Faculty/Staff List
ADMINISTRATION:
Robert Storr, Dean Samuel Messer, Associate Dean Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design Anoka Faruqee, Acting Director of Graduate Studies in Painting/Printmaking Gregory Crewdson, Director of Graduate Studies in Photography Martin Kersels, Director of Graduate Studies in Sculpture Lisa Kereszi, Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art Patricia Ann DeChiara, Director of Academic Affairs Stacey McGlone Gemmill, Director of Financial Affairs Jane Phillips, Director of Development SCHOOL OF ART STAFF: Patricia Ann DeChiara, Director of Academic Affairs Stacey McG. Gemmill, Director of Financial Affairs Janet Liscio, Senior Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs Kris Mandelbaum, Senior Administrative Assistant II, Painting/Printmaking and Sculpture Patsy Mastrangelo, Senior Administrative Assistant, Graphic Design and Photography Susan Rochette, Financial Aid Director Linda Sandrey, Senior Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Studies Sal Schaivone, Facilities Supervisor Brian Schmidt, Senior Adminstrative Assistant II, Financial Affairs Barbara Shanley, Executive Associate, Dean’s Office GRAPHIC DESIGN: Keira Alexandra, Critic Michael Bierut, Senior Critic Julian Bittiner, Critic Irma Boom, Senior Critic Craig Buckley, Critic Matthew Carter, Senior Critic Yeju Choi, Lecturer Glen Cummings, Lecturer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Professor Paul Elliman, Critic Tobias Frere-Jones, Critic John Gambell, Senior Critic Barbara Glauber, Critic Jessica Helfand, Senior Critic Allen Hori, Critic Pamela Hovland, Senior Critic David Israel, Critic Urs Lehni, Critic Karel Martens, Senior Critic Luna Mauer, Critic Dan Michaelson, Critic Manuel Miranda, Critic Sigi Moeslinger, Senior Critic Matthew Mulder, Critic Gisela Noack, Lecturer Eddie Opara, Critic Jonathan Puckey, Critic Christopher Pullman, Senior Critic Michael Rock, Professor (Adjunct) Julika Rudelius, Critic Laurel Schwulst, Lecturer Douglass G. A. Scott, Senior Critic Susan Sellers, Senior Critic Elizabeth Sledge, Critic William Storandt, Lecturer Scott Stowell, Critic Masamichi Udagawa, Senior Critic Henk van Assen, Senior Critic Daniel van der Velden, Senior Critic Linda van Deursen, Critic PAINTING / PRINTMAKING: Mark Aronson, Critic Doug Ashford, Critic Dore Ashton, Senior Critic Colleen Asper, Critic Nicole Awai, Critic Sadie Benning, Lecturer Anna Betbeze, Lecturer Huma Bhabha, Lecturer Phong Bui, Critic Jessica Dickinson, Critic Angela Dufresne, Critic Carroll Dunham, Senior Critic Anoka Faruqee, Associate Professor Rochelle Feinstein, Professor Coco Fusco, Visiting Assistant Professor Munro Galloway, Lecturer Michelle Grabner, Visiting Professor Josephine Halvorson, Critic Jane Hammond, Senior Critic David Humphrey, Critic James Hyde, Critic Kellie Jones, Visiting Associate Professor Clint Jukkala, Associate Professor Deborah Kass, Critic Byron Kim, Senior Critic Marie Lorenz, Assistant Professor Samuel Messer, Professor (Adjunct) Ulrike Muller, Lecturer Dona Nelson, Critic Sarah Oppenheimer, Critic Dushko Petrovich, Lecturer Robert James Reed Jr., Professor Mary Reid Kelley, Critic Juan Sanchez, Critic Robert Storr, Professor Jeffrey Stuker, Lecturer Jessica Tam, Lecturer Mickalene Thomas, Critic William Villalongo, Lecturer PHOTOGRAPHY: Jennifer Blessing, Critic Gregory Crewdson, Associate Professor Benjamin Donaldson, Lecturer Dru Donovan, Lecturer LaToya Ruby Frazier, Critic Daniel Gordon, Critic Paul Graham, Critic Melissa Harris, Critic Lisa Kereszi, Critic John Lehr, Visiting Assistant Professor Vera Lutter, Critic Joseph Maida, Lecturer Roxana Marcoci, Critic Rick Moody, Critic Laurel Nakadate, Critic Catherine Opie, Visiting Professor Thomas Palmer, Critic Tod Papageorge, Professor Jack Pierson, Critic John Pilson, Critic Alex Prager, Critic Jock Reynolds, Professor (Adjunct) Victoria Sambunaris, Lecturer Collier Schorr, Senior Critic Laurie Simmons, Critic Nancy Spector, Critic SCULPTURE: A A Bronson, Senior Critic Leslie Dick, Critic Julian Gilbert-Davis, Lecturer Kate Gilmore, Critic Maria Elena Gonzalez, Critic Elana Herzog, Lecturer Jim Hodges, Senior Critic Brent Howard, Lecturer Martin Kersels, Associate Professor Patrick Killoran, Critic Michelle Lopez, Lecturer Michael Mahalchick, Critic Josiah McElheny, Visiting Professor Michael Queenland, Assistant Professor Mika Rottenberg, Lecturer Carolyn Salas, Lecturer Xaviera Simmons, Critic FILM/VIDEO/INTERDISCIPLINARY: Ian Alteveer, Critic Jonathan Andrews, Lecturer Michel Auder, Critic Dara Birnbaum, Critic Sandra Burns, Lecturer Johannes DeYoung, Critic Joy Kim, Lecturer Sarah Lasley, Lecturer Sandra Luckow, Critic Rick Moody, Critic John Pilson, Critic Paulina Pobocha, Critic Michael Roemer, Professor (Adjunct) Molleen Theodore, Critic Anahita Vossoughi, Lecturer Natalie Westbrook, Lecturer |
GRAPHIC DESIGN (MFA) The graphic design program focuses on the development of a cohesive, investigative body of work, also known as the student’s thesis. At Yale, the graphic design thesis is conceived as a loose framework within which each student’s visual method is deployed across many diverse projects during his or her two-year course of study. While every thesis project is unique, there are several common features: a focus on methodology, the application of a visual method to studio work, and the organization of the work in a thoughtfully argued written document and catalogue raisonné, also known as the “Thesis Book.” The individual collection of graphic design work by each student is supported on several levels simultaneously: studio work led by faculty meeting weekly; small five- or six-person thesis groups meeting biweekly; individual sessions with writing and editing tutors; and lectures, presentations, and workshops. Although the School of Art provides digital lab facilities, all graphic design students are expected to have their own personal computer for use in