Faculty & Staff

  • Jillian Sokso
    Jillian Sokso
    Director - School of Art
    jsokso [at] kent.edu
    CVA 241 Center for the Visual Arts
  • Charles Basham
    Charles Basham
    Faculty Part-Time-Painting
    cbasham [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 267T
    330-672-2476
  • Marie Bukowski, Director of the School of Art profile photo
    Marie Bukowski
    Associate Dean & Professor
    mbukows1 [at] kent.edu
    113 Cartwright Hall
    330-672-2460
  • Phillip Buntin
    Phillip Buntin
    Associate Professor
    pbuntin [at] kent.edu
    Art Building, Trumbull Campus
    330-675-8870
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    Sofia Calderwood
    Faculty Part-Time - Jewelry/Metals/Enameling
    scalderw [at] kent.edu
  • Maria Campbell
    Maria E. Campbell
    Faculty Part-Time-Art History
    mcampb7 [at] kent.edu
  • Gianna Commito
    Gianna Commito
    Professor - Painting & Studio Art Division Coordinator
    gcommito [at] kent.edu
    CVA 179 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-7536
  • Kelly Dietrick
    Faculty Part-Time - Foundations
    kdietric [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-3718
  • Juli Dorff
    Juliann B. Dorff
    Senior Lecturer - Art Education
    jdorff [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267A Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-1357
  • Davin Ebanks
    Davin Ebanks
    Assistant Professor-Glass
    debanks [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 204
    330-672-9314
  • Lisa Everson
    Lisa Everson
    Administrative Clerk
    lheld2 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 241 C Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-1351
  • Isabel Farnsworth
    Isabel Farnsworth
    Associate Professor - Sculpture and Expanded Media
    ifarnswo [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 010
    330-672-6452
  • Laura Fenelli
    Laura Fenelli
    Faculty Part-time - Art History
    lfenelli [at] kent.edu
  • Artist J. Leigh Garcia in her studio
    J. Leigh Garcia
    Assistant Professor - Print Media and Photography
    jgarci31 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 304 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-9462
  • MARIE GASPER-HULVAT
    Marie Gasper-Hulvat
    Associate Professor - Art History
    mgasper6 [at] kent.edu
    Fine Arts, Stark Campus
    330-675-3353
  • Trey Gehring headshot
    Trey Gehring
    Faculty Part-Time - Textiles
    tgehrin1 [at] kent.edu
  • Jamie Hahn headshot
    Jamie Hahn
    Faculty Part-Time - Print Media and Photography
    jhahn15 [at] kent.edu
  • Greg Hatch profile picture
    Greg Hatch
    Equipment Laboratory Tech & Building Curator
    ghatch2 [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts
  • Meta Hausser
    Meta Hausser
    Administrative Assistant
    mhausser [at] kent.edu
    CVA 241 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-1352
  • Linda Hoeptner Poling
    Linda Hoeptner Poling
    Associate Professor - Art Education & Undergraduate Coordinator
    lhoeptne [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267G Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-7895
  • Koon-Hwee Kan
    Koon-Hwee Kan
    Associate Professor - Art Education
    kkan [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267E Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-9508
  • Peter Christian Johnson
    Peter Christian Johnson
    Interim Director & Associate Professor - Ceramics
    pjohns35 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 007B Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-3360
  • Eli Kessler
    Eli Kessler
    Assistant Professor - Sculpture and Expanded Media
    ekessle5 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 010 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-5299
  • Don King
    Don King
    Faculty Part-Time-Foundations
    dking4 [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 191A
    330-672-2192
  • Shana Klein
    Shana Klein
    Assistant Professor - Art History
    sklein18 [at] kent.edu, sreisig [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267L Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-1360
  • Portrait of Sheri Klein
    Sheri Klein
    Faculty Part-Time - Art Education
    sklein17 [at] kent.edu
  • Sharon Koelblinger headshot
    Sharon Koelblinger
    Faculty Part-Time - Foundations
    skoelbli [at] kent.edu
  • Andrew Kuebeck profile photo
    Andrew Kuebeck
    Assistant Professor - Jewelry/Metals/Enameling
    akuebeck [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 214 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-2910
  • Janice Lessman-Moss
    Janice Lessman-Moss
    Professor - Textiles
    jlessman [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 176B
    330-672-2158
  • Nathan Maggiore
    Nathan Maggiore
    IT User Support Analyst
    nmaggior [at] kent.edu
    CVA 271 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-0399
  • Sarah McMahon
    Sarah McMahon
    Faculty Part-Time - Textiles
    smcmaho8 [at] kent.edu
  • Taryn McMahon
    Taryn McMahon
    Associate Professor - Print Media and Photography
    tmcmaho5 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 304A Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-2839
  • Gustav Medicus
    Gustav Medicus
    Associate Professor - Art History & Division Coordinator
    gmedicus [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267R Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-1364
  • John Paul Morabito
    John Paul Morabito
    Assistant Professor of Textiles
    jmorabi1 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 176B
    330-672-1358
  • Kortney Niewierski
    Kortney Niewierski
    Faculty Part-Time - Foundations
    kniewie1 [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 191A
    330-672-2192
  • Jennifer Collier
    Jenniffer Omaitz
    Faculty Part-Time-Drawing
    jcollie4 [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 267T
  • Darice Polo
    Darice Polo
    Associate Professor - Drawing
    dpolo [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 175
    330-672-2249
  • Shawn Powell profile photo
    Shawn Powell
    Assistant Professor - Painting and Graduate Coordinator
    spowel31 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 174 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-9728
  • Sarah Reedy profile picture
    Sarah Reedy
    Faculty Part-Time-Art History
    sbartram [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts
  • Albert Reishuck
    Albert Reischuck
    Senior Lecturer - Art History
    areischu [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 267K
    330-672-1354
  • Maria Robertson
    Maria Robertson
    Undergraduate Academic Advisor
    mrobert9 [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 241D
    330-672-1363
  • Renee Roll
    Renee Roll
    Associate Lecturer - Art History and Assistant to the Director
    mroll [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 155B
    330-672-1377
  • Mark Schatz
    Mark K. Schatz
    Associate Professor-Foundations
    mschatz [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 017
    330-672-1360
  • Photo of Corrie Slawson in her studio
    Corrie A. Slawson
    Faculty Part-Time-Drawing and Painting
    cslawson [at] kent.edu
  • Michelle Summers
    Michelle Summers
    Assistant Professor - Ceramics
    msumme12 [at] kent.edu
    007 Center for the Visual Arts
  • Jill Tripp
    Jill Tripp
    Administrative Clerk
    jtripp2 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 241 Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-2192
  • Howard Anderson Turner III
    Anderson Turner
    Director, School of Art Collection and Galleries
    haturner [at] kent.edu
    Center for the Visual Arts 188
    330-672-1369
  • Joseph Underwood
    Joseph L. Underwood
    Assistant Professor - Art History
    junder18 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267J Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-3824
  • Robin Vande Zande
    Robin Vande Zande
    Professor - Art Education & Division Coordinator
    rvandeza [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267D Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-7866
  • Danny Volk headshot
    Danny Volk
    Faculty Part-Time - Foundations
    dvolk [at] kent.edu
  • John-Michael Warner
    John-Michael H. Warner
    Assistant Professor - Art History
    jwarne26 [at] kent.edu
    CVA 267H Center for the Visual Arts
    330-672-4058
  • Christine Zuercher headshot
    Christine Zuercher
    Faculty Part-Time - Print Media and Photography
    czuerche [at] kent.edu
    330-672-9704
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