Art & Design Faculty
Faculty

Dr. Rebecca Williams
Associate Professor of Art Education
Department Chair
FA 604
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
FA 100
MFA, Indiana University; MA, Iowa State University; BFA, Iowa State University

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, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú

MFA, University of Nebraska Lincoln; BFA, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú. 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

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
Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
FA 1007
MFA, University of Miami; BFA, University of South Dakota; BA, Nazareth College Research Interest: Printmaking, Drawing, Bookbinding

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
FA 732
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

MFA, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; BFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cintia Segovia Figueroa
Assistant Professor of Photography / New Media
FA 728
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
FA 729
PhD, Rutgers University; BA, Humboldt State University Research Interest: Italian Renaissance Art, Secondary Fields in Northern Renaissance and Baroque

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

Olivia Mayoza
Accounting Assistant II
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