Art Department: Faculty Detail

Sue Jenkins

Education

• MFA, Photography, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 2011
• Certificate in Web Design, Parsons/New School, New York, NY May 1999
• BA, Sociology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1990

Experience

• Associate Professor of Art, Marywood University, Scranton PA, 2011-present
• Adobe Software Instructor, Noble Desktop, New York, NY 2004-2010
• Luckychair Design, Owner/Designer, 1997-present
• LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com), Adobe Software Instructor, 2011-present
• Studio Backlot (formerly ClassOnDemand.com), Adobe Software Instructor, 2007-2013
• Author & Technical Editor, Wiley Publications, 2005-2013
• Adobe Certified Expert/Adobe Certified Instructor, 2005-present

Selected Presentations, Talks, & Podcasts

2021 – Featured Guest, GuildCast: Community Member Connect Podcast, Graphic Artists Guild, NY, NY
2019 – Guiding Creativity through Assessment, Clarity, and Focus, 2019 SECAC Conference, Chattanooga, TN
2019 – Webinar: Design for the Web Q&A, Featured Guest, Moms Can & Co, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 – Building and Managing a Multi-Author WordPress Blog, 2019 WordCamp Rochester Conference, Rochester, NY
2019 – Webinar: The 5 Magnets for Success, Graphic Artists Guild, New York, NY               
2019 – Women in WordPress Podcast, Featured Guest, https://womeninwp.com, July 2019, USA/Worldwide
2018 – Beyond the Park Mural: A Win-Win Approach to Service Learning in the Design Classroom, SECAC 2018, Birmingham, AL
2018 – Where Creativity Works: Building a Student Recruitment Blog, WPCampus Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Publications - Books on Design

2013 – Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, Wiley
2012 – Tumblr For Dummies, Portable Edition, Wiley
2010 – Smashing Photoshop CS5: 100 Professional Techniques, Wiley
2010 – Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley
2009 – Web Design All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley
2009 – Dreamweaver CS4 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley
2009 – How To Do Everything Illustrator CS4, McGraw-Hill
2007 – Web Design: The L-Line, The Express Line to Learning, Wiley
2006 – Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley

Publications - Instructional Training Programs

2019 – Adobe Photoshop to XD: Web Design Process, LinkedIn Learning
2016 – Efficient Web Design Workflow, LinkedIn Learning
2016 – Web Design from Photoshop to Dreamweaver (2.0), LinkedIn Learning
2016 – Design Aesthetics for the Web (2.0), LinkedIn Learning
2015 – Moodboards for Web Designers, LinkedIn Learning
2014 – Productivity Tips for Web Designers, LinkedIn Learning
2013 – Design Aesthetics for Web Design, LinkedIn Learning
2013 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CC DVD, ClassOnDemand
2013 – Complete Training for Adobe Illustrator CC DVD, ClassOnDemand
2012 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS6 DVD, ClassOnDemand
2012 – Complete Training for Adobe Illustrator CS6 DVD, ClassOnDemand
2012 – Designing Websites from Photoshop to Dreamweaver, Lynda.com
2010 – Complete Training for Adobe Photoshop CS5 DVD, ClassOnDemand
2010 – Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 DVD, ClassOnDemand
2009 – Fundamentals of Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 DVD, ClassOnDemand
2008 – Designer's Guide to Illustrator DVD, ClassOnDemand
2008 – Designer's Guide to Photoshop DVD, ClassOnDemand
2007 – Dreamweaver For Designers DVD, Telly Award Winner, ClassOnDemand

Teaching Awards

2021 - NSLS Excellence in Teaching Award, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2009 - Designer’s Guide to Photoshop DVD, DV Award of Excellence
2009 - Designer’s Guide to Illustrator DVD, Communication Award of Distinction
2008 - Dreamweaver for Designers DVD, Bronze Telly Award

Selected Exhibitions

2020
24x24 Photo Marathon, Twitter/Instagram Online Exhibition, USA / CANADA / WORLDWIDE

2019
Heroes Real & Imagined, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA

2018
Chairs: A Solo Exhibition, The Marketplace at Steamtown, First Friday Scranton, Scranton, PA

2017
Women in Art, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Planes Trains & Automobiles, // 2nd Place, Best in Show //, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Making Waves, Online Digital Exhibition, SoftWithin.org, Berlin, GERMANY
Nasty Women Everywhere, Online Digital Exhibition, NastyWomenEverywhere.org, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Nasty Women Exhibition, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

2016
Small Works 2016, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Flora and Fauna Small Works, Waverly Community House, Waverly, PA
Branches, Brambles, and Roots, VIEW Gallery, Old Forge, NY
Get Out The Vote, Non Partisan Poster Art, Philadelphia, PA
Shadow Stories Vol. 2, Sixteen Mile Arts, Milton, Ontario. CANADA

2015
Telling Stories, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2014
Matters of the Heart, Upfront Gallery, Port Jervis, NY 

2013
Phone-tography, Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke, PA

2012
Allison Lehman's PhonePhoto Challenge, juror Heather Zweig, Show & Tell, Columbus, OH
Small Works, National Juried Competition, juror Karen Marks, Soho Photo, New York, NY

2011
44^th Annual Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Small Works National Competition, Juror Richard Klein, Soho Photo, New York, NY

2010
NEPA Regional Art 2010, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA and Linder Gallery, La Plume, PA

2009
Analog: A Plastic Camera Photo Exhibit, Dream In Plastic, Beacon, NY
Next Generation 2009, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
Synthesis: A Group Showing, Marquis Gallery, Scranton, PA

Sue Jenkins is a professional web and graphic designer, illustrator, fine art photographer, and owner/creative director of Luckychair.com, a full-service web and graphic design studio serving businesses across the U.S. since 1997. An award-winning Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor, Sue is the instructor in several Adobe Software Training programs from the nationally renowned training providers StudioBacklot (formerly ClassOnDemand) and Lynda.com, which is now LinkedIn Learning. She is also the author of several instructional books on Web Design, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Photoshop, including Smashing Photoshop: 100 Professional Techniques (Wiley/SmashingMagazine) and Web Design All-in-One For Dummies (Wiley), and her writing on design appears in several publications including Guild News, Photoshop User Magazine, Layers Magazine, and .Net Magazine. For questions, tips, and inspiration, follow her on Twitter @LuckychairNews

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