Jeri Eastman
Assistant Professor
School of: Arts Communication and Media
Interior Design
What she teaches:
INTD 1010 FA Introduction to Interior Design
INTD 1200 Color for Interiors, INTD 1100 Drafting and Space
Utilization
INTD 1270 Survey of Furniture and Architectural Styles
INTD 1950 Materials and Components of Design
INTD 2400 Kitchen and Bath Design
Number of years teaching
at SLCC:
17
Undergraduate degree:
Utah State University
Additional Education:
Interior design professional certification, National Council
for Interior Design Qualification
Why working at SLCC
matters:
I am very passionate about the importance of education and
specifically, the role of SLCC. I have
seen first-hand the impact we can have on students improving themselves and
their place in the world. Our
accessibility, smaller class sizes, and support network for students are
extremely beneficial for our unique demographic of students.
Greatest professional
challenge:
My greatest professional challenge is also what is really
exciting about interior design right now.
As with most professions, technology is changing and improving
rapidly! Staying current on that
technology and incorporating it into our curriculum means we are always
changing and updating. Our goal is to
have our students enter the work force with working knowledge of the cutting
edge technology and trends. There are
changes to computer aided drafting, but the really exciting things happening in
the industry are the use of 3-D printing and Virtual Reality.
Greatest professional
accomplishment:
Working on it! This
is my tenure year. Looking back on the
past five years, the students I hope I have impacted and the things we have
accomplished in our program, is something I am very proud of.
Advice for students
or others:
When mentoring students, the advice I have found to be the
most helpful, is to come up with short-term and long-term goals and do one step
towards those goals each week. There are
so many choices and distractions in the world, it is easy to become
overwhelmed. Checking off small steps to
larger goals is beneficial to a sense of accomplishment and will ultimately pay
off in the end.
Future plans:
The Interior Design Department is going through a growth
spurt! We are a small department and are
working hard to provide more sections of courses to accommodate the growth we
are currently seeing. That being said, a
short term and a long term goal is to develop more of our courses into online
formats. That will offer more flexibility for students and professors.
A personal future plan is to get to Europe!
Family:
Husband who works in game development and design and two
sons who are in their 20s.
Hobbies:
Hiking (love to hike in Southern Utah), reading
and traveling.
