Meet the Faculty
Name | Position | Office | Phone | |
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Brian Davies | Professor | Katherine Harper Hall 189B | 828-262-7365 | daviesbf@appstate.edu |
Emily Maass | Instructor | Katherine Harper Hall | - | maasseb@appstate.edu |
Edward Marxen | Instructor | Katherine Harper Hall 113 | 828-262-7539 | marxenel@appstate.edu |
Jeanne Mercer-Ballard | Associate Professor | Katherine Harper Hall 176 | 828-262-7832 | mercerja@appstate.edu |
J. Alex Poorman | Associate Professor | Katherine Harper Hall 042 | 828-262-7397 | poormanja@appstate.edu |
Ingrid Schneider | Instructor | Katherine Harper Hall | - | schneiderie@appstate.edu |
Faculty Spotlights
![Appalachian State senior interior design student tests a VR set to wander through virtual spaces.](https://interiordesign.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/3a06ef6e-1ebd-49d2-bd81-ccc7d093fb86_1.jpeg?itok=pW9fYI9q)
App State Interior Design program awarded $83,000 Grant for [S4] Student Learning Labs
By: Morgan LampmanBOONE, N.C.--The Appalachian State University Interior Design program was awarded an $83K grant from the Angelo Donghia Fo...
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College of Fine and Applied Art's IDEXlab entry selected as a 2020 winner for Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program
Five winning entries by Appalachian State University faculty and staff have been announced for the 2020 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Progra...
![Alex Poorman, 2019 IIDA Carolinas Educator of the Year](https://interiordesign.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/iida-7385.jpg?itok=j1flPGzH)
Interior design faculty member named IIDA-Carolinas 2019 Educator of the Year
WINNER OF THIS YEAR’S IIDA Carolinas EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDAssociate Professor and Program Coordinator of Interior Design, Alex Poorman, has rec...
![Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University](https://interiordesign.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/sai.jpg?itok=NmJnx6aq)
Interior Design professor participates in SAI Faculty Fellowship
by: Ellie HooperJeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University, was selected as a faculty fellow throug...
![Associate Professor Alex Poorman, who was recently awarded the IFDA Education Foundation's Irma Dobkin Universal Design Grant, works with second year student Alanna Wilson. Photo by Meghan McCandless](https://interiordesign.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/alex_and_student.jpg?itok=yPHq-K59)
Interior design professor awarded Universal Design Grant
Alex Poorman, associate professor of interior design in the Department of Applied Design at Appalachian State University, has been awarded the Interna...
![Alex Poorman](https://interiordesign.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/poorman.jpg?itok=2nd__tqC)
Interior design faculty member named IIDA-Carolinas 2017 Educator of the Year
Associate Professor of Interior Design Alex Poorman has received the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) 2017 Ed...