Notable Faculty and Staff
- Tsutomu "Tom" Matano, Director of the School of Industrial Design/ "Father" of the Mazda MX-5
- Diane Baker, Executive Director of the School of Motion Pictures & Television / Acting and veteran Hollywood actress
- Jan Yanehiro, Director of the School of Multimedia Communications and televisions first Asian-American broadcaster.
- Lanny Liu, illustrator of webcomic Single Asian Female
- Lindsey Yamasaki, former basketball player at Stanford and the WNBA who currently coaches the Academy's women's basketball team
- Terryl Whitlatch, illustration instructor who has worked extensively as a creature designer on the Star Wars prequels, where she worked directly with George Lucas
- Eli Harris, illustration instructor who was part of the Sketch Travel book project, along with Enrico Casarosa.
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