Before pursuing a career in photography, Janet Pritchard worked as an outdoor education instructor and spent her youth traveling between the Northeast and Rocky Mountain West. These early experiences led to an awareness of regional differences within the US, and she describes herself as geographically bilingual. Her methodology, described as historical empathy, relies on history, material culture, and ecology to guide her depictions of landscapes as expressions of time and place, situating landscape photography at the intersection of nature and culture.  In her current project, The Wild Heart of New England: The Connecticut River & Watershed, she photographs the riverscapes as a ... read more

Before pursuing a career in photography, Janet Pritchard worked as an outdoor education instructor and spent her youth traveling between the Northeast and Rocky Mountain West. These early experiences led to an awareness of regional differences within the US, and she describes herself as geographically bilingual. Her methodology, described as historical empathy, relies on history, material culture, and ecology to guide her depictions of landscapes as expressions of time and place, situating landscape photography at the intersection of nature and culture. 

In her current project, The Wild Heart of New England: The Connecticut River & Watershed, she photographs the riverscapes as a complex interconnected system. She relies on history and science for greater understanding. Her book More than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love Story, which views the world's first national park through the lenses of nature, culture, and history, is due in October from George F. Thompson Publishing. 

Honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship; Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist Fellowships; American Antiquarian Society Jay and Deborah Last Fellowships; National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar, Smith Center for Cartography, Newberry Library; Artist-in-Residencies at Ucross Foundation, Jentel Foundation, Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, Millay Foundation, and the Vindolanda Trust; UConn awards include Research Excellence Program, School of Fine Arts Research Grant, and a Humanities Institute Fellowship. Her exhibition venues include Philadelphia Museum of Art; RISD Museum, Providence; Fruitlands and New Bedford Art Museums, Massachusetts; Fraction Magazine; FlakPhoto; Lenscratch; International Center for Photography, New York; Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago; Photographic Resource Center, Boston; and the SPE sponsored National Trust for Historic Preservation traveling exhibition America's Uncommon Places.

Pritchard is a Professor, Area Coordinator, Graduate Advisor in Photography, and an Affiliated Faculty Member of the Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering and the Institute of the Environment at the University of Connecticut. She has taught in various visiting and contingent capacities at Tyler School of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Colorado (Boulder & Denver), and the University of New Mexico. Pritchard received her BA in art history, classics, and philosophy from the University of Colorado and her MA and MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico.

Louis Chavez is an artist, curator, and educator based in Rochester, New York. Their creative and research interests include queer activism and art practices, conceptual modes in photography, experimental cinema, and artist's books. Chavez was a selected participant in the 2024 Impromptu Photobook Workshop, hosted by the independent photography publisher Void, and was a 2023 Project Space artist-in-residence at Visual Studies Workshop. They were also a graduate presenter at the Society for Photographic Education's national conference in 2023, where they spoke about their thesis project, New Intimacies, which is a photographic study of gay cruising culture. Their photographic work has ... read more

Louis Chavez is an artist, curator, and educator based in Rochester, New York. Their creative and research interests include queer activism and art practices, conceptual modes in photography, experimental cinema, and artist's books. Chavez was a selected participant in the 2024 Impromptu Photobook Workshop, hosted by the independent photography publisher Void, and was a 2023 Project Space artist-in-residence at Visual Studies Workshop. They were also a graduate presenter at the Society for Photographic Education's national conference in 2023, where they spoke about their thesis project, New Intimacies, which is a photographic study of gay cruising culture. Their photographic work has been included in exhibitions at Light Work (Syracuse), Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (China), PeepSpace (Tarrytown), Le Petit Versailles (New York City), Culture Lab LIC (New York City), the Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester, and the Torpedo Factory Arts Center (Alexandria). In addition to their visual arts practice, Chavez is a Curatorial Associate in the Department of Photography at the George Eastman Museum. Prior to joining the Eastman Museum, they taught beginner photography courses at Monroe Community College and the Rochester Institute of Technology and worked as a Studio Assistant for artists Jack Waters and Peter Cramer and photographer Joshua Rashaad McFadden. Chavez holds an M.F.A. in Photography and Related Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.S. from SUNY Brockport.

