Visual & Media Arts Faculty
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- Professor and Chair
B.A. Essex University; M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: jonathan_wacks@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Associate Chair
B.A. Webster University; M.A. University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: eric_schaefer@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of New Hampshire; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: daniel_gaucher@emerson.edu
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
B.A. University of Delaware; M.F.A. Temple University
E-Mail: jan_roberts_breslin@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Cornell University; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: james_sheldon@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
E-Mail: david_akiba@emerson.edu
- Jane AkibaPart Time Faculty
B.S. Boston University
E-mail: Jane_Akiba@emerson.edu
- William AndersonPart Time Faculty
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
E-mail: William_Anderson@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Simmons College; M.A. Boston University; Ph.D. Boston University
E-Mail: c_andrade_watkins@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
E-Mail: pierre_archambault@emerson.edu
- Antonio AscensoPart Time Faculty
B.A. Emerson College
E-mail: antonio_ascenso@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: miranda_banks@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: anya_belkina@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Western Washington University; M.A. New York University
E-Mail: harlan_bosmajian@emerson.edu
- Executive Artist-In-Residence
B.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: kevin_bright@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. University of Maryland; D.C. Cleveland College
E-Mail: jack_casey@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: mark_chesak@emerson.edu
- Gautam ChopraPart Time Faculty
B.A. University of Chicago; M.F.A. Columbia University
E-mail: Gautam_Chopra@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. New York University; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: shaun_clarke@emerson.edu
- Frank ColemanPart Time Faculty
A.B. Washington University, St. Louis
E-mail: Frank_Coleman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Emerson College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: martie_cook@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Harvard University; M.A. University of Toronto; Ph.D. University of Toronto
E-Mail: thomas_cooper@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
Ph.D. Brown University; M.A. Brown University; M.C.R.P. Rutgers University; B.A. Marymount Manhattan College
E-Mail: leslie_cormier@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.S. Louisiana State University; M.F.A. Temple University
E-Mail: clarence_courtney@emerson.edu
- Owen CurtinPart Time Faculty
B.A. Emerson College; Certificate University of New Castle, Australia; M.M. University of New Castle, Australia
E-mail: Owen_Curtin@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
Ph.D. Florida State University
E-Mail: william_dewolf@emerson.edu
- David DomsPart Time Faculty
B.M. Boston University
E-mail: David_Doms@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Pennsylvania State University
E-Mail: william_dreyfus@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: jean_dunoyer@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.S. Emerson College; M.A. Emerson College; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: ken_feil@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
A.B. Princeton University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: l_marc_fields@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.A. Dublin City University; M.A. University College, Dublin; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: peter_flynn@emerson.edu
- Eric FoxPart Time Faculty
E-mail: Eric_Fox@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, San Diego; M.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
E-Mail: john_craig_freeman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Bowling Green State University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
E-Mail: donald_fry@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: john_gianvito@emerson.edu
- Stephen GlantzPart Time Faculty
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
E-mail: stephen_glantz2@emerson.edu
- Michael GoodmanPart Time Faculty
A.S. Springfield Technical Communty College
E-mail: michael_goodman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. University of Southern California
E-Mail: eric_gordon@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.F.A. New York University; M.F.A. Hollins University
E-Mail: jared_gordon@emerson.edu
- Julia GoryuchkinaPart Time Faculty
B.A. Berklee College of Music
E-mail: Julia_Goryuchkina@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Brown University
E-Mail: laurel_greenberg@emerson.edu
- Steven GrossmanPart Time Faculty
B.A. Boston University; M.A. Boston University; M.F.A. University of Southern California
E-mail: Steven_Grossman@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Brandeis University
E-Mail: julie_gustafson@emerson.edu
- Judith HullPart Time Faculty
B.A. Harpur College; M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D. Columbia University
E-mail: Judith_Hull@emerson.edu
David HumphreysPart Time FacultyB.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-mail: David_Humphreys@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. University of Bridgeport
E-Mail: hassan_ildari@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: david_kelleher@emerson.edu
- Lois and Henry Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice and Distinguished Curator-in-Residence
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. Indiana University
E-Mail: joseph_ketner@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. University of Birmingham, England
E-Mail: tom_kingdon@emerson.edu
- Visiting Screenwriter-in-Residence
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: walter_klenhard@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Davidson College; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts
E-Mail: brooke_knight@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Rutgers University; M.A. City University of New York; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: cheryl_knight@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. State University of New York, Geneseo; M.A. Emerson College; M.A. Brown University; Ph.D. Brown University
E-Mail: brian_knoth@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Bates College; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: david_kociemba@emerson.edu
- Joseph KolbePart Time Faculty
B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts
