Frank Cost was named interim dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences in July 2009. He is a long-time member of the RIT community, graduating from RIT in 1987 with a master's degree in computer science.

He has a unique perspective on the graphic communications industry that has evolved from his own intellectual and experiential roots in photography, journalism, history, computing and printing technology.

His current research focuses on the impact of digital technology and digital culture on traditional forms of creative expression. His work exploring innovative uses for digitally produced books has helped RIT to attract funding for a number of research and development projects.

In 2001, Cost was a founding co-director, along with professor Patricia Sorce, of the Printing Industry Center at RIT. Cost is the author of the Pocket Guide to the Digital Printing, published by Delmar Thomson Learning, and The New Medium of Print: Material Communication in the Internet Age, , published by the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press.

Andrew Davidhazy is an expert who has lectured extensively on high-speed photography and photo instrumentation and has analyzed "ghost" pictures (Loch Ness Monster, UFOs). He also provided analysis of the infamous Bruno Magli shoes during the O.J. Simpson trial.

His main area of interest is in the application of photography as a tool for solving technical, engineering, forensic and scientific problems. In addition, he has an interest in special effects used in commercial/advertising photography and has developed novel cameras for recording of special events and situations.

He can speak on technical and scientific applications of photography-forensic, high speed, infrared and velocity recording cameras, time-lapse photography, ultraviolet, panoramic, peripheral, racetrack photo finish and ballistic photography.

Davidhazy served as a consultant in photographic instrumentation for NASA, Mobil, Kodak and Xerox and has received grants to teach high-speed camera and photographic techniques. He collaborated on an investigation for the House Select Committee on the assassination of President Kennedy.

He is the chair of the imaging and photographic technology program in RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and received his bachelor's in professional photographic illustration (1966) and master's in graphic design (1968) from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Michael Peres is an expert on medical photography, biological photography, photomicrography, photography and technology, images in science, the RIT Big Shot, medical-legal photography, and information imaging.

He is responsible for coordinating several projects including Images from Science and RIT Big Shot. He is the Lennart Nilsson Award nominating committee chair.

Peres has a master's in instructional technology and a bachelor's in biomedical photographic communications from Rochester Institute of Technology. He also has a bachelor's in biology.

Doug Rea is professor of photography and a digital photography pioneer. Since joining RIT, he has had more than 35 exhibitions of his photographic work. Professor Rea is also a freelance photographer for non-government organizations, news agencies and motorsports. His work has been reproduced in numerous national and international news publications. Professor Rea is also an expert in motosports photography, documentary photography, digital workflow, color management and photojournalism education.

James Reilly is an international expert on archival preservation. His expertise is on the preservation of library and archive materials (photographic and cinema materials, institutional collection management and the history of imaging), 19th century photography and accelerated aging methods.

Reilly works with world-renowned museums on technology supporting optimal environmental conditions for the preservation of precious artifacts and historic photographs and documents.

He can speak knowledgeably on the subjects of photograph permanence, library and archive preservation, accelerated testing, ink-jet stability, environmental assessment in museums, stability and testing of images, museum environments and history of photographic technology.

Reilly is and the director of the Image Permanence Institute and a professor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. He is the author of two books on 19th century photography, the winner of a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the winner of Silver Light Award from the Association of Moving Image Archivists and a frequent author and lecturer.

He holds a bachelor's degree and master's in English literature and is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

Four-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and editor William Snyder is a professor and chair of the photojournalism program at his alma mater. After graduating from RIT in 1981, Snyder joined The Miami News and, two years later, moved to the photography staff of The Dallas Morning News. During his 15 years as a staff photographer, Snyder won three Pulitzers Prizes: the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism in 1989, along with a The Dallas Morning News reporter and artist for their special report on a 1985 airplane crash; the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his pictures of ill and orphaned children living in desperate conditions in Romania; and, along with fellow photographer and RIT graduate Ken Geiger, the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News photography for their photographic coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

In 1998, Snyder changed roles and became a picture editor/manager. He served as the night photo editor, assignments editor, metro/suburban photo editor and assistant director of photography in the The Dallas Morning News Collin County bureau.

In 2005, he was named director of photography and guided the photography staff to the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He also produced “Eyes of The Storm,” a 256-page book published by Taylor Trade featuring the The Dallas Morning News photo staff’s images from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which has sold over 14,000 copies.

He began shooting photographs for The Gleaner, in his hometown of Henderson, Ky., at the age of 14. He rode his bicycle to his assignments or his mother drove him.

He has won numerous awards from The National Press Photographers Association, Associated Press Managing Editors, Society of Newspaper Design, Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, Dallas Press Club, The Texas Headliners, Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Olympic Photo Committee.

In 1994–1995, he was the Dan Burke Fellow for the University of Michigan’s Professional Journalism Fellowship program, where he studied African-American history and Eastern European/Russian History.

He has lectured in Romania, the Czech Republic and numerous universities and professional symposiums across the U.S.

His freelance clients include Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Computer Reseller, Allstate Insurance Co., New York Times Sunday Magazine, Pinnacle Sports Cards and the rock group The Who.

Loret Steinberg is an expert on documentary photography, photojournalism, social responsibility and photography, ethics and documentary photography/photojournalism, community responsive media, civic journalism and photography, and building new ways of telling more meaningful stories with photographs.

She has spent much of her life finding ways to make and teach students how to make stronger, more telling photographs. Beyond the photograph itself, her work addresses the who, what and why of the photograph-what happens to it once it's made, how it's used, how it affects an audience and the broader impact of documentary and journalistic photography in our culture. That has given way to developing new methods for working that address the problems inherent in photographing subjects beyond the photographers' realm of experience.

Steinberg, an expert in community ties in education, advocates that her students become involved with their community. She has initiated projects where inner city children and high school kids learn about each other using photography as the tool to open doors in communication.

In addition to teaching photojournalism and documentary classes at RIT, she lectures on ethics and photography and continues to develop courses in social documentation and collaborative work with the community.

Steinberg writes on a range of topics in photojournalism education such as the impact of technology on audience perception, the role of reflection in professional work and photographers' responsibility to a diverse community. Her work has been exhibited and published in galleries, museums and in publications across the United States.

Steinberg holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and fine arts from Indiana University, a master's in photography from Indiana University. She has taught workshops and courses in civic journalism, visual communication and story telling, alternative methods for engaging audiences and picture editing.