Adam Wagler

Lecturer of Advertising

Contact:
330 Andersen Hall
402.472.2984
awagler2@unl.edu

Bio:
Adam Wagler is an Advertising faculty member and design specialist for Strategic Discussions for Nebraska in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Currently, Adam teaches New Media Design, Strategic Communications Graphics and Visual Literacy. He also works on a $1.8 million grant, The Omaha Science Media Project, that is testing the hypothesis that high school students can learn science better by utilizing a journalistic approach. Additionally, Adam is involved in a project that is creating products and promotional ideas for mobile devices.

He graduated from Iowa State University's College of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Visual Studies. His degree had an emphasis in Drawing, Photography, & Computer Graphics and included a semester abroad at Swansea University in Wales. He also holds a master's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Adam has worked as a designer in the Midwest and Southwest. After some time in Des Moines, Iowa at a video production house he moved to Tucson, Arizona and worked in the trade show industry. While in the desert he maintained Web sites as well as designed and produced a wide variety of print materials, primarily large-format graphics, for trade shows and conventions.

In his spare time, Adam enjoys hanging out with his wife, Madeline, being with friends, computers, photography, art, playing guitar, learning and traveling. In a former life, he played drums in a punk band for almost five years, and recorded with a country band called Moonshine Radio.

Curriculum vitae available upon request.