Art & Design Faculty
Faculty
Dr. Rebecca Williams
Associate Professor of Art Education
Department Chair
PhD, University of Georgia; MAEd, University of Georgia; BA, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Interests: Art Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Aesthetics and Critical Response, Teacher Preparation, Qualitative Research, Narrative Inquiry
Jeanne Beaver
Associate Professor of Metalsmithing and Jewelry
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MFA, Indiana University; MA, Iowa State University; BFA, Iowa State University
Jim Bryant
Professor of Graphic Design
MFA, Louisiana State University; BFA, Herron School of Art, Indiana University. Research Interest: Graphic Design, Web Design, Printmaking. Director of the Discover China Program
MFA, Louisiana State University; BFA, Murray State University
Gregory Scott Cook
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
MFA, University of Nebraska Lincoln; BFA, Murray State University. Research Interest: Interactive Design, Digital Fabrication, Emerging Methods in Printmaking, Mediated/Mechanical Drawing, Audio Recording/ Performance and situation/Installation as media in Studio Art/Design.
MFA, California State University Fullerton; BA, California State University Long Beach
Dr. Antje Gamble
Associate Professor of Art History
PhD, University of Michigan; MA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Interests: Modern Italian art and culture; modern and contemporary sculpture; contemporary art; public sculpture; trans-Atlantic movements of art and politics; exhibition histories; curatorial practice. Recent Publications: American Exhibitions of Italian Art and Design (Routledge: 2023)
Nicole Hand-Bryant
Professor of Printmaking
Assistant Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
MFA, University of Miami; BFA, University of South Dakota; BA, Nazareth College Research Interest: Printmaking, Drawing, Bookbinding
Katie Knoeringer
Instructor of Drawing
MFA, Louisiana State University; BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; BS Art Education, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
T. Michael Martin
Associate Professor of Art & Design
Director of University Galleries
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MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University; BFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Research Interest: Contemporary Art, Painting, Drawing, Installation Art, Performance Art, Collaborative, Interactive, Experimental, Interdisciplinary and New Media Art
Sarah Martin
Associate Professor of woodworking
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MFA, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; BFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cintia Segovia Figueroa
Assistant Professor of Photography / New Media
MFA, California State University, Long Beach; MA, California State University, Northridge; BS, The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Research Interest: Immigration, identity, cultural stereotypes, politics and being bilingual.
Dr. Zbynek "ZB" Smetana
Associate Professor of Art History
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PhD, Rutgers University; BA, Humboldt State University Research Interest: Italian Renaissance Art, Secondary Fields in Northern Renaissance and Baroque
John Utgaard
Professor of Ceramics
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MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University; BFA, Kansas City Art Institute Research Interest: Ceramic Sculpture, Handbuilding, Wheel-throwing, Slipcasting
Staff
Ann Gosser
Administrative Assistant
Department of Art & Design
Emeritus Faculty
Steve Bishop
Professor Emeritus of Sculpture
1979-2010
Karen Boyd
Professor Emeritus of Fibers
1967-1997
Dick Dougherty
Professor Emeritus of Painting and drawing
Department Chair
1992-2013
Clara M. Eagle
Professor Emeritus of metalsmithing
Department Chair
1946-1973
Harry Furches
Professor Emeritus of Metalsmithing
1963-1993
Sarah Gutwirth
Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing
1998-2017
Bob Head
Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing
Department Chair
1966-1997
Richard Jackson
Professor Emeritus of art criticism
1956-1981
Michael Johnson
Professor Emeritus of Photography
1973-2008
Dale Leys
Professor Emeritus of Drawing
1977-2018
Paul Sasso
Professor Emeritus of woodworking
1981-2008
Camille Serre
Professor Emeritus of Art Education
1985-2012
Fred Shepard
Professor Emeritus of Ceramics
1963-1999
Peggy Shrock
Professor Emeritus of Art History
1990-2017
Jerry Speight
Professor Emeritus of Foundations
1975-2005
Emily Wolfson
Professor Emeritus of Painting
1941-1969