Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
William Catling, MFA
Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3724
- Email: bcatling@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 2
Professors
Stephen Childs, MFA
Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
- Email: schilds@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505
Lyrica Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of Visual and Performing Arts; Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
- Email: ltaylor@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235
Associate Professors
Brent Everett Dickinson, MFA
Associate Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5105
- Email: bdickinson@apu.edu
- Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 302
Nery Lemus, MFA
Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5506
- Email: nlemus@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 4A
Assistant Professor
Angela S. George, Ph.D.
Program Director, M.A. in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5841
- Email: ageorge@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 3
Adjunct Professors
Daniela Barbani, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Email: dbarbani@apu.edu
Alisa Barsegyan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: abarsegyan@apu.edu
- Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 203
Yookyoung Choi, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: ychoi@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Andrew Cole, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Cinematic Arts
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: acole@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center
Marcus Doyle, M.A.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: mdoyle@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Karen M. Dunaetz
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Modern Languages
- Phone: (626) 678-0346
- Email: kdunaetz@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Kari Dunham, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: kdunham@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Amy Fox, MFA, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: afox@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Tonja Graves Schmitt, MFA, MPS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: tgraves@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Jeffrey Grubbs, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jgrubbs@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Julia Heins, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jheins@apu.edu
Nathan Huff, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: nhuff@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Elaine McLemore, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 387-2064
- Email: emclemore@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Shelby Moser, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Philosophy
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: slmoser@apu.edu
Mark Nelson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: msnelson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Jane Gillespie Pryor, MFA, MAT
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jpryor@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Maryann Rachford, Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: mrachford@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Carolyn Robertson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: crobertson@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Stephanie Sabo, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: ssabo@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
Vance Sanders
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: vsanders@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
Daniel A. Siedell, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: dsiedell@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Jamie Sweetman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: jsweetman@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Tamara Valdry, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: tvaldry@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Hannah Kim Varamini, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Email: hvaramini@apu.edu
Catherine Wagley
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 815-2064
- Email: cwagley@apu.edu
- Office Location: Art Center, Room 1
Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
- Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
- Email: bwhitehillschlenker@apu.edu
- Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228B
Professor Emerita
Susan Ney, M.A.
Professor Emerita, Department of Art
Professors Emeriti
Robert Bullock, MA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
David McGill, MFA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Jim Thompson, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Note: This information is current for the 2022-23 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.