Faculty & Staff

Over 30 full-time faculty and more than 90 adjunct faculty members teach in the Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education. Full-time and adjunct faculty members, FYE (freshman) advisors, and staff are listed below.

Full Time Faculty

Name, title and areas of expertise Contact information
Kyohei Abe
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator - Photography
Advisor - Photo Imaging


410-704-3820
CA 3103 A

Mary Anastasia (Stacy) Arnold
Assistant Teaching Professor - Art Education
Director - Community Art Center


410-704-2042
CA 3103 Y

Amanda Burnham
Professor - Drawing
Area Coordinator - 2D Foundations
Advisor - Design Studies,  Illustration


410-704-3787
CA 4015

Phil Davis
Professor - Animation
Area Coordinator - Digital Arts + Design (DAD)
Advisor - Digital Arts + Design

 
410-704-2797
CA 3103 Z

Joshua DeMonte
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator - Interdisciplinary Object Design (IOD)
Advisor - IOD

jdemonte@towson.edu
410-704-5259
CA 3103AA

Jenn (Jennifer) Figg, Ph.D.
Professor - Sculpture
Area Coordinator - 3D Foundations
Advisor - Design Studies, First Year Experience (FYE) 


410-704-3423
CA 2007

Carrie (Carolyn) Fucile 
Teaching Professor - Digital Art + Design
Director - Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Advisor - MFA


410-704-3818
CA 3103 U

Karl Fugelso, Ph.D.
Professor
Area Coordinator - Art History
Advisor - Art History, Research Track

kfugelso@towson.edu
410-704-2805
CA 3103 Q 

Kottie (Katherine) Gaydos
Assistant Teaching Professor - Art History
Director - Museum Studies
Gallery Curator


410-704-2673
CA 3103 GG

Rich (Richard) Holt
Assistant Professor
Area Coordinator - Ceramics
Advisor - Ceramics, Design Studies, Art Education

rholt@towson.edu
410-704-2142
CA 3012 B

Kim (Kimberly) Hopkins
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator - Graphic Design
Advisor - Graphic Design


410-704-3422
CA 4018

Lillian Hoover
Assistant Teaching Professor - Painting
Advisor - Painting, Drawing, Printmaking

 
410-704-2808
CA 3103 L

Luci Jockel
Assistant Teaching Professor
Area Coordinator - Metalsmithing & Jewelry
Advisor - Metalsmithing & Jewelry


410-704-2821
CA 2012

Seo Gyoung Kim
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator - Illustration
Advisor - Illustration


410-704-2799
CA 4017

Amy Sowder Koch, Ph.D.
Professor - Art History
Department Chairperson
Director - Master in Professional Studies (M.A.), Art History 
Advisor - Art History, Research/Studio


410-704-3237
CA 3103 R

Jinyoung Koh, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Director - Master's in Art Education (M.Ed.)
Advisor - Art Education, undergraduate and graduate
On Sabbatical - Spring 2026


410-704-3819
CA 2003 

Diane Kuthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Area Coordinator - Art Education, undergraduate 
Advisor - Art Education, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate


410-704-4199
CA 2002

Erin Lehman, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor - Art History
Director - Holtzman and Center for the Arts Galleries


CA 3103 P
410-704-2333

Jon Lundak
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator - Sculpture
Advisor - Sculpture, First Year Experience (FYE)

jlundak@towson.edu
410-704-2804
CA 2009

Jenee Mateer 
Professor - Photo Imaging
Advisor - Photo Imaging

jmateer@towson.edu
410-704-3682
CA 3103 E

Tonia Matthews
Professor
Area Coordinator - Printmaking
Advisor - Printmaking


410-704-2803
CA 3103 K

Ada Pinkston
Assistant Teaching Professor - Art Education
On Sabbatical - Fall/Spring


410-704-4149
CA 3103 L

Kim Sels, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor - Art History
Advisor - First Year Experience (FYE)


410-704-4195
CA 3103 B 

Ryan Shelley
Assistant Teaching Professor -
Graphic Design
Advisor - Graphic Design


410-704-2141
CA 3103 C

Nancy Siegel, Ph.D.
Professor
Advisor - Museum Studies Minor, Art History, Research/Studio


410-704-5426
CA 3103 FF

Stuart Stein
Professor - Interactive Media
Advisor - Digital Art + Design



Nora Sturges
Professor
Area Coordinator - Painting + Drawing
Advisor - Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Fine Arts

nsturges@towson.edu
410-704-2795
CA 4016

Bridget Sullivan
Professor
Director - Design for User Experience (UX) Graduate Certificate Program
Advisor -  Design for User Experience (UX)

  
410-704-2802
CA 4023

Nahid Tootoonchi
Professor - Graphic Design
Advisor - Graphic Design, Design Studies 

ntootoonchi@towson.edu
410-704-4193
CA 4020 

George Wylesol
Assistant Teaching Professor - Illustration
Advisor - Design Studies, Illustration

