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.

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. 

BA, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Seema Pandya is an accomplished sustainability consultant with over 15 years’ experience working with projects to design and construct sustainable building solutions. She has worked on over 40 sustainable building projects and is a 3rd party USGBC technical LEED Reviewer for over 100 projects. She also was recognized by Green 2.0, as a diverse leader in the environmental field. She is a graduate professor of sustainable design at the NY School of Interior Design and FIT SUNY currently teaching the Introduction to Sustainability in the Built Environment for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as Residential Studio 1, and Constructing, Operating, and Maintaining the Green Interior in the NYSID MPS program.  Seema is also an accomplished multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersection between sustainability, art, culture, and the built-environment with an aim of connecting audiences with experiential awareness of natural cycles. Having several public and private art commissions, her work has been featured in Vogue India, Mood of Living, and Fine Woodworking magazines. Seema also served as the Chair of the NY IIDA Sustainability Forum and Board Of Directors and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the non-profit, Brooklyn Raga Massive.

Mark Wright, AIA is a registered architect with 35 years of professional experience and an active private practice. He holds a BA in Architecture, Art, and Art History, and B.Arch, both from Rice University. As an architectural historian he has focused on the American architect H. H. Richardson.