Our Faculty


ARLENE THOMAS, ASID, CID, IDEC

Arlene Thomas

Interior Design Department Chair
Email: athomas@saddleback.edu
Phone: 949.582.4615
Office hours:
M-Th 8:30-9:00 am
M/W 1:00-2:00 pm
T/Th 1:30-2:00 pm

Education:
B.A.  –  California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
M.A.  –  California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

Arlene Thomas joined Saddleback College as a full-time faculty member in 1988. For 10 years prior to that, she served as an associate faculty member in the Interior Design Department. Her professional Interior Design experience has been within the residential, commercial and model home field.   In 1995, Arlene became Department Chair for the Interior Design and Travel & Tourism Departments.

During her tenure at Saddleback, her responsibilities have included teaching a variety of courses including: ID 110, ID 111, ID 112, ID 113, ID 115, ID 121, ID 126, ID 127, ID 128, ID 129.

ASID OC Board Leadership positions include:
Professional / Student Liaison
Program Chair.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
Professional Member, ASID (American Society of Interior Designers)
NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification)
CID (Certified Interior Designer)
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)
ASID Student Advisor

HONORS & AWARDS:
1975 Charter Member: ASID, Orange County Chapter
Honored in 2000 
Outstanding Saddleback Faculty:  1988
CCCAOE Regional Interior Design Program Award for Excellence:  1994
Regional Interior Design (RID) Consortium Chair: 2000-02; 2007-08 

Fundamentals of ID, Studio I, ID Careers, Space Planning, Beginning Drafting, Beginning CAD

ALINDE FLAHERTY BITTNER, ASID, IDEC

Alinde Bittner
Interior Design Instructor, Faculty Adviser
Email: abittner@saddleback.edu
Phone: 949.582.4935
Office hours:
TUESDAY 12:00-12:30/5:30-6:00
THURSDAY 12:00-12:30/  2:00-3:30
FRIDAY 8:30-9:00/ 1:00-2:00

Education:
M.A.,San Francsico State University, 1985
B.A., California State Polytechnic University, SLO

Prior to joining Saddleback College full time in the Fall of 2005, Alinde worked at Saddleback College as associate faculty and at the Design Institute of San Diego. She has worked in the field of residential and commercial Interior Design and also has her own consultation business.
In her spare time, Alinde enjoys playing tennis and golf, travel, theatre and reading.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
Professional Member, ASID (American Society of Interior Designers)
NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification)
CID (Certified Interior Designer)
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)

HONORS & AWARDS:
NCIDQ Western Regional Jury Team Leader 2004 to present
Featured Designer, San Diego Downtown Home Tour, 2004

Fundamentals of ID, Studio I & II, Interior Materials & Products, Fundamentals of Lighting, Applied Color & Design Theory, Interior Illustration, Rendering and Rapid Visualization for Interior Design, Codes and Specifications for Interior Design.

RUTH JACOBSON, CID, IDEC, ALLIED MEMBER ASID

RUTH JACOBSON

Interior Design Professor
Email: rjacobson@saddleback.edu (preferred method)

Education:
B.S.  –  University of Nebraska
M.A.  –  California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

Ruth Jacobson joined Saddleback College as a full-time faculty member in 1974, after six years of full-time experience at Mount San Antonio College. She planned, developed, wrote all curriculum and pursued California Community College approval of the Saddleback College Interior Design Program in 1975. Later after serving as Department Chair, she was appointed as Dean of the Technology and Applied Science Division. In 1997, the district Board of Trustees reorganized district administration and appointed Ruth to serve as Dean of Mathematics, Sciences and Engineering at Irvine Valley College. After ten years as a Dean, she retired and returned to the classroom as Adjunct Faculty in Interior Design.

Ruth’s professional Interior Design  experience has included residential design including custom home development and commercial design. Since 1978 she has been the owner of a consultation design business, Ruth Jacobson Interiors.

