Meet the Faculty

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 Professors

• 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
• Erin Weaver, M.A.

  Program Director, M.A. in Art Education; Assistant Professor, Department of Art

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5826
  • Email: eweaver@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Building One, Suite 235

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
• 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