Department of Visual Arts Faculty & Staff
Department Heads

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics

Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese Painting, Art History, East Asian Studies
Campus Contacts


Support Staff


Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Painting

Victoria Cooke, M.A.Profile page
Director of Art Galleries
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1703,
Area(s) of Expertise: 18th and 19th century European art and architecture, Northern and Southern Baroque Art and Architecture, Contemporary Art, Art of the American South
Art Education

Area(s) of Expertise: Art Education
Art History

Area(s) of Expertise: Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture, 19th Century European Art, Mesoamerican art

Area(s) of Expertise: Ancient Roman art and architecture; 14th-, 15th-, and 16th-century Italian and Northern European Art and Architecture

Area(s) of Expertise: Italian Renaissance painting and sculpture; Northern Renaissance painting

Area(s) of Expertise: Modern Latin American Art, Topics in Contemporary Art, Global Pop Art

Cindy Torgesen
Lecturer
Office location

Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese Painting, Art History, East Asian Studies
Graphic Communications

Area(s) of Expertise: Graphic Design, Information Design & Data Visualization, Motion Graphics Animation, Cinematic Virtual Reality (Cine VR) Production, Music Production, Sound Design, Video Editing, Visual Branding and Identity

Area(s) of Expertise: Editorial Design, Visual Communication, Typography, User Interface, and Branding

Tiffany Joy Prater, M.F.A.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 2303,
Area(s) of Expertise: Visual Communication, Experiential Graphic Design, Typography, Type Design, Motion Graphics, Branding, Editorial Design, User Interface, letterpress, hand-lettering, Design Practices.

Area(s) of Expertise: Graphic Design, Photography, Cinematography, Acting

Area(s) of Expertise: Visual Communication, Experiential Graphic Design, Typography, Motion Graphics, Editorial Design, Branding, User Experience and User Interface, Design Practices.
Illustration

Area(s) of Expertise: Digital Arts, Adobe Creative Cloud, Visual Effects, Animation, Illustration

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Figurative Painting, Digital Illustration
Painting & Drawing

Area(s) of Expertise: Drawing and Painting, 2-Dimensional Design, Surface Design, Paper Arts

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting, Drawing, Furniture Design, Textiles

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting & Drawing, Craft Media, Feminist Theory in Contemporary Art

Erin McIntosh, M.F.A.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1702,
Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design

Craig Wilson, M.F.A.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationArts & Technology Building, 1502,
Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Three-Dimensional Design
Photography

Christopher Dant, M.F.A.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationNix, 208,
Art & Technology Building, 2007,
Area(s) of Expertise: Digital Photography, Film Photography, Digital Printing and Output, Darkroom Printing and Film Developing, Studio Lighting, Alternative Photographic Processes, Photographic History

Area(s) of Expertise: Film Photography, Digital Photography, Darkroom Processing, Studio Lighting, Alternative Photographic Processes, Photographic History.
Printmaking & Paper Arts

Area(s) of Expertise: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
Sculpture & Ceramics

Area(s) of Expertise: Two and Three-Dimensional Design, Sculpture

Angel Estrella, M.F.A.Profile page
Part Time Faculty
Office locationArts & Technology Building, 1903,
Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics, Three-Dimensional Design, Sculpture

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics, Three-dimensional design


Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, 3D Printing, Digital 3D Design, Art Theory, Art Criticism, Graphic Design

Gary Pearce, M.F.A.Profile page
Lecturer
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1903,
Student Resource Center, 594,
Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Jewelry and Metalwork

Jeffrey Repko, M.F.A.Profile page
Associate Professor
Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1707,
Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Three-D Printing, Digital Three-Dimensional Design, Digital Fabrication

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics
Textiles

3D Modeling for Games & Film

Area(s) of Expertise: Two-dimensional/Three-dimensional Design and Animation; Three-dimensional modeling and texturing; virtual reality/digital Illustration, digital photography