Nationally and internationally distinguished, our faculty exhibit in galleries, have successful design and studio practices, publish articles and books, conduct human-centered research, create interactive media, consult, and participate in a range of other creative activities. You'll get to know your faculty well. Their research and studio practices are often interwoven with the courses that they teach.
Administration
Amy Hauft, Director, College and Graduate School of Art; Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professor of Art
Jessica Erickson, Administrative Assistant, College and Graduate School of Art
Melissa Whitwam-Watson, Graduate Programs Coordinator, Graduate School of Art
Technical Staff
Matthew Branham, Instructional Technician, Digital Fabrication Focus
Gregory Cuddihee, Instructional Technician, Woodworking, Plastics, Model Making, and Furniture Focus
Dmitri Jackson, Instructional Technician, Communication Design
Amelia Jones, Instructional Technician, Printmaking
Drew Nikonowicz, Photography Technician
Bryce Robinson, Assistant Manager, Shops & Making Spaces
Dryden Wells, Instructional Technician, Metal, Ceramic, and Wood Focus
Art
Tim Portlock, Chair, Undergraduate Art; Professor, New Media & Foundations
Jamie Adams, Associate Professor, Painting
Heather Bennett, Lecturer, Photography
Lisa Bulawsky, Professor, Printmaking; Chair, MFA in Visual Art; Director, Island Press
Michael Byron, Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art, Painting
Juan William Chávez, Lecturer, Foundations
Carmon Colangelo, Ralph J. Nagel Dean, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts; E. Desmond Lee Professor for Collaboration in the Arts
Jennifer Colten, Senior Lecturer, Photography
Sage Dawson, Lecturer, Printmaking
John Early, Senior Lecturer, Foundations; Undergraduate Academic Advising Coordinator
Noah Kirby, Senior Lecturer, Sculpture & Foundations
Meghan Kirkwood, Assistant Professor, Photography
Richard Krueger, Associate Professor, Art
Andrea Moon, Lecturer, Sculpture
Arny Nadler, Associate Professor, Sculpture & Foundations
Patricia Olynyk, Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art; Director, Creative Research Institute
Maya Parnas, 2021-22 Wallace Herndon Smith Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
Tom Reed, Senior Lecturer, Printmaking; Master Printer, Island Press
Jack Risley, Professor, Sculpture
Janie Stamm, Lecturer, Foundations
Lindsey Stouffer, Senior Lecturer, Foundations
Madeline Valentine, Lecturer, Foundations
Denise Ward-Brown, Professor, Documentary Video & Foundations
Cheryl Wassenaar, Associate Professor, Mixed Media & Foundations
Monika Weiss, Associate Professor, New Media
Chloe West, Lecturer, Drawing
Design
Aggie Toppins, Chair, Undergraduate Design; Associate Professor, Graphic Design
Amy Auman, Lecturer, Communication Design
Christine Bosch, Lecturer, Communication Design
Heather Corcoran, Halsey C. Ives Professor, Graphic Design
Chrissi Cowhey, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
Laura Desch, Lecturer, Fashion Design
Taylor Dow, Lecturer, Communication Design
D.B. Dowd, Professor, Art, American Culture Studies, and Illustration; Director, Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
James Fawcett, Lecturer, Communication Design
Jonathan Hanahan, Associate Professor, Interaction Design; Director, Fox Fridays
John Hendrix, Professor, Illustration; Chair, MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
Audra Hubbell, Senior Lecturer, Communication Design
Jennifer Ingram, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design
Gary Karpinski, Lecturer, Graphic Design
Ben Kiel, Lecturer, Typography
Edward Kinsella III, Lecturer, Illustration
Heidi Kolk, Assistant Professor, Literary Historian
Penina Acayo Laker, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
Becca Leffell Koren, Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design & Book Studio
Vidhya Nagarajan, 2021-22 Louis D. Beaumont Artist-in-Residence
Jon Navy, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design & Collaborative Technology Center
Eric Nunez, Lecturer, Interaction Design
Jeff Pike, Professor, Communication Design, Illustration, & Foundations
Michael Powell, Lecturer, Book Studio
Shreyas R Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Illustration
Erika Roos, Lecturer, Communication Design
Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, Associate Professor, Fashion Design
Abram Siemsen, Lecturer, Interaction Design
Rachel Silverberg, Lecturer, Communication Design
Jonathan Smith, Lecturer, Communication Design
Linda Solovic, Senior Lecturer, Illustration
Annemarie Spitz, Lecturer, Communication Design
Tyler Stallings, Lecturer, Communication Design
Claire Thomas-Morgan, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
John Hendrix, Chair, MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture; Associate Professor, Illustration
D.B. Dowd, Professor, Art, American Culture Studies, & Illustration; Director, Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
Gerald Early, Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, African and African American Studies Department, Arts & Sciences (courtesy appointment)
Heidi Kolk, Assistant Professor, Literary Historian
Shreyas R Krishnan, Assistant Professor, Illustration
Skye Lacerte, Curator, D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
Joy Novak, Head of Special Collections Management, OIin Library
Dan Younger, Lecturer
Dan Zettwoch, Lecturer, Illustration
MFA in Visual Art
Lisa Bulawsky, Chair, MFA in Visual Art; Professor, Printmaking; Director, Island Press
Jamie Adams, Associate Professor, Painting
Heather Bennett, Lecturer, Photography
Michael Byron, Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art, Painting
Meghan Kirkwood, Assistant Professor, Photography
Richard Krueger, Associate Professor, Art
Meleko Mokgosi, 2021-22 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow
Arny Nadler, Associate Professor, Sculpture
Jon Navy, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design & Collaborative Technology Center
Patricia Olynyk, Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art; Director, Creative Research Institute
Tim Portlock, Professor, New Media; Chair, Undergraduate Art
Denise Ward-Brown, Professor, Documentary Video
Cheryl Wassenaar, Associate Professor, Mixed Media
Monika Weiss, Associate Professor, New Media
Emeritus Faculty
Sarah Birdsall, associate professor emerita of art
Ken Botnick, professor emeritus of art
Ron Fondaw, professor emeritus of art
Joan Hall, Kenneth E. Hudson Professor Emerita of Art
Gene Hoefel, professor emeritus of art
Ron Leax, Halsey C. Ives Professor Emeritus of Art
Peter Marcus, professor emeritus of art
James McGarrell, professor emeritus of art
Hylarie McMahon, professor emerita of art
Robert Smith, professor emeritus of art
Buzz Spector, professor emeritus of art
Stan Strembicki, professor emeritus of art
Robin VerHage, associate professor emeritus of art