Faculty Profiles
Jeffrey Abt
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3118 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-6785
Jeffrey Abt received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Drake University and studied at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He fir...
ad5565@wayne.edu
Professor, Painting and Drawing
3118 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-6785
Jeffrey Abt received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Drake University and studied at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He fir...
ad5565@wayne.edu
Dora Apel
Associate Professor and W. Hawkins Ferry Endowed Chair in Modern and Contemporary Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
Dora Apel teaches courses on modern and contemporary art, photography and visual culture. She is the author of three books: Memory Effects: The Holocaust and the Art of Secondary W...
dora.apel@wayne.edu
Associate Professor and W. Hawkins Ferry Endowed Chair in Modern and Contemporary Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
Dora Apel teaches courses on modern and contemporary art, photography and visual culture. She is the author of three books: Memory Effects: The Holocaust and the Art of Secondary W...
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
Andrea Cardinal
Lecturer
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2980
Andrea Cardinal is a lecturer of graphic design and the sole proprietor of Tooth & Rag, LLC, a freelance design company. She holds an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2...
eg2916@wayne.edu
Lecturer
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2980
Andrea Cardinal is a lecturer of graphic design and the sole proprietor of Tooth & Rag, LLC, a freelance design company. She holds an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2...
eg2916@wayne.edu
Derek Cote
Assistant Profesor
As a former explorer, frustrated architect and aspiring social examiner, Derek Coté received his MFA in sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University and ...
fe8029@wayne.edu
Assistant Profesor
As a former explorer, frustrated architect and aspiring social examiner, Derek Coté received his MFA in sculpture and extended media at Virginia Commonwealth University and ...
fe8029@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, inta...
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, inta...
pdelaura@wayne.edu
Holly Feen-Calligan
Adj. Assoc. Prof. of Art History (Courtesy Appt.)
0163 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-1823
Dr. Feen-Calligan teaches art therapy in Wayne State's College of Education. She has a courtesy appointment, adj. assoc. prof. of art history, in the James Pearson Duffy Department...
aa3597@wayne.edu
Adj. Assoc. Prof. of Art History (Courtesy Appt.)
0163 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-1823
Dr. Feen-Calligan teaches art therapy in Wayne State's College of Education. She has a courtesy appointment, adj. assoc. prof. of art history, in the James Pearson Duffy Department...
aa3597@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 Art and Art History department. She has published numerous articles which focus o...
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 Art and Art History department. She has published numerous articles which focus o...
ai4589@wayne.edu
Siobhan Gregory
Senior Lecturer
Siobhan Gregory is an industrial designer, applied anthropologist, educator and social justice advocate. Her focus is on the progress of a more human-centered design practice throu...
an9985@wayne.edu
Senior Lecturer
Siobhan Gregory is an industrial designer, applied anthropologist, educator and social justice advocate. Her focus is on the progress of a more human-centered design practice throu...
an9985@wayne.edu
Marion Jackson
Professor Emerita, Art History
2155 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-405-6443
Marion (Mame) Jackson, PhD, University of Michigan, is professor emerita of Art History and professor of community engagement in the Irvin D. Reid Honors College where she directs ...
ac2540@wayne.edu
Professor Emerita, Art History
2155 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-405-6443
Marion (Mame) Jackson, PhD, University of Michigan, is professor emerita of Art History and professor of community engagement in the Irvin D. Reid Honors College where she directs ...
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
Urban Jupena
Professor Emeritus, 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
Professor Emeritus, 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
Lauren Kalman
Assistant Professor
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2980
Lauren Kalman is a visual artist whose practice is invested in installation, video, photography and performance. Through her work she investigates perspectives of beauty, body imag...
ex2503@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-2980
Lauren Kalman is a visual artist whose practice is invested in installation, video, photography and performance. Through her work she investigates perspectives of beauty, body imag...
ex2503@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
Daniel McCafferty
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
2311 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0253
Daniel McCafferty is a multi-disciplinary designer, artist and researcher. He holds an M.Des. in Graphic Design from North Carolina State University and a B.Com.Des. in Communicati...
ff5908@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
2311 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-0253
Daniel McCafferty is a multi-disciplinary designer, artist and researcher. He holds an M.Des. in Graphic Design from North Carolina State University and a B.Com.Des. in Communicati...
ff5908@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
Associate Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
Jennifer Olmsted received her PhD in art history from Northwestern University. At Wayne State, she teaches courses on European art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth cent...
ay2092@wayne.edu
Associate Professor, Art History
2147 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313-577-5966
Jennifer Olmsted received her PhD in art history from Northwestern University. At Wayne State, she teaches courses on European art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth cent...
ay2092@wayne.edu
John Richardson
Department Chair and Professor, Art
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2980
Professor Richardson earned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA 1996, MA 1994) and his undergraduate degree from the University of Puget...
af5343@wayne.edu
Department Chair and Professor, Art
150 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2980
Professor Richardson earned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA 1996, MA 1994) and his undergraduate degree from the University of Puget...
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, B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University, M.F.A. Wayne State University; Graduate Officer for the Department of Art and Art History. Professor Rosenthal has won numero...
aa3462@wayne.edu
Professor, Printmaking
263.1 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2996
Stanley Rosenthal, B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University, M.F.A. Wayne State University; Graduate Officer for the Department of Art and Art History. Professor Rosenthal has won numero...
aa3462@wayne.edu
Millee Tibbs
Assistant Professor
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-8548
Millee Tibbs holds an MFA in photography from RISD and a BA in studio art and Hispanic studies from Vassar College. She is interested in surfaces and their relationship to what lie...
ex0360@wayne.edu
Assistant Professor
150 Art Building
Phone: 313-577-8548
Millee Tibbs holds an MFA in photography from RISD and a BA in studio art and Hispanic studies from Vassar College. She is interested in surfaces and their relationship to what lie...
ex0360@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
Associate Department Chair and Professor, Ceramics
60.2 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac received his M.F.A from Eastern Michigan University. He is Associate Department Chair and Professor, Ceramics. Professor Zajac mentors both undergraduate and graduate stu...
ak6640@wayne.edu
Associate Department Chair and Professor, Ceramics
60.2 Art Bldg.
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac received his M.F.A from Eastern Michigan University. He is Associate Department Chair and Professor, Ceramics. Professor Zajac mentors both undergraduate and graduate stu...
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