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 Frank Cost
Interim Dean, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences

Fields of Expertise:
Imaging & Media > Photography
Imaging & Media > Print Media

Dept/Division: College of Imaging Arts and Sciences
E-Mail: fjcppr@rit.edu
News Contact: Kevin Fuller, kmfuns@rit.edu, 585-475-6241
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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.