Contacts and Resources

At RISD you will find many resources for furthering your research, studio practice and overall grad student experience. Find key resources below, including contact information for your graduate program director (GPD), your primary program point of contact throughout your degree program.

Graduate program directors

Graduate program directors serve as your primary point of contact for your degree program. Find your GPD below and feel free to reach out to them with any program-specific questions. 

For general inquiries about admission or enrollment, email Admissions. 

Architecture: Debbie Chen

Bayard Ewing Building
dchen09@risd.edu 

Ceramics: Lesley Baker

Metcalf Building
lbaker@risd.edu

Design Engineering: Charlie Cannon

CIT Building/Mason Building
ccannon@risd.edu

Digital + Media: Shona Kitchen

CIT Building/Mason Building
skitchen@risd.edu

Furniture Design: Patty Johnson

20 Washington Place
pjohns01@risd.edu

Glass: Sean Salstrom

Metcalf Building
ssalst01@risd.edu 

Global Arts and Cultures: Leora Maltz-Leca

College Building
lmaltzle@risd.edu

Graphic Design: Bethany Johns

CIT/Mason Building
bjohns@risd.edu

Illustration: Susan Doyle

Illustration Studies Building
sdoyle@risd.edu

Industrial Design: Ayako Takase

CIT Building/Mason Building
atakase@risd.edu

Interior Architecture, Exhibition and Narrative Environments: Eduardo Duarte

CIT Building/Mason Building
eduarte@risd.edu

Interior Architecture, Adaptive Reuse: Can Altay

CIT Building/Mason Building
caltay@risd.edu 

Jewelry + Metalsmithing: Seth Papac

Metcalf Building
spapac@risd.edu

Landscape Architecture: Suzanne Mathew

159 Weybosset Street
smathew@risd.edu

Painting: Jackie Gendel

Memorial Hall
jgendel@risd.edu

Photography: Laine Rettmer

Design Center
lrettmer@risd.edu

Printmaking: Tyanna Buie

Benson Hall
tbuie@risd.edu

Sculpture: Taylor Baldwin

Metcalf Building
tbaldwin@risd.edu

Teaching + Learning in Art + Design: Shana Cinquemani

345 South Main Street
Shana Cinquemani scinquem@risd.edu 

Textiles: Mary Anne Friel

College Building
Mary Anne Friel mfriel@risd.edu

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Graduate Studies serves as an information hub for students, faculty and staff concerning all aspects of the graduate student experience at RISD.

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Financing your education

We provide many types of graduate aid to help qualified students seek, obtain and make the best use of all resources available to meet the cost of the extraordinary education offered here.

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Incoming International Students

Learn what steps you need to complete if you are an incoming international student before relocating to Rhode Island and beginning at RISD.