Faculty and Staff Directory

Department Chair

Ying Kit Chan
Chair of the Department of Fine Arts • Director of the Hite Art Institute
104 Schneider Hall, Belknap Campus
Phone: 502.852.6794
Website • Email

Fine Arts Offices

Main Office
104 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.6794

Art History Office
136 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.5914

Art Library • Website
102 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.6741

Visual Resources Center • Website
014 Lutz Hall • Phone:  502.852.5917
Fax 502.852.6791

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Staff

Theresa Berbet, M.A.
Academic Coordinator, Senior
Academic Advisor for BA Studio Art majors
Graduate Program Assistant • Studio Art, Critical & Curatorial Studies
104 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.6147
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Janice Blair
Program Assistant, Senior • Art History Program
Graduate Program Assistant • Art History
136 Lutz Hall • Phone:  502.852.5914
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Amy Fordham, M.A., M.L.I.S.
Curator of Visual Resources
014 Lutz Hall • Phone:  502.852.5917
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Renée Murphy, B.F.A.
Progam Assistant • Studio Art Program
104 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.6794
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Claire Pope, M.A.
Exhibition Assistant, Cressman Center for Visual Arts
100 East Main Street • Phone:  502.852.0288
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Linda Rowley
Unit Business Manager
104 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.8403
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Art Library

Gail Gilbert, M.S.
Art Librarian and Professor
102 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.6741
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Kathy Moore, B.S.
Assistant to the Art Librarian
102 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.6741
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Art History Faculty

Christopher Fulton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.7629 • Website
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Linda Gigante, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.0441 • Website
Email Linda Gigante

Benjamin Hufbauer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.0442 • Website
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Susan Jarosi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.0443 • Website
Email Susan Jarosi

Jongwoo Jeremy Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.0444 • Website
Email Jongwoo Jeremy Kim

Delin Lai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.0445 • Website
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Cristina Carbone, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.2324
Email Christina Carbone

Dianne Harris, Ph.D.
Morgan Professor, Art History
Phone:  502.852.1548
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Critical and Curatorial Studies Faculty

John Begley, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor
Gallery Director
107 Schneider Hall • Phone:  502.852.4483 • Website
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Peter Morrin, M.F.A.
Associate in Fine Arts
026 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.2361
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Studio Art Faculty

Moon-he Baik, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Interior Architecture
Phone:  502.852.0945 • Website
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Todd Burns, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Ceramics
Phone:  502.852.6796 • Website
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Mary Carothers, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Photography
Phone:  502.852.0836 • Website
Email Mary Carothers

Ying Kit Chan, M.F.A.
Professor, Foundations, Drawing, Web Design
Phone:  502.852.6794 • Website
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Mitch Eckert, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Photography
Phone:  502.852.0870 • Website
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Leslie Friesen, B.A.
Power Creative Designer-in-Residence • Graphic Design
Phone:  502.852.3605 • Website
Email Leslie Friesen

Lida Gordon, M.F.A.
Professor, Fiber
Phone:  502.852.0906 • Website
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James Grubola, M.F.A.
Professor, Drawing
Phone:  502.852.6794 • Website
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Barbara Hanger, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Art Education
Phone:  502.852.0879 • Website
Email Barbara Hanger

Scott Massey, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Sculpture
Phone:  502.852.6863 • Website
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Gabrielle Mayer, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Painting
Phone:  502.852.0803 • Website
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Mark Priest, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Painting
Phone:  502.852.1016 • Website
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Che Rhodes, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Glass
Phone:  502.852.0277 • Website
Email Che Rhodes

Steven Skaggs, M.Sc.
Professor, Graphic Design
Phone:  502.852.0807 • Website
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John Whitesell, M.F.A.
Professor, Printmaking
Phone:  502.852.0828 • Website
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Philip Miller, M.F.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone:  502.852.6794 
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Eun Young Kim , M.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Phone:  502.852.0979
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Part-time Faculty

Neil Callander, M.F.A.
Foundations
Phone:  502.852.6794 • Website
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Wendy Dunleavy, M.A.
Foundations
Phone:  502.852.6794
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Bill Gilliss, M.Arch.
Interior Architecture
Phone:  502.852.6794 • Website
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Sharon Leightty, M.F.A.
Drawing
Phone:  502.852.6794
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John McCarthy, M.A.
Art Education
Phone:  502.852.6794
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Bess Reed, Ph.D.
Art History
Phone:  502.852.0442
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Dennis Whitehouse, M.F.A.
Foundations
Phone:  502.852.6794

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Graduate Teaching Assistants

Lexi Bass, B.A.
Studio Art
Phone:  502.852.6794
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Flint Collins, M.A.
Art History
Phone:  502.852.5914
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Meghan McGinnis, M.A.
Art History
Phone:  502.852.5914
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Megan Rice, M.A.
Art History
Phone:  502.852.5914
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Marcy Werner, B.A.
Studio Art
Phone:  502.852.6794
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Emeriti

Donald Anderson, M.F.A.

Thomas Buser, Ph.D.

Stow Chapman, M.Arch.

Henry Chodkowski, M.F.A.

Dario Covi, Ph.D.
Phone:  502.852.0447
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Julia Duncan, M.A.

Jay Kloner, Ph.D.

Stephanie Maloney, Ph.D.
Email Stephanie Maloney

Suzanne Mitchell, M.F.A.

William Morgan, Ph.D.

Nancy Pearcy, M.A.

The Frederic Lindley Morgan Professors

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