The Practice Department Faculty is made up of three full-time administrative teaching faculty and 40-80 adjunct faculty, examiners, and advisors.
Practice Department Administrative Faculty
Len Charney, Head of Practice
Marilyn Moedinger, Director of Practice Instruction and Assessment, Director of Gateway Initiative
David Eccleston, Director of Practice Instruction
Practice Department Administrative and Operations Staff
Erik Hamilton, Assitant Director of Practice Operations
Kim Farino, Administrative Assistant to Practice and the Gateway Initiative
Sophia Phan, Practice Information Coordinator
Pam Loewy, Practice Operations Assistant
Current Practice Adjunct Faculty List
Gateway Faculty Information and Policies
[Please see our Current Gateway Student page for more information on things like attendance, expectations, logistical information, timesheets, etc].
BAC Email
Expectations of Gateway Faculty
FTP Site
ID Card/Bookstore Discount
Forms
Free classes
Library Access
Stipend and Contract
Teaching Opportunities
BAC Email
All Practice faculty are eligible to receive a BAC email address, and can manage their email by logging into their BAC Outlook, accessible at: https://mail.the-bac.edu. All new faculty will be given information about how to create and log into their account at the start of the semester.
Expectations of Gateway Faculty
Please see our Expectations of Gateway Faculty here.
FTP Site
[See Gateway Information page]
ID Card/Bookstore Discount
Faculty are required to carry their ID cards at all times while on BAC property and when teaching at one of the BAC locations off-site, as identification for security personnel. To receive a new photo ID, or replace a lost one, visit the Library during the first week of classes (Monday through Thursday) from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Faculty ID's may be used to borrow books from the BAC Library. A BAC ID also entitles instructors to a 10% discount on books and merchandise (excluding computers) at The Berklee College of Music Barnes and Noble Bookstore, located at 1090 Boylston Street and certain products in the MAC store.
Forms
[See Forms and Publications page]
Free classes at the BAC
Faculty may take one free class during the semester in which they teach or during the semester immediately following. The free class cannot exceed 3.0 credit hours during a given semester; two half-semester classes of 1.5 credit hours may be substituted. Free classes are not transferable to others nor may they accumulate from semester to semester. Please understand that the BAC's priority is to serve its students; faculty seats are allocated on a space-available basis after registration is complete.
To register, you must complete a Continuing Education Registration Form and indicate that you are a faculty member. Completed forms should be submitted to the Continuing Education Office, located to the right of the 320 Newbury Street main entrance. For additional information regarding registration procedures, contact Continuing Education, at 617-585-0101.
Faculty are encouraged to participate in the Certificate for Design Education program, which is a series of four courses developed just for BAC faculty. These classes are free, and do not count toward to your allocation of one free course per semester. [If you take a Design Education Certificate course, you may still take another free course in addition.] These courses are highly recommended as a way to meet other BAC faculty, engage in wider dialogue about teaching design, and learn eminently practical and useful teaching strategies for your classroom/Gateway project. For more information, contact Tina Blythe, Director of Faculty Development.
Faculty desiring to use the Free Course Program for completing a Master of Design Studies degree must apply for matriculation into an MDS cohort. Electives within the program (12 credits) but not core courses (21 credits) are available as free courses. Other BAC guidelines concerning faculty eligibility for free courses apply to the MDS. Interested faculty should contact the Coordinator for the MDS program.
In lieu of a course, faculty may enroll in up to three (3) sections of the ASID STEP Workshop in preparation for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination, at no charge.
Faculty may also enroll free in classes offered through the ProArts Consortium institutions-the Berklee College of Music, the Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, the Massachusetts College of Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Enrollment is limited in some cross-registration ProArts courses and, as such, registering early is advised. Tuition for ProArts continuing education or undergraduate-level courses is covered in full; any related fees (e.g., lab, registration, and student activity fees) are the faculty member's responsibility.
To utilize this benefit, you must first obtain a ProArts Consortium Cross-Registration Form from the Registrar's Office. The Registrar has a complete listing of faculty and will refer to this information when verifying your eligibility for the free course benefit. The Registrar will sign, date, and stamp the form. Without the appropriate stamp, the ProArts institution will not recognize your faculty status and is likely to issue a tuition bill. The completed registration form should then be submitted to the Registrar of the ProArts institution in which you intend to enroll. A limited number of ProArts booklets-with a complete listing of ProArts websites-are available for reference at the Registrar's Office. For additional information about registering for ProArts courses contact the Registrar's office.
ProArts cross-registration is not available to students, faculty, or staff during the summer. During the academic year, the Registrar's Office at most ProArts institutions coordinates student registration. This responsibility shifts to Continuing Education during the summer and, because of the different fee structure and registration process, does not allow for cross-registration.
