Prof. Deb Krikun, Associate Professor – 1997 – present
Interactive Technologies (ITECH) Curriculum Chair,
Faculty Advisor Student Club – New Media Group
Discord New Media Group Link
Email: deborah.krikun@sunywcc.edu
Archives:dkrikun.wordpress.com
Students may contribute to ITECH’s DIG IT ALL Substack
newsletter. The online publication is to support students in their accomplishments, interests and help to promote their ITECH online portfolio for internship opportunities. Students may have a featured presence to create a professional social media footprint.
Email the Prof. Deb Krikun if you would like to contribute to ITECH’s DIG IT ALL Substack newsletter.
Office Hours – Prof. Deb Krikun will be on a Fall 2026 Sabbatical. She will be on campus every Wednesday at 11am-4pm in the WCC Library 2nd Flr. working on building a virtual reality catalog for the Library. You are welcomed to drop in and participate in developing and testing VR programs.
New Media Group – ITECH student club
We will be meeting in the Library on 2nd floor,
Rm 213 Innovation Design Studio – Wednesday’s Only 11am-1pm
Knock on window so Professor can let you in 🙂
Prepare for the Spring 2027 DIG IT ALL GAME JAM
Email Prof. Deb Krikun to participate.
All are welcomed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interactive Technologies Computer Animation and Game Design
is where students design, break and develop games
while others play them!
Data Narratives can be memorable storytelling tales.
ITECH Adjuncts
Prof. Michael Dwyer,
ITECH Adjunct – Spg 21 – present
Art Director and Web Design (UX/UI)
Email: michael.dwyer@sunywcc.edu
Working in the design and digital media industries for many years. We are so fortunate to have Michael as part of the ITECH Adjunct roster, teaching ITECH 120 WEB DESIGN UX/UI. (Wednesday evening remotely)
Formerly a UX/UI Designer for IBM Bridges the gap between client and developer using equal parts verbal/written communication, design talent, and knowledge of standards and systems – both internal and external – to serve as a steward of the IBM brand’s legacy.
Currently a UX/UI Designer for CGI – a global IT company that represents deep knowledge of industry trends and IT priorities. It also highlights industry and technology expertise, and the best practices built over more than four decades of serving client needs.
Prof. Aaron Porter
ITECH Adjunct – Fall 23 – present
Graphic Designer
Email: aaron.porter@sunywcc.edu
Aaron works with varied clients creating, graphic designs, illustrations, informational graphics, 2D animations, 3D modeling, photo composites and retouching.
Beginning Fall 2023 Prof. Porter will be teaching the ITECH 110 Digital Imaging at the Center for the Digital Arts in Peekskill on Tuesday afternoon in a Hyflex class. Hyflex is when you can be in-person or remote.
He is an animator and a motion designer along with 3D modeling. ITECH is thrilled to have Prof. Porter on board as many years ago when Prof. Krikun was teaching 2D animation back in the early 2000 he and many other current professors in the metropolitan area wanted to learn 2D Flash animation.
Prof. Gerry Katzban
ITECH Adjunct – present
WCC Senior Adjunct since January 1997
Video Editor and Digital Designer
Email: Gerry.Katzban@sunywcc.edu
Gerry works with many clients in the broadcast, streaming, web, commercial, industrial and creative industries since graduation from Pratt Institute.
Beginning this Spring 2024, Prof. Katzban will be teaching ITECH 100 Digital Design on the main campus of Valhalla. His skills are many as most digital media designers and editors need to have such as in Visual Design · Visual Design Education · Design Leadership · Digital Design · Photography · Motion Graphics · Graphics · Multimedia · Illustration · Animation · Video Editing · After Effects · Art Direction · Video · Photoshop · Art · Creative Direction · Video Production · Photo Imaging · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Photoshop.
Kelvin Moreaux
Game Designer and Teacher at Youth Programs
ITECH Adjunct – Spring 2026 – present
Email: kelvin.moreaux@sunywcc.edu
I started out as a Database Programmer, but always wanted to be a Game Designer. Around 2015 SONY gave developers a chance to make games on PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) for free. Created a simple game using my limited coding skills and MS Paint called Dynamite Dude.
Once I finished that project I felt like I had enough confidence to download the Unity Game Engine. I learned Unity using YouTube tutorials to recreate Dynamite Dude, and how to model in 3D using Blender.
I continue to work with an organization that connects me to different schools and after school programs where I teach Game Design to the youth.
“I push my students to create both 2D and 3D games, by learning the process from character design, to animation, to world creation.“
Kelvin is a graduate of Manhattan University in Computer Engineering, certified in Python and a C# Developer.
Prof. Will Hallett
ITECH Adjunct – Fall 22-Spg 23
Digital Artist and Author
Email: william.hallett@sunywcc.edu
His work spans from game design to video art and music, addressing themes such as virtual production, online social presence, and symbolic meaning. Prof. Hallett will be teaching ITECH 200 Game Design and Interactive Media and ITECH 210 3D Visualization. (inperson and remotely)
He has written on the politics of artificial intelligence and on how we can best define global culture and unity in the digital era. Will’s work has been shown and featured nationally and internationally and he holds a graduate degree in interactive media art from New York University.