Julia Griffey

Position

Associate Professor, Program Facilitator, Interactive Digital Media

Department

Electronic and Photographic Media

Home Campus

St. Louis (Webster Groves)

Courses Taught

INTM 1600 Introduction to Interactive Digital Media; INTM 3300 Programming for Interactive Media; INTM 4620 Senior Overview; MEDC 5600 Introduction to Interactive Communications

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 in Sebring, Fla.; Linda's Playhouse in Peachtree City, Ga.; Monterey County Youth Museum in Monterey, Calif.; Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum in Santa Maria, Calif.; Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee, Vt.; Museo Del Nino in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Hands On! A Child's Gallery in Hendersonville, N.C.

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 International Animation Film Festival (Chicago), Dam Short Film Festival, Taos Shortz and the Durango Film Festival.

Media

Webster Today
SOC Focus on Faculty Brown Bag Series
April 2: Webster Kinematifest 2011

Global Thinking
Students Sample Earthship Life with 'Off-the-Grid' Study Tour in Taos, NM

Media Trends 2013
Abstract: “A Case Study in Building Media Literacy Skills via Hands-on Production Experience”

School of Communications RSS Feed
Webster University Geneva's Media Communications Department to Host Conference 

Contact Information

Office phone 314-961-8643
E-mail