About Dr. Stephen Immerman
Stephen D. Immerman Ed.D. was appointed president of Montserrat College of Art in November 2009, following a successful 30 year-career at MIT. Montserrat College of Art is a four-year residential college of visual art and design with about 400 students. Students are encouraged to take creative risks, which bring them to the cutting edge of their own talent and expertise and provide them with practical skills, through our required internship program, to develop and test their learning in real-world settings.
A Montserrat education is a blend of “two parts studio learning with one part liberal arts.” Among each concentration, studio electives allow flexibility to explore and expand one’s own artistic pursuit, while liberal arts classes tie in art history, humanities and other elements to create a well-balanced education in the arts.
Prior to MIT, Steve worked in Student Life at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), during which he developed a groundbreaking student leadership program entitled “Insights on the Institute.” The program provided a curriculum for leadership training and development while pairing incoming student leaders with senior campus staff, administration and faculty mentors.
He holds a Doctor of Education Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Certificates in Leadership from MIT and in Management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, a Master of Science and Education from the University of New York, Albany, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the State University of New York, Potsdam.
An involved community leader, he was appointed in summer 2015 by Gov. Charlie Baker to the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He is co-president of Beverly Main Streets, vice president of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, and on the boards of the Salem Athenaeum, the Essex National Heritage Commission, the Massachusetts Creative Network Commission, the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design and is the former Chair of the Potsdam College Foundation, State University of New York.
