Julia Griffey

Position
Associate Professor, Program Facilitator, Interactive Digital Media

Department
Electronic and Photographic Media

Home Campus
St. Louis (Webster Groves)

Courses taught
Introduction to Interactive Media (undergraduate and graduate level), Programming for Interactive Media, Senior Overview

Education
MFA in Design, Massachusetts College of Art, MA in Apparel Design, Cornell University, BS in Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

Professional Experience
New England Institute of Art, Boston, instructor; Washington University, lecturer; St. Louis Community College, lecturer

About
In addition to teaching, Julia works as a web and interactive designer and developer. She is the director of e-commerce for St. Louis based manufacturing company, Nomax, Inc and has created web sites for many other educational and corporate clients.

She is also the principal of Animocation, a company that creates educational, interactive, movement-driven exhibits. Her work is currently featured in The Children's Museum of the Highlands - Seebring, FL, Linda's Playhouse - Peachtree City, GA, Monterey Youth Museum - Monterey, CA, Santa Maria Discovery Museum - Santa Maria, CA, Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences - Queeche, VT, Museo Del Nino Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico and Hands On! - A Children's Gallery - Hendersonville, NC.

Julia also creates animated shorts using both traditional and computer-based methods. Her animations have been featured in several film festivals, including the New England Animation Bash, CINEME (Chicago), DAM Short Film Festival, Taos Shortz and the Durango Film Festival.