Professor Shertzer has over 18 years of experience in all facets of the
Interior Design and Architectural Profession with professional practice in
Arizona, Alaska, Ohio and the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. His work
experience has included Retail Interior Design for the Limited, Express and
Limited Too. Residential work includes five star energy efficient homes in Alaska, featured on Home and Garden TV. Recently, Professor Shertzer has been
focusing on Commercial Interior Design on projects ranging from 3,000 Square
feet to over 100,000 square feet. Project types include Law firms, Data
Centers, Lobbying offices, Foundations and Not-for-Profit organizations.

Professor Shertzer teaches Graphic Communication for Interior Design.

Erin Speck, AIA, IDEC, IES, and ISP, Assistant Professor of Interior Design
Acting Program Director for Interior Design
MArch Catholic University

Professor Speck’s professional practice includes retail (Britches, Britches Great Outdoors, Candy Express); residential (addition and renovation of existing), and institutional (Medical Office Suite interior, Washington Adventist as-built drawings in CAD) projects. Her consulting firm provides customized CAD training whose goal is to generate a project-specific kit of parts. She holds professional memberships with AIA, IDEC, IES, and ISP.

Professor Speck teaches lighting, CAD, historic preservation, institutional design, and construction methods.

Sheryl Sodaro-Spomer, Allied ASID, IDEC, Assistant Professor of Interior Design

MIS Interior Design and Architectural History, Virginia Commonwealth University

Professor Spomer has worked in the design field in a variety of capacities.  These include designing the Mercyhurst College bookstore interior, overseeing and contributing to the design of a "green living" lounge in a college apartment complex and as a faculty advisor for a student chapter of ASID.  Her favorite design projects involve the adaptive reuse of vacant and abandoned buildings, primarily in the Barton Heights historic district in Richmond, Virginia.  These residential projects were returned to their initial context and use and then sold to low or middle income families who could not otherwise afford to purchase a home. Professor Spomer's special interest involves adaptive reuse of structures using environmentally friendly processes and products.

last updated 07 Nov 2005