Sabrena Deal Joins Grady as Design Lecturer

Sabrena Deal joins Grady College
 as Design Lecturer

Grady College is pleased to welcome Sabrena Deal as a lecturer, teaching Graphic Communication and Advertising Message Strategy this fall. 

Prior to earning her MFA in graphic design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco this past spring, Deal served as an instructor of media arts and design courses at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and as an adjunct instructor of graphics and photography courses at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Deal has more than 15 years of experience in art direction and print design. Her publication design work has garnered several national best in print awards and she owns and operates her own wedding and lifestyle photography company. She also serves as assistant editor of Research and Practice in Assessment Journal.

Deal’s thesis for her MFA was titled “The Lucky Ones Project: A series of digital and print graphic novellas to be used for human trafficking awareness,” and she has an interest in using strategic communication to support the efforts of justice based non-profit organizations specifically related to sex trafficking.