Jillann Hertel

Jillann Hertel Deltejo joined the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Tech after 15+ years in arts, production, programming, and program development. Hertel served as curator and Director of Programming for a three-floor arts center in Brooklyn which housed: music, film, performance, and fine arts, as well as other unique happenings. Her studio experience primarily includes: photography, music, and video production. As both industry professional and academic, she teaches Senior Portfolio to graduating seniors as well as Media Portfolio for graduate students. As LMC's Creative Director, Hertel directs LMC's Creative Career Origination Lab (CoLab) where students in Literature, Media, and Communication and Computational Media have the opportunity to design materials and original content (written, web-based, and print).  CoLab challenges, professionalizes, and engages students in production and problem-solving by creating real-world products while enhancing and elevating their portfolios. Hertel is also a co-director of the Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA) as well as an advocate for expansion of the Arts at Georgia Tech at the School, College, and Institute levels.

Hertel founded The School of Literature, Media, and Communication's CoLab, is co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center, and co-founded the Minor in Social Justice at Georgia Tech.

She is interested in how the forces of representation in media translate into psychological and material realities and how media, art, and events influence cultural change.