Brett Kallusky was born in 1975 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Since 2007, he has taught photography full-time while maintaining an active photographic studio practice. He is an associate professor of art and chair of the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Kallusky has been a Fulbright Fellow to Italy, received three Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants and numerous Faculty Professional Development and Research Grants from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is a two-time finalist for the McKnight Fellowship for Photography and Visual Arts. His book Landfill: Elegy ... read more

Brett Kallusky was born in 1975 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Since 2007, he has taught photography full-time while maintaining an active photographic studio practice. He is an associate professor of art and chair of the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Kallusky has been a Fulbright Fellow to Italy, received three Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants and numerous Faculty Professional Development and Research Grants from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is a two-time finalist for the McKnight Fellowship for Photography and Visual Arts. His book Landfill: Elegy for the Santa Maria Valley was published in 2022 by George Thompson Publishing. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his daughter, a dog, two cats, and a chinchilla.

Leah Gose is a photographic artist and educator. She is an Associate Professor and Dean of the Fain College of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. She holds a B.A. in Photography from the University of Colorado and an M.F.A. in Photography from Texas Woman's University. Her work seeks to challenge the viewers relationship to their own perception, and ask questions of the reliability of memory. Her work has been exhibited in various venues both nationally and internationally. ... read more

Leah Gose is a photographic artist and educator. She is an Associate Professor and Dean of the Fain College of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. She holds a B.A. in Photography from the University of Colorado and an M.F.A. in Photography from Texas Woman's University. Her work seeks to challenge the viewers relationship to their own perception, and ask questions of the reliability of memory. Her work has been exhibited in various venues both nationally and internationally.

Tom P. Ashe is a photographer, educator, consultant, author, and the chair of the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography program at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, where he has been teaching photography, color management, and digital printmaking for twenty-two years. Tom has been working in photography and education for over thirty-five years, including positions with Polaroid and Eastman Kodak. He received his BS in Imaging and Photographic Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology and his Master of Applied Science in Photography from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His consulting clients have included ... read more

Tom P. Ashe is a photographer, educator, consultant, author, and the chair of the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Digital Photography program at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, where he has been teaching photography, color management, and digital printmaking for twenty-two years. Tom has been working in photography and education for over thirty-five years, including positions with Polaroid and Eastman Kodak. He received his BS in Imaging and Photographic Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology and his Master of Applied Science in Photography from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His consulting clients have included X-Rite, The MAC Group, AdoramaPix (Printique), and the photographers Arnold Newman and Andrew Eccles. He has been a guest lecturer at MIT, Yale University, Northeastern University, and for the Association of International Photographic Arts Dealers. Tom has written articles for Photo District News, Popular Photography, and in 2014 Focal Press released his book Color Management & Quality Output. His personal photography and research explore family history, immigration, and LGBTQ pride. He lives in the Lower East Side with his husband, Aaron. 

Granville Carroll (b. 1992) is a visual artist and photographer examining metaphysical spirituality. His work unravels the multifaceted dimensions of reality, asking us to ponder what exists beyond the physical. He explores the boundless potential of the imagination, drawing inspiration from science, science fiction, poetry, philosophy, and Afrofuturism. Carroll earned a BFA in photography from Arizona State University and an MFA in photography and related media from Rochester Institute of Technology. Carroll is an Assistant Teaching Professor teaching in the online Digital Photography program at Arizona State University. He was awarded a NYFA/NYSCA grant in 2022 resulting in receiving the ... read more

Granville Carroll (b. 1992) is a visual artist and photographer examining metaphysical spirituality. His work unravels the multifaceted dimensions of reality, asking us to ponder what exists beyond the physical. He explores the boundless potential of the imagination, drawing inspiration from science, science fiction, poetry, philosophy, and Afrofuturism. Carroll earned a BFA in photography from Arizona State University and an MFA in photography and related media from Rochester Institute of Technology. Carroll is an Assistant Teaching Professor teaching in the online Digital Photography program at Arizona State University. He was awarded a NYFA/NYSCA grant in 2022 resulting in receiving the NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in Photography and a Joy of Giving Something Fellowship in Photography. He also was awarded a project support grant from the Center for Photographic Arts in 2023, named Top 50 in Photolucida's Critical Mass 2022, and was included in the inaugural Silver List in 2021. His work has been published on various online platforms and in print media such as Humble Arts Foundation, Black Is Magazine, Brink Literary, Kris Graves Projects, RIT Press, Lenscratch, Float Photo, Light and Lens: Thinking About Photography in the Digital Age (Robert Hirsch and Edward Bateman), Seizing the Light: A Social and Aesthetic History of Photography (Robert Hirsch), and There's Light: Artworks & Conversations Examining Black Masculinity, Identity & Mental Well-Being (Glenn Lutz).

