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Department of Design: professors and courses

Course codes DES, ITD

Who teaches here

Department of Design professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 17
Katherine Canales EvaluationsCVProfessor of practice
DES 160I, DES 260, DES 350, ITD 350
Alexandra Kate Catterall EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
DES 385C
Michael Ray Charles CVProfessor
DES 385D
Jon E Freach EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of practice
DES 301, DES 334C, DES 346
Gray B Garmon EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of practice
DES 307C, DES 374, DES 375, ITD 150, ITD 307C
Tamie Michele Glass EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
DES 194, DES 330T, DES 374, ITD 330T
Carma Ryanne Gorman EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
DES 323, DES 337, DES 384J, DES 386, DES 392
Kelcey C Gray EvaluationsCVAssociate professor of practice
DES 325
DiMitri Higginbotham EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of practice
DES 131, ITD 150, ITD 375, ITD 380
Karol Murlak EvaluationsCVProfessor
DES 385F
Monica Penick EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
DES 307, DES 336, DES 397C, DES 398T
Jose Manuel Perez EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of practice
DES 102D, DES 185M, DES 310T, DES 350
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Department of Design professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 17
Cathryn A Ploehn EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of practice
DES 102E, DES 131, DES 185L, DES 305, DES 306, DES 334C and 3 more
Keila Z Perez Quinones EvaluationsCVAssistant professor of practice
DES 184F, DES 330T, DES 374, DES 375, DES 385T, ITD 330T
Julie SchellAssistant professor of practice
No classes listed this year
Tasheka Arceneaux Sutton EvaluationsCVAssociate professor
DES 374, DES 385K
Vivian YeAssistant professor of practice
No classes listed this year
Lecturers and instructors · 18
Myan Aljets EvaluationsCVLecturer
ITD 301D
Kevin Jeffrey Auer CVLecturer
DES 347
Durell Coleman CVLecturer
ITD 150
Brooke M Davis EvaluationsCVLecturer
DES 305, ITD 102
Martin E DavisLecturer
DES 381
Tracy L Deluca EvaluationsLecturer
DES 690, ITD 101
Arotin HartounianLecturer
DES 294
Carley Law EvaluationsCVLecturer
DES 304, DES 305, DES 321, DES 325, DES 335, DES 340C
Kathryn Marinaro CVLecturer
ITD 150
Joe Meersman CVLecturer
ITD 102, ITD 301D
Jacob Rader EvaluationsCVLecturer
ITD 301D
David S Richard EvaluationsCVLecturer
DES 396, ITD 310T
Elizabeth Tiann Riddell CVLecturer
ITD 130T
Farzana Sedillo CVLecturer
ITD 370
Henry Smith CVLecturer
DES 330T
Sarita Soldz EvaluationsCVLecturer
ITD 150
Shannon Stott CVLecturer
ITD 106
Raven Veal CVLecturer
DES 190
Graduate and other instructors · 5
Jeanette Abbink EvaluationsCV
DES 325
Danielle Begnaud EvaluationsCV
DES 305, DES 310T
Gillian Salerno-Rebic EvaluationsCV
ITD 301D
Ariel del Vecchio EvaluationsCV
DES 304
Wen Vivian Ye EvaluationsCV
DES 326, DES 330T, DES 375, ITD 330T

Who teaches each course

Department of Design: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
DES 102DJose Manuel Perez
DES 102ECathryn A Ploehn
DES 131DiMitri Higginbotham, Cathryn A Ploehn
DES 160IKatherine Canales
DES 184FKeila Z Perez Quinones
DES 185LCathryn A Ploehn
DES 185MJose Manuel Perez
DES 190Raven Veal
DES 194Tamie Michele Glass
DES 260Katherine Canales
DES 294Arotin Hartounian
DES 301Jon E Freach
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Department of Design: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
DES 304Carley Law, Ariel del Vecchio
DES 305Cathryn A Ploehn, Brooke M Davis, Carley Law, Danielle Begnaud
DES 306Cathryn A Ploehn
DES 307Monica Penick
DES 307CGray B Garmon
DES 310TJose Manuel Perez, Danielle Begnaud
DES 321Carley Law
DES 323Carma Ryanne Gorman
DES 325Kelcey C Gray, Carley Law, Jeanette Abbink
DES 326Wen Vivian Ye
DES 330TTamie Michele Glass, Keila Z Perez Quinones, Henry Smith, Wen Vivian Ye
DES 334CJon E Freach, Cathryn A Ploehn
DES 335Carley Law
DES 336Monica Penick
DES 337Carma Ryanne Gorman
DES 340CCarley Law
DES 346Jon E Freach
DES 347Kevin Jeffrey Auer
DES 350Katherine Canales, Jose Manuel Perez
DES 353Cathryn A Ploehn
DES 374Gray B Garmon, Tamie Michele Glass, Keila Z Perez Quinones, Tasheka Arceneaux Sutton
DES 375Gray B Garmon, Keila Z Perez Quinones, Wen Vivian Ye
DES 381Martin E Davis
DES 384JCarma Ryanne Gorman
DES 385CAlexandra Kate Catterall
DES 385DMichael Ray Charles
DES 385FKarol Murlak
DES 385KTasheka Arceneaux Sutton
DES 385TKeila Z Perez Quinones
DES 386Carma Ryanne Gorman
DES 392Carma Ryanne Gorman
DES 396David S Richard
DES 397CMonica Penick
DES 398TMonica Penick
DES 690Tracy L Deluca
ITD 101Tracy L Deluca
ITD 102Brooke M Davis, Joe Meersman
ITD 106Shannon Stott
ITD 130TElizabeth Tiann Riddell
ITD 150Gray B Garmon, DiMitri Higginbotham, Cathryn A Ploehn, Durell Coleman, Kathryn Marinaro, Sarita Soldz
ITD 301DMyan Aljets, Joe Meersman, Jacob Rader, Gillian Salerno-Rebic
ITD 307CGray B Garmon
ITD 310TDavid S Richard
ITD 330TTamie Michele Glass, Cathryn A Ploehn, Keila Z Perez Quinones, Wen Vivian Ye
ITD 350Katherine Canales
ITD 370Farzana Sedillo
ITD 375DiMitri Higginbotham
ITD 380DiMitri Higginbotham
Bachelor’s degrees2 programs
Master’s degrees2 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $69,800
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor’s · Design, Design$54,800$69,800
Design and Applied ArtsMaster’s · Design, Design$64,700—

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Design is part of College of Fine Arts, led by Dean Ramón Rivera-Servera. Its course codes are DES and ITD.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

Colleges, deans, departments and degree programs come from UT’s catalog. Who teaches what comes from UT’s public HB 2504 course information, which lists the instructor of record and a CV for every section.

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