Faculty Directory
Art History Faculty | Studio Art & Design Faculty | Curatorial Studies Faculty | Adjunct Faculty | Part-Time Faculty
Department Chair
Scott Massey, M.F.A.
Director, Hite Art Institute • Chairperson, Department of Fine Arts
Associate Professor, Sculpture
Room 104, Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.6794 • Website • Email Scott Massey
Art History Faculty
Christopher Fulton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
150 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.7629 • Website • Email Dr. Fulton
Research: Mexican and Italian Art
Jill Holaday, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Term), Art History
147 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0444 • Email Dr. Holaday
Research: Contemporary Art History and Theory
Benjamin Hufbauer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
149 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0442 • Website • Email Dr. Hufbauer
Research: Presidential Libraries • Monuments, Memory, and Commemoration • Public History • Film
Delin Lai, Ph.D.
Professor, Art History
146 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0445 • Website • Email Dr. Lai
Research: Chinese Art • Japanese Art • Eastern Asia Landscape Art • 20th Century Chinese Artists and Architects • Cities, Architecture, and Gardens of China and Japan
Critical and Curatorial Studies Faculty
Chris Reitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Program Head, Critical and Curatorial Studies
Gallery Director, Hite Art Institute
145 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0441• Website • Email Chris Reitz
Research: Art and Exhibitions in the Era of Neoliberalism • the Art Market • Critical Theory
Studio Art & Design Faculty
Moon-he Baik, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Interior Design
25 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0945 • Website • Email Moon-he Baik
Research: Interior Design • Textile Design • Multi-cultural Interiors • Sustainability and Environmental Design
Tiffany Calvert, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Painting and MFA Graduate Director
113B Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0803 • Website • Email Tiffany Calvert
Research:Contemporary Painting • Media Theory
Mary Carothers, M.F.A.
Professor, Photography
8 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0836 • Website • Email Mary Carothers
Research: Photography • Urban and Public Art • Video • Documentary • Installations • Collaborative Projects
Ying Kit Chan, M.F.A.
Professor, foundations, advanced drawing concepts, art and social change
139 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0806 • Website • Email Ying Kit Chan
Research: Contemporary practices in art • Drawing and painting • Digital media and new media studies • Cross cultural and critical theories • Sustainability and environmental ethics • Art and Social Justice
Steven Cheek, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor (Term), Ceramics
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Mitch Eckert, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Photography
11 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0870 • Website • Email Mitch Eckert
Research: Photography • Alternative and Historical Processes
Leslie Friesen, B.A.
Power Agency Designer-in-Residence, Term, Graphic Design
28 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.3605 • Website • Email Leslie Friesen
Research: Design for Public Issues • Print and Digital Publication Design
Lizzie Gulick, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor (Term), Fiber / Mixed Media
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Scott Massey, M.F.A.
Director, Hite Art Institute and Chairperson, Department of Fine Arts
Associate Professor, Sculpture
140 Studio Arts / HP • Phone: 502.852.6863 • Website • Email Scott Massey
Research: Contemporary Sculpture Practices and Theory • Public Art • Ritualism
Mark Priest, M.F.A.
Professor, Painting
109A Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.1016 • Website • Email Mark Priest
Research: Figure Drawing and Painting • Underground Railroad
Ché Rhodes, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Glass
Cressman Center • Phone: 502.852.0277 • Website • Email Che Rhodes
Research: Hot Glass • Sculpture • Installation
Rachel Singel, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Printmaking
2 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0828 • Website • Email Rachel Singel
Research: Printmaking
Steven Skaggs, M.Sc.
Professor, Graphic Design
33 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0807 • Website • Email Steven Skaggs
Research: Semiotics • Graphic Design Theory • Typography • Visual Identity Systems
Part-time Faculty
Eston Adams, Ph.D.
Art History
Phone: 502.852.6794
Email Eston Adams
Cristina Carbone, Ph.D.
Art Appreciation
Email Cristina Carbone
Bill Gilliss, M.Arch.
Interior Design
Email Bill Gilliss
Shae Goodlett, M.F.A.
Art Appreciation, Drawing
Email Shae Goodlett
Bess Reed, Ph.D.
Art History
Email Bess Reed
Aaron Raymer, M.F.A.
Sculpture
Email Aaron Raymer
Sheri Squires, M.F.A.
Graphic Design
Email Sheri Squires
Monica Stewart, M.F.A.
Drawing, Book Arts, Studio Art Capstone
Email Monica Stewart
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Betty Alvarez, B.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Betty Alvarez
Megan Bickel, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Megan Bickel
Xin Chen, B.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Xin Chen
Erica Von Proctor Lewis, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Erica Von Proctor Lewis
Rachid Tagoulla, B.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Rachid Tagoulla
Xuanyi Wang, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Xuanyi Wang
Katherine Watts, B.S., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Katherine Watts
Jingshuo Yang, B.A., M.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Phone: 502.852.0759
Email Jingshuo Yang
Morgan Professors
Spring 2013
Hazel Dodge, Ph.D.
Louis Claude Purser Senior Lecturer
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Dublin, Ireland • Website
Research: Roman construction and building technology
Spring 2014
Georg Leidenberger, Ph.D.
Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Cuajimalpa-Mexico City, Mexico
Bingham Professor
Spring 2015
Bruce Hainley, Ph.D.
Professor, Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA • Website
Adjunct Faculty
Ester Bell, Ph.D.
Curator of European Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Cincinnati Art Museum
Anna Brzyski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Art and Visual Studies
University of Kentucky • Website
Madeline Burnside, Ph.D.
Executive Director Emerita
Frazier International History Museum
Scott Erbes, M.A.
Curator of Decorative Arts and Design
Speed Art Museum
Erika Holmquist-Wall, Ph.D.
Chief Curator and Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr. Curator
of European and American Paintings and Sculpture
Speed Art Museum
Henry Hornstein, M.F.A.
Professor of Photography
Rhode Island School of Design
Miranda Lash, M.A.
Curator of Contemporary Art
Speed Art Museum
Rebecca Long, M.A.
Associate Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture before 1945
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Aldy Milliken, B.S.
Director and Chief Curator
KMAC Museum
Dean Otto, M.A.
Curator of Film
Speed Art Museum
Suzanne Weaver, M.A.
Modern and Contemporary Art
San Antonio Museum of Art
Emeriti / Retired
John Begley, M.F.A.
Todd Burns, M.F.A.
Thomas Buser, Ph.D.
Stow Chapman, M.Arch.
Henry Chodkowski, M.F.A.
Dario Covi, Ph.D.
Email Dario Covi
Julia Duncan, M.A.
Linda Gigante, Ph.D.
Lida Gordon, M.F.A.
Email Lida Gordon
James Grubola, M.F.A.
Email James Grubola
Barbara Hanger, M.F.A.
Email Barbara Hanger
Jay Kloner, Ph.D.
Stephanie Maloney, Ph.D.
Gabrielle Mayer, M.F.A.
Suzanne Mitchell, M.F.A.
Peter Morrin, M.F.A.
William Morgan, Ph.D.
Nancy Pearcy, M.A.
John Whitesell, M.F.A.
List of Frederic Lindley Morgan Professors