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Dr. Jerry Waite

Dr. Jerry Waite (left), graphic communications technology coordinator,
shown receiving the 1999 Outstanding College Faculty Award for Service
from Dean Bernard McIntyre.

The coordinator of graphic communications technology in the University of Houston's College of Technology is Associate Professor Jerry Waite. Dr. Waite has been involved in the printing and publishing business since he was a high school freshman at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Southern California. He enjoyed his high school printing courses so much that he decided that he wanted to become a graphic arts teacher so that he could continue to have an extraordinary amount of fun each and every day of his career. Helping students learn the business would be an extra bonus!

Dr. Waite earned his teaching certification and bachelor's and masters degrees in Graphic Arts at California State University, Los Angeles. UCLA was his home during his doctoral studies. He taught graphic arts at the high school and community college levels in Southern California for nineteen years.

In 1993, at the request of the University of Houston, the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast, and the Texas Printing Education Foundation, Dr. Waite moved to Houston to begin the graphic communications technology curriculum in the UH College of Technology. The program he began in 1993 saw its first graduates in 1995 (from the Minor program) and 1996 (from the Major program).

Dr. Waite was awarded tenure by the University of Houston in 1999 and currently teaches most of the undergraduate credit courses in graphic communications technology. He also occasionally teaches non-credit courses for the Texas Printing Institute. Dr. Waite is also the First Vice President of the International Graphic Arts Education Association and is the editor of the Visual Communications Journal.

In cooperation with UH colleague Dr. Cheryl Willis, Dr. Waite has written three textbooks about graphic arts software: Introduction to QuarkXPress for the Macintosh, Introduction to QuarkXPress for Windows, and Electronic Prepress Using Photoshop 4.0.

You can reach Dr. Waite by e-mail at JWAITE@uh.edu, or by phone at 713-743-4089.

Ms. Jill Butler

Ms. Jill Butler, graphic communications technology graduate student and research assistant,
with advisory committee member Harry Benson (a.k.a. Ben Franklin).

Jill Butler recently graduated from the University of Houston with a Masters of Science in Occupational Technology, specializing in graphic technology. Previously, she graduated from Texas A&M University in 1991 with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She has worked as a graphic designer, prepress technician, and web page designer. She has also worked as a consultant for many graphic arts companies in the greater Houston area.

Ms. Butler teaches many of the non-credit desktop publishing courses for the Texas Printing Institute as well as various college-credit laboratory courses in the graphic communications technology curriculum. She also works as an Internet Web Designer in the University's Information Services Department.

Ms. April Showers

April Showers earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in 1998 with a with a major in Radio and Television and a minor in Graphic Communications Technology. She is a graduate student and works as a laboratory instructor in the College of Technology and as a web and multimedia designer for the University's Information Services Department.

Ms. Showers teaches various laboratory courses for the graphic communications technology curriculum. In particular, she teaches multimedia in OCTE 3353, Communications Systems.

Mr. John Baca

John Baca is the pressroom supervisor at the University of Houston's Printing Plant. Has has worked as a press operator since the early 1970's and currently teaches the laboratory component of the Press Technology I and Press Technology II courses.

Mr. Rex Chu

Rex Chu graduated from the University of Houston in 1996 with a major in Radio and Television and a minor in Graphic Communications Technology. He owns an electronic prepress service bureau in Southwest Houston, and provides services to many Houston-area printers. Mr. Chu teaches non-credit desktop publishing courses for the Texas Printing Institute. Rex teaches non-credit courses in preflighting, Photoshop, and QuarkXPress. In particular, he has taught most of the electronic prepress technicians who work at the Houston Chronicle.

Mr. Ed Gumnick

Ed Gumnick earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Dallas in 1985. He has been employed as a prepress technician since 1985, and is currently the manager of the Printing Plant at the University of Houston. Ed teaches non-credit courses for the Texas Printing Institute in the areas of computer operation and QuarkXPress.


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