 
410-704-3785
CA 3103GG

Adjunct Faculty

Name and title Contact information
Laura Amussen
Studio Arts, Foundations
 
Website
Marc C. Bellassai 
Art History, COREMusician - Harpsichord, Early
Music Ensemble

410-704-2828
CA 4053
Sue Borchardt
IDFA

Website

Brad (Bradley) Blair
Studio Arts, Ceramics


Website

Heather Boaz
Foundations, CORE

Tom Boram
Digital Arts + Design


William (Will) Bryson
Photography

David Calkins
Creative Director - Creative Services
Printmaking


410-704-4529

Geannine Callaghan
Director - Strategic Initiatives and Foundation Relations
Art History


410-704-2299

Lauren Castellana
Director of Photographic Services
Photogrpahy


410-704-3993

Rieko Chacey 
Graphic Design

 

Frank (Yong Jea) Cho
Digital Art + Design, Animation

 

Mary Cloonan
Ceramics

Jim (James) Condron 
Foundations, CORE

Website
Viviana Cordova Chacon
Graphic Design


Caroline Creeden
CORE, Art Education


Lawrence Cromwell
Foundations, CORE

 

Jim (James) Doran
Graphic Design

Maureen Duffy
CORE

 

Rachel Ellswoth (Lundak)
IOD, Ceramics, CORE

 

Vernon Fains
Art Education

 
Works off-campus

Katharine Fernstrom, Ph.D
Art History

LA 3349
Penny Forester
Photogaphy


David Friedheim
3D Foundations


Alex (Alexandra) Garove
Art Education


Amelia Gossman
CORE, Illustration
 
Emily Halligan, Ph.D.
Art History
Academic Coordinator - First Year Experience (FYE) Program, Transfer Orientation

410-704-2307
Academic Advising, Retention & Completion Office
Yulia Hanansen
Printmaking

Website
Laura Hatcher
Graphic Design

Danielle Hawk
CORE
Sara Hutton 
CORE, Ceramics

 

Alyssa Imes
3D Safety Technician
Sculpture


Sung Kim
Design for User Experience (UX)


Matthew Laumann
Graphic Design


Elizabeth Lilly
Illustration

 

Jack Livingston
CORE, Foundations 

 

Dara Lorenzo
Printmaking

 

Andy (Andrew) Lowrie
Jewelry + Metalsmithing

Val (Valerie) Lucas
Printmaking, Letterpress
 
Website
Leigh Maddox
3D Studio Arts, Sculpture, Foundations, CORE
 
Website
Leah Matthews
Graphic Design
lmatthews@towson.edu
Greg (Gregory) McLemore
2D Foundations
Nadia Mohamed
Sculpture, CORE

 

Emily Moore
Art Education

 

RuSean Myers
Graphic Design

Janet Olney
Painting

John Peck
Digital Art + Design

Sideny Pink
MFA


Kevin Rohde
3D Studio Arts
 
Ryan T. Smith 
Graphic Design
 
Website
Layla Thompson-Koch
Graphic Design


René (José) Treviño
Studio Arts, Foundations
 
Website
Wing Yi (Winnie) Tsang
Art History

 

Thiang UK
Painting, 2D Foundations


James Von Minor
Studio Arts, 2D Foundations

Website
Tonya Wheaden-Pugh 
Printmaking 

 

Jane Wynn
Studio Arts, Foundations 

 

Venetia Zachary
Writing About Art
Director, Visual Resources Center

410-704-4164
CA 2028 

Staff

Name And Title Contact Information
Morgan Alleyne
Administrative Assistant II
Faculty Relations, Budget
Key Coordinator


410-704-5258
CA 3103 F

Mike Bouyoucas
Gallery Technician

410-704-2333
CA 3009
Alyssa Imes
3D Safety Technician

CA 2011
Kaetlin Markwell Proctor
Administrative Assistant I
Assistant to the Director of the Community Arts Center
 
410-704-2311
CA 3103 C
Edmund Savage
Academic Program Coordinator
Student Advocate

410-704-3639
CA 3103 CC
Amy Sowder Koch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department Chairperson
Director - MA in Professional Studies - Art History Concentration
Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean
Advisor - Art History, Research/Studio


410-704-3237
CA 3103 E

Richard Thomas
Digital Lab Manager
OTS Liaison

410-704-5429
CA 4019
Venetia Zachary
Director - Visual Resources Center
Advisor - First Year Experience, Transfer Orientation

410-704-4164
CA 2028

EMERITUS FACULTY

name and title contact information
Christopher Bartlett
Professor - Illustration

Jane Bates, Ph.D
Professor - Art Education

 

Kay Broadwater, Ph.D.
Professor - Art Education 

Dan Brown
Professor - Ceramics

 

J. Susan Isaacs, Ph.D
Professor - Art History, Museum Studies
Gallery Curator

Haig Janian
Professor - Photography

Raymond Martens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Art Education  

Jim Paulsen
Professor - Sculpture

Bob (Robert) Pitman
Professor - Ceramics

 

Note: CA is the abbreviation for the Center for the Arts building.