List of Savannah College of Art and Design people

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This is a list of Savannah College of Art and Design people of whom have some significant affiliation with the school. Individuals listed may have only attended the university at one point and not necessarily have graduated.

Faculty

Name	Department	Notability	Reference
John Edgar Browning	Liberal Arts	Professor of Liberal Arts, author, editor, and scholar recognized internationally for his nonfiction works about the horror genre and vampires in film, literature, and culture
Jill Bullitt	Visual Art	Professor of Painting, award-winning artist
Stephen Geller	English	Professor of English and Dramatic Writing, author, screenwriter of Slaughterhouse-Five
Tom Hardy	Design Management	Professor of Design Management: award-winning industrial designer, design strategist and former corporate head of the worldwide IBM Design Program	[1] [2] [3] [4]
Suzanne Jackson	Visual Art	Professor of Painting (1996 to 2009), visual artist, gallery owner, poet, dancer, and set designer	[5]
Christopher McDonnell	Fashion	Founder of eponymous British and US fashion label Christopher McDonnell and co-founder of London boutique/brand Marrian-McDonnell; Queen fashion editor	[6] [7]
Michael Nolin	Film & Television	Professor of Screenwriting, screenwriter and producer of Mr. Holland's Opus
Sharon Ott	Performing Arts	Artistic director of Performing Arts department, winner of the 1997 Regional Theatre Tony Award for her work as Artistic Director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre
David E. Stone	Sound Design	Won an Academy Award for the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Best Sound Editing during the 65th Academy Awards

Alumni

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference(s)
Danny!		Recording artist for Questlove's Okayplayer Records and record producer for MTV's Hype Music production library	[8]
Tomas Kalnoky		Lead singer of the ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto, and the musical collective Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution; first lead singer for the band Catch 22
M. Alice LeGrow	2003	Alternative comics artist; creator of the graphic novel series Bizenghast	[9] [10]
Luna Brothers	2001/2003	Comics/graphic novel creators of Ultra, Girls, and The Sword (Image), and artists for Spider-Woman (Marvel)
Heather Doram	1996	Designer of the Antigua & Barbuda national costume	[11]
Dan Hentschel	2018	Comedian and satirical creator	[12]
Meredith Pardue	1998	Abstract painter	[13]
Peg Parnevik		Swedish singer, songwriter, and television personality, known for starring in Parneviks	[14]
Momo Pixel		Video game designer and advertiser	[15]
Residente	MFA	Four-time Grammy Award recipient; singer and founder of the alternative hip hop group Calle 13
Claire Rosen	2006	Photographer; known for her series "Birds of a Feather;" included in Forbes magazine's "30 Brightest Under 30" lists in Art & Design	[16] [17] [18]
Samuel Shaw	2006	Professional wrestler, wrestles in WWE as Dexter Lumis
Daniel Thrasher	2015	YouTuber	[19]
Ingrid Vanderveldt	1993 (Masters /Architecture)	Businesswoman, media personality, and investor	[20]
Jarrett Williams	2006 (BFA), 2010 (MFA)	Comic creator and writer known for his comic Super Pro K.O.!	[21]
Jefferson Wood	1995	Penciler on Big Bang Comics for Image Comics, two-time Pollstar Award winner; Billboard magazine Number 18 best rock poster artist of all time
Charlie Zink	2001	Major League Baseball pitcher	[22]

See also

• List of people from Savannah, Georgia

References

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2. Aldersey-Williams, H., (1992) World Design: Nationalism and Globalism in Design, New York: Rizzoli, pp.155, 170, 172
3. Sakakibara, K., "IBM ThinkPad 700C Notebook Computer Case″, Centre for Design Management - London Business School, 1994, pp.25-9, 30-9, 40
4. Chung, K.; Freeze, K., "Design Strategy at Samsung Electronics: Becoming a Top-Tier Company″, Design Management Institute Case Study - Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008, p.8
5. Felsenthal, Julia (November 19, 2019). "An Artist Who Makes Paintings Without a Canvas". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
6. Adburgham, Alison (November 30, 1971). "Man on the Inside". The Guardian. p. 9.
7. O'Byrne, Robert (2009). Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital. London: Francis Lincoln. p. 48. ISBN   9780711228955.
8. Stoehr, John (January 24, 2007). "Local Student Wins MTV Award". Savannah Morning News.
9. Ong Pang Kean, Benjamin (June 6, 2005). "Checking out Bizenghast With M. Alice LeGrow". Newsarama . Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
10. "About the Author". bizenghast.com. M. Alice LeGrow. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
11. Kras, Sara Louise (2008). Antigua and Barbuda. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN   978-0-7614-2570-0.
12. "Joking Around with Dan Hentschel". SCAD Radio.
13. "Southern Artist Spotlight Series: Meredith Pardue - the English Room". Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
14. "Peg Parnevik". Facebook . Retrieved March 17, 2016.
15. Diehl, Caleb (May 29, 2018). "Artbreaker". OregonBusiness.com. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
16. "Birds of a Feather".
17. "From bees to bison, dinner tables with unusual guests". The Washington Post .
18. "Do Turtles Have Good Table Manners? A Photographer Finds Out". National Geographic Society . April 24, 2018. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018.
19. "SCAD Commencement 2022". Cision (Press release). Retrieved April 12, 2023.
20. Losee, Stephanie (February 27, 2013). "A Conversation With Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell's Entrepreneur-in-Residence". Techpageone.dell.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
21. "Oni Press hires Jarrett Williams". scad.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
22. "Charlie Zink". Baseball Reference.