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Faculty & Staff

Directors

Zoë Charlton, Director, School of Art
Rachel Debuque, Associate Director, School of Art
Robert Yi, Assistant Director, School of Art
Sisc Johnson, Assistant Director of Operations and Business, School of Art
Don Starr, Director of Graphic Design, School of Art
Christopher Kardambikis, Director of Studio Art, School of Art
Justin Sutters, MAT Director, School of Art
Daniel Barney, MAT II Director, School of Art

Faculty & Staff

Miriam Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Design ethics, Responsibility, Inclusive typography

Changwoo Ahn
Professor
Affiliate Faculty, College of Science
Environmental Science and Policy

Ben Ashworth
Sculpture & Foundations Supervisor
Adjunct Faculty
Art as Social Action, Public Art

Jorge Bañales
Photography Lab Tech
Adjunct Faculty
Photography

Daniel T. Barney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art Education
Director, Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT II)

Brian Barr
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation

Beki Basch
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, 3D Design

Stephanie Benassi
Assistant Professor
Alternative Photo Processes, Darkroom Photography, Digital Photography, New Media in Creative Arts, Visual Thinking

Stephanie Booth
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Photography, Visual Thinking

Eamonn Bourke
Adjunct Faculty
Mobile App Design, Web Design and Usability

Pierre Bowins
Assistant Professor
Maker, Educator, Design Historian

Kelvin Burzon
Adjunct Faculty
Photography, Textile, Multimedia, Performance

Alan Caballero LaZare
Assistant Professor
Alternative Design Practices, Branding, Graphic Design and Race, Inclusive Design, Research Methodologies, Typography

Suzanne Carbonneau
Professor
Director of InterArts Program
Aesthetics, Art Writing Seminar

Kelly Carr
Adjunct Faculty
Artsbus, Digital Photography, Photo Studio Techniques, Studio Lighting

J Carrier
Assistant Professor
Darkroom Photography, Digital Photography, Graduate Photography, Photobooks, Professional Practices

Zoë Charlton
Director, School of Art
Drawing and Believer in the Transformative Power of Art

Asma Chaudhary
Adjunct Faculty
New Media in the Creative Arts

Annie Chen
Print Shop Manager

Catherine Cole
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, Printmaking, Digital Printmaking

Mark Cooley
Associate Professor
Cyberpunk, EcoArt, New Media Art

Matthew Conboy
Adjunct Professor
Digital Photography, Digital Design Studio, 2D Design, 2D Animation, 3D Modeling, Art History, History of Photography, Art as Social Action

Shanshan Cui
Associate Professor
Design Methods and Principles, Graduate Design Seminar, Visual Storytelling, Web Design

Steven Cushner
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing, Painting

Janet E. Dandridge
Adjunct Faculty
Performance & Installation Art, Artivism, Geometric Therapy, Abstract Photography, Inclusive Arts, New Media in Creative Arts, Professional Practices

Brian Davis
Adjunct Faculty
Artist’s Studio, 2D Design, 3D Design, Sculpture, Senior Project

Rachel Debuque
Associate Director, School of Art Associate Professor
2D Design, 3D Design, Art & Humor, Drawing, New Media in Creative Arts, Sculpture, Senior Project

Vassiliki Deliyianni
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing

Mary Del Popolo
Assistant Professor
2-D Design, Drawing 1

Kathleen Durkin
Adjunct Faculty
New Media Art

Victoria Ellison
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, 3D Design, Introduction to the Artist’s Studio

Edgar Endress
Professor
Art and Interactivity, Graduate Seminar, New Media in the Creative Arts, Public Art, Research Methodologies, Theory and Criticism, Video Art

Helen Frederick
Professor Emeritus
Printmaking, Graduate Studies, Publication Program (co-founder Navigation Press) International Social Practice, Book and Hand Papermaking Methodologies

Chawky Frenn
Associate Professor
Drawing, Painting, Figure Drawing, Figurative Painting

Roxana Geffen
Adjunct Faculty
Aesthetics

Heather Green
Assistant Professor
Advanced Aesthetics, Art Writing, Creative Processes, Junior Core Seminar, Poetry for Artists, Writing for Artists

Harry Griffin
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Photography, New Media in the Creative Arts

Stephanie Grimm
Art and Art History Librarian and Fenwick Gallery Manager

Julie Grosche
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, 3D Design

Natalie Guerrieri
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, Artist’s Studio

Nataliya Gurshman
Adjunct Faculty
Fundamentals, Design, Fine Art, Painting, Drawing

Elizabeth Irene Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing

Reid Harward
Adjunct Faculty
Web Development, Data Visualization, W3, Text Analysis, NFTs, Internet of Things

Rick Heffner
Assistant Professor
Advertising Design, Brand Identity Design, Corporate Design and Branding, Digital Design Studio, New Media in Creative Arts, Editorial Design, Typography, and Professional Design Practices

Jordan Higgins
Adjunct Faculty
Intro to Web Design, Advanced Web Design & Usability

Xang Ho
Adjunct Faculty
Fashion Photographer, Art Director, Portraiture, Fine Art Photography, Identity Narrative

Kay Hwang
Adjunct Faculty
Studio Foundations

Federica Incerti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of  Technology and Security for CVPA (College of Visual and Performing Arts)

Sisc Johnson
Assistant Director of Operations and Business, School of Art

Jessica Kallista
Adjunct Faculty
Aesthetics, Critical Theory in Visual Art, Writing for Artists

Christopher Kardambikis
Associate Professor
Director of Printmaking & Book Arts
Director of Navigation Press
Printmaking, Book Arts, Comics and Zines, DIY Publishing, Letterpress, Printing, Graduate Seminar

