Philip Loubere
Professor
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1990)
- MA, Eastern Illinois University (1987)
- BFA, SUNY Buffalo State (1986)
Areas of Expertise
Information graphics, illustration, digital and print publication design, journalism, visual journalism, front-end web development.
Biography
Professor Philip Loubere teaches applications and advanced classes in the Visual Communication concentration. Prior to joining MTSU, he worked as a visual journalist at three West Coast newspapers—The Seattle Times, the San Jose Mercury News and The Orange County Register—over a period of 12 years from 1996 to 2008. Before that, he taught art and design classes at Pierce College and at the University of Puget Sound, both in Tacoma, Washington.
Prof. Loubere has an M.F.A. d...
Read More »Professor Philip Loubere teaches applications and advanced classes in the Visual Communication concentration. Prior to joining MTSU, he worked as a visual journalist at three West Coast newspapers—The Seattle Times, the San Jose Mercury News and The Orange County Register—over a period of 12 years from 1996 to 2008. Before that, he taught art and design classes at Pierce College and at the University of Puget Sound, both in Tacoma, Washington.
Prof. Loubere has an M.F.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison, an M.A. from Eastern Illinois University, and a B.F.A. from SUNY College at Buffalo, N.Y. His areas of specialty include information graphics, illustration, print and digital publication design, and front end Web development. He is the author of A History of Communication Technology, published by Routledge in 2021.
Publications
A History of Communication Technology. Textbook. Routledge/Taylor & Francis April 2021
Companion site: https://comtechhistory.site
Presentations
June 2016: Viscom 30, Snowbird, Utah. Presentation of research project: The Influence of Media Tools on Design
June 2013: Viscom 27, Steamboat Springs, Colo. Presentation of research project: Q Method Analysis of Web Design
June 2012: Viscom 26, Midway, UT. Presentation of research project: Q Method Analysis of Web Design
March 2012: AEJMC Winter conference. Presentation of research project: News websites vs newspapers
June 2011: Viscom25, Taos, NM. Presentation of research project: News websites vs newspapers
Awards
2021: AEJMC Viscom Division, Third Place: Design Competition
2011: AEJMC Viscom Division, Honorable Mention: Creative projects
2007: News Artists Organization, Honorable Mention: First q. quarterly awards
2006: Society for News Design, Award of Excellence: news design/page (with Chuck Burke at SJ Mercury News)
2006: Society for News Design, Award of Excellence: special coverage/single subject (member of graphics team at SJ Mercury News)
2005: Society fo...
Read More »2021: AEJMC Viscom Division, Third Place: Design Competition
2011: AEJMC Viscom Division, Honorable Mention: Creative projects
2007: News Artists Organization, Honorable Mention: First q. quarterly awards
2006: Society for News Design, Award of Excellence: news design/page (with Chuck Burke at SJ Mercury News)
2006: Society for News Design, Award of Excellence: special coverage/single subject (member of graphics team at SJ Mercury News)
2005: Society for News Design, Award of Excellence: special news topics: Reagan Funeral (member of graphics team at SJ Mercury News)
2004: Best of the West, Third Place, informational graphics: California wild fires (member of graphics team at SJ Mercury News)
2004: San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, First and Second Place: graphics team coverage of California wild fires
2002: Society for News Design, World’s Best Designed Daily, 175,000 and over. (member of graphics team at SJ Mercury News)
1995: 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA. Second place award
1995: South Sounds Competition, Commencement Gallery, Tacoma, WA. Third place award
1994: 7th Annual Northern National Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI. Patron Award
1994: National Art Merit Competition, Colyer-Weston Art League, Lancaster, PA. Honorable Mention Award
1992: Showcase ’92, Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR. Best of Show award
1987: Realism Today 5th Annual Competition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana. Purchase Award
Research / Scholarly Activity
2015-2021: Research, writing, graphics and illustrations, design and pagination of textbook, A History of Communication Technology
2016: Research project: The Influence of Media Tools on Design. Presented at Viscom 30 conference.
2012-2013: Ongoing research project: Q Method Analysis of Web Design. Presented at Viscom 26 and Viscom 27 conferences.
2011-2012: Research project: News websites vs newspapers. Presented at Viscom 25 and AEJMC Winter conference.
Creative Activity
2018-2021: MTSyou: Class project with advanced VCOM students to create an online publication on relevant information for MTSU students. mtsyou.net/
2014: Building Green: Website on environmentally responsible home building practices. With student Jordan Kennedy. ploubere.com/greenbuilding/
2012: Tennessee CongressWatch: Website covering Tennessee’s nine congressional district elections. With student Chloe Polivka.
ploubere.com/congresswatch
2011: Covering Is...
Read More »2018-2021: MTSyou: Class project with advanced VCOM students to create an online publication on relevant information for MTSU students. mtsyou.net/
2014: Building Green: Website on environmentally responsible home building practices. With student Jordan Kennedy. ploubere.com/greenbuilding/
2012: Tennessee CongressWatch: Website covering Tennessee’s nine congressional district elections. With student Chloe Polivka.
ploubere.com/congresswatch
2011: Covering Islam webinar: Website with conference information and videos of sessions. With student Tala Hobballah.
ploubere.com/coveringislam
2010: Fortress Rosecrans: Interactive online graphic, with student Floris Moriceau, for use by the National Park Service.
ploubere.com/rosecrans/
2010: Good Friday Tornado: Interactive online graphic and print graphic, with student Floris Moriceau and interviews by MTSU Journalism students, published in the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal on April 11, 2010, both in print and online. ploubere.com/tornado/
2009-2017: MTSU School of Journalism website: Design, coding, content management and maintenance. ploubere.com/mtsujournalism
Courses
VCOM 2010 - Introduction to Visual Communication
VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications
VCOM 3920 - Information Web Design
VCOM 3930 - Visual Storytelling for Journalism
VCOM 3950 - Digital Storytelling for Journalism
VCOM 4010 - Information Design
VCOM 4180 - Senior Portfolio