Education

B.A., Digital Media, SC State University
M.A., Graphic Design, Academy of Art University
M.F.A, Graphic Design, Academy of Art University

Background

Current assistant professor of Digital Media, SC State University
Current online communications instructor, Johnson C. Smith University

Teaching

Joey Hilton is a firm believer that everyone is born with a different level of natural abilities. He's encountered students with extraordinary abilities and students that had "learning disabilities." Once, a student told him that he was one of the only teachers to adjust to their learning style. He didn’t think he was doing anything special by staying after class and making sure that they understood the lesson. That experience taught him that students come from different backgrounds and each brain interprets information differently. One of his goals is to ensure that no student gets left behind.

Awards

Voted South Carolina's 2010 Graphic Designer of The Year (Nominated 6x)
SC State University's New Faculty Member of The Year
2023 40 Under 40 for SC State University

Research Interests

Advertising to African American Teens/Mind Control and Brainwashing
Audio Oppression: Detailing the use of mainstream, modern day hip-hop as a tool to control, and in some cases, brainwash the youth.

Publications

Design, Cover and Layout:

Soria, K. M. (2015). Welcoming blue-collar scholars into the ivory tower: Developing class-conscious strategies for student success. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

McIntosh, E. J., Schreiner, L. A., & Young, D. G. (2015). Investigating sophomore student success: The National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives and the Sophomore Experiences Survey, 2014. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.