Steven Rost, M.F.A.

Director of Fine Arts
Professor

Educational background
Positions held in academic institutions
Courses taught in the past two years
Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations
Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions
Professional licenses, memberships and service
Professional development

Educational background

Bachelor of Science/Business Administration-Marketing, University of Denver, 1975
Masters of Fine Arts/Photography and Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1982
Attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1978-1980
Parsons School of Design, 1979 

Positions held in academic institutions

Professor, Lawrence Technological University, 1983-present
Interim Artist-in-Residence, Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2004-2005
Faculty, Roeper City and Country School, 1981-1986

Courses taught in the past two years

ARC1001 Art and Architecture Awareness
ART1113 Basic Design 1
ART1133 Basic Design 2
ART3023 Photography        
ART4516 Imaging Thesis 1
ART4626 Imaging Thesis 2

Significant publications, creative projects, and/or paper presentations

1.    Marketing for Architects and Designers, Norton Press, (co-author), 2005
2.    Six New Summer Exhibitions: Building Connections; Architectural Dialogues with the Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum,
       Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2005
3.    Cranbrook Art Museum 100 Treasures, Cranbrook Art Museum, 2004
4.    Portfolio Design, 3rd edition, Norton Press, (photographer, contributing writer), 2003
5.    Image Transfer, Sisson Gallery, Dearborn, MI, 2003
6.    Latent Image: Detroit in Time, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI, 2000

Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions

1.    Sabbatical, 2004
2.    Scarab Gold Medal, 1982

Professional licenses, memberships and service

1.    College Art Association, Society for Photographic Education
2.    AIAS/Faculty Advisor, 2000-2006
3.    AIGA Faculty Advisor, 2006

Professional development (meetings/conferences attended, continuing education courses, etc., in the last five years)

1.    College Art Association, 2007
2.    Society for Photographic Education Conference, 2006
3.    AIAS Quad Conference, 2006