Summary
Jon Fahnestock is an accomplished design educator and administrator with over a decade of leadership at Maryville University, where he serves as Associate Dean and directs the Graphic, Interactive, and Digital Media BFA programs. He combines academic rigor—an MFA in Computer Graphics Design—with deep industry experience as a designer, art director, and eLearning developer, and continues to teach courses in UI, usability, web and interactive application design. Jon has led curricular innovation, accreditation efforts, and program building while maintaining an active creative practice, often consulting on design and interactive projects. Known for bridging theory and practice, he emphasizes the aesthetic, technical, and pedagogical dimensions of interactive media and frequently translates classroom experimentation into real-world applications.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.F.A., Computer Graphics Design, M.F.A., Computer Graphics Design at Rochester Institute of Technology
B.F.A., Graphic Design, B.F.A., Graphic Design at Westminster College (MO)