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Mary Carothers, Professor
carothers@louisville.edu | 502-852-0836
Research Areas: Installation Art, Public Art, Photography
Studio Art: Photography | View Research/Faculty Profile
Ying Kit Chan, Professor
chan@louisville.edu | 502-852-0806
Research Areas: Contemporary Practices, Drawing And Painting, Cross-Cultural And Critical Theories, Environmental Philosophy, Art And Social Change
Studio Art: Drawing, Foundations | View Research/Faculty Profile
Benjamin Cook, Assistant Professor
benjamin.cook@louisville.edu | 502-852-0803
Research Areas: Painting, Digital Dissemination, Object/Image Translation
Studio Art: Painting | View Research/Faculty Profile
Mitch Eckert, Professor, Department Vice Chair
eckert@louisville.edu | 502-852-0870
Research Areas: Historic and Alternative Photographic Processes, Still Life, Tableaux, Assemblage
Studio Art: Photography | View Research/Faculty Profile
Dan Elliott, Associate Professor
daniel.elliott.2@louisville.edu
Research Areas: Typography, Letterpress & Riso Printing, Explorations in Materiality, Design History & Theory
Design: Graphic Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Lalana Fedorschak, Assistant Professor Term
lalana.fedorschak@louisville.edu
Studio Art: Ceramics | View Faculty Profile
Christopher Fulton, Associate Professor
cfulton@louisville.edu | 502-852-7629
Research Areas: Mexican and Italian Art
Art History: Renaissance Art, Mexican Art | View Research/Faculty Profile
Benjamin Hufbauer, Associate Professor
hufbauer@louisville.edu | 502-852-0442
Research Areas: Presidential Libraries, Monuments, Memory, and Commemoration, American Art and Architecture, Film
Art History: American Art and Architecture | View Research/Faculty Profile
Delin Lai, Professor
delin.lai@louisville.edu | 502-852-0445
Research Areas: History of Modern Chinese Cities and Architecture, Historiography of Chinese Architecture, Modern Chinese Art, Eastern Asia Landscape Art
Art History: Asian Art | View Research/Faculty Profile
Scott Massey, Director of Graduate Studies - Studio Art, Associate Professor
s.massey@louisville.edu | 502-852-6796
Research Areas: Contemporary Practice in Sculpture, Installation, Space and Time
Studio Art: Sculpture, 3-D Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Keith Plymale, Assistant Professor
keith.plymale@louisville.edu
Research Areas: Architecture
Design: Interior Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Dana Potter, Assistant Professor
dana.potter@louisville.edu
Research Areas: User Experience Design, Arts Organizing, Interaction Design, and Media Art
Design: Graphic Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Mark Priest, Professor
mark.priest@louisville.edu | 502-852-1016
Research Areas: Figure Drawing and Painting, Underground Railroad
Studio Art: Painting | View Research/Faculty Profile
Chris Reitz, Department Chair
Gallery Director, Hite Institute of Art + Design, Associate Professor
chris.reitz@louisville.edu | 502-852-0441
Research Areas: Art and Exhibitions in the Era of Neoliberalism, the Art Market, Critical Theory
Art History: Critical and Curatorial Studies | View Research/Faculty Profile
Ché Rhodes, Professor
che.rhodes@louisville.edu | 502-852-0277
Research Areas: Glass Art, Installation, Sculpture
Studio Art: Glass | View Research/Faculty Profile
Jennifer Sichel, Director of Graduate Studies - Art History and Critical and Curatorial Studies, Assistant Professor
jennifer.sichel@louisville.edu | 502-852-0444
Research Areas: Modern & Contemporary Art, Critical Theory, Queer Theory, Curatorial Studies
Art History: Contemporary Art and Theory, Critical and Curatorial Studies | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rachel Singel, Associate Professor
rachel.singel@louisville.edu | 502-852-0828
Research Areas: Printmaking Using Non-Toxic Methods, Papermaking With Invasive Plants, Bookbinding
Studio Art: Printmaking | View Research/Faculty Profile
Nathan Smith, Assistant Professor
nathan.smith.5@louisville.edu | 502-852-0979
Research Areas: Architecture
Design: Interior Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Sheri Squires, Instructor Term
sheri.squires@louisville.edu | 502-852-3605
Design: Graphic Design | View Faculty Profile
Trysh Wahlig, Assistant Professor
trysh.wahlig@louisville.edu | 502-852-0807
Research Areas: Communication Design, Design Systems, Health Literacy
Design: Graphic Design | View Research/Faculty Profile
Theresa Berbet, Coordinator of Academic Programs and Services
theresa.berbet@louisville.edu | 502-852-6147
Matt Gehring, Graphic Design Studio Coordinator
matt.gehring@louisville.edu | 502-852-6794
Jesse Gibbs, Sculpture Studio Coordinator
jesse.gibbs@louisville.edu | 502-852-6863
Sara Noori, Department Coordinator
sara.noori@louisville.edu | 502-852-5307
Jessica Oberdick, Assistant Director of Galleries
Tricia Barry Biagi, Part-Time Lecturer
mary.biagi@louisville.edu
Design: Graphic Design
Cristina Carbone, Part-Time Lecturer
cristina.carbone@louisville.edu
Art History: Historic Interiors, Survey
Bill Gilliss, Part-Time Lecturer
bill.gilliss@louisville.edu
Design: Interior Design
Shae Goodlett, Part-Time Lecturer
shae.goodlett@louisville.edu
Studio Art: Digital Drawing
Kathryn Nassr, Part-Time Lecturer
kathryn.nassr@louisville.edu
Design: Graphic Design
Jessica Oberdick, Part-Time Lecturer
jessica.oberdick@louisville.edu
Studio Art: BFA Professional Practice
Ryan O'Hare, Part-Time Lecturer
ryan.ohare@louisville.edu
Design: Graphic Design
Shachaf Polakow, Part-Time Lecturer
shachaf.polakow@louisville.edu
Design: Adobe Labs
Studio Art: Digital Design
Aaron Raymer, Part-Time Lecturer
aaron.raymer@louisville.edu
Studio Art: 3D Design, Sculpture
Bess Reed, Part-Time Lecturer
dorothy.reed@louisville.edu
Art History: Survey
Tracy Robb, Part-Time Lecturer
tracy.robb@louisville.edu
Studio Art: Photography
Jackson Taylor, Part-Time Lecturer
jackson.taylor@louisville.edu
Studio Art: Printmaking, BA Capstone, Art Appreciation
Kevin Wyatt, Part-Time Lecturer
kevin.wyatt@louisville.edu
Design: Graphic Design
Ethan Jenkins, Graduate Teaching Assistant
ethan.jenkins.1@louisville.edu
Nahla Joy, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Oliver Krueger, Graduate Teaching Assistant
William Morris, Graduate Teaching Assistant
william.morris.7@louisville.edu
Kristine Moss, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Marcia Ross, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Liliana Velasco, Graduate Teaching Assistant
liliana.velasco@louisville.edu
Michaela Weick, Graduate Teaching Assistant
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