Patricia is the Manager of Lighting Technical Standards for the Illuminating Engineering Society. Pat has more than 30 years of professional experience in lighting design. She has been an adjunct lighting instructor at NYSID for over 10 years and holds an MFA in Theatrical Lighting Design from NYU-TSOA and a BA from Oswego State University in Theatre Design.

Jennifer Robson Worth teaches English Composition I/ESL, English Composition II, and Intensive Italian at NYSID. She holds a BA in Art History and Italian, an MA in Art History, and an MA in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language). Jennifer has many years experience teaching Italian and English as a Second Language both in the US and in Italy to professionals and students. With a certificate in national and international tour management, she also leads tour groups to Italy where she lectures on Roman and Italian Renaissance Art.

Edwin J. Zawadzki is a founding partner of In Situ Design, a New York-based firm that designs a range of projects from homes to hotels, restaurants to offices. He teaches Design Studio II and Thesis Prep at NYSID.

He received a BA from Harvard University and a M.Arch from Yale University.

Stefanie Werner is an award winning registered architect and Certified Passive House Designer with over 20 years experience. She is owner of Design and Solutions Studio. Her work is published internationally and filmed for national television. She holds a Master degree for Architecture and Urban Design from the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany including two years at the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) on a Erasmus scholarship in Barcelona, Spain. She was the president of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust for seven years. 

David is the lighting designer at the Rubin Museum of Art with over two decades of art lighting experience working with art and artists from all over the world in museums, galleries and private collections. David is an advisory member of the IES Museum and Art Gallery Lighting Committee as well as the Committee on Lighting for the Elderly and Partially Sighted.

BFA, New York School of Interior Design

Katie is an NCIDQ certified Interior Designer, with more than 17 years of professional experience.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design from Michigan State University.  Prior to teaching at NYSID, she practiced both commercial and residential design at SOM, Bogdanow Partners Architects, Eve Robinson Associates, Rockwell Group, and Gensler.