Cheryl Beckett
Associate Professor
Graphic Communication
BFA, MFA, Western Michigan University

Department of Art
Attn: Cheryl Beckett
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713.743.3006

Cheryl Brzezinski-Beckett serves as the Creative Director at Minor Design Group with clients including the Children's Museum of Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Grand Opera, and Cite Magazine. Her work has appeared in Philip Meggs' Type and Image: The Language of Graphic Design, and in Rob Carter's Working With Computer Type and Working With Computer Type 2. Among Profesor Beckett's honors and awards are those given through the American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York; the American Center for Design, Chicago; HOW; and The Type Director's Club of New York. Her work has been selected for the Library of Congress "Posters of Popular and Applied Art Permanent Collection" as well as "Design Excellence: 50 Posters of the 80's," curated by Gordon Salchow. Brzezinski-Beckett has served on the Board of directors of the Texas Chapter of the AIGA.

Beckham Dossett
Assistant Professor
713.743.3006

Sibylle Hagmann
Assistant Professor
Graphic Communication
BFA, Basel School of Design, Switzerland
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Department of Art
Attn: Sibylle Hagmann
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713.743.0924

Hagmann founded her Houston based design studio Kontour in 2000. She works for clients such as the CORE Program of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art; and the Fisher Gallery of the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, among others. Before relocating to Houston she was the art director of the USC School of Architecture, and taught at several southern Californian schools. In 1999 she completed the typeface family 'Cholla' originally commissioned by Art Center College of Design and released by the digital type foundry Emigre in the same year. Her work has been featured in several publications and recognized by the Type Directors Club of New York.

Fiona McGettigan
Associate Professor
Graphic Communication
BA, Mercyhurst College
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Department of Art
Attn: Fiona McGettigan
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713.743.3006

McGettigan, a partner in CORE Design Studio, has worked on projects for Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County; Rice Design Alliance; METRO; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; and the Lawndale Art Center. She and her partner, Alan Krathaus have been awarded grants for public art projects at three of the future METRO Light Rail Stations in Houston

Professor McGettigan's work has been in many shows including the UIA "Barcelona 96 Exhibition" in Spain and the Rice Design Alliance's "On Your Mark" in Houston. Her designs have been cited in Communication Arts,International Design Magazine, and Cite.

Teaching Fellows
Teresa Trevino
Kathy Kelley

Teaching Assistant
Ray Ogar

Student Assistant
Michael Hudson