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...
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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...
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Dora Apel
Associate Professor, Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
The Roundtable - WAMC radio Albany, NYAssociate Professor Apel was interviewed Mar. 19, 2008, about her new book "Lynching Photographs" on Albany, NY, public radio's prog...
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Associate Professor, Art History
2160 Faculty/Administration Building
Phone: 313.577.5967
The Roundtable - WAMC radio Albany, NYAssociate Professor Apel was interviewed Mar. 19, 2008, about her new book "Lynching Photographs" on Albany, NY, public radio's prog...
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Sarah Bassett
Associate Professor, Art History
Phone: 313-577-2541
education: Ph.D. History of Art Bryn Mawr College M.A. History of Art, University of Chicago B.A. History of Art, Smith College current research interests: Late...
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Associate Professor, Art History
Phone: 313-577-2541
education: Ph.D. History of Art Bryn Mawr College M.A. History of Art, University of Chicago B.A. History of Art, Smith College current research interests: Late...
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Pamela Delaura
Associate Professor, Printmaking
259 Community Arts 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...
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Associate Professor, Printmaking
259 Community Arts 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...
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Thomas Fitzgerald
Associate Professor, Sculpture
Phone: 313-577-2991
Tom Paul Fitzgerald, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Professor of Sculpture. Professor Fitzgerald's activities include participation in the 16th Interna...
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Associate Professor, Sculpture
Phone: 313-577-2991
Tom Paul Fitzgerald, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Professor of Sculpture. Professor Fitzgerald's activities include participation in the 16th Interna...
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Margaret Franklin
Associate Professor, Art History
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...
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Associate Professor, Art History
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...
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John Hegarty
Professor, Painting and Drawing
Phone: 313-577-0493
John Hegarty, M.F.A., Iowa University, Professor in Drawing. Professor Hegarty's primary interest is painting and drawing the human figure. He has shown at the Allan Stone Gallery,...
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Professor, Painting and Drawing
Phone: 313-577-0493
John Hegarty, M.F.A., Iowa University, Professor in Drawing. Professor Hegarty's primary interest is painting and drawing the human figure. He has shown at the Allan Stone Gallery,...
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Marion Jackson
Professor, Art History
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...
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Professor, Art History
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...
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Rayneld M. Johnson
Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
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 ...
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Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
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 ...
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Urban Jupena
Associate Professor, Fibers
Phone: 313-577-2993
Urban Jupena, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Associate Professor of Fibers. Professor Jupena teaches weaving and the printing and dyeing of fabric. His...
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Associate Professor, Fibers
Phone: 313-577-2993
Urban Jupena, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Associate Professor of Fibers. Professor Jupena teaches weaving and the printing and dyeing of fabric. His...
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Brian Kritzman
Assistant Professor, Industrial Design
Phone: 313-577-9523
Brian Kritzman, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Assistant Professor in Industrial Design. Brian Kritzman’s experimental design work has been recognized and published by I.D...
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Assistant Professor, Industrial Design
Phone: 313-577-9523
Brian Kritzman, M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Assistant Professor in Industrial Design. Brian Kritzman’s experimental design work has been recognized and published by I.D...
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Evan Larson
Associate Professor, Metalsmithing
Phone: 313-577-2983
Evan Larson, MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Assistant Professor of Metalsmithing. Evan Larson is currently an Assistant Professor of Metalsmithing at Wayne State University in Det...
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Associate Professor, Metalsmithing
Phone: 313-577-2983
Evan Larson, MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Assistant Professor of Metalsmithing. Evan Larson is currently an Assistant Professor of Metalsmithing at Wayne State University in Det...
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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...
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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...
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Judith Moldenhauer
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
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...
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Associate Professor, Graphic Design
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...
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James Nawara
Professor, Painting and Drawing
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...
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Professor, Painting and Drawing
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...
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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...
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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...
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John Richardson
Interim Chair (2007-8) and Associate Professor, Sculpture
Phone: 313-577-2980
John Richardson, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor of Sculpture. John earned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA...
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Interim Chair (2007-8) and Associate Professor, Sculpture
Phone: 313-577-2980
John Richardson, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Associate Professor of Sculpture. John earned his graduate degrees in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA...
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Dennis Robare
Lecturer, Interior Design
Phone: 313-577-2995
Dennis Robare, Bachelor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Visiting Lecturer in Interior Design. He is a registered residential builder in Michigan, certified by t...
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Lecturer, Interior Design
Phone: 313-577-2995
Dennis Robare, Bachelor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, Visiting Lecturer in Interior Design. He is a registered residential builder in Michigan, certified by t...
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Melvin Rosas
Professor, Painting and Drawing
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...
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Professor, Painting and Drawing
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...
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Stanley Rosenthal
Professor, Printmaking
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...
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Professor, Printmaking
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...
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Susan Widawski
Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
Phone: 313-577-3319
Susan Widawski, M.A., Wayne State University, is a Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising....
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Lecturer, Fashion Design and Merchandising
Phone: 313-577-3319
Susan Widawski, M.A., Wayne State University, is a Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising....
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Joseph Zajac
Professor, Ceramics
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac, M.F.A., Eastern Michigan University, Associate Professor of Ceramics. Professor Zajac has mentored both undergraduate and graduate clay students. Professor Zajac partici...
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Professor, Ceramics
Phone: 313-577-2990
Joe Zajac, M.F.A., Eastern Michigan University, Associate Professor of Ceramics. Professor Zajac has mentored both undergraduate and graduate clay students. Professor Zajac partici...
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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...
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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...
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