Faculty Profiles
Jeffrey Abt
Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing
3118 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-6785
Jeffrey Abt received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from DrakeUniversity and studied at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He firs...
ad5565@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing
3118 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-6785
Jeffrey Abt received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from DrakeUniversity and studied at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He firs...
ad5565@wayne.edu
Dora Apel
Associate Professor, Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
Dora Apel teaches courses on modern and contemporary European and American art and photography. She is the author of three books: Imagery of Lynching: Black Men, White Women, and t...
dora.apel@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
Dora Apel teaches courses on modern and contemporary European and American art and photography. She is the author of three books: Imagery of Lynching: Black Men, White Women, and t...
dora.apel@wayne.edu
Danielle Aubert
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
3108.3 Old Main
Phone: 313.993.8169
Danielle Aubert holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Virginia and an MFA in graphic design from Yale University, where she was awarded the Bradbury Thompson Memo...
cj8807@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
3108.3 Old Main
Phone: 313.993.8169
Danielle Aubert holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Virginia and an MFA in graphic design from Yale University, where she was awarded the Bradbury Thompson Memo...
cj8807@wayne.edu
Pamela Delaura
Associate Professor, Printmaking
Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2997
Pamela DeLaura, M.F.A., Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Associate Professor in Printmaking. Professor DeLaura is interested in all areas of printmaking (lithography, int...
pdelaura@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Printmaking
Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2997
Pamela DeLaura, M.F.A., Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Associate Professor in Printmaking. Professor DeLaura is interested in all areas of printmaking (lithography, int...
pdelaura@wayne.edu
Margaret Franklin
Associate Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
Margaret Franklin, PhD, University of Cambridge (2000) teaches Renaissance and Baroque art in the department. Her courses cover both Early and High Renaissance art in Italy, Renais...
ai4589@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
Margaret Franklin, PhD, University of Cambridge (2000) teaches Renaissance and Baroque art in the department. Her courses cover both Early and High Renaissance art in Italy, Renais...
ai4589@wayne.edu
Adrian Hatfield
Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing
3141.5 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0818
av4486@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing
3141.5 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0818
av4486@wayne.edu
Marion Jackson
Professor, Art History
2155 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-1801
Marion (Mame) Jackson, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor of Art History teaches African American Art History, Theory and Methods of Art Historical Research, and Introduction...
ac2540@wayne.edu
Professor, Art History
2155 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-1801
Marion (Mame) Jackson, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor of Art History teaches African American Art History, Theory and Methods of Art Historical Research, and Introduction...
ac2540@wayne.edu
Rayneld M. Johnson
Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
2133.1 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3318
Rayneld Johnson, Ph.D., Wayne State University, Visiting Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Her course specialties are the history, design, production and merchandising ...
aa8888@wayne.edu
Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
2133.1 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3318
Rayneld Johnson, Ph.D., Wayne State University, Visiting Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Her course specialties are the history, design, production and merchandising ...
aa8888@wayne.edu
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Professor and Department Chair
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313.577.2985
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a distinguished art historian and Renaissance scholar who earned her A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. Her scholarship in the his...
cljoostgaugier@wayne.edu
Professor and Department Chair
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313.577.2985
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier is a distinguished art historian and Renaissance scholar who earned her A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. Her scholarship in the his...
cljoostgaugier@wayne.edu
Urban Jupena
Associate Professor, Fibers
2117.2 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2993
Urban Jupena, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Full Professor of Fibers. Professor Jupena teaches weaving and the printing and dyeing of fabric. His fibe...
aa2540@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Fibers
2117.2 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2993
Urban Jupena, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Full Professor of Fibers. Professor Jupena teaches weaving and the printing and dyeing of fabric. His fibe...
aa2540@wayne.edu
Kevin Kissell
Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and Merchandising
Kevin Kissell holds a BA in Art History, an MA in Apparel Design and an MFA in Fibers from Colorado State University. He also has over 20 years of industry experience from companie...
eg4472@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and Merchandising
Kevin Kissell holds a BA in Art History, an MA in Apparel Design and an MFA in Fibers from Colorado State University. He also has over 20 years of industry experience from companie...
eg4472@wayne.edu
Brian Kritzman
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
255 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-9523
Brian Kritzman, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Associate Professor in Industrial Design. Brian Kritzman’s experimental design work has been recognized and published by I.D...
ab3792@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
255 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-9523
Brian Kritzman, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Associate Professor in Industrial Design. Brian Kritzman’s experimental design work has been recognized and published by I.D...
ab3792@wayne.edu
Evan Larson
Associate Professor, Metalsmithing
52.1 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2983
Evan received his Masters of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his Bachelors of Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin Milkwaukee. His past teaching experience includes A...
aj7332@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Metalsmithing
52.1 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2983
Evan received his Masters of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his Bachelors of Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin Milkwaukee. His past teaching experience includes A...
aj7332@wayne.edu
Brian Madigan
Associate Professor, Art History
2153 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-2685
research interests: Greek sculpture, Classical and Hellenistic; Roman sculpture; the afterlife of Classicism and the history of archaeology...
aa1708@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Art History
2153 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-2685
research interests: Greek sculpture, Classical and Hellenistic; Roman sculpture; the afterlife of Classicism and the history of archaeology...