Skott Chandler is a photographic artist and Associate Professor at Black Hills State Univeristy in Spearfish, South Dakota. His work expolores experimental film and digital processes, inspired by how photographs can mislead and misrepresent based on the creator's choices. Skott's imagery delves into perceptions of truth, human relationships with time and space, and themes of fear, night, the unseen, and the unkown.  ... read more

Skott Chandler is a photographic artist and Associate Professor at Black Hills State Univeristy in Spearfish, South Dakota. His work expolores experimental film and digital processes, inspired by how photographs can mislead and misrepresent based on the creator's choices. Skott's imagery delves into perceptions of truth, human relationships with time and space, and themes of fear, night, the unseen, and the unkown. 

I am an artist based in Phoenix, and my work includes exploration of identity and my Diné culture using various mediums. As a native woman, I believe it is important to make work that is an authentic representation of native people and to emphasize the diversity of native people and cultures. For me, culture and tradition are intertwined. Growing up, I was surrounded by a large extended family and it was instilled in me, at a very young age, that I should remember who I am and where I come from. I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation (Diné), ... read more

I am an artist based in Phoenix, and my work includes exploration of identity and my Diné culture using various mediums. As a native woman, I believe it is important to make work that is an authentic representation of native people and to emphasize the diversity of native people and cultures. For me, culture and tradition are intertwined. Growing up, I was surrounded by a large extended family and it was instilled in me, at a very young age, that I should remember who I am and where I come from.

I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation (Diné), born to the Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle people) and for the Kinyaa'áanii (Towering House people). In May 2018, I received my MFA in Photography from ASU's Herberger's School of Art. Prior to attending ASU, I spent over twenty years working for Native American organizations and tribal governments. I received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.

One of my photographs was selected for the exhibition, "Many Lives, One Community", by the Museum of Arizona Artists and is currently displayed at the Arizona Capitol Museum from March 31 to August 22, 2025. In addition, my work was part of the exhibition, IMPRINT: Native American Stories at the Art HQ Gallery from May 16 through June 19, 2025. My work was selected by Curator Engine, for a year-long exhibition at the ASU Graduate College beginning in September 2018 through September 2019 and my work was part of the 2018 Inaugural Galbut Exhibition sponsored by Martin and Cynthia Galbut at the Harry Wood Art gallery. In 2017, in collaboration with Creative Push, the video, "Our Creation Stories, The Changing History, Culture, and Traditions of Birth," was selected as part of the mother's day series and shown at the Heard Museum. This video was also selected for the ASU Art Museum exhibition, "Notes on Motherhood". This short video featured five Native women from across the Southwest who shared their stories of the changing history, culture, and traditions of birth beginning September 2024 through January 2025,

In 2016, I traveled to Mongolia as the recipient of the Nathan Cummings Travel Award, to experience first-hand the traditional and contemporary lifestyles of the people of Mongolia.

Arthur Fields is a multi-disciplianary artist and educator based in North Texas.  Arthur completed his MFA in Photography at Texas Womans University in Denton, Texas. He earned his BFA in Digital Imaging at Washington University in St. Louis.  Arthur is currently Associate Professor of Art at Dallas College where he teaches courses in photography, digital imaging and design. While his artistic research is based on self-representation and social-media, he is currently focusing on his love for abstraction and the portrait. His works have been included in exhibitions at venues throughout the country including: The University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN), Box13 ArtSpace (Houston, TX), Weitman Gallery (St. Louis, MO), ... read more

Arthur Fields is a multi-disciplianary artist and educator based in North Texas.  Arthur completed his MFA in Photography at Texas Womans University in Denton, Texas. He earned his BFA in Digital Imaging at Washington University in St. Louis.  Arthur is currently Associate Professor of Art at Dallas College where he teaches courses in photography, digital imaging and design. While his artistic research is based on self-representation and social-media, he is currently focusing on his love for abstraction and the portrait. His works have been included in exhibitions at venues throughout the country including: The University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN), Box13 ArtSpace (Houston, TX), Weitman Gallery (St. Louis, MO), PhotoPlace Gallery (Middlebury, VT), and the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA).

