Paul Booth
Professor of Art and Design

Expertise 

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe PhotoShop
  • Communication design
  • Typography
  • Poster Design

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Communication Design, University of North Texas, 2006
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Design, Texas Tech University, 1999

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David Cahoon
Associate Professor of Art and Design

Expertise

  • Traditional Communication Design
  • Graphic Design History
  • Conceptual Development
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Advertising

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Utah State University, 2015
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Utah State University, 1991
  • Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Utah, 1988

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Chad Colby
Professor of Art & Design

Expertise  

  • Traditional oil painting – materials and technique 
  • Contemporary art 
  • Studio art 

Education 

  • Master of Fine Arts, Painting, The American University, 1998 
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1994 

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Jay Dougan
Professor of Art and Design

Expertise  

  • Ceramics 
  • Sculpture 
  • 3D design 

Education 

  • Master of Fine Arts, University of Notre Dame, 2002 
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Western Michigan University, 1996 

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Tony Holmquist
Chair, Associate Professor of Art and Design

Expertise:

  • Intaglio, Relief, and Digital Printmaking Techniques
  • Old-Time String Band Music - Fiddle, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar
  • Sound Art

Education:

  • Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Colorado State University, 2007
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2003

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Julia Klema
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art & Design

Expertise

  • Printmaking
  • Photography
  • Drawing
  • Visual narrative in landscape

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2018
  • Bachelor of Arts, French and Spanish, Fort Lewis College, 2009

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Ya'el Pedroza
Adjunct Instructor for Art and Design

Areas of expertise:

  • Drawing
  • Acrylic Painting
  • 2D Mixed Media
  • Printmaking
  • Color Theory

Education:

  • M.F.A., Printmaking, California State University, 2009
  • B.F.A,  Printmaking, Sierra Nevada University, 2005

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Dr. Cory Pillen
Director of Center of Southwest Studies
Associate Professor of Art History and Gender and Sexuality Studies

Expertise  

  • 19th- and 20th-century U.S. Visual Culture  
  • Gender Studies
  • Graphic Design History
  • Environmental History

Education 

  • Ph.D., Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013 
  • M.A., Art History, 19th- and 20th-Century U.S. Visual Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005 
  • B.A., Integrated Studies (Arts Administration), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1994 

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Amy Thornberry
Adjunct Instructor for Art and Design

Expertise

  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Mixed Media
  • Installation
  • Set Design

Education

  • M.F.A., Cal State University, Long Beach
  • B.A., University of San Diego

 

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Kathryn Waggener
Adjunct Instructor for Art and Design

Area of Expertise

  • Curating
  • Museum Education
  • Gallery Management 
  • Art Historical Research
  • Community Engagement

Education

  • Master of Arts, Museum Education and Historical Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, 2013
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, Art and Art History, Lancaster, PA, 2005

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Amy Wendland
Professor of Art and Design

Expertise  

  • Adobe Photoshop 
  • Adobe Illustrator 
  • Drawing 
  • Illustration 
  • Mixed media sculpture (wood, bone, stone) 
  • Works on paper 

Education 

  • Master of Fine Arts, Graphics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000 
  • M.A., Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999 
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design, 1990 

 

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Del Zartner
Assistant Professor of Art and Design

Areas of expertise

  • Drawing
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Papermaking
  • Animation
  • Adobe Creative Cloud Apps

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Design, Austin Peay State University, 2012
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Montana State University–Bozeman, 2002

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Emeriti:

  • Ellen Cargile, M.Ed., University of Arkansas
  • Laurel Covington Vogl, M.F.A., Claremont Graduate School
  • Stanton Englehart, M.F.A., University of Colorado
  • David Hunt, M.A., Brigham Young University
  • Susan Moss, M.F.A University of Nebraska
  • Mick Reber, M.F.A., Brigham Young University
  • Gerald Wells, M.F.A., University of Mississippi