Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design · Jacksonville State University

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Department of Art + Design, Jacksonville State University. Tenure track since 2024.

pnanderson@jsu.edu · Last updated September 2026

Education

M.F.A., Visual Communication DesignJacksonville State University, 2017. Thesis: Vlogging as Mentorship
B.F.A., MultimediaMississippi State University, 1997
Graphic DesignMississippi University for Women, 1991 to 1994

Assistant Professor, Graphic DesignJacksonville State University, 2024 to present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art and DesignJacksonville State University, 2022
Adjunct, Department of ArtJacksonville State University, 2018 to 2024
Adjunct, Graphic DesignAcademy of Art University, San Francisco, online, 2018 to 2020
Adjunct, Architecture, Art and DesignMississippi State University, 2019 to 2020
Graduate Teaching AssistantJacksonville State University, 2014 to 2017
Lecturer, Architecture, Art and DesignMississippi State University, 2011 to 2014
Visiting Assistant Professor, Architecture, Art and DesignMississippi State University, 2010

Felt: An UnderstoryPulse. Manners Gallery, Jacksonville State University, 2026
Heard: Live TypologiesSpeech. Faculty Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, 2025
Seen: Emotional DetectionFace. Faculty Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, 2024

Two-person exhibition with Chad AndersonBarbara Reed Gallery, Gadsden Museum of Art, 2028. Under contract
Statements: 50 Years of MakingMississippi State University Department of Art, 2018
Thin Legs and Beatrice: #badasswomenofshakespeareGlitch: National Juried Design Competition, 2017
Alternative Process PhotographyJemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, 2015
Into the WoodsMartin-Lett Gallery of Art, Oxford, Alabama, 2015

Stop Designing Artifacts: Multisensory Systems in Graphic DesignPaper, SECAC, Winston-Salem, October 2026
Mapping the Myths: An Interactive Map of Alabama LorePoster, Southern Studies Conference, Auburn University at Montgomery, 2025
From Whiskers to SpacewalksPaper, SECAC, Atlanta, 2024
Converging Paths: Design Education and AIPanelist, SECAC, Richmond, 2023
From Three Credits to Street CreditCo-chair, SECAC, Chattanooga, 2019
How Can We Assist You Today?Panelist, SECAC, Birmingham, 2018
Learning from Jazz: Create Your Own Design LineageCo-presenter, AIGA Design Educators Community, Bozeman, 2016

JSU Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant$1,498, awarded June 2025. Funded Felt: An Understory
Curriculum Development StipendART 302 Introduction to Graphic Design, 2025

Chair, Technology and Equipment CommitteeDepartment of Art + Design, 2026 to 2027
Chair, Technology CommitteeDepartment of Art + Design, 2025
Chair, Graphic Design Faculty Search Committee2025. Member 2024 to 2025 and 2026 to 2027
Member, MFA Committee2024 to 2025, 2026 to 2027
Authored the inaugural Department Technology Plan2025

Founder and co-host, The Strange South, LLC2018 to present. Podcast, live shows, merchandise and publishing
Freelance graphic designer, web developer and consultant2011 to present
Co-owner and web developer, Cymbalholic.com2001 to 2021. Twenty-one years running an internationally recognized drummers' community
Web developer, Gibens Creative GroupTupelo, Mississippi, 2004 to 2010
Owner and web developer, Mudpie Media, LLCColumbus, Mississippi, 1999 to 2002
Multimedia and web developer, Peavey ElectronicsMeridian, Mississippi, 1997 to 2000

Local podcasters host live show at Jax StateThe Anniston Star, April 2023
The Strange South interviewIn Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson, Troy Public Radio, October 2019
10 Alabama Graphic Designers and Artists You Will Want To HireBittbox, 2017
Establishing Your Own Business WebsiteTwo-part series, Mississippi Business Journal, June 2006

AIGA2012 to present
SECAC2018 to present
Calhoun Chamber of Commerce2023
Phi Kappa PhiJacksonville State University, 2016 to 2017
University and College Designers Association; Foundations in Art: Theory and Education2015 to 2017