2019 SACSCOC Reaffirmation

Faculty Credentials

Martin F. Amorous (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 4305.01
Advanced Painting (U)
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ARTS 4316.01
Advanced Drawing (U)
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BFA Art - Studio Art
Univ of New Mexico (1980)

MA Art
Univ of New Mexico (1981)

MFA Art - Painting
Univ of Arizona (1984)

Art and Art History (24+ hrs)

N/A

Heather Leigh Bause (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3305.01
Painting I (U)
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ARTS 3305.03
Painting I (U)
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ARTS 4333.02
Interactive Design (U)
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BFA Studio Art - Painting
Univ of Houston-Main (1999)

MFA Art
Univ of Houston-Main (2016)

 
  • 2007-2018 Designer, Bausehause - Designed custom websites and web applications for clients; 2003-2007 Creative Director, Whiteboard Labs- Designed custom websites and web applications for clients and firms; 2002-2003 Art Director, Shell International - Web designer assisting in deadline oriented website development; 1999-2002 Creative Director, Chevron - Web designer assisting in deadline oriented website development.

Nina Gray Bledsoe (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
FAMC 2301.01
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.02
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.03
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.04
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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VIOL 1201.02
Ind Performances-Viola (U)
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VIOL 3202.02
Applice Viola W/ Jr Recital (U)
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BM Music - Performance
Florida State University (2007)

MM Music
Georgia State University (2014)

 
  • DMA Candidate in Viola Performance (ABD) expected May 2019

Mary K Borcherding (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3310.01
Printmaking (U)
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ARTS 3310.02
Printmaking (U)
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ARTS 4309.01
Book Arts (U)
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BS Art
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison (1984)

MFA Printmaking
Indiana University-Bloomington (1991)

 
N/A

Jonathan Ronald Bryson (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3344.01
Advanced 3D Computer Animation (U)
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ARTS 4355.01
Shading, Lighting & Rendering (U)
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ARTS 4358.01
Animation Portfolio (U)
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BFA Visual Arts
Clemson University (2008)

MFA Visual Arts
Ball State University (2012)

 
N/A

Christopher Frank Cascio (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1316.03
Drawing (U)
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ARTS 1316.04
Drawing (U)
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ARTS 2313.01
Foundations In Digital Art (U)
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ARTS 2313.04
Foundations In Digital Art (U)
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BFA Painting
San Francisco Art Inst (1999)

MFA Art
Univ of Houston-Main (2013)

Photography/Digital Video (6 hrs)

  • Exhibitions of Art created using digital tools and techniques: 2014- Outside the Lines: Rites of Spring, Contemporary Art Museum Houston; 2013 - Color Sickness, ER, Rice University, Houston; MFA Thesis Show, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston.

Lauren Clay (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3320.01
Ceramics I (U)
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ARTS 4320.01
Ceramics II (U)
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FAMC 2301.01
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.02
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.03
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.04
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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BA Art
McNeese State University (2003)

MFA Art - Ceramics
Wichita State University (2011)

 
N/A

Emily Alwynne Davis (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
DANC 1221.01
Intro to Ballet Dance Techniqu (U)
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FAMC 2301.05
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.06
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.07
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.08
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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BA Dance
Belhaven University (2016)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (18+ Graduate Hours in Dance) (18 hrs)

  • Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.

Charlotte M. Drumm (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2313.02
Foundations In Digital Art (U)
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ARTS 2313.03
Foundations In Digital Art (U)
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BA Art - Studio Art
Louisiana College (1990)

MFA Art - Studio Art
Florida State University (1993)

 
N/A

Adam Richard Farcus (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1313.03
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1313.04
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1314.03
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1314.04
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1315.01
W.A.S.H. - Lecture (U)
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ARTS 1315.02
W.A.S.H. - Lecture (U)
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ARTS 3375.01
Web Site Development (U)
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BFA Art - Studio Art
Illinois State University (2006)

MFA Art - Studio Art
Univ of Illinois-Chicago (2009)

 
N/A

Rebecca L Finley (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 4315.01
Professional Practices in Art (U)
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ARTS 4371.01
Human Form: A Photographc Stdy (U)
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BA Art - Studio Art
Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville (1997)

MFA Photography
San Francisco Art Inst (2000)

 
N/A

Melissa Catharine Glasscock (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2344.01
2D Computer Animation (U)
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ARTS 4350.01
Character Animation (U)
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BFA Art
Univ of Central Florida (2007)

MFA Animation
Savannah College Art & Design (2014)