BAC summer courses are open to all eligible instructors. Faculty may take one full-semester class equivalent to 3.0 credits, or two half-semester or shorter classes. To register, you must complete a Continuing Education Registration Form and indicate that you are a faculty member. Completed forms should be submitted to the Continuing Education Office, located to the right of the 320 Newbury Street main entrance. For additional information regarding registration procedures, contact Continuing Education, at 617-585-0101.
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Library Access
Faculty members have borrowing privileges at the BAC Library during any semester in which they teach. Books circulate for two-week periods and are renewable (unless the book has been recalled by another patron). Books may be renewed in person, by telephone at 617-585-0155, via the web through the library catalogue, or by e-mail: library@the-bac.edu. In the past, faculty have used the library for research, study, and to reserve materials they want to share with their students.
To check out books, or to borrow slides from the Visual Resources Library, faculty must present a current BAC ID and have a current address on file. Faculty should contact the Library staff directly with any questions at 617-585-0155. Faculty members also have access to Library computer facilities, to the Internet, and to printing capabilities.
The Library collection is for use by all students, faculty, and staff. Given the demand for texts and materials, the library staff asks your cooperation in returning books on time. Faculty are not charged late fees for overdue books. Any books checked out during the course of the semester must be returned at the close of the semester. Faculty will be asked to pay replacement costs for any lost books. A stipend/ honorarium may also be withheld until missing books are returned.
Materials that can be placed on reserve include: books (either the Library's or the instructor's), readings, plans, videos (may be viewed on the 4th floor at 320 Newbury Street), and other material to which the instructor would like students to have access. Books checked out from other libraries may not be placed on reserve. Please be aware that putting a library book on reserve takes that book out of circulation for the entire semester; therefore, priority is given to books that students are required to use. In addition, the Library has limited shelf space; please request that no more than 10 items be placed on reserve. Questions regarding reserve material should be directed to the Library at 617-585-0155.
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Teaching Opportunities
There are several ways to be involved in teaching Gateway projects, from functioning as lead faculty on a project to team-teaching a project to being a Gateway consultant helping several teams with a particular specialty [presentation, graphics, community process, etc]. For more information on teaching opportunities and openings, email Marilyn Moedinger, Director of Gateway. We're always looking for new faculty!
Stipend and Contract
Each eligible Practice Faculty member supervising a Gateway Project receives a stipend. Stipends are standardized across the Practice Department, and will be determined at the beginning of the semester with the Director of Gateway.Federal regulations require that all BAC faculty and staff have the appropriate documentation on file verifying eligibility to work in the U.S. Those eligible to receive payment for teaching are U.S. citizens or have the appropriate work Visa. Faculty must make certain that they have completed the appropriate immigration (I-9) and tax (W-4 or W-9) forms. Faculty members are also responsible for insuring that the mailing address on file is correct.
Federal regulations stipulate that completed Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) Forms and W-4 tax forms must be on file for all faculty receiving teaching stipends and honoraria. When complete, a faculty member does not need to submit a new form unless his or her address or tax exemption status has changed.
Stipend payments will occur four times per full-semester and twice per half-semester courses. Honoraria payments will be paid in one installment at the end of the semester.
To file a change of address or to confirm paperwork/documentation requirements, please contact the Practice Department directly.
Current Practice Adjunct Faculty List
Travis Anderson
Emmanuel Andrade
Andrew Arabaugh
Viola Augustin
Kenneth Ballard
Marcia Baschnagel
Elaine Bello
Joseph Bettencourt
Peter Bracciotti
Berton Bremer
Christopher Brown
Shawn Burns
Richard Butera
Phil Colleran
Steve Cote
Frank Curtis
Adam Day
Domenic DiGiorgio
Matthew Donnelly
David Eccleston
Ann Elwell
Jorge Enes
Carol Fisher
Carl Franceschi
Johanna Friendshuh
Will Gatchell
Frank Giorlando
Jack Glassman
Roger Goldstein
Guy Grassi
Richard Griffin
Heather Heimarck
Sara Hines
Sarah Howard
Michael Immel
Arto Kurkjian
Rick Lamb
Todd Lee
Patricia Loheed
Philip Loheed
Jon-Paul Lussier
John Lynch
Ed Marcey
Ellen Merrit
Jeffrey Millett
Tony Miniscalco
Marilyn Moedinger
Patrick Mulvey-Welsh
Cal Olson
Shaun O'Rourke
Susan Pranger
Ann Marie Procopio
Gene Racek
Ronald Renere
Matthew Roberts
David Rose
Mark Rosenshein
Beryl Rosenthal
Kenneth Savoie
Gretchen Schneider
Alice Schultz
Liane Silevitch
Michelle Stadelman
John Stebbins
Elizabeth Stuhlsatz
Patricia Sy
Levi Tofias
Gary Tondorf-Dick
Hess Vakili
Allan Vanderley
Pat Welsh
Junko Yamamoto