Our diverse faculty, students, and staff are committed to ongoing engagement with communities locally and globally
Art History Faculty

Albert Alhadeff
Associate Professor • 19th & 20th Century European Art History
Art History

Kirk Ambrose
Professor, Art History • Late Antique & Medieval Art • Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Art History

Brianne Cohen
Assistant Professor • Contemporary Art
Art History

James Córdova
Associate Professor • Latin American Art (Pre-Columbian & Colonial Latin American) • Associate Chair of Art History
Art History

Annette de Stecher
Assistant Professor • Native North American Visual Art History • Focus on Eastern Woodlands & Inuit Art
Art History

Robert Nauman
Teaching Instructor • Modern Art & Architectural History
Art History

Stephanie Su
Assistant Profesor • History of Asian Art
Art History
Art Practices Faculty

Mark Amerika
Professor of Distinction • Founding Director, Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance • Digital Arts

Scott Chamberlin
Professor
Ceramics

Albert Chong
Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Matt Christie
Instructor
Printmaking

Kim Dickey
Professor
Ceramics

Françoise Duressé
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing

Alvin Gregorio
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing

Marina Kassianidou
Assistant Professor
Painting & Drawing

Jeanne Liotta
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Associate Director for Graduate Studies, MFA in Film
Filmmaking

Megan O'Grady
Critical and Curatorial Studies • Assistant Professor

Jeanne Quinn
Professor
Ceramics

George Rivera
Professor • Integrated Arts
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Yumi Janairo Roth
Professor • Interim Chair
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Martha Russo
Lecturer

Richard Saxton
Associate Professor
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Hanna Rose Shell
Associate Professor • Critical & Curatorial Studies, Art Practices • Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Faculty Affiliate in History • Faculty Affiliate in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance (IAWP)

Alex Sweetman
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Anna Tsouhlarakis
Assistant Professor
Foundations

Luis Valdovino
Professor • Video
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Melanie Walker
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Mike Womack
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing

Melanie Yazzie
Professor
Printmaking
Emeritus Faculty

Marilyn R. Brown
Professor Emerita

Claire Farago
Professor Emerita

Deborah Haynes
Professor Emerita

Jerry Kunkel
Professor Emeritus

C.Maxx Stevens
Professor Emerita
Art & Art History Faculty News
Critic, essayist aims to bridge the art divide
Newest member of the art and art history faculty, a New York Times critic and essayist, hopes to forge a path between the creator and the analyst Read more
Yumi Janairo Roth: Artists As Citizens
The works in the exhibition Citizenship: A Practice of Society exemplify how artists act as citizens. The exhibit features five new commissions approaching issues that have become more pressing this year: voter registration, native lands, access to information, legislation on citizenship and human connection. One of these, “Property Rights” by Yumi Janairo Roth, is the artist’s exploration of how our image of public land and the American West is built, maintained, accessed, controlled and delineated. Read more
CU professor Anna Tsouhlarakis awarded Creative Capital art grant
Assistant Professor in Foundations, Anna Tsouhlarakis, is a 2021 recipient of a prestigious Creative Capital award. Her project, "Indigenous Absurdities" challenges and stretches the boundaries of aesthetic and conceptual expectations to reclaim Native identity through video, performance, photography, and installation. Read more
New CU Boulder prof is challenging audiences’ expectations of Native American art
Faculty member aims to help Native American art evolve. For University of Colorado Boulder art professor Anna Tsouhlarakis, creating art was never something she envisioned as a profession. Read more
Meet Jeanne Quinn, the newly appointed chair of CU Boulder’s Department of Art & Art History
From working as a line cook to apprenticing with a violin maker, University of Colorado Boulder ceramics Professor Jeanne Quinn has never followed a straight path but is thrilled to draw upon her diverse experiences as the Department of Art & Art History’s newly appointed chair. Read more
At 91, once-skeptical art prof still paints in vibrant strokes
Thirty years after retirement, Frank Sampson is steadily creating work in his studio behind his home in Boulder; creating art is not just something he does—it’s part of his spiritual makeup Read more
CU Boulder art history students deepen learning through ‘object-based learning’
‘What does this art mean?’ students muse. You tell me, prof replies Read more
CU Boulder Professor Is Taking Art For Human Rights Straight To The Korean Border
George Rivera is facing the age old traveler’s dilemma. He’s about to board a flight and his suitcase needs to fit in the overhead compartment — with 117 pieces of art gently stuffed in there. The University of Colorado Boulder art professor is taking this art the carry-on route for an art show at the DMZ Museum in South Korea, just miles from the North Korean border. Rivera has traveled the world, organizing hundreds of art exhibitions in regions experiencing conflict or human rights issues, through Artnauts, an artist collective he founded in 1996. Read more
Faculty in Focus: Melanie Yazzie
Printmaker finds inspiration in students and global connections. Read more
Staff

Evan Blackstock
Metal Shop & CNC Lab Coordinator

Michelle Erks
Office Manager

Jean Goldstein
Administrative Assistant

Sarah Matsuda
Advisor • Art & Art History; Film Advisor

Elaine Paul
Director, VRC

Lia Pileggi
Digital Imaging and Technology Coordinator, VRC

William Rumley
Shop Supervisor • Building Proctor

Jason Sanford
Painting, Drawing, and Digital Studio Technician

Rick Seydel
Advisor • Art & Art History; Classics; Humanities; Philosophy Advisor

Kirsten Stoltz
Visiting Artists & Scholars Program, Coordinator

Misuhng Suh
Ceramics, Foundations, Sculpture Lab Coordinator

Mariana Vieira
IMAP Coordinator • Print Lab Manager
Current Graduate Students

Alejandra Abad
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Nataña Aldana
Art History

Sasha Alexandra
Ceramics

Denise Alor
Art History

Román Anaya
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Cali M. Banks
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Samantha Bares
Printmaking

Laura Benson
Painting & Drawing

Robert Buehler
Painting & Drawing

Joelle Cicak
Ceramics

Andy DiLallo
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Dennis Doyle
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Kristin Enright
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History

William Dalton Frizzell
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Jona Gerlach
Filmmaking

Avery Glassman
MBA/MA
Art History

Jasmine Gloria
Art History

Abigail Grix
Ceramics

Dallas Guffey
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Samira Hemmat
Painting & Drawing

Jerryan Ramos Hernández
Contemporary Art
Art History

Amy Hoagland
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Lauren Hooten
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History

Emily Irvin
Ceramics

Madeline Job
Painting & Drawing

Alanna Lacey
Printmaking

Liz Langyher
Ceramics

Allison Lemon
Painting & Drawing

Emilie Luckett
Art History

Marcella Marsella
Painting & Drawing

Shelby McAuliffe
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Katie McColgan
Ceramics

Cory McKague
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Molly Ott
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Madeline Plumley
Filmmaking

Eileen Roscina Richardson
Filmmaking

Elspeth Schulze
Ceramics

Chelsea Taylor
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Emily Van Loan
Filmmaking

Mikey Yates
Painting & Drawing