 
N/A

Alaina Seabourne Graiser (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
FAMC 2301.05
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.06
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.07
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.08
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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HARP 1201.02
Harp (U)
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BM Music Performance
Univ of Texas At Austin (2009)

MM Music Performance
Univ of Toronto (2011)

DMA Harp
Univ of Cincinnati (2015)

 
N/A

Robin Minnette Griffith (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1303.01
Art History Survey I (U)
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BFA Art - Painting
Univ of Houston-Main (2006)

MFA Art - Studio Art
LSU & A&M College (2010)

 
N/A

Shaun T Griffiths (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2370.02
Digital Photography I (U)
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ARTS 2375.02
Photographic Concepts (U)
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ARTS 3307.01
Performance and Video Art (U)
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BFA Art - Spatial Arts
San Jose State University (2008)

MA Glass
University of Sunderland (2009)

MFA Sculpt and Dimensional Studies
Alfred University (2014)

 
  • 2018 Portrait 2018, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea: 2017 Crossing Borders, Clamp Light, San Antonio, TX; 2015 Spectrum, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA.
  • 2017 Photographer, The Woodlands Arts Council, The Woodlands, TX: 2012-2015 Freelance Photographer, Alfred, NY.

Valerie Jean Hanks (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1313.03
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1313.04
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1314.03
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1314.04
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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BFA Art
Stephen F Austin University (2002)

MA Art
Stephen F Austin University (2005)

MFA Painting
Washington State University (2007)

 
N/A

Michael Henderson (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3382.01
The History Of Animation (U)
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ARTS 4079.02
Independent Study (U)
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HONR 3321.01
Honors Seminar in Fine Arts (U)
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BFA Art
Univ of North Texas (1983)

MFA Art
Univ of North Texas (1986)

Art History (18 hrs)

  • Certified Maya Instructor, Alias Wavefront, Toronto, 2004

Geoff Elton Hippenstiel (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3305.02
Painting I (U)
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BFA Studio Art - Painting
Univ of Houston-Main (2006)

MFA Studio Art - Painting
Univ of Houston-Main (2010)

 
N/A

Barbara Alicja Kaminska (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1303.02
Art History Survey I (U)
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ARTS 1303.03
Art History Survey I (U)
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ARTS 3385.02
Art History Survey II (U)
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MA Art History
University of Warsaw (2007)

PHD Art History
Univ of Calif-Santa Barbara (2014)

 
N/A

Emily Taehee Kim (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3335.01
Packaging Design (U)
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ARTS 4331.01
Illustration (U)
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BFA Applied Art Education
Hanyang University (1992)

MFA Art - Studio Art
LSU & A&M College (2003)

 
N/A

Patric Kevin Lawler (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2317.01
Life Drawing I (U)
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ARTS 3317.01
Life Drawing II (U)
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ARTS 4316.02
Advanced Drawing (U)
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BFA Art
University of Iowa (1985)

MA Art
University of Iowa (1987)

MFA Art
University of Iowa (1988)

 
N/A

Russell Wayne Marcontell (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3385.01
Art History Survey II (U)
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BFA Art - Studio Art
Sam Houston State University (1995)

MFA Drawing and Painting
Uni de Guanajuato Inst Allende (2002)

Art History (18 hrs)

N/A

Melissa L Mednicov (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 4381.01
History of Photography (U)
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ARTS 4385.01
Art Since 1945 (U)
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ARTS 4389.01
Criticism Thry In Visual Arts (U)
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BA Art History
Smith College (2002)

MA Art History
Penn State Un-Univ Park (2007)

PHD Art History
Penn State Un-Univ Park (2012)

 
N/A

Tudor Mitroi (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1316.01
Drawing (U)
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ARTS 1316.02
Drawing (U)
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DIPL Art
Institute of Plastic Art (1984)

MFA Drawing and Painting
Univ of North Texas (2002)

 
N/A

Edward Michael Morin (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2343.01
Animation Concepts And Technqs (U)
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ARTS 4079.01
Independent Study (U)
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ARTS 4356.01
2D Interactive Animation (U)
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BFA Metalsmithing & Jewelry
Univ of North Texas (1996)

MFA Metalsmithing
Syracuse University (2000)

Applied Computer Science (18 hrs)

  • Animated film screenings: 2017 - Swedenborg Film Festival, London; Western Michican University; Fay's Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Montreal International Animation Film Festival; Stockholm Animation and Experimental Film Festival; 2016 - Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia; Welington Underground Film Festival, Wellington, NZ; Filmideo 2016, Newark Museum; 2015 - Pune Short Film Festival, National Film Archive of India; L'Alternativa, 22nd Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain; 19th International Video Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Serbia; 8th International Experimentation Festival, Cauca Columbia; Interference Festival, Gdansk, Poland; Santa Fe International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM; 2014 - CologneOFFX Guwahati, India; Without Words Film Festival, Metz, France; INSTA Media Festival, Knoxville, TN.

