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fix: correct Reas UCLA start date to 2004 per DMA history page
UCLA's own DMA department history (dma.ucla.edu/resources/history) says Reas joined "the year after" Steinkamp and Mendez (2003), making it 2004. External bios say 2003 but UCLA's source takes precedence.
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\section{Introduction}
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Casey Reas co-created Processing in 2001 at MIT. He joined UCLA's Department of Design~|~Media Arts in 2003. He chaired the department from 2007 to 2009. He co-founded the Processing Foundation as a 501(c)(3) in 2012. He receives zero dollars from the Foundation---per every IRS 990 filing on record.
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Casey Reas co-created Processing in 2001 at MIT. He joined UCLA's Department of Design~|~Media Arts in 2004~\citep{dmahistory}. He chaired the department from 2007 to 2009. He co-founded the Processing Foundation as a 501(c)(3) in 2012. He receives zero dollars from the Foundation---per every IRS 990 filing on record.
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Lauren McCarthy created p5.js in 2013. She joined \dma{} as faculty. She spent the next decade maintaining it for 10--20 uncompensated hours per week on top of her teaching load~\citep{mccarthy2023making}. She also receives zero dollars from the Processing Foundation.
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\subsection{Design~|~Media Arts (1988--)}
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\dma{} split from Art in 1988 as the Department of Design. The original focus was ceramics, textiles, industrial design, and graphic design. Rebecca Allen became chair in 1996 and pivoted toward media. In 2000 the department renamed itself Design~|~Media Arts. Erkki Huhtamo and Christian Moeller joined the faculty. Casey Reas arrived in 2003.
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\dma{} split from Art in 1988 as the Department of Design. The original focus was ceramics, textiles, industrial design, and graphic design. Rebecca Allen became chair in 1996 and pivoted toward media. In 2000 the department renamed itself Design~|~Media Arts. Erkki Huhtamo and Christian Moeller joined the faculty. Casey Reas arrived in 2004.
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Today \dma{} covers creative coding, graphic design, games, VR/AR, digital fabrication, and media theory. Its faculty builds software that runs on millions of machines. Its graduates work at Google, Apple, and Pixar---but also at small studios, nonprofits, and independent practices.
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