Elizabeth Kartchner
Darkroom Manager

Melissa Katie Kehoe
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Photography, Professional Practices, Visual Thinking

Jeff Kenney
Associate Curator for Mason Exhibitions

Forrest Lawson
Print Studio Tech
Adjunct Faculty
Advanced Printmaking, Letterpress

Mary Liles
Office Manager

Jennifer Lillis
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, Printmaking 1

Harold Linton
Professor
Drawing, Visual Voices Colloquium

Mary Mailler
Adjunct Faculty
Art Theory, Pre-Columbian Cultures, Art Historian, Spatial Models, North American Indigeneity

Mallory Kimmel
Adjunct Faculty
Studio Foundations, Sculpture

Joey P. Mánlapaz
Adjunct Faculty
Painting, Drawing 

Wade McComas
Adjunct Faculty

Ryan McCoy
Adjunct Faculty
Aesthetics, Painting, Drawing

Michael McDermott
Assistant Professor
Design History, Motion Design, Typography, Web Design

Matthew McLaughlin
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Design, Drawing, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Environments and Space, and Mapping

Juana Medina
Assistant Professor
Editorial Design, Illustration, Latinx & LGBTQIA+ Representation in Publishing, Motion Design, Visual Narrative 

Anton Murray
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Design, New Media in the Creative Art

Deane Nettles
Adjunct Faculty
Typography, Advertising

Mary J Neuberger
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Photography

Alix Nyden
Print Technician III

Cory Oberndorfer
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing, Painting

Carlos Pacheco
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Practices, New Media, Photography

Hayon Park
Assistant Professor
Art Teaching and Learning, Early Childhood Art Education, Research in Art Education

Hyung Park
Adjunct Professor
Elementary Education, Critical Thinking, Creative Contents Development, Corporate Identity and Branding, Strategic Communications and Marketing, Typography, Book Design

Pete Petrine
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing, Figure Drawing

Justin Plakas
Assistant Professor
Digital Photography, New Media in Creative Arts

Clifford Pun
Adjunct Faculty
Video Art, Performance, Installation Art, Alternative Photographic Processes, Graphic Design

Doris “Reece” Quiñones
Adjunct Faculty
Design Methods and Principles, Typography, Motion Design, User Experience Design

Wanda Raimundi- Ortiz
Associate Professor
Drawing, Installation, Identity Art, Performance Art, Conceptual Art

Zachary Rhoades
Adjunct Faculty
3D Modeling and Animation, Video Production, Media Arts, Digital Imaging, Visual Storytelling

Jessica Rodriguez
Adjunct Faculty
Brand Identity Design, Corporate Design and Branding, Senior Design Project, Typography

Jandos Rothstein
Associate Professor
Editorial Design, Graduate Design Seminar, Typography

Don Russell
University Curator
Director of Provisions Research Center for Arts and Social Change, Honors Seminar

Jennifer Sakai
Adjunct Faculty
Darkroom Photography, Digital Photography

Iris Sanchez
Adjunct Faculty
Design Methods and Principles, Editorial Design, New Media in the Creative Arts, Typography

Erik Sandberg
Adjunct Faculty
Figurative Drawing, Figurative Painting, Iconography, Realism, Surrealism, Symbolism

Pat Sargent
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Printmaking, Entrepreneurship in Art’s, Visual Communication Theories

Rahshia Sawyer
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Photography, Professional Practices

Thuy Senser
Adjunct Faculty
Branding, eCommerce, Graphic Design, Web Design 

Kimberly Sheridan
Associate Professor
Creativity and Cognition, Research in Art Education, Technology for Art Teachers

Susan L. Silva
Adjunct Faculty

Sue Slagle
Adjunct Faculty

Thomas Stanley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Aesthetics, Critical Theory in Visual Arts, Sound Art, Writing for Artists

Don Starr
Professor
Director of Graphic Design
Design Thinking, Design Method and Principles, Typography, Design History, Advertising Design, Graduate Design Seminar, Professional Design Practices, Senior Design Project, New Media in the Creative Arts, Letterpress Printing

Justin P. Sutters, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program
Assistant Dean of Research and Assessment // CVPA
Art Teaching and Learning, Secondary Art Education, Research in Art Education, Student Teaching Supervision

Jocelyn C. Tafalla
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Design Studio, New Media in Creative Arts

Ana Tobin
Assistant Professor
Multimedia Design, Design Educator, Accessible Design, Experiential Design, New Media Design

Luis Vasquez La Roche
Assistant Professor
Video Performance, Caribbean, Slave trade, Postcolonial, Afrofuturism

Paloma Vianey Martinez Acosta
Adjunct Faculty

Brandon Wallace
Adjunct Faculty
Drawing, Painting 

Gail Scott White
Professor
2D Animation, 3D Animation, Live Movies, New Media in the Creative Arts, Thinking Through Animation

Cristian Wicha
Adjunct Faculty
Industrial designer, Furniture Designer, Woodworker, Sculptor, Photographer, Metal Fabricator

Peter Winant
Associate Professor
Director of Sculpture Program
Sculpture, Senior Project

Sue Wrbican
Professor
Darkroom Photography, Digital Photography, Documentary Photography, Graduate Seminar, Photography Practice and Research, Senior Project, Visual Thinking

Robert Yi
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director of the School of Art
Academic Advisor
New Majors Colloquium, Design Thinking, Teaching Practicum, Painting

Andy Yoder
Adjunct Faculty
2D Design, 3Design, Sculpture

Paul Zdepski
Adjunct Faculty
Digital Design Studio, Illustration