Divya Murthy (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2370.01
Digital Photography I (U)
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ARTS 2370.03
Digital Photography I (U)
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ARTS 2375.01
Photographic Concepts (U)
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BFA Studio Art - Photography
Univ of Houston-Main (2000)

MFA Art - Studio Art
Tufts University (2006)

Photography (24+ hrs)

N/A

Emily Ann Peacock (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 2365.01
Photographic Visualization (U)
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ARTS 2375.03
Photographic Concepts (U)
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ARTS 3364.01
Photography Seminar (U)
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BS Photography
Sam Houston State University (2006)

MFA Studio Art - Photography
Univ of Houston-Main (2011)

 
N/A

Heather Joy Puskarich (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1302.01
Exploring Contemporary Art (U)
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ARTS 1302.02
Exploring Contemporary Art (U)
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ARTS 3383.01
Design History (U)
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BA Film Studies
University of Pittsburgh (2004)

MFA Sculpt and Dimensional Studies
Alfred University (2013)

 
N/A

Ernan Cesar Rivera (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3324.01
Corporate Identity Design (U)
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ARTS 4323.01
Senior Studio In Graphic Desgn (U)
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ARTS 4333.01
Interactive Design (U)
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BFA Communication Design
Texas State Univ-San Marcos (2007)

MFA Communication Design
Texas State Univ-San Marcos (2015)

 
N/A

Tony R. Shipp (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3318.01
Sculpture I (U)
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ARTS 3318.02
Sculpture I (U)
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BA Art - Extended
Montana State Univ-Billings (1990)

MFA Art
Univ of Florida (1993)

Sculpture (24+ hrs)

Photography (18 hrs)

N/A

Jessica Annie Simorte (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1313.01
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1313.02
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1314.01
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1314.02
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1315.01
W.A.S.H. - Lecture (U)
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ARTS 1315.02
W.A.S.H. - Lecture (U)
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BA Art
University of Saint Mary (2010)

MFA Art
Univ of Cincinnati (2014)

 
N/A

Matthew Michael Smith (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1313.01
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1313.02
W.A.S.H. - 2D (U)
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ARTS 1314.01
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 1314.02
W.A.S.H. - 3D (U)
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ARTS 2317.02
Life Drawing I (U)
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BA Art - Studio Art
Fairmont State University (2010)

BS Fine Arts
Fairmont State University (2010)

MFA Art
Univ of Cincinnati (2012)

 
N/A

Evelyn Yu Ning Toh (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
DANC 1334.01
Modern Dance Technique I (U)
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FAMC 2301.01
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.02
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.03
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.04
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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BFA Dance
Boston Conservatory (2012)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (18+ Graduate Hours in Dance) (18 hrs)

  • Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.

Walton A Watkins (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 3322.01
Typography (U)
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ARTS 3322.02
Typography (U)
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BA Social Sciences
Northwestern St Un of Louisana (1994)

MA Art
Northwestern St Un of Louisana (2001)

MFA Art
Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville (2004)

 
N/A

Edith Carol Wells (F) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
ARTS 1301.01
Intro To The Visual Arts (U)
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ARTS 1301.02
Intro To The Visual Arts (U)
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ARTS 1301.03
Intro To The Visual Arts (U)
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FAMC 2301.05
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.06
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.07
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.08
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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BS Education
Auburn University (1985)

MA Missions
Southwest Baptist Theo Seminar (1994)

MFA Interdisciplinary Arts
Goddard College (2012)

 
N/A

Alyssia Claire Winston (P) - Vita

Courses Taught Degrees & Graduate Course Credits Earned Other Qualifications
FAMC 2301.01
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.02
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.03
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.04
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.05
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.06
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.07
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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FAMC 2301.08
Creative Arts Seminar (U)
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  Graduate Teaching Assistant (18+ Graduate Hours in Digital Media Master's Program) (18 hrs)

  • Teaching Assistant - Creative Arts Seminar (2017-2018)
  • Teaching Assistant - Media Literacy (2017-2018)
  • Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.