2025 Design Awards Judges

For the UCDA 2025 Design Awards, we’ve assembled a panel of judges composed of designers, design educators, photographers, and illustrators. Your work will be peer-reviewed independently in each competition by others who understand the environments in which you create.

 

Design (Print & Digital) Competition Judges

Jessica Church
Brand Manager
University of Missouri (Mizzou)

Rick Griffith
Designer // Partner
Matter

Mike Metz
Creative Director
Metz Design Company

Marcelo Plioplis
Executive Creative Director
Colorado State University

Tiffany Pruden
Director, Brand Creative
Virginia Tech

Megan Rhee
Assistant Professor
University of Baltimore

Troy Abel
Associate Creative Director
Comcast NBCUniversal

Sammy Jean
UI/UX Designer, Web Developer
Jacksonville University

Ashley Perez
Interactive Art Director
Firefli

 

Video Competition Judges

Erik Dunham
Professor of Digital Design
Anne Arundel Community College

Tim Russon
Video Producer
University of Lynchburg

Chuck Wright
Assistant Professor
Sinclair College

 

Photography Competition Judges

Janice Checchio
Associate Creative Director, Photography
Boston University

Liz Chrisman
Content Marketing Manager
International Mountain Bicycling Association

McNair Evans
Photographer & Multimedia Producer
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts

 

Student Competition Judges

Chuck Armstrong
Associate Professor of Graphic Design
University of Southern Indiana

Anne Berry
Professor + Director, School of Design
University of Chicago

Christine Fraguela
Assistant Chair, Publishing/Surface Design, Illustration
ArtCenter College of Design

Sarah Martin
Associate Professor of Design
U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Nanovic Institute Faculty Fellow
University of Chicago

Johnathon Strube
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
East Tennessee State University