Dawn Ward, Ph.D.

Professor of Graphic Design and Visual Art
Division: Design
Office Location: Design Building
Phone: 508.373.9718
Email: dawn.ward@becker.edu

Dr. Dawn Ward received her bachelor of arts in journalism from Northeastern State University in 1985 and her graduate degrees—a master’s in studio art and a Ph.D. in art education—from New York University. She taught at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, and Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire before coming to Becker College in 2007 as an associate professor of graphic design and visual art.

Dr. Ward teaches graphic design courses in digital technology, prepares students for the digital design field with electronic portfolios and presentation skills, and teaches the computer illustration course for the Becker College game design program.

Dr. Ward has worked in advertising and promotion—first as a graphic designer and media/print coordinator, then as an art director for an in-house agency. She has written and contributed to various bodies of work regarding education, art, and literature including a collection of early writings and letters by Jack Kerouac which is was published by Penguin UK in 2011. She was invited to serve on a panel at the SOHO20 Gallery in New York City as part of the Artists Talk on Art series and has presented her research at many conferences, including the Beat Literature Symposium at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Dr. Ward is also a practicing artist whose recent work was in the Sustainable Source Exhibition at Longwood University in 2008.