Jeff Bellantoni

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ABOUT JEFF BELLANTONI

With a career spanning 30 years as an arts educator, designer, and author, Jeff Bellantoni is the Interim President and Senior Academic Officer at Woodbury University, after serving two years as Dean of the School of Media : Culture : Design there.Prior to his current appointment, Jeff served as Dean of the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Winthrop University for five years, and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Ringling College of Art and Design—where he held responsibility for academic programs, collaborative enterprises, communications and marketing, and continuing studies and lifelong learning. From 20••••14, he was Chair of the nationally-ranked Graduate Communications Design Department at Pratt Institute in New York, where he established an MFA program, Pratt Press, and the Graduate Design Guild. Jeff previously held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Connecticut, VCU School of the Arts, Mercy College, and Wanganui School of Design in New Zealand. He earned an MFA in Visual Communications from VCU School of the Arts and a BFA from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he also played NCAA Division I soccer.Jeff is co-author and designer of several internationally published titles on Typography and Media – including the best-selling titles Type in Motion and Moving Type, Designing for Time and Space – and he has written on graphic design for How magazine and various other design publications. Jeff\'s design work has been recognized by Print magazine, the AIGA (50 Books/50 Covers), and Connecticut Art Director’s Club, and he has presented at conferences, events and educational institutions around the world.