Globally Connected @ FIT: Meet Our New Faculty

Marcos Chin

Jamyn Edis

Dorota Szlek

Meet three of our new faculty members and hear about the global aspects of their work.

Jamyn Edis joins the Marketing Communications Department. He is a seasoned executive, data strategist, entrepreneur, and educator with nearly three decades of leadership at the intersection of tech, media, and artificial intelligence. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and both a BA and an MA from the University of Cambridge. In higher ed, Edis has served as an adjunct at NYU Stern, developing and teaching the MBA/EMBA “New Media and Marketing” curriculum. He has also taught at Columbia University and served as an executive-in-residence at the Berkeley Center for Innovation. He is the author of the forthcoming book,The Fifth Horseman: AI and Humanity’s Judgment Day.

Marcos Chin joins the Illustration and Interactive Media Department. Chin is an illustrator, commercial artist, and educator. His academic appointments also include illustration faculty roles at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Harbour Space in Bangkok, Thailand. His portfolio includes designing art for the Broadway musical Death Becomes Her, illustrating animation for a Mountain Dew commercial at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and collaborating with director David LaChapelle on character designs for Truly Hard Seltzer. He has also created visual campaigns for YouTube, Starbucks Reserve, and Banana Republic. A leader in the illustration community, Chin has served as chair for the Society of Illustrators 67th Annual Exhibition and has won multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers.​

Dorota Szlek, PhD, joins the Science and Math Department in the biomaterials area. Szlek holds a PhD in fiber science from Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, researching sustainable fibers and nonwovens derived from agricultural residues and biobased materials. Working in the Frey Lab Group, she investigated lignin valorization through electrospinning and wet-spinning to develop plant-based alternatives to petroleum textiles. Szlek brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to her work, combining materials science with over a decade of industry experience in accessories design and fabric development at companies like Calvin Klein and PVH Corp.

Globally Connected @ FIT is hosted by the Office of International Programs, History of Art, and the Cultural Fellows.

This virtual event is free and open to the public.