Our diverse faculty, students, and staff are committed to ongoing engagement with communities locally and globally
Department Leadership
Brianne Cohen
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History
Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics
Graham Oddie
Chair, Department of Art & Art History
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
Christine Bachman
Lecturer
Art History
Brianne Cohen
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History
James M. Córdova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History, Latin American Art (Pre-Columbian & Colonial)
Art History
Annette de Stecher
Associate Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America
Art History
Robert Nauman
Teaching Professor of Distinction • Modern Art & Architectural History
Art History
crystal am nelson
Assistant Professor of African Diasporic/Visual Studies
Art History
Stephanie Su
Assistant Professor • History of Asian Art
Art History
Art Practices Faculty
Mark Amerika
College Professor of Distinction • Founding Director, Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance • Digital Arts
Scott Chamberlin
Professor
Ceramics
Albert Chong
Professor
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Matt Christie
Associate Teaching Professor
Printmaking
Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics
Molly Valentine Dierks
Assistant Teaching Professor, Foundations
Foundations
Alvin Gregorio
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing
Marina Kassianidou
Assistant Professor
Painting & Drawing
Jeanne Liotta
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Film
Filmmaking
Megan O'Grady
Assistant Professor, Critical and Curatorial Studies
Jeanne Quinn
Professor
Ceramics
Yumi Janairo Roth
Professor
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 • Director of the Stan Brakhage Center for the Media 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)
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
George Rivera
Professor Emeritus
C.Maxx Stevens
Professor Emerita
Melanie Walker
Professor Emerita
Faculty News
Eyeing environmental issues through a camera lens
For Brianne Cohen, assistant professor of contemporary art history at the University of Colorado Boulder, art is much more than an aesthetic: It can offer powerful commentary on the issues of the day and galvanize public opinion. "There is a question of compassion fatigue. If we’re barraged with all these images of atrocity and war and so forth, can we actually move as a public to effect change? So, that’s the big question for me. Can they do that? I think that (the images) can.” Read more
How art can mobilize ‘preventive publics’ against barbarism
In her upcoming book, "Don't Look Away: Art, Nonviolence, and Preventive Publics in Contemporary Europe" (Duke University Press, May 2023) University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Brianne Cohen delves deeply into the role that art can play in creating public commitment to curbing structural violence in Europe. Read more
AAUW awards grants, fellowships to four CU Boulder scholars
The funding will allow the scholars to pursue projects related to artists documenting ecological devastation in Southeast Asia and geopolitics in Iran, as well as for career development. Brianne Cohen, the recipient of the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship, who researches art history and criticism. AAUW awarded Cohen funds for her project, titled: The Emphatic Lens: Contemporary Art, Ecology and Kinship in Southeast Asia. Read more
'We are coming' highlights Filipinos in the American West
Professors’ conceptual art shines spotlight on those who existed at the margins of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows Read more
Art scholar wants to make CU Boulder stand out in African diasporic studies
For cam nelson, a new assistant professor of art history at the University of Colorado Boulder who is comfortable with both she/her and they/them pronouns, it’s important that their work, rather than their persona, take center stage. Read more
Receptacles of Memory
Lara Mashayekh speaks with artist Albert Chong and scholar Marci Kwon about the role of the archive and mysticism, their lived experiences as professionals in the art world, and their forthcoming endeavors. Read more
Staff
Evan Blackstock
Metal Shop & CNC Lab Coordinator
Michelle Erks
Office Manager
Jean Goldstein
Administrative Assistant
Katie Larson
Graduate Program Coordinator
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
Thomas Yi
IMAP Coordinator • Print Lab Manager
Current Graduate Students
Dati Alsaedi
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Brittany Ashley
Art History
Brianna Autin
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Ana González Barragán
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Abi Bernstein
Ceramics
Kat Bertram
Art History
Tiana Boisseau-Palo
Printmaking
Joseph Benjamin Burney
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Andrea Caretto
Painting & Drawing
Ethan Cherry
Painting & Drawing
Annaliese Cole-Weiss
Ceramics
Kristin Enright
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History
Noa Fodrie
Painting & Drawing
Brionna Garcia
Painting & Drawing
Natalie Ginez
Art History
Anna Graef
Ceramics
Sierra Grove
Filmmaking
Sam Hensley
Art History
Cesar Herrejon
Painting & Drawing
Lauren Hooten
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History
Erin Hyunhee Kang
Painting & Drawing
Asa Mease
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Owen Moon
Ceramics
Aunna Moriarty
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Emily Moyer
Printmaking
Andi Newberry
Printmaking
Cody Norton
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Nicky Pope
Filmmaking
Mahda Purmehdi
Filmmaking
Hannah Purvis
Painting & Drawing
Alejandra Saldivar
Filmmaking
Taite Shomo
Art History
Natalie Thedford
Ceramics
Dani Wasserman
Filmmaking
Elisa Wolcott
Ceramics
Ryze Xu
Ceramics
Cal Young
Filmmaking