E-mail: Joseph_Kolbe@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Southern California; M.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: c_kotz_cornejo@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. University of Michigan; M.Ed. Argosy University
E-Mail: john_krivit@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Drake University; M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: diane_lake@emerson.edu
- Pamela LarsonPart Time Faculty
B.A. Mount Holyoke College; Certificate School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.A. Bard College
E-mail: Pamela_Larson@emerson.edu
De-nin LeeAssistant ProfessorB.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Williams College; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-mail: denin_lee@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Director in Residence
B.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: theodore_life@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Akron; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
E-Mail: james_macak@emerson.edu
- David MageeJane and Terry Semel Chair in Screenwriting
B.A. Michigan State University; M.F.A. University of Illinois
E-mail: david_magee@emerson.edu
- Barry MarshallPart Time Faculty
M.Ed. Argosy University; B.A. University of Massachusetts
E-mail: Barry_Marshall@emerson.edu
- Brian McKeeverPart Time Faculty
B.A. Berklee College of Music
E-mail: Brian_Mckeever@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. York University; B.F.A. Concordia University; M.F.A. Concordia University
E-Mail: brian_mcneil@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. Brown University
E-Mail: maurice_methot@emerson.edu
- Rebecca MeyersPart Time Faculty
B.A. Cornell University; M.A. University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-mail: Rebecca_Meyers@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Boston University
E-Mail: roberto_mighty@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Northeastern University
E-Mail: philip_mondello@emerson.edu
- Paula MusegadesPart Time Faculty
B.S. Minnesota State University; M.A. Brandeis University
E-mail: paula_musegades@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.S. Boston University
E-Mail: robert_nesson@emerson.edu
- Diane PansenPart Time Faculty
M.Ed. Antioch New England; M.A. The University of Texas
E-mail: Diane_Pansen@emerson.edu
- Senior Director-In-Residence
B.A. Boston University; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: r_patton_spruill@emerson.edu
- Visiting Faculty in Civic Media
B.A. Santa Clara University; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: jessica_philippi@emerson.edu
- Diane PontiusPart Time Faculty
B.F.A. University of the Arts ; M.F.A. Rutgers University
E-mail: diane_pontius@emerson.edu
- Andre PucaPart Time Faculty
B.A. Cornell University; M.F.A. Boston University
E-mail: Andre_Puca@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Tufts University; B.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.A. Simmons College
E-Mail: emily_putnam@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Director of the BFA Program
B.A. Evergreen State College; M.F.A. Temple University; Graduate Certificate Temple University; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: kathryn_ramey@emerson.edu
- Camilo RamirezPart Time Faculty
A.A. International Fine Arts College; A.A. Miami Dade Community College; B.F.A. Florida International University; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-mail: Camilo_Ramirez@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Producer-in-Residence
B.F.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
E-Mail: linda_reisman@emerson.edu
- Robert RiberaPart Time Faculty
B.A. St. John's University; M.A. St. John's University; M.F.A. Boston University
E-mail: robert_ribera@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. St. John's College; B.F.A. University of Colorado, Denver; M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts
E-Mail: kathleen_rugh@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Northwestern University; M.F.A. Northwestern University
E-Mail: robert_sabal@emerson.edu
- Nancy SalzerPart Time Faculty
B.A. Columbia University; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-mail: Nancy_Salzer@emerson.edu
Lawrence SampsonPart Time FacultyE-mail: lawrence_sampson@emerson.edu
- Adam SegalPart Time Faculty
B.A. Brandeis University; M.A. University of Southern California; J.D. University of Miami
E-mail: adam_segal@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. University of Texas; M.A. University of Texas; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: michael_selig@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
E-Mail: jane_shattuc@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.V.A. Georgia State University; M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
E-Mail: lauren_shaw@emerson.edu
- Allyson SherlockPart Time Faculty
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.A. Emerson College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-mail: Allyson_Sherlock@emerson.edu
- Richard SmythPart Time Faculty
B.A. University of Florida; M.A. University of Florida; Ph.D. University of Florida
E-mail: Richard_Smyth@emerson.edu
- Heide SolbrigPart Time Faculty
B.A. Bard College; M.F.A. San Francisco State University; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
E-mail: heide_solbrig@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Boston University; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: jean_stawarz@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Tufts University; B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.F.A. Tufts University
E-Mail: robert_todd@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
A.S. Grahm Junior College
E-Mail: thomas_todisco@emerson.edu
- Amber TourlentesPart Time Faculty
B.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-mail: Amber_Davis@emerson.edu
- Brian TruglioPart Time Faculty
B.A. Bucknell University; M.F.A. Visual Studies Workshop; Certificate University of California, Los Angeles
E-mail: brian_truglio@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Hampshire College; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: paul_turano@emerson.edu
- Mark van BorkPart Time Faculty
B.M. Berklee College of Music
E-mail: Mark_Van_Bork@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Wellesley College; M.A. New York University; Ph.D. Ohio State University
E-Mail: maruta_vitols@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. The Chinese Culture University, Taiwan; M.S. Indiana University; Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
E-Mail: shujen_wang@emerson.edu
- Part Time Faculty
B.A. Rutgers University; M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: marc_weinberg@emerson.edu
- Christopher WilderPart Time Faculty
B.F.A. Boston Conservatory
E-mail: christopher_wilder@emerson.edu
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