Faculty

Naomi Adiv, Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments; M.Phil., City University of New York, Graduate Center: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Spring 2012; MS., University of California, Davis: Community Development, emphasis in Community Arts, 2008; B.A., University of California, Berkeley: peace and Conflict Studies, emphasis in Social Conflict, with honors, 2002

Catherine Bobenhausen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sustainable interior Environments; CIH, CSP, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Industrial Hygienist at Viridian Energy & Environmental, Inc., New York City, NY

Barbara Campagna, Principal, Barbara A. Campagna/ Architecture + Planning; Chief Architect, National Trust for Historic Preservation; BPS in Architecture SUNY at Buffalo; MS in Historic Preservation, Columbia University; R.A., FAIA, LEED AP BD+C

Ronald Eligator, Adjunct instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments; LEED AP, Principal, Acoustic Dimensions, New Rochelle, New York; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Yale University 1983; Bachelor of Arts in Music, Williams College

Susan Kaplan, Director of Specifications and Sustainability, HLW International LLP; Adjunct Instructor, Interior Design Department, School of Art and Design, FIT/SUNY;
BA (Fine Arts), Queens College, CUNY; Bachelor of Architecture, City College, CUNY
Certified Construction Specifier, Construction Document Technician, MasterFormat Accredited Instructor, CSI, LEED AP, 2004 – 2010 Director US GBC NY Chapter.

Brian Fallon, Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments; Brian Fallon, PhD., Assistant Professor and Director of the FIT Writing Studio

Arthur H. Kopelman, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Science & Mathematics, School of Liberal Arts, FIT/SUNY;  BA (Biology), Queens College, CUNY; MPhil, PhD (Biology & Population Ecology), CUNY.  President and Co-founder: Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI, Inc)

Murray L. Levi, Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments; AIA LEED AP, President Gordon Atlantic Design, LLC

Seema Pandya, Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments; AIA LEED AP BD&C; YR& G Sustainability, Consulting, Education and Analysis, Senior Sustainability Manager.

Karen R. Pearson, Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Mathematics, School of Liberal Arts, FIT/SUNY; BA (Chemistry), Clark University; PhD (Inorganic Chemistry), Washington State University
Director, PI: Advancing Design-related Technical Education: A Three-way Partnership

Grazyna Pilatowicz, Chairperson, Sustainable Interior Environments, School of Graduate Studies, Assistant Professor, Interior Design Department, School of Art and Design, FIT/SUNY;
BFA (Interior Design), FIT/SUNY; MA (History of Art), Lublin Catholic University, Poland
NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer, IDEC, IIDA, LEED AP; Author: Eco-Interiors: A Guide to Environmentally Conscious Interior Design.

Michael Stiller, Adjunct Instructor, Sustainable Interior Environments & Exhibition Design, Owner & Principal Designer, Michael Stiller Design; LEED AP, IESNA Practicing affiliate IALD.