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

Professor

Stephen Childs, MFA

Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: schilds@apu.edu

Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505

Lyrica Taylor, PhD

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Art

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: ltaylor@apu.edu

Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235

Associate Professor

Angela S. George, PhD

Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art

Phone: (626) 387-5841

Email: ageorge@apu.edu

Office Location: Art Center, Room 3

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

Adjunct Professor

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

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: abarsegyan@apu.edu

Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 203

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

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, PhD

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

Mark Nelson, MFA

Adjunct Professor, Department of Art

Phone: (626) 815-2064

Email: msnelson@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

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: ssabo@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228

Vance Sanders

Adjunct Professor, Department of Design

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: vsanders@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228

Daniel A. Siedell, PhD

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

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

Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA

Adjunct Professor, Department of Design

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726

Fax: (626) 387-5727

Email: bwhitehillschlenker@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228B

Professor Emeritus

Robert Bullock, MA

Professor Emeritus, Department of Art

Jim Thompson, EdD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Art