Joel Sternfeld taught at Stockton from 1971 to 1985. Originally a Mayflower faculty member in the Division of Management Sciences, he transferred to ARHU in 1979 to teach photography and Media Studies in the Visual Arts program. He now teaches photography at Sarah Lawrence College and has works in the permanent collection at the MOMA in New York City and the Getty in Los Angeles. He is noted for both his large-format documentary pictures, and for his contribution to establishing color photography as a respected artistic medium.