Alex Girard

Alex Girard serves as the Department Chairperson for the Art & Design Department at Southern Connecticut State University, overseeing a diverse range of programs including Graphic Design. With extensive experience as an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graphic Design, Girard engages in curriculum development, internship coordination, and faculty supervision while teaching various levels of Graphic Design. As a freelance graphic designer since 2004, work has included projects for multiple organizations across the United States. Additional roles have included serving as Director of Peer Reviews at Design Incubation, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Community College of Aurora, and Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Girard's educational background includes a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and Painting from the University of Northern Iowa.