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Cody Arnall
Technician
MFA, Louisiana State University
BFA, Oklahoma State University

Research Interest: Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking

Telephone: 270.809.4434 office: FA 1010



Debbie Barton
Administrative Assistant I

Interest: Crafts (Knitting, Cross Stitching, Quilting), Reading, Amateur Radio

Telephone: 270.809.3784 office: FA 604



Jeanne Beaver
Assistant Professor, Metalsmithing
MFA, Indiana State University
MA, Iowa State University
BFA, Iowa State University

Research Interest: Tensile Structures and Forms, Metalwork, Jewelry

Telephone: 270.809.6933 office: VA100



Jim Bryant
Professor, Graphic Design
MFA, Louisiana State University
BFA, Herron School of Art, Indiana University

Research Interest: Graphic Design, Web Design, Printmaking

Telephone: 270.809.5479 office: FA1012B



Dick Dougherty
Professor, Painting
Chair, Department of Art and Design
MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art

Research Interest: Drawing, Painting

Telephone: 270.809.6733 office: FA605



Shannon Duffy
Instructor, Art Education
MFA, Arizona State University
BFA, Murray State University
BS, UNC Charlotte

Research Interest: Art Education, Metalworking, Enameling

Telephone: 270.809.6743 office: FA726



Michelle Given
Assistant Professor, Photography

MFA, Indiana University
BFA, Otterbein College


Research Interest:

Telephone: 270.809.6739 office: FA736



Sarah Gutwirth
Professor, Painting
MFA, Pratt Institute
BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art
BA, Reed College

Research Interest: Painting, Languages, Travel

Telephone: 270.809.6731 office: FA729



Nicole Hand
Professor, Printmaking
MFA, University of Miami
BFA, University of South Dakota
BA, Nazareth College

Research Interest: Printmaking, Drawing

Telephone: 270.809.5387 office: FA1012A



Katie Hudnall
Assistant Professor, Furniture Design/Woodworking
MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
BFA, Corcoran College of Art and Design

Research Interest:

Telephone: 270.809.6938 office: VA103



Hyeja Jung
Associate Professor, 2D Design and Graphic Design
MFA, University of Florida
BFA, Syracuse University

Research Interest: Graphic Design, Advertising Design

Telephone: 270.809.6732 office: FA731



Chris Lavery
Assistant Professor, Sculpture
Telephone: 270.809.3784 office: FA



Dale Leys
Professor, Drawing
MFA, University of Wisconsin
BFA, Layton School of Art and Design

Research Interest: Drawing

Telephone: 270.809.3787 office: FA730



Colin Tuis Nesbit
Director, University Galleries
MFA, Brigham Young University
BFA, Illinois State University

Research Interest: Phenomenology, Hoodoo, Funerary Sculpture


Telephone: 270.809.6734 office: FA 615



Peggy Schrock
Professor, Art History
PhD, University of Illinois
MA, University of Missouri, Kansas City
MS, University of Missouri, Columbia
BS, University of Missouri, Columbia

Research Interest: Modern and Contemporary Western Art

Telephone: 270.809.6737 office: FA732



Zbynek Smetana
Associate Professor, Art History
PhD, Rutgers University
BA, Humboldt University

Research Interest: Italian Renaisssance Art, Secondary Fields in Northern Renaissance and Baroque

Telephone: 270.809.3120 office: FA733



John Utgaard
Associate Professor, Ceramics
MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute

Research Interest: Ceramic Sculpture, Handbuilding, Wheel-throwing, Slipcasting

Telephone: 270.809.2588 office: VA100A



Judy Shearer
Public Relations, Department Secretary
MFA, Spalding University
BIS, Murray State University

Research Interest: Writing, Slave History in the United States

Telephone: 270.809.3785 office: FA606

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