Meggan Gould is a photographer living and working in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is a Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied anthropology, the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies, where she studied non-fiction writing, and Speos (Paris Photographic Institute), where she finally began her studies in photography. She received an MFA from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, and taught at Kutztown University and Bowdoin College before coming to UNM. Her photographs have been featured in solo ... read more

Meggan Gould is a photographer living and working in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is a Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied anthropology, the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies, where she studied non-fiction writing, and Speos (Paris Photographic Institute), where she finally began her studies in photography. She received an MFA from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, and taught at Kutztown University and Bowdoin College before coming to UNM. Her photographs have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. She was a resident at LightWork in 2009, and her photographs are in public collections including the DeCordova Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Preus Museum in Oslo, Norway. She is a 2022 recipient of the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowship. Her multifaceted practice is an open-ended dissection of vision and photo geekery, a celebration of places where technology fails us, or where we fail technology. 

Meg Griffiths is an artist, educator, and the Co-Founder of A Yellow Rose Project. Thevwide arc of her work grapples with the various modes of domestic, cultural, and political engagement that structure female experience in the United States. Her inquiries are driven by a desire to capture, develop and share a closer understanding of (self-identifying) female subjects. Each project she creates, whether individual or collaborative, focused on the personal or the collective, are at heart about the intrinsic connection between self and other, between interiority and positionality, as much as kinship and community. Her work has traveled nationally as well ... read more

Meg Griffiths is an artist, educator, and the Co-Founder of A Yellow Rose Project. Thevwide arc of her work grapples with the various modes of domestic, cultural, and political engagement that structure female experience in the United States. Her inquiries are driven by a desire to capture, develop and share a closer understanding of (self-identifying) female subjects. Each project she creates, whether individual or collaborative, focused on the personal or the collective, are at heart about the intrinsic connection between self and other, between interiority and positionality, as much as kinship and community. Her work has traveled nationally as well as internationally and is placed in collections such as Center for Creative Photography, Capital One, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Her book projects, both monographs and collaborative projects, have been acquired by various institutions around the country such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Library, Duke University Library, Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Research Institute to name a few. She currently lives in Denton, Texas where she is an Associate Professor of Photography and the Graduate Admissions Coordinator in the Visual Arts Division at Texas Woman's University.

Erin Jennings is a Memphis based photographer, filmmaker and educator working in lens-based mediums. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production, a Master of Arts in Political Science (Politics in Film), and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from The University of Memphis. Her photographic work emphasizes and examines representation and the politics of viewing. Jennings' work is exhibited internationally, with a recent feature in The Opera Magazine for Classic and Contemporary Nude Photography. Her scholarly research and publication explores contemporary photographic practice, the state of higher education and resulting labor policies. Jennings has been in a ... read more

Erin Jennings is a Memphis based photographer, filmmaker and educator working in lens-based mediums. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production, a Master of Arts in Political Science (Politics in Film), and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from The University of Memphis. Her photographic work emphasizes and examines representation and the politics of viewing. Jennings' work is exhibited internationally, with a recent feature in The Opera Magazine for Classic and Contemporary Nude Photography. Her scholarly research and publication explores contemporary photographic practice, the state of higher education and resulting labor policies. Jennings has been in a complicated relationship with academia since 2011 and is the founder and co-chair of SPE's Contingent Faculty Caucus. She has been a member of SPE since 2013 and has served on the 2016 South Central Conference Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee (2024 – 2028) and the 2025 National Conference Committee. She currently teaches film history at the University of Memphis and works in non-profit engagement and outreach. 

Ann Kaplan is an educator, an artist who both practices and writes about photography, and a cultural worker with over twenty years of experience working with non-profit organizations in arts and education like SPE to meet their goals. Currently an associate professor at Appalachian State University in the mountains of western North Carolina, Kaplan previously served as visiting assistant professor at Elon University and Philippines Women's University in Manila, Philippines. Her photographic work and teaching consider issues of difference, privilege, and the potential of rights for humans and other beings. She teaches classes such as Photography as Social Critique, serves ... read more

Ann Kaplan is an educator, an artist who both practices and writes about photography, and a cultural worker with over twenty years of experience working with non-profit organizations in arts and education like SPE to meet their goals. Currently an associate professor at Appalachian State University in the mountains of western North Carolina, Kaplan previously served as visiting assistant professor at Elon University and Philippines Women's University in Manila, Philippines. Her photographic work and teaching consider issues of difference, privilege, and the potential of rights for humans and other beings. She teaches classes such as Photography as Social Critique, serves as faculty affiliate with Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Global Studies, and the Graduate Faculty, and is the founder of a new program in Creative Engagement & Social Change. She is in the final throes of a PhD from the European Graduate School and holds an MFA from Clemson University, an MA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a BA from the University of Mary Washington, and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke University.

Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is a photographer and book artist based in Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an Assistant Professor in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and teaches for the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences. He also owns Booksmart Studio, a fine art digital printing studio that specializes in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis. Eric also serves as a board member for CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, ... read more

Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is a photographer and book artist based in Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an Assistant Professor in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and teaches for the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences. He also owns Booksmart Studio, a fine art digital printing studio that specializes in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis. Eric also serves as a board member for CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. 

Eric holds an MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, as well as a BS in Biomedical Photography and a BFA in Fine Art Photography, all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He currently owns Booksmart Studio, a fine art digital printing studio specializing in various techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis.

Eric is a recipient of the 2025 CENTER Santa Fe's Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award, 2025 Center for Photographic Art Grant Recipient- Juror's Choice, and 2024 JGS Fellowship for Photography Recipient from The New York Foundation for the Arts. His work has been exhibited in over 40 solo exhibitions and over 250 group exhibitions. He was a 2022 nominee for Prix Pictet- Humans; named one of 10 B&W photographers to watch of 2018 by BWGallerist; B&W Best Photographers of the Year 2019 by Dodho Magazine; won the Association of Photography (UK) Gold Award for Open Series in 2019; Finalist, Top 200 Critical Mass 2019, 2020, 2021; Top 15 Photographers for the Rust Belt Biennial; and LensCulture's New Visions Award 2025, Critics' Choice 2022 and B&W Jurors' Pick 2021. His Project Felicific Calculus was also awarded a Warhol Foundation Grant through CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY.

Andy Mattern is a visual artist workin in the expanded field of photography. His photographs and installations dissect the medium itself, reconfiguring expectations of photography's basic ingredients and conventions. His work is help in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the New Mexico Museum of Modern Art, and the Musuem of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. Currently, he serves as Associate Professor of Photography at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He holds a MFA in photography from the University of Minnesota and a BFA in studio art from the University of New Mexico.  ... read more

Andy Mattern is a visual artist workin in the expanded field of photography. His photographs and installations dissect the medium itself, reconfiguring expectations of photography's basic ingredients and conventions. His work is help in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the New Mexico Museum of Modern Art, and the Musuem of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. Currently, he serves as Associate Professor of Photography at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He holds a MFA in photography from the University of Minnesota and a BFA in studio art from the University of New Mexico. 

Christopher Schneberger (born 1970) is a Chicago-based photographer, educator, and curator. He received his BFA in Creative Photography from the University of Florida and received his MFA in Photography at Indiana University.  Exhibitions include: Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles; Dorsky Projects in New York City; Geocarto International in Hong Kong; Blank Wall Gallery in Athens; and a recent solo exhibition at the Yang Family Gallery of Indiana State University. His work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia; and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum in Evanston, ... read more

Christopher Schneberger (born 1970) is a Chicago-based photographer, educator, and curator. He received his BFA in Creative Photography from the University of Florida and received his MFA in Photography at Indiana University.  Exhibitions include: Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles; Dorsky Projects in New York City; Geocarto International in Hong Kong; Blank Wall Gallery in Athens; and a recent solo exhibition at the Yang Family Gallery of Indiana State University. His work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia; and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum in Evanston, Illinois. He is Assistant Professor of photography and Director of the Shircliff Gallery of Art at Vincennes University. He has taught previously at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago.  He has curated numerous exhibitions of photography at the Shircliff Gallery of Art, the Giertz Gallery, and Perspective Gallery, including Heirloom, Bending the Truth, Realms, This Particular Patch, Re:Place, Diminution of Light, and Relative Distance. He has been a presenter at the Society for Photographic Education's National conferences in 2024 and 2025, and at Midwest and Southeast chapter conferences. He has been a visiting artist at Iowa State University, Indiana University, Kendall College of Art, and Western Michigan University.

