From 1977 until 1993, Ms. Livingston worked as an Editorial Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Her assignments at the Chronicle included all aspects of visual newspaper reporting, from developing daily political commentaries to backroom action at the Cannes Film Festival and street fashions in Milan. Ms. Livingston, already well-grounded in Mac usage, expanded her skills to include working on the SGI platform, and began to work with Silicon Graphics as a Graphic Designer.

She later turned her digital focus to the dual Mac-PC environment at Women.com, where in a five-year span she helped build a small startup to a thriving network. As Creative Director at Women.com, she defined the look and feel of the entire network, working with art staffs in New York and San Francisco.

Ms. Livingston began her teaching career at the Academy in 1993, as an instructor of Advanced Situation Drawing and Painting. Her wealth of experience and industry knowledge, and her long history with her alma mater, will make her an invaluable asset to MFA New Media students.

Gino started his professional career in 1994 as a sound designer and musician, working with companies including Alesis, Korg, and InVision Interactive. He has designed music and sound for Red Bull, Nike, Wrigley’s Gum, Hitachi, Pioneer, BMW and Apple Computer.

Gino operates his own freelance business producing motion graphics, video projects and sound designs. He also writes songs and plays several instruments for his group “Achievements in Sound.” As a designer for New Media, he also and designs websites for his clients using the latest tools in HTML5 and CSS3.

Gino is the designer of the interactive kiosks in the New Media gallery at 180 New Montgomery in San Francisco. He has a devoted following of students in the department because of his skills in teaching, his assignments and preparation and his remarkable sense of humor.

Kathleen Watson has over 20 years of work experience in interaction design and usability. She is currently a freelance user experience specialist and web designer, running her private consulting business, Kats Vision. Over an 18-year period, Kathleen has worked as a senior human factors engineer and user interface designer for various companies to include Opsware, FileMaker, Claris, Financial Engines, Lotus, Tandem and Ford Aerospace.

Kathleen Watson is a Certified Human Factors Professional in accordance with the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics procedures and standards, specializing in visual communication. She holds a Masters of Arts in Research Psychology from San Jose State University and Certificates in Fine Arts and Graphic Design from University of California, Santa Cruz Extension.

Kathleen Watson’s past teaching experience includes being a teaching assistant for undergraduate Statistics at San Jose State University, California; private individual statistics tutoring and teaching the computer lab portion of the department multivariate statistics course and consultation to students and faculty on a variety of research design and data analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Haydn Adams is an Academy of Art University alum, holding a BFA degree in Computer Arts New Media. Haydn has been a pioneer in the multimedia industry for over 15 years. Currently he owns and operates his own design company, Nautilus Designs in Marin County.

Haydn has recently been elected as President of the Graphic Artists Guild and has been on the National Executive Committee of the Guild for over five years. Aside from the design world, Haydn is a professional wine critic and author of the book, Wineries Beyond Napa Valley: Dry Creek & Alexander Valley.