Christopher Ransom

I try to create a learning environment of mutual respect in which enthusiasm and team spirit are significant components. It is my belief that the method of problem solving is as important as the result. Exploration occurs best through the identification and acceptance of constraint. I am convinced that all disciplines are allied. In my case, Graphic Design and Photography are the particular alliance and interest.

Associate Professor, Christopher Ransom completed a Bachelor of Art degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1982 and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at the University of Delaware in 1993. He has taught at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design Department) and the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (Assistant Professor, Art Department). He joined the faculty at Kent State in 1996.

Ransom has maintained a freelance business; Christopher Ransom Design Ltd. since 1984 and has worked as a designer for: Katz-Wheeler Design, Cope-Linder Associates Architects, Allemann, Almquist + Jones Inc. and Tom Janicz Design Group, Inc., in Philadelphia. Chris has specialized in Identity Programs involving a wide range of corporate and institutional clients and has earned multiple certificates of excellence from AIGA/Philadelphia.

His work has been published in Graphis, Print and Architecture Magazine. In addition to numerous private collections, his photographs are represented in; The Library of Congress, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Ransom has developed typographic and design curriculum for freshman, sophomore and senior level classes and is currently coordinating the development of the new Photo-Illustration program. He is an on-going contributor to the international web-site, Designing with Type, see www.designingwithtype.com. (To view, select: Projects, World-Wide Schools, North America, Kent State.) He has managed the following courses for the School of Visual Communication Design: Basic Studio Skills, Introduction to Graphic Design and Introduction to Typography.

Chris has taught the following courses:

Introduction to Graphic Design
Basic Studio Skills
Introduction to Typography
Photography
Photography 2
Photographic Internship 1
Graphic Design One
Typo Photo
Corporate Identity