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Kimberly Llerena Professorial Lecturer School of Communication

Degrees
MFA in Photographic & Electronic Media from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

BA in Journalism from New York University (NYU)

Bio
Kim Llerena is a photographic artist based in Washington, D.C. She holds an MFA in Photographic & Electronic Media from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA in Journalism from New York University. She was a 2019 top 100 winner in the Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Competition, a 2016 semifinalist in The Print Center’s 90th Annual International Competition in Philadelphia, and a 2014 finalist for the Trawick Prize in Bethesda. In addition to exhibiting nationally, she is term faculty in the Film & Media Arts Division at American University, where she also serves as Course Coordinator for Visual Literacy (COMM-105).
For the Media
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Teaching

Spring 2020

  • COMM-105 Visual Literacy

  • COMM-250 Digital Imaging

  • COMM-477 History of Photography

Fall 2020

  • COMM-105 Visual Literacy

  • COMM-250 Digital Imaging

  • COMM-330 Principles of Photography