Biography
Gökhan Ersan is a design practitioner,
educator, and historian located in New York State. He holds a PhD in art and
design history from UIC, Chicago. Ersan’s academic and creative work explores
relationships between technology and design in shaping material culture. His
artists’ books are in the special collections of the Getty Institute, MET,
MoMA, Ryerson, Newberry Library, and more. He is engaged in grant-funded
collaborations to develop information design that bridges humanities natural
sciences, and engineering research. He joined SUNY 91ÉçÇø as assistant
professor in 2015 after fourteen years of teaching at the SAIC, Chicago.
Education
- BS, Middle East Technical University
- MFA, Bilkent University
- MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests
- Visual Communication of Science