Ed Speyers
Teaching Portfolio
Bridging the gap between classical design theory, AI integration, and student employability.
Accomplishments
After 15 years in academia and running a profitable design agency, I've been able to get a few things done:
Founded Graphic Design Program
- Hired to found the graphic design program at Charleston Southern University.
- Wrote curriculum for more than 18 courses all achieving SACSCOC accreditation approval.
- Grew the design program from 15 students to 120.
- Coordinated design minors with schools of Communication, Comp-Sci and Business.
Setup over 100 Design Internships
- Personally connected with dozens of SMBs and design agencies throughout South Carolina and other states. 85% of all internships were paid.
- Mentored numerous students to found design agencies that grossed over $100k revenue in their first year.
Planned and led 4 study-abroad courses
Created and led teams of design students studying art and culture in Nepal, Thailand (twice), and Switzerland, with excursions into Germany and France.
Each course was 3 credit hours and spanned 7-12 days focusing on a range of artistic and cultural issues through the medium of photojournalism.
CV & Documents
Request Ed's CV, a teaching philosophy statement, and other documents in PDF format.
Skills / Accomplishments
List of academic accomplishments and a few professional and hobby interests.
Courses Taught
List of courses taught in-classroom as well as syllabi created and some sample projects
Student Projects
Student project examples covering a broad range of courses taught.
Professional Portfolio
Small sampling of professional projects as a design agency owner.
Research Interests
Research aspirations and goals, primarily focused on teaching pedagogy.
Popular Courses Taught
Business of Design
UI / UX Design
Digital Animation
Internship Placements
Web II HTML & CSS
Portfolio Design
Student Testimonials
"Animate is really hard. But Speyers was patient. He walked me through the timeline and by the end of the course my video looked good ."
- Art 341 Animation Student
"The course description made Art Appre look boring. But Prof Speyers made the history of those paintings fun. He showed videos that were easy to pay attention to and his study guides helped."
- Art 202 Art Appreciation Student
"I wanted to die learning HTML CSS but Speyers got me through it."