Staff profile - MSc. Mikea Dusha - Faculty of Applied Sciences and Creative Industries

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

ACADEMIC TITLE AND POSITION	MSc. / Assistant Lecturer
CURRENT ACADEMIC STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND	Member of the academic staff and the Marketing Office at Barleti University, with an educational background in graphic design and visual arts. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the University of New York Tirana and a Master's degree in Graphic Painting from the University of Arts, Tirana. Her professional profile combines graphic design, visual communication, illustration, animation, and traditional and contemporary graphic art practices.
POSITION	Assistant Lecturer and Graphic Designer at the Marketing Office of Barleti University. She is involved in academic activities as well as the conceptualization and production of visual materials for institutional communication and promotion. Her work encompasses graphic design, visual identity, editorial design, illustration, 2D animation, frame-by-frame animation, motion graphics, and the creation of multimedia content for digital platforms.
CONTRIBUTIONS	Her contributions include the development of graphic materials, audiovisual content, and animations for the institutional communication of Barleti University, alongside her engagement in artistic and research practices. As part of her Bachelor's thesis, she conducted a study on Albanian cinema posters from the communist and post-communist periods, drawing on materials from the Albanian Central State Film Archive. Her creative practice integrates historical research, photography, printmaking, editorial design, and experimentation with static and moving images, exploring the relationship between memory, visual culture, and artistic storytelling.
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS OF INTEREST	Her areas of interest include graphic design, visual communication, traditional and digital animation, particularly frame-by-frame animation, motion design, illustration, photography, cinematography, experimental printmaking, and independent publications (zines). She is also interested in visual culture, archives, collective memory, and the integration of traditional printing techniques with digital technologies. Her creative practice aims to explore alternative forms of visual storytelling by combining imagery, movement, text, and artistic experimentation in creative and interdisciplinary projects.

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