their studio work space. Each student has a designated work space in the design studio loft and has access to bookbinding materials and workshops, and to printing and digital work spaces in the School of Art and the Digital Media Center for the Arts. In addition, students draw on the extraordinary resources of Yale University courses, conferences, films, lectures, and museums, and especially the extensive reasearch and rare book collections of Sterling and Beinecke libraries. Each year, up to ten students are admitted into the two-year graphic design program, and up to seven students are admitted into the preliminary-year program. Two-year program students are expected to have substantial and distinguished experience in visual studies and related professional experience. Students applying to the preliminary-year program typically have relevant experience in a field of study outside design and demonstrate evidence of visual acuity. After successful completion of the preliminary year, these students automatically continue on in the two-year M.F.A. program. PAINTING AND PRINTMAKING (MFA) Instruction in the program is rooted in the investigation of painting as a unique genre with its own complex syntax and history. Within this setting, the program encourages diversity of practice and interpretation, innovation, and experimentation on the part of students. Approximately twenty-one students are admitted each year. At the core of instruction are individual and group critiques with faculty, visiting critics, and visiting artists. In addition, students participate in a variety of seminars taught by both faculty and critics. The study of printmaking is integrated into the painting program, and a student may concentrate in painting, printmaking, or a combination of the two. Students work in individual 300-square-foot studios at 353 Crown Street adjacent to Green Hall. Students have access to a printmaking workshop in the Crown Street building, equipped with two etching presses and a lithography press, a fully equipped silkscreen facility, as well as digital resources available in the print studio, the throughout the School and the Digital Media Center for the Arts (DMCA). PHOTOGRAPHY (MFA) Photography is a two-year program of study admitting nine students a year. Darkroom, studio, and computer facilities are provided. Students receive technical instruction in black-and-white and color photography as well as nonsilver processes and digital image production. The program is committed to a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to a variety of expressive means. Students work both individually and in groups with faculty and visiting artists. In addition, a critique panel composed of faculty and other artists or critics meets weekly, as well as for a final review each term, to discuss student work. All students are required to successfully complete two academic courses in the University before they receive their degree. In addition, first-year students are required to take two terms of Photography 828 and, in the first term, Art 949a, Critical Practice SCULPTURE (MFA)
The sculpture program offers students the opportunity to develop their work and to choose their own path, in concert with a broad array of different voices. The field of sculpture, at the moment, includes a collection of quite diverse methods; one set of tools is not privileged over another. Students work independently in individual studio spaces and have access to a woodworking shop, a metal shop, plaster facilities, a small computer lab, and some video equipment in the sculpture building in addition to further resources offered by the School of Art and the University at large. No metal-casting facilities are available. The main focus of this program is to facilitate the development of conversation among students and faculty. Our aim is to articulate student work vis à vis its own trajectory and in relation to art history and the current moment. This conversation is formally structured to take place one-on-one between students and faculty, in small groups, and within a more public larger group involving the whole sculpture department. First-year students are required to take Art 949a, Critical Practice, offered in the fall term. In addition, the sculpture program offers a critical issues seminar in the spring term. Students are encouraged to take courses in other departments within the School, and students are required to successfully complete two academic courses outside of the School of Art prior to graduation. SCULPTURE (MFA)
The sculpture program offers students the opportunity to develop their work and to choose their own path, in concert with a broad array of different voices. The field of sculpture, at the moment, includes a collection of quite diverse methods; one set of tools is not privileged over another. Students work independently in individual studio spaces and have access to a woodworking shop, a metal shop, plaster facilities, a small computer lab, and some video equipment in the sculpture building in addition to further resources offered by the School of Art and the University at large. No metal-casting facilities are available. The main focus of this program is to facilitate the development of conversation among students and faculty. Our aim is to articulate student work vis à vis its own trajectory and in relation to art history and the current moment. This conversation is formally structured to take place one-on-one between students and faculty, in small groups, and within a more public larger group involving the whole sculpture department. First-year students are required to take Art 949a, Critical Practice, offered in the fall term. In addition, the sculpture program offers a critical issues seminar in the spring term. Students are encouraged to take courses in other departments within the School, and students are required to successfully complete two academic courses outside of the School of Art prior to graduation. |