Jeff Adams
Assistant Professor, Sculpture
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Office: Art Building 113A
Office Phone: (815) 753-8390
adams@niu.edu

Leif Allmendinger
Professor, Visual Communication
M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
Office: Art Building 314K
Office Phone: (815) 753-4704
leif@niu.edu

Jon Ashmann
Professor, Design
B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
Office: Art Building 314F
Office Phone: (815) 753-7884
ashmannj@interaccess.com

Michael Barnes
Associate Professor, Printmaking
M.F.A., University of Iowa
Office: Art Building 408C
Office Phone: (815) 753-7891
michaelbarnes3@hotmail.com
Website  
Artwork

Sinclair Bell
Assistant Professor, Art History
PH.D., University of Edinburgh
Office: Art Building 20xx
Office Phone: (815) 753-1473
sinclair.bell@niu.edu

Douglas Boughton 
Professor, Art Education
Ph.D., Univ. of Alberta-Edmonton 
Office: Art Building 203D
Office Phone: (815) 753-7847
dboughton@niu.edu

Karen Brown
Associate Professor, Drawing
M.F.A., California State University
Office: Art Building 414E
Office Phone: (815) 753-8396
kbrown@niu.edu
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Todd Buck
Assistant Professor, Illustration
M.A.M.S., University of Illinois-Chicago
Office: Art Building 414D
Office Phone: (815) 753-7895
tbuck@niu.edu
Artwork

Sarah Evans 
Assistant Professor, Art History
Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley
Contemporary Art
Office: Art Building 203B
sevans@niu.edu

Yale Factor
Professor, Illustration
M.F.A., East Texas State University
Office: Art Building 203
Office Phone: (815) 753-0292
yfactor@niu.edu
Artist's Statement
Vita
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Kerry Freedman
Professor, Art Education
Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Office: Art Building 208
Office Phone: (815) 753-7879
kfreedman@niu.edu
Vita

Billie Giese-Vella
Associate Professor, Drawing
M.F.A., University of