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Emily Peters

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Education	Champlain College, Master of Science; Champlain College, Associate in Science; Champlain College, Bachelor of Science

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Dan Petterson

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Education	University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Master of Business Administration; Castleton State College, Bachelor of Science

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Michael Pierorazio

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Contact	Remote Email Me

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John Pile Jr

Faculty Member	Computer Science & Innovation Degree  Game Design Degree  Game Programming Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Game Programming Virtual Reality Computer Science
Connect Online	LinkedIn

Biography

John Pile Jr is a Technical Director and Principal Engineering Manager at Schell Games. Previously a full-time professor for Champlain College, John now teaches as an adjunct faculty for the Game Studio.

John has a deep background in digital entertainment, video games, and interactive story-telling experiences for PCs, Mobile, Game Consoles, and specializes in MR / VR / XR. He is the author of “2D Graphics Programming for Games” and has presented at the Game Developer Conference on topics in computer graphics education.

Publications & Abstracts

2D Graphics Programming for Games

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Andersen Pinckney

Faculty Member	Game Art Degree  Game Design Degree  Game Production Management Degree  Game Programming Degree
School/Division	Division of Communication & Creative Media
Programs	Game Design Degree
Class	2020
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Game Development Game Production
Connect Online	LinkedIn
Home State	Vermont
Study Abroad	Champlain College Montreal

Biography

Andersen is a Game Design graduate from Champlain College’s class of 2020. He has worked as an aerospace software engineer for Saber Astronautics, a project manager for the DoD, and in production for Rockstar Games. He has been an adjunct professor for Champlain College since Fall 2021.

Favorite Quote

“Shake and bake, baby!”

–Ricky Bobby

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Kimberly Polite

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Areas of Expertise	Employee Engagement-Research, Training, and facilitation Organizational Strategy and Leadership--Training, Development, and Facilitation
Connect Online	LinkedIn Personal Website

Biography

For the last 29 years, Dr. Kimberly Polite has built her career in business and Higher Education Administration as a leader in training and development, management, project management, sales, marketing, and team engagement. She is also a veteran.

Kimberly holds a doctorate in Business Administration from Walden University, a Master of Education in Management as well as a Bachelor of English, both from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She currently teaches and trains in business and educational organizations on strategic change management and employee engagement.

Her concentration areas include research on employee engagement and what factors contribute to increased engagement and productivity.

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Raymond Presky

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	Unification Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity; Excelsior College, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Networking Security

Biography

Ray is originally from London, England, and moved to the USA in 1979. Married since 1982, his wife is from Japan, they have 3 children, all of them have left home years ago, so he is an empty nester with extra time. He enjoys teaching at Champlain and like getting to know the students.

He was a self-employed store owner for 15 years, it was a lot of work, enjoyable but stressful. He considers himself fortunate to have fallen into networking and security engineering around 2000.

He is currently working for a large ISP and has been working in Networking, Security and Communications since 2000. He has worked with Telco, Fiber-Optic and Cable Companies and covered all aspects of networking and security from the user to the internet and lots in between.

Favorite Quote

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

—1 Corinthians 17:7

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Claire Preston

Faculty Member	Animation Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Computer Animation Experimental Animation Virtual and Augmented Reality Design
Connect Online	LinkedIn

Biography

Claire Preston is an Adjunct Professor at Champlain College where she teaches Animation History. She holds an M.A. from Goldsmiths, University of London in Virtual and Augmented Reality and a B.A. in Studio Art and English from Kenyon College. She is a passionate researcher and artist with a strong interest in storytelling forms. She has worked to develop Virtual Reality research projects in a variety of fields and is invested in educating students in the possibilities present in emerging technology. In her free time, Claire enjoys working on creative stop motion animation projects and exploring the beautiful outdoors of the Upper Valley, where she resides.

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Melissa Proietti

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Education	McGill University, PhD
Areas of Expertise	Interdisciplinary Studies Culture Graffiti and Street Art
Contact	Montreal Campus

Biography

Melissa Proietti obtained her PhD from McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Her research documents the development of the visual urban arts and a gallery space within the context of a wider shift in a school’s transformation towards becoming an urban arts concentration school. Through her research, she identifies the curatorial process as a useful tool in engaging learners and highlights this process as a form of YPAR, called YPAC (youth participatory action curation), which have also informed her teaching practice. Melissa has been working in formal and informal educational contexts for nearly 20 years with diverse learners of all ages. Melissa worked with the Under Pressure International Graffiti Festival for 15 years (of its 30-year existence) and now runs Queens Creation, an all-women’s hip hop event in Montreal. These years of work have given her an important and unique perspective on everything related to graffiti and street art in Montreal and abroad. Having worked with artists from all over the world, Melissa has helped to produce conferences, panels, large-scale murals, and works closely with city officials, often being invited to sit on consultation committees pertaining to these types of art.

Curriculum Vitae

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Willard Sterne Randall

Faculty Member	Education Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	Princeton University, Master of Arts; Thomas Edison State College, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise	American History Founding Father Vermont History in 18th century

Biography

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Favorite Quote

“Do the best you can with what you have, where you are.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

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Rachel Rappazzo

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online

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John Rasmussen

Faculty Member	Filmmaking Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Miami, Master of Fine Arts; University of Iowa, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Film Production Directing Cinematography
Contact	CCM 402 E Email Me

Biography

John Rasmussen is an Associate Professor for Visual and Performing Arts: Film & Photographic Arts in the Division of Communication & Creative Media. He is a filmmaker working in narrative, documentary, and experimental forms. His work ranges from project documentation for organizations such as Oxfam, The United Nation to grassroots local narrative filmmaking in the U.S. Haiti, and Italy. Rasmussen’s work has been exhibited in festivals in Mexico, Haiti, France, Canada, China, and the United States.

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

University Film and Video Association

Curriculum Vitae

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Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• La Chien by Jean Renoir
• My Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel

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Jimmy Reeves

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online

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Kenneth Revett

Faculty Member	Champlain College Online
Education	University of Maryland-College Park, Doctor of Philosophy; University of Maryland University College, Bachelor of Science in Computer; University of Maryland College Park, Bachelor of Science; University of Maryland College Park, PhD

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Kristine Reynolds

Faculty Member	Social Work Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Education	Colorado State University, Master of Social Work; Champlain College, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise	Trauma and Trauma informed care Social Work
Connect Online	Personal Website LinkedIn

Biography

Kristine (Kris) Reynolds (She/Her/Hers) is the Director and Founder of the Vermont Center for Resiliency. She received her Masters Degree in Social Work from Colorado State University and has been working in the mental health field for over 18 years.

She has experience in EMDR, CBT, and mindfulness. It was while working with Veterans in Colorado that Kris found her niche working with individuals who had experienced major stressors and trauma. In addition to specialization in working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma, Kris specializes in the treatment of anxiety, mood disorders, relationship conflicts, and serves children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly.

In addition to individual psychotherapy, she facilitates group, couples, family therapy, and provides supervision to clinicians working towards licensure. Kris teaches courses as an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Social Innovation at Champlain College.

Kris is an avid runner and enjoys all things outdoors, and spending time with her family which includes the furry and feathered variety as well as the human.

Professional & Scholastic Affiliations

National Association of Social Workers

Curriculum Vitae

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