This signature research area emphasizes experimental teaching methodologies like field teaching and learning labs, fostering holistic art education and promoting visual and design thinking within inclusive environments. Grounded in evidence-based practices and the scholarship of learning and teaching, faculty’s work advocates for risk-taking pedagogy and participatory design approaches, fostering community building and advancing the role of art education in advocating for inclusive and creative learning experiences.
Design Education and Pedagogy
Graphic design professor illustrates for some of the biggest names in the publishing world
Miriam Martincic persevered through plenty of rejection when she began submitting her original illustrations for competitions and publication. Attempt after attempt resulted in a pass – assuming she got any response at all. Then something changed.
Seda McKilligan PhD
Senior Associate DeanDesign Administration
Cruz Garcia
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Nicholas Senske
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Sarah Zenti
Assistant ProfessorInterior Design
Daniel Neubauer
Associate Teaching ProfessorIndustrial Design
Rob Whitehead FAIA
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student SuccessDesign Administration
Barbara Caldwell
ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Bernard Canniffe
Associate ProfessorGraphic Design
Julie Irish PhD
Associate ProfessorInterior Design
Douglas Spencer PhD
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Kimberly Moss
Associate ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Pete Evans AIA IDSA
Assistant ProfessorIndustrial Design
Shelby Doyle AIA LEED AP
Associate ProfessorArchitecture
Jiwnath Ghimire PhD
Assistant ProfessorCommunity and Regional Planning
Hans Klein-Hewett PLA, ASLA
Assistant ProfessorLandscape Architecture
Andrea Quam
Associate ProfessorGraphic Design
Aaron Yang PhD
Assistant ProfessorGraphic Design
Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar MFA
Professor of PracticeGraphic Design
Raluca Iancu MFA
Assistant ProfessorArt and Visual Culture
Clark Colby
Assistant Teaching ProfessorArt and Visual Culture