Faculty Directory
Art History Faculty | Studio Art & Design Faculty | Curatorial Studies Faculty | Adjunct Faculty | Part-Time Faculty
Department Chair
Chris Reitz, Ph.D.
Director, Hite Institute of Art + Design | Chairperson, Department of Art + Design
Associate Professor
Room 104A, Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.6794 • Website • Email Chris Reitz
Art History Faculty
Christopher Fulton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Director of Graduate Studies - Art History
Director of Graduate Studies - Critical and Curatorial Studies
150 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.7629 • Website • Email Dr. Fulton
Research: Mexican and Italian Art
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
Jennifer Sichel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Art History
147 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0444 • Website • Email Dr. Sichel
Research: Contemporary Art History and Theory
Critical and Curatorial Studies Faculty
Chris Reitz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Gallery Director, Hite Institute of Art + Design
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
Christopher Fulton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Director of Graduate Studies - Art History
Director of Graduate Studies - Critical and Curatorial Studies
150 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.7629 • Website • Email Dr. Fulton
Research: Mexican and Italian Art
Studio Art & Design Faculty
Tiffany Calvert, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Painting
113B Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0803 • Website • Email Tiffany Calvert
Research: Contemporary Painting • Media Theory
Mary Carothers, M.F.A.
Professor, Photography, Urban and Public Art
8 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0997 • Website • Email Mary Carothers
Research: Photography • Urban and Public Art • Video • Documentary • Installations • Collaborative Projects
www.marycarothers.com
Ying Kit Chan, M.F.A.
Professor, Foundations, Drawing, Art and Social Change
Director of Graduate Studies in Studio Art | Director of MFA Program
139 Lutz Hall • Phone: 502.852.0806 • Website • Email Ying Kit Chan
Research and practice: contemporary practices in art • drawing and painting • digital media and new media studies • cross-cultural and critical theories • geoethics • environmental philosophy • art and social justice
Kat Cox, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Ceramics and Fibers (Term)
138 Studio Arts / HP • Phone: 502.852.0906 • Website • Email Kat Cox
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
Scott Massey, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Sculpture
Director of Undergraduate Studies - Studio Art
140 Studio Arts / HP • Phone: 502.852.6796 • 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
Nathan Smith, M.Arch.
Assistant Professor, Interior Design
27A Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0979 • Email Nathan Smith
Sheri Squires, B.S.Des.
Michael L. Power Designer in Residence, Graphic Design
28 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.3605 • Email Sheri Squires
Trysh Wahlig, M.Des.
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
33 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0807 • Email Trysh Wahlig
Mollie Weisberg, B.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Interior Design (Term)
26 Schneider Hall • Phone: 502.852.0759 • Website • Email Mollie Weisberg
Part-time Faculty
Megan Bickel, M.F.A.
Foundation Drawing, Painting
Email Megan Bickel
Cristina Carbone, Ph.D.
Art Appreciation; Art History
Email Cristina Carbone
Leslie Friesen, B.F.A.
Graphic Design
Email Leslie Friesen
Bill Gilliss, M.Arch.
Interior Design
Email Bill Gilliss
Jessica Oberdick, M.A. / M.P.A.
B.F.A. Professional Practice
Email Jessica Oberdick
Aaron Raymer, M.F.A.
Sculpture
Email Aaron Raymer
Bess Reed, Ph.D.
Art History
Email Bess Reed
Steve Skaggs, M.Sc.
Graphic Design
Email Steve Skaggs
Monica Stewart, M.F.A.
B.A. Studio Art Capstone, M.F.A. Seminar
Email Monica Stewart
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Ashley Brossart, B.A., M.S.HROD., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
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Donna Charging, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Email Donna Charging
Chloe Cheng, B.S., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Email Chloe Cheng
John Clay, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Email John Clay
Annabela Cockrell, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
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John Day, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
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Eisey Eisenhardt, B.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
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SuYun Son, B.F.A., M.F.A. Student
Studio Art
Email SuYun Son
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
Moon He Baik, M.F.A.
John Begley, M.F.A.
Todd Burns, M.F.A.
Thomas Buser, Ph.D.
Stow Chapman, M.Arch.
Henry Chodkowski, M.F.A.
Linda Gigante, Ph.D.
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.
Steve Skaggs, M.Sc.
Email Steve Skaggs
John Whitesell, M.F.A.
List of Frederic Lindley Morgan Professors