About Me

Dr. Tony McEachern is a ‘Desert Storm’ Army veteran and creative scholar, who has demonstrated a life-long association with visual arts, art history, and art education, as well as, a passion for business.

As an arts educator and academic administrator, Dr. McEachern currently serves as Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). Before coming to BCCC, Dr. McEachern served as Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Tenured Professor in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T).

Prior to this appointment, Dr. McEachern served as the Assistant Dean of Visual Arts, Performing Arts and World Languages in the School of Liberal Arts at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) in the Annapolis area of Maryland. Dr. McEachern also served in various capacities over 20 years at Howard University in Washington, DC, including Chair of the Department of Art, Director of the Art and Design Graduate Program, Co-Director of the University’s Chair Leadership Academy, Coordinator of the Digital Media Art program, and Professor in the division of Fine Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences. He also served concurrently as a Creative Director in the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years. 

 

With Sayeda Rawan Bahabri and her family. Rawan is the first Student of our newly established Fashion Design MFA Graduate Degree Program. She is from Saudi Arabia and her work is awesome! #WorldReknownedTalent

 

As a Professor of Art and Design, Dr. McEachern has taught across the creative curriculum in areas such as digital media design, advertising design, interface design/user experience, web development / interactive media, graduate thesis writing, creative business and entrepreneurship and art/design/digital media history. Dr. McEachern has developed and led collaborative design teams and presented innovative research nationally and globally, at conferences in such places as California, Michigan, Arizona, Mexico, Italy, and Brazil. Dr. McEachern’s research strives to make relevant the integration of visual arts, technology, business, and communications by providing frameworks that combine creative services and educational programs that streamline the processes for businesses, institutions, and organizations.  He believes the awareness of this necessary integration should start at the academic level. To foster this ideal, he developed the McEachern Model for the Successful Obtainment of Industry Readiness, Preparedness, and Leadership for African American Millennial Media Arts Students. This developmental model features a curriculum that promotes the concept of visual arts, communication, and business synthesis. 

In 2010, Dr. McEachern was invited to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the DC chapter of the AAF, the DC Ad Club. From 2011 to 2017, he served as a member of the AAF’s DC Ad Club Foundation, the philanthropic arm of this organization. Dr. McEachern was the Art Executive of Howard University to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) from 2012 to 2019. In 2016 and 2017, he participated as a presenter and panel discussion moderator for the NASAD sessions on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Art and Design at the Annual Meetings. He also served as a visiting evaluator for NASAD since 2015, and as a member of the American Council for Education’s Faculty Evaluators for Credit and Occupational Programs since 2009.

 

Strengthening his academic background with over 25 years of industry experience in the creative field, Dr. McEachern manages a successful and diverse career as a professional consultant, marketing strategist and visual communicator. In this, he has occupied positions as marketing and communications director, creative director, art director, copywriter, photographer, illustrator, entrepreneur, consultant, and educator.  Specializing in advertising and brand development, Dr. McEachern has extensive experience working on local, regional and national advertising and public service campaigns for public and private business sectors, as well as, in academia. McEachern was the Director of Marketing and Communications with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. He served as Brand Identity and Strategic Plan consultant for the DC Government’s Connect.DC Digital Inclusion Initiative and the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utility. He has also worked as a creative professional for companies such as the Washingtonian Magazine and August, Lang & Husak Inc. Advertising Agency.

Dr. McEachern received a Ph.D. in Communications, a Master of Fine Arts in Design, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a double concentration in Digital Media Art and Design from Howard University in Washington, DC. He is also completing an M.B.A. at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a specialization in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy.