Fine Arts Faculty CCAD’s faculty consists of more than 200 practicing artists, designers and scholars with broad teaching experience and appropriate degrees in art, design, and liberal arts. CCAD’s student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1. Full-time Fine Arts faculty and their credentials are listed below; for biographical information on all faculty (full-time, part-time, adjunct, and emeritus), visit ccad.edu/programs-ofstudy/faculty-bios.
CLARY, JASON Assistant Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in Painting, University of Cincinnati, 1996; MFA in Painting, Indiana University, 1998
DAWSON, ANITA Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies; BA in Visual
Arts, University of South Florida, 1972; MFA in Drawing, University of Florida, 1978
JULIAN-NORTON, DANIELLE Assistant Professor, Fine Arts and
Graduate Studies; BFA in Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, 1999; MFA in Art, University of Notre Dame, 2002
KORTLANDER, JOHN Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies; BFA in
Art History, Ohio University, 1981; MFA in Painting, University of Colorado, 1983
KUMLIEN, GREGG Professor, Fine Arts; BS in Art, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, 1971; MA in Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981; MFA in Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985
LEE, GORDON Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies; BFA in Art,
PIRASTEH, DJAHANGIR Professor, Fine Arts; BA in Painting, St
Cloud State University, 1976; MA in Painting, St Cloud State University, 1977; MFA in Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979
RIETENBACH, TIM Professor, Foundation Studies, Fine Arts, and
Graduate Studies; BFA in Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, 1977; MFA in Fine Arts, Ohio State University, 1991
RILEY, NEIL Associate Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1979; MFA in Fine Arts, Boston University, 1983
SCHRAMER, KRISTINE Associate Professor, Fine Arts; BA in Art
History, The College of William & Mary, 1994; MFA in Fine Arts, Indiana University, 1998
TAGGART, JULIE Dean, School of Studio Arts, Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in Painting, Columbus College of Art & Design, 1991; MFA in Painting, Syracuse University, 1994
TAKADA, KANAME Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in Ceramics, Columbus
College of Art & Design, 1989; MFA in Ceramics, University of Notre Dame, 1992
VIVEIROS, ERNEST Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in Painting,
Concordia University, 1979; MFA in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, 1971
Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1982; MFA in Painting, Southern Illinois University, 1986
MALEC-KOSAK, KELLY Associate Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate
WANG, CHUN ARTHUR Associate Professor, Fine Arts; BFA in
Studies, Chair, Fine Arts; BFA in Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing, Miami University, 1993; MFA in Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing, California College of Arts & Crafts, 1996
MCGHEE, KATHY Associate Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies,
Coordinator of Printmaking; BFA in Drawing, Ohio State University, 1997; BS in Plant Biology, Ohio State University, 1997; MFA in Printmaking, Ohio State University, 2000
Painting, Central University for Nationalities (Beijing), 1982; non-degree graduate study in Painting, Central Fine Arts Academy (Beijing), 1985–87; BFA in Painting, Columbus College of Art & Design, 1994; MFA in Painting, University of Colorado, 1997
WEIGLE, JAMES Professor, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies; BFA in Printmaking, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1980; MFA in Printmaking, Pennsylvania State University, 1982
NORMAN, DOUGLAS Professor, Fine Arts; BA in Painting, San Diego State University, 1974; MFA in Painting, Claremont Graduate University, 1976
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