aa1708@wayne.edu
Cristobal Mendoza
Assistant Professor, Electronic Arts/Graphic Design
Cristobal Mendoza is a Venezuelan media artist and programmer whose interests lie in the intersection of technology with the personal. His current research involves databases and d...
eb9076@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Electronic Arts/Graphic Design
Cristobal Mendoza is a Venezuelan media artist and programmer whose interests lie in the intersection of technology with the personal. His current research involves databases and d...
eb9076@wayne.edu
Judith Moldenhauer
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
3108 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-8165
Judith Moldenhauer, Associate Professor in Graphic Design. M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Her design work lies in the area of "information design" which enables people t...
aa4725@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
3108 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-8165
Judith Moldenhauer, Associate Professor in Graphic Design. M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Her design work lies in the area of "information design" which enables people t...
aa4725@wayne.edu
James Nawara
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3102 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0656
James Nawara, M.F.A., University of Illinois, Professor of Art in Drawing and Painting. Primarily a landscape painter, Professor Nawara is interested in the effects of human activi...
aa4779@wayne.edu
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3102 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0656
James Nawara, M.F.A., University of Illinois, Professor of Art in Drawing and Painting. Primarily a landscape painter, Professor Nawara is interested in the effects of human activi...
aa4779@wayne.edu
Jennifer Olmsted
Assistant Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
ay2092@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
ay2092@wayne.edu
James Raymo
Associate Professor, Photography
4341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2928
James Raymo, M.S.P., Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), Associate Professor of Photography. In addition to his expertise in photography, he also speci...
ad4588@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Photography
4341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2928
James Raymo, M.S.P., Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), Associate Professor of Photography. In addition to his expertise in photography, he also speci...
ad4588@wayne.edu
John Richardson
Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Sculpture
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2980
John Richardson, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor of Sculpture. Professor Richardsonearned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wiscons...
af5343@wayne.edu
Associate Chair and Associate Professor, Sculpture
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2980
John Richardson, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor of Sculpture. Professor Richardsonearned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wiscons...
af5343@wayne.edu
Dennis Paul Robare
Lecturer, Interior Design Area Coordinator
2106.1 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2995
Dennis Robare, Masters of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Visiting Lecturer Area Coordinator in Interior Design. He is a registered architect, state of Michigan, c...
ad9087@wayne.edu
Lecturer, Interior Design Area Coordinator
2106.1 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2995
Dennis Robare, Masters of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Visiting Lecturer Area Coordinator in Interior Design. He is a registered architect, state of Michigan, c...
ad9087@wayne.edu
Melvin Rosas
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3129 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0394
Mel Rosas, M.F.A., Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.), Professor of Drawing. In 1994, Professor Rosas received a Board of Governor's Faculty Recognition Award from Wayne State...
ad5276@wayne.edu
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3129 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0394
Mel Rosas, M.F.A., Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.), Professor of Drawing. In 1994, Professor Rosas received a Board of Governor's Faculty Recognition Award from Wayne State...
ad5276@wayne.edu
Stanley Rosenthal
Professor, Printmaking
263.1 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2996
Stanley Rosenthal, M.F.A., Wayne State University, Professor of Printmaking, Graduate Officer for the Department of Art and Art History. Professor Rosenthal has won numerous region...
aa3462@wayne.edu
Professor, Printmaking
263.1 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2996
Stanley Rosenthal, M.F.A., Wayne State University, Professor of Printmaking, Graduate Officer for the Department of Art and Art History. Professor Rosenthal has won numerous region...
aa3462@wayne.edu
Eric Troffkin
Assistant Professor, Sculpture
Eric Troffkin joins the Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University as a new faculty member Fall 2009. He received his MFA degree in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academ...
eg2919@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Sculpture
Eric Troffkin joins the Department of Art and Art History at Wayne State University as a new faculty member Fall 2009. He received his MFA degree in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academ...
eg2919@wayne.edu
Margi Weir
Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing
Margi Weir earned her MFA in painting from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); her MA in painting from New Mexico State University; her BFA in painting from San Fra...
eg2921@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing
Margi Weir earned her MFA in painting from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); her MA in painting from New Mexico State University; her BFA in painting from San Fra...
eg2921@wayne.edu
Susan Widawski
Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
2133.2 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3319
Susan Widawski, M.A., Wayne State University, is a Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Susan earned her graduate degree in apparel design and her undergraduate degree in...
ae4711@wayne.edu
Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
2133.2 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-3319
Susan Widawski, M.A., Wayne State University, is a Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Susan earned her graduate degree in apparel design and her undergraduate degree in...
ae4711@wayne.edu
Joseph Zajac
Professor, Ceramics
60.2 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac received his M.F.A from Eastern Michigan University. He is a professor of art and former interim chair. Professor Zajac mentors both undergraduate and graduate students a...
ak6640@wayne.edu
Professor, Ceramics
60.2 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac received his M.F.A from Eastern Michigan University. He is a professor of art and former interim chair. Professor Zajac mentors both undergraduate and graduate students a...
ak6640@wayne.edu
Marilyn Zimmerman
Associate Professor, Photography
4343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-8548
Marilyn Zimmerman, M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Associate Professor in Photography. She is an artist, critical thinker, and post modern feminist whose work range...
aa4212@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Photography
4343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-8548
Marilyn Zimmerman, M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Associate Professor in Photography. She is an artist, critical thinker, and post modern feminist whose work range...
aa4212@wayne.edu