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, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 397-5841
- 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, MA
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
- 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
Jill Thayer, PhD
Department Chair, Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
- Phone: (626) 414-3550
- Email: jthayer@apu.edu
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
Professors Emeriti
Robert Bullock, MA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Jim Thompson, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.