, the American Composer始s Forum, the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, and the President’s Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Fund at SOU.
Office: Art Building 109
Phone: 541.552.7033
E-Mail: bithelld@sou.edu
Miles Inada
EMDA Professor
MFA, University of Cincinnati, 1996;聽BFA, University of Oregon, 1993; BA, Yale University, 1988
Professor Inada teaches courses in 2D and 3D animation, comics and picture books, and digital design at 麻豆传媒女神. His animated work has won awards at the Atlanta Film Festival, Riverrun International Film Festival, Berkeley Video Festival, Rochester International Film Festival, and Film Fest New Haven, and has been seen at the Tribeca Film Festival, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and Ausstellungsraum Klingetal in Basel Switzerland, among other venues.
Office: Art Building 107
Phone: 541.552.6058
E-Mail: minada@sou.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Erika Leppmann
Professor
MFA, University of New Mexico; BFA, University of Oregon
Professor Leppmann teaches courses in photography, video, and installation.聽 Her photo-based work and installations address ideas of place, identity and the mutable discipline of photography. 聽Leppmann’s聽work has been shown in numerous one-person and group exhibitions in the United States and Mexico.聽 She聽has been awarded Individual Artist聽Fellowships聽from the Ohio Arts Council, Indiana Arts Commission, and the N.E.A./Arts Midwest; and exhibition support from the Minnesota State Arts Board.聽聽Professor Leppmann worked in Iceland with support from a Senior Scholar Award from the Fulbright Program and the American-Scandinavian Foundation. She has completed Artist Residencies at The McDowell Colony, the Bemis Foundation, Albion College and The Ohio State University.
Office:聽Art Building 117
Phone: 541.552.6565
E-Mail: leppmane@sou.edu
Sean O鈥橲kea
Professor 鈥 Scenic Design
MFA, Scenic Design, University of Portland; Masters, Historic Preservation, Ball State University; BA, Theatre, University of Portland
Sean is the author of 鈥淧ainting for Performance鈥 Focal Press; he is a frequent contributor to Dramatics and Teaching Theatre magazine. He is also a Freelance Designer with 3rd Rail Rep and Broadway Rose Musical Theatre Company.
Office:聽THTR 215
Phone: 541.552.6688
E-Mail: oskeas@sou.edu
Erik Palmer
Associate Professor 鈥 Program Coordinator of Social Media & Journalism
Erik Palmer teaches social media and visual communication. His latest research explores the impact of social photography on the practice of professional media photography.
Office:聽Britt 242
Phone: 541.552.6880
E-Mail: palmere@sou.edu
Precious Yamaguchi
Associate Professor
Precious Yamaguchi teaches intercultural communication and new media, with a special emphasis on videogame production and culture. Her book on the Japanese American internment was published in 2014.
Office:聽Britt 256
Phone: 541.552.6241
E-Mail: yamaguchp@sou.edu
Staff
Sage TeBeest
Creative Arts Program Specialist
BA, Web Development & Graphic Design, DeVry University
Sage has a BA in Information Technology with an emphasis in web development and graphic design. She worked for CivicPlus developing state, county, and local government websites across the United States, Canada and Australia. Her previous position was in the Department of Agriculture at Kansas State University as the web and communications manager.
Office: Art Building, 117
Phone: 541.552.6387
E-Mail: tebeests@sou.edu
Contact the EMDA Program
Emerging Media/Digital Arts
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6387
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