Courses taught in the Interior Design Department include: Fundamentals of Interior Design, Space Planning, History of Interior Architecture and Furnishings I and II, Interior Materials & Products, Business & Professional Practice for Interior Design, and Interior Design Internship.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
Allied Member, ASID (American Society of Interior Designers)
CID (Certified Interior Designer)
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)
Member of National Trust for Historic Preservation
Member of Decorative Arts Society

HONORS & AWARDS:
Outstanding Faculty – ISID Orange County Chapter - 1989
Outstanding Faculty - Saddleback College - 1987
Dean Emeritus - Saddleback College - 2004
Dean Emeritus – Irvine Valley College - 2004

Fundamentals of ID, History of Interior Architecture & Furnishings I & II

JULIE K. PAILLE

Julie Paille

Interior Design Instructor
Email: jpaille@saddleback.edu
Phone: 949.858.3611

Education:
M.A. - Interior Design, California State University, Long Beach
Certificate in Environmental Design, University of California Irvine
B.A. - Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification)
CID (Certified Interior Designer)

Paille Interior Design, owner since 1982
Residential & Commercial Design

Fundamentals of ID, Business and Professional Practice for Interior Design

SANDRA HAYES, ASID

Sandra Hayes

Interior Design Instructor, part time
Professional Liaison
Email: www.jackhayes2@aol.com
Phone: 714.521.9343

Education:
California State University, Fullerton, B.A., 1973
Major: Environmental Design
Minor: Art History
Sandra Hayes joined Saddleback College as a part-time faculty member in 2006. 
She has been in the Interior Design Field for over 30 years, working in the high-end residential and commercial design firms: HAYES & ASSOCIATES, BILL KIEFER INTERIOR DESIGNS, INC., JAMES W. MURPHY INTERIORS, INC., DESIGN POSSIBILITIES.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
Professional Member, ASID (American Society of Interior Designers)
NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification)

HONORS & AWARDS:
ASID National Medallist Award, 1995
Presidential Citation(s) for Distinguished Service, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994
National Community Service Award, 1985 (Interval House)

POSITIONS HELD:
Chapter President, Orange County Chapter, 1989
National Director, ASID, 1990-1992
Chaired and served on numerous chapter level committees

Fundamentals of Interior Design, Internship Program

IRINI RICKERSON

Interior Design Instructor, part-time
Email:
Phone:

Education:

History I & II

JONI OWEN, CKD, CBD, CID


Joan Owen

Interior Design Instructor, part-time
Email: jowen@saddleback.edu
Office hours: by appointment
Joni Owen has been in the Interior Design Field for over 30 years.
Her specialty has always been Kitchen and Bath Design.
Joni is also a General Contractor and owned a design showroom in for 14years.
She teaches because sharing knowledge she has gained over the years seems like the right thing to do.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS:
CKD (Certified Kitchen Designer)
CBD (Certified Bath Designer)
CID (Certified Interior Designer)
General Contractor
ID 289 Special Topics: Kitchen Design

LAUREN MATCHISON, RA

Assistant Professor of Architecture
Email: lmatchison@saddleback.edu
Phone: 949.582.4786
Office hours:
T 8am-9am & 3pm-4pm
W 4pm - 7pm

Education:
Master of Architecture, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy 2004
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 2000

Lauren Matchison joined Saddleback College in August, 2004. Her responsibilities include teaching the following courses: Arch 12, History of Architecture; Arch 10, Introduction to Architecture; Arch 126 Materials and Methods; Arch 124a,b,& c, Architectural Drawing I, II, & III; and Arch 50, Introduction to AutoCAD.

Lauren is a registered architect and currently works as an architectural designer.  She also provides rendering and autocad services to local firms.

Classes that she teaches for ID students:
Architectural Drawing I

DAVID TITUS

David Titus

Mechanical Drafting/CAD Instructor
Email: dtitus@saddleback.edu
Phone: 949.582.4427
Office hours:
Education:
A.A., Foothill College, 1971
B.A., San Diego State University, 1973
M.A., San Diego State University, 1976
Professor David Titus joined Saddleback College in August of 1990.  His responsibilities include teaching engineering drawing & design and architectural computer-aided-drafting. His software specialty is AutoCAD, both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional techniques. For several years, he has been the Department Chair for Architecture/Drafting Technology & CAD. He has recently helped establish rapid prototype model-making curriculum and courses at the college.
Prior to joining Saddleback College, Mr. Titus enjoyed a successful 12-year tenure as a full-time professor at Hartnell Community College, in Salinas, California.
Classes that he teaches for ID students:
Advanced Computer-Aided Design / Drafting for Interiors

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