Sarah Phyllis Smith is a photographer and educator based in Utica, NY. She is Chair of Fine Arts and Photography and Associate Professor of Photography at Pratt Munson College of Art & Design, where she previously served as Interim Co-Dean and Acting Chair of Academic Affairs. In these roles, she has shaped curriculum, faculty mentorship, and student programming while fostering innovative pedagogical initiatives across multiple disciplines. Her photographic work investigates the liminal spaces between identity, memory, and genetic connection, exploring how personal history and kinship unfold through tangible and performative encounters with the self and others. Solo exhibitions include Respite at ... read more

Sarah Phyllis Smith is a photographer and educator based in Utica, NY. She is Chair of Fine Arts and Photography and Associate Professor of Photography at Pratt Munson College of Art & Design, where she previously served as Interim Co-Dean and Acting Chair of Academic Affairs. In these roles, she has shaped curriculum, faculty mentorship, and student programming while fostering innovative pedagogical initiatives across multiple disciplines.

Her photographic work investigates the liminal spaces between identity, memory, and genetic connection, exploring how personal history and kinship unfold through tangible and performative encounters with the self and others. Solo exhibitions include Respite at Whitespec (Atlanta, GA) and Where the Great Lakes Leap to the Sea at The Shed Space (Brooklyn, NY), with upcoming work in New Haven, CT. She has also exhibited at Perspectives Gallery at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Ground Floor Gallery (Nashville), Whitespace Gallery (Atlanta), Roman Susan Gallery (Chicago), Wedge Projects (Chicago), and Space 204 at Vanderbilt University (Nashville).

Her work has been featured in Musée Magazine, Silver Eye Center for Photography, From Here On Out, Don't Take Pictures Magazine, Lenscratch, Light Leaked, Vulgaris Magazine, and Incandescent Magazine, and appeared on the cover of the Iranian literary magazine Dastan. She is the founder of Study Hall, a contemporary photography gallery and pedagogical project at Pratt Munson, and has presented nationally, including the workshop "Hybridization of New and Old Technologies Through Handmade Films" at Tasmeem 2022: Radical Futures, VCUQatar in Doha, Qatar, highlighting her commitment to integrating creative practice with teaching and community engagement.

Eric Sung is a photographer and cultural worker.  His innovative and creative vision has materialized multiple interdisciplinary ideas into action with a diverse group of stakeholders. Sung's experiential scholarship and companion works have appeared internationally in peer-reviewed and juried conferences and venues, including the Society for Photographic Education (SPE), International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), Imagining America (IA), International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement International Conference (IARSLCE), and Global University Network for Innovation International Conference (GUNI).     Sung's artworks have been showcased in internationally renowned exhibition venues and public spaces.  His art, research, and community empowerment projects were supported by the National Endowment ... read more

Eric Sung is a photographer and cultural worker.  His innovative and creative vision has materialized multiple interdisciplinary ideas into action with a diverse group of stakeholders. Sung's experiential scholarship and companion works have appeared internationally in peer-reviewed and juried conferences and venues, including the Society for Photographic Education (SPE), International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), Imagining America (IA), International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement International Conference (IARSLCE), and Global University Network for Innovation International Conference (GUNI).  

Sung's artworks have been showcased in internationally renowned exhibition venues and public spaces.  His art, research, and community empowerment projects were supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH), Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism (ACT), Sponsored Project and Research Interdisciplinary Grant (SPaRC), and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA).

Sung is a Professor at Providence College and was appointed as the founding director of a cutting-edge program in Business and Innovation in 2018.  Currently, he is a member of the WARP Collective Artists Group and serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Photographic Education.  

DM Witman is a transdisciplinary artist working with photographic media, video, and installation. Her work explores climate disruption and the effects on human and more-than-human species.  She is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she serves as the Chair of the Graduate Program and Photography. She received an MFA from Maine Media College and a BS in Environmental Science from Kutztown University. She shares her time between the banks of the St. George River in Maine and the Borderlands of South Texas. Her work has been exhibited extensively, and she is the recipient of grants from ... read more

DM Witman is a transdisciplinary artist working with photographic media, video, and installation. Her work explores climate disruption and the effects on human and more-than-human species.  She is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she serves as the Chair of the Graduate Program and Photography. She received an MFA from Maine Media College and a BS in Environmental Science from Kutztown University. She shares her time between the banks of the St. George River in Maine and the Borderlands of South Texas. Her work has been exhibited extensively, and she is the recipient of grants from Maine Arts Commission, The John Anson Kittredge Fund, and The Kindling Fund (a re-grantor for The Warhol Foundation).  Interviews and publications include The Guardian, BBC Culture, WIRED, Boston Globe, and Art New England.

Website: https://www.dmwitman.com/

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