2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
College of Art and Design
Herbert Eichelberger, Ph.D.
BFA '70
Herbert Eichelberger '70 (photography) began his career in the fall of 1965 when he worked for Eastman Kodak Co. as a film tester/quality evaluator and later became an industrial photographer.
After graduating from RIT, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Master of Arts degree in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in communication arts from Emory University in 1990. Since 1975, he has been an associate professor of film at Clark Atlanta University. He has taught and mentored many notable people, including film directors Spike Lee, Bryan Barber and Monty Ross and actors Keshia Knight Pulliam and Eva Marcelle.
Outside of the classroom, Eichelberger has produced documentary films to support grant proposals and special projects. Most recently, he and his students created a 90-minute special hosted and produced by Robert Townsend for broadcast on the Black Family Channel.
2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
College of Art and Design
Herbert Eichelberger, Ph.D.
BFA '70
Herbert Eichelberger '70 (photography) began his career in the fall of 1965 when he worked for Eastman Kodak Co. as a film tester/quality evaluator and later became an industrial photographer.
After graduating from RIT, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Master of Arts degree in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in communication arts from Emory University in 1990. Since 1975, he has been an associate professor of film at Clark Atlanta University. He has taught and mentored many notable people, including film directors Spike Lee, Bryan Barber and Monty Ross and actors Keshia Knight Pulliam and Eva Marcelle.
Outside of the classroom, Eichelberger has produced documentary films to support grant proposals and special projects. Most recently, he and his students created a 90-minute special hosted and produced by Robert Townsend for broadcast on the Black Family Channel.