Faculty & Staff
Administration
Reb Braddock
Dean
Andrew Syder, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean
Tony Ciarlariello
Associate Dean, MFA Programs
Thomas Gast
Associate Dean, BFA Programs
Lisa Tripp, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Student Success
Sabrina M. Reisinger
Assistant Dean, Torchlight Studios
Robyn Gast
Head of Student Well-Being & Resilience
Paige Roberts
Head of Admissions & Student Life
Mary Correia
Head of Advising & Academic Support
Janelle Streets
Director of Development
Meryl Warren
Co-Director of Alumni
Brenda Mills
Co-Director of Alumni
Faculty
Kyle Arrington
Adjunct Faculty, Screenwriting
Julianna Baggott
Associate Professor, Screenwriting
Reb Braddock
Director in Residence
Dustin Cawood
Sound Designer in Residence
Tony Ciarlariello
Filmmaker in Residence, Producing
EmilyFaye Cobb
Head of Set Operations
Paul Cohen
Filmmaker in Residence
Jake Criser
Adjunct Faculty
Stacey Dunten
3D Artist in Residence
Geaux Francois
Screenwriter in Residence
Thomas Gast
Filmmaker in Residence, Post-Production
Darren Hoffman
Entrepreneur in Residence
Ron Honn
Filmmaker in Residence, Visual Effects
Yalan Hu
Adjunct Faculty, Torchlight Studios
Jed Kaleko
Filmmaker in Residence
Tiffany Kilgore
Courtesy Faculty, Torchlight Studios
Laura Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Cinema and Media Studies
Greg Marcks
Director in Residence
Jason Maurer
Head of Animation
Antonio Méndez Esparza
Director in Residence
Vicky Meyer
Filmmaker in Residence, Screenwriting
Frank Patterson
Dean Emeritus
Adele Plauché
Production Designer in Residence
George Reasner
Cinematographer in Residence
Ken Robkin
Animator in Residence
Jessica Schilling
Editor in Residence
Matthew Schmidli
Actor in Residence
Valerie Scoon
Producer in Residence
Keith Slade
Cinematographer in Residence
Dan Smith
Adjunct Faculty, Sound
Alessandro Soares, ACE
Editor in Residence
Erika Stone
Actor in Residence
Jonathan Stone
Head of Visual Effects
Andrew Syder, Ph.D.
Filmmaking and Cinema Studies
Smit Vrajlal Tarpara
Virtual Production Specialist
Tom Thurman
Visiting Faculty, Torchlight
Lisa Tripp, Ph.D.
Digital Media and Learning
Ian Edward Weir
Post-Production Specialist
David Wiley
Filmmaker in Residence
Pete Winter
Filmmaker in Residence, Sound
Staff
Mary Correia
Head of Advising & Academic Support
Keara Davis
Cultural Arts Specialist
Patrick DeClemente
IT Support Specialist
Ryn Ford
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Robyn Gast
Head of Student Well-Being & Resilience
Phillip Jackson
Chief Production Engineer
Victoria Makris
Financial Specialist
Brad McGrath
IT Manager
Brenda Mills
Co-Director of Alumni
Paige Roberts
Head of Admissions & Student Life
Vyky Saiz
VFX & Animation Production Manager
Elena Steinbach
Marketing and Social Media
Janelle Streets
Director of Development
John Walker
Assistant Equipment Room Manager
Meryl Warren
Co-Director of Alumni
Clyde Woodbury
Assistant Director, Budget & Financial Services