Graduate Faculty

The graduate faculty consists of artists, art historians, and art educators interested in furthering the objectives of the program and contributing to every student’s learning experience. They are committed to the highest standards of excellence in their fields and to the realization of the potential of their students. They are diverse in their ideas, their research, and their art, and are engaged in the dialogue of contemporary art.
 

Name / Degree / Research Areas

Stephanie Bacon
M.F.A. in Fine Arts: Brooklyn College / design; book arts; new media; alternative media

Laurie Blakeslee
M.F.A. in Photography: University of Arizona, Tucson / photography, video, mixed media

Karen Brown
Ph.D. in Art History and African Studies: Indiana University / Zulu arts; body modification (worldwide); monuments and memorials (worldwide); interaction of African, Pacific, Native American and European cultures

James Budde
M.F.A. in Ceramics: California State University, Fullerton / ceramics; sculpture; mixed media

Niharika Dinkar
Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook / South Asian visual culture; postcolonial theory, gender and performance studies

Tom Elder
M.F.A. : Iowa State University, College of Design / typographic legibility; signage, wayfinding, Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidlines (ADDAG) relating to areas of architectural access and human interactions with built environments

Jill Fitterer
M.F.A. in Printmaking: California State University, Long Beach / printmaking; drawing; mixed media

Francis Fox
M.F.A. in Sculpture: University of Wyoming / sculpture

Kathleen Keys
Ph.D. in Art Education: The Ohio State University / community arts, activism, and art education

Larry McNeil
M.F.A. in Photography: University of New Mexico / photography; all studio areas

Tudor Mitroi
M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing: University of North Texas / painting/drawing; installation; contemporary art and critical theory, Romanian art

Janice Neri
Ph.D. in Visual Studies: University of California, Irvine/visual culture of Northern and Central Europe, 1400-1700; art and science, collecting practices, and optical instruments in early modern Europe

Dan Scott
M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing: New York Academy of Art / drawing and painting


Cheryl Shurtleff-Young
M.A. in Art History: University of Oregon / drawing; painting; mixed media; contemporary art


Anika Smulovitz
M.F.A. in Studio Arts: University of Wisconsin-Madison / jewelry and metalsmithing (contemporary adornment, Judaica, and hollowware); body art; contemporary craft; sculpture; fiber art

Ron Taylor
M.F.A. in Ceramics: Utah State University / ceramics

Lee Ann Turner
Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: University of Pennsylvania / Ancient, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Medieval art history; Archaeology; Mythology

Elizabeth Wiatr
M.F.A. in Photography: California Institute of the Arts and Ph.D. in History: University of California, Irvine / art history; theory and criticism; photography; film and video; alternative media; visual culture and critical theory

Jennifer Wood
M.F.A. in Graphic Design: University of Miami, Miami / alternative media; printmaking; sculpture

Richard Young
M.F.A. in Painting: Washington State University / drawing; painting; mixed media