Ardra Vanessa Spector

Ardra Vanessa Spector

Web Operations Specialist and Graphic Design Faculty
Graphic Design Department

CONTACT INFORMATION

Courses

Currently teaching:

  • WordPress, Wix, and Widgets

Research

  • Adobe programs, AI, and photo manipulation
  • Art history and travel
  • E-commerce website functionality
  • History of graphic design
  • Modern painting
  • Popular culture
  • Visceral communication in commercial art
  • Web design trends and web design for mobile devices

Education

  • MA, Art and Education, Kean University, NJ
  • BA, Visual Arts, Rutgers University, NJ
  • AAS, Graphic Design, County College of Morris, NJ

Academic Profile

Ardra Vanessa Spector teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University and works full-time for FDU as Web Operations Specialist. She served as Graphic Design Program Coordinator at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. She has taught for DeVry University and Middlesex County College. Before that, she adjuncted at Kean University, Brookdale Community College, Union County College, and County College of Morris in central and northern New Jersey.

In addition to graphic design and teaching, she has exhibited her fine art paintings in various gallery shows all over New York and New Jersey. Among her most notable work as a graphic designer was the logo used by Rutgers University, Livingston College, and the logo (recently altered) but still used by radio station WDHA 105.5 Her portfolio site is available here for visual examples and a list of classes taught.

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