Faculty

All Inky Hands on Deck

In 2002, Martin Mazorra, adjunct associate professor (CCE), and former faculty member Dennis McNett, MFA Fine Arts (Printmaking) ’04, discovered something that changed their lives: printmaking with a steamroller. In a warehouse district in New Orleans, they watched as the…

Inside the Studio with WPIR Pratt Radio

At Pratt’s student-run radio station, WPIR, no two shows are alike—the station’s schedule is as eclectic and varied as Pratt’s student body. Since getting her start as a board member and host at WPIR, Eve Mikkelson, BArch ’26, has watched…

Discovering Our Literary City

If it’s 7 p.m. in New York City, there’s a chance that somewhere a reading is about to start. There’s nothing like the particular warmth and community that happens around readings that bring us into one place—low-lit dive bars and…

Those We Have Lost

Pratt Mourns Retired Longtime Professor and Former Dean of Engineering Richard North

Richard C. North, retired longtime faculty member and dean, a professor in Pratt Institute’s School of Engineering and School of Architecture, passed away on April 23, 2024.

The Ripple Effect

It’s not uncommon for professional paths to be anything but linear. For alumna Abbey Miller, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture and Integrated Practices) ’20, studying at Pratt Institute was not only a stage on that journey that honed lifelong skills and…

For Laura Henriksen, BFA Writing ’12, One Teacher’s Mentorship Opened Whole Possible Futures

Laura Henriksen has a multifaceted career as a poet, arts administrator, and educator, wherein every job she does informs the others. After graduating from Pratt in 2012, she began working for The Poetry Project, a nonprofit run from St. Mark’s…

Filmmaker Eric Trenkamp ’18 on Defining Your Own Metrics of Success 

Eric Trenkamp, MA Media Studies ’18, has straddled career paths as an award-winning filmmaker and author, creating the feature-length film American Bomber (2013) and a monograph on Hollywood’s history of popularizing white supremacy, Race, War, and the Cinematic Myth of…

The Connections That Shape Us

“You are net weaving.” This is how Analia Segal, adjunct professor (CCE) of fine arts, describes building relationships as a student and beyond, in a mentor-mentee conversation with alumna Abbey Miller, BFA Fine Arts ’20, for this issue of…

A New Monograph Shines Light on John Pai’s Life in Sculpture

For decades, Pratt Institute School of Art and Design alumnus and professor emeritus John Pai, BID ’62; MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’64, has been creating intricately welded sculptures. Pai has lived a varied life, moving at a young age from…

Provost

Investigating a New Approach to Teaching and Learning

Pratt faculty research transdisciplinary approaches to STEM teaching and learning through a project funded by the National Science Foundation.