Adjunct Faculty

Mindy Lang A'82 has been affiliated with The Cooper Union for over twenty-five years, first as a student and later as a designer and educator. She was hired in 1982 as a teaching assistant in Graphic Design after completing her BFA in the School of Art. Currently an Assistant Professor, Lang teaches a Professional Practice class, in which Graphic Design students complete assignments for non-profit organizations for academic credit. "The day a living, breathing client is attached to a project, the design process changes for a student." Lang enjoys teaching the skills to negotiate that process, as well as conceptual and typographic development. Clients supported by recent student efforts via Lang's Professional Practice class have included: City Lore, Bellevue Hospital, The Center for Book Arts, Cancer Care, The Bronx Museum of Art, Urban Glass and The Waterford Institute.

Lang wears another hat at The Cooper Union, as Director of the Center for Design and Typography. Since 1992, Lang has overseen the design and production of the majority of the institution's publications and print materials, working collaboratively with faculty, administration and students. "Being and in-house designer for any institution or corporation involves a certain amount of repetition. I am fortunate that Cooper's ever-changing student population and programming always makes for challenging and fulfilling work."

Lauren Kogod is partner at Kogod Smiley Architects. She earned a B.F.A. and B.Arch at Rhode Island School of Design, an M.S. in Architecture and Building Design at Columbia University, and is a PhD candidate in Architectural History and Theory at Harvard University. Prior to Cooper Union Kogod was Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory at Yale University School of Architecture. Her articles and essays have been published in Assemblage, Harvard Design Magazine, Architecture + Urbanism,  Adrian Luchini (CWA), Enric Miralles (AD Monograph) and Architecture and Capitalism, 1850 to the Present (Routledge).  

View Lauren Kogod's CV here.

 

Nour Mohamad Jamil Hodeib's historical scholarship focuses on leftist sonic counter-cultures in the Middle East. Hodeib explores elements of pop culture and musical dissent during the period commonly referred to as the “global sixties.” He is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the history program, Graduate Center (CUNY), writing a dissertation on leftist sonic counter-cultures of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Hodeib earned an M-Phil (History), MA (History), and MA (Middle East Studies) from the Graduate Center, CUNY (2017) and a BA degree in Political Science/International Affairs from the Lebanese American University (2012).  Aside from academic work, Hodeib is a writer, artist and performer, active in arts communities in and between Brooklyn and Beirut since 2010."

 

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