John DiMarco, Jr.

Ph.D. – Information Studies, Long Island University, C.W. Post
M.A. – Communication Design, Long Island University, C.W. Post
B.A. – Communication, University at Buffalo

John DiMarco, Ph.D. is Professor of Mass Communication and Digital Media Design at St. John's University in New York City. Dr. DiMarco is a patented inventor, and a nonfiction writer who has published numerous articles and chapters as well as multiple books. Recent works include The Resume, Cover Letter, Portfolio Handbook in 2022; Communications Writing and Design; published by Wiley Blackwell in 2017, Career Power Skills; published by Pearson in 2013, and Digital Design for Print and Web; published by Wiley in 2010. Past books include Web Portfolio Design and Applications (2006) and Computer Graphics and Multimedia (2004) both published by IGI. He has contributed to and been quoted in media outlets including USA Today, MONEY Magazine, Newsday, Fox Business, Learning Solutions Magazine, Training and Development Magazine, Business News Daily, and The New York Daily News on stories involving communication, public relations, visual design, and career skills. Dr. John DiMarco has helped people with learning, communication, and design for over 20 years. John teaches, writes, trains, and consults in creativity, design thinking, new product development, digital media, instructional design, persuasive communication, and career building. John DiMarco is a Certified Adobe Education Trainer and a Certified Instructional Designer. Dr. DiMarco's passion for helping people intersects digital communication, instructional design, visual media, and product development disciplines. John is the inventor of the Shape Stretch Body bar, a patented stretching apparatus and exercise system, and created Shapestretch.com, an instructional website for stretching and flexibility.Mass communication, Digital media design, Advertising design and production, Public relations and persuasion Career skills and Portfolio developmentPersuasion, Image Repair theory, Bloom’s digital taxonomy and knowledge organization, Instructional design and creative learning, Design Thinking / Design methods

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