Russell Chun
Editor In Chief at self
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRussell Chun is an experienced educator and visual communication scholar with 12+ years shaping multimedia storytelling, data visualization, and information design at Hofstra University and other top journalism schools. As Editor in Chief of Visual Communication Quarterly and associate editor for the journal, he blends rigorous peer-reviewed scholarship with practical criticism and creative work across visual communication. His background as a multimedia developer and author—responsible for major instructional series and interactive projects—gives him rare hands-on expertise in instructional design, art direction, and tool-driven storytelling. Trained as a medical and biological illustrator at Johns Hopkins, he brings a disciplined, scientific eye to visualizing complex data and concepts for both classroom and professional audiences. Based in New York, he frequently advises curriculum development in data science and has a long record of building interdisciplinary programs that bridge journalism, design, and technology.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Medical and Biological Illustration, M.A., Medical and Biological Illustration at The Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineB.S., Biology, B.S., Biology at University of MichiganPunahouIllustration and Communication Design, Illustration and Communication Design at Otis College of Art and Design
Github Skills (1)
data-visualization5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
russellchun/russellchun.github.io
Mar 2015 - Nov 2025
Contributions:399 pushes, 1 comment, 2 issues in 10 years 10 months
russellchun/macaulaydataviz
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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