Department of Art and Design

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

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FULL MEMBERS

BRYNA BOBICK, Professor, EdD (2008), University of Georgia [2027]

LUCAS CHARLES, Professor, MGD (2002), North Carolina State University [2030]

EARNESTINE JENKINS, Professor, PhD (1997), Michigan State University [2026]

RICHARD LOU, Professor, MFA (1986), Clemson University [2027]

LESLIE LUEBBERS, Assistant Professor and Director, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, PhD (2001), New York University [2026]

KATE ROBERTS, Associate Professor, MFA (2015) Alfred University [2031]

MICHAEL SCHMIDT, Associate Professor, PhD, (2019), University of Memphis [2026]

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

SANAZ FIEZI, Assistant Professor, MFA (2023) Rutgers University, Mason School of the Arts

MATTHEW S. GAYNOR, Professor and Chair, MFA (1988) Yale University 

GARY GOLIGHTLY, Professor, MFA (1995), University of Memphis  

LAURAL HACKLEY, Assistant Professor of Practice, PhD (2020), Brown University 

DAVID HORAN, Associate Professor of Practice, BLS (1994), Memphis State University

REBECCA HOWARD, Associate Professor, PhD (2017), The Ohio State University 

MARGARET JENSEN, Assistant Professor, MFA (2019), University of Chicago

COE LAPOSSY, Assistant Professor, MFA (2013), Tufts University 

RAMONA SONIN LEE, Associate Professor of Practice, MFA (1998), University of Memphis 

MATTHEW LEMMOND, Assistant Professor, MGD (2019), North Carolina State University 

WILLIAM MCKENOWN, Associate Professor, PhD (2005), Flordia State University 

YANGBIN PARK, Assistant Professor, MFA, (2013), Temple University  

JOSHUA ROBERSON, Associate Professor, PhD (2007), University of Pennsylvania 

LISA WILLIAMSON, Assistant Professor of Practice, PhD (2022),  Institute for Doctoral Studies inf the Visual Arts 

RACHEL STEPHENS, Visiting Professor, Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History, PhD (2010), University of Iowa

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EXTERNAL MEMBERS

DONALD H. HOLLY, PhD (2002), Brown University [2026]

ADRIANA ROSE DUNN, MA (2020), University of Memphis [2027]

 

 

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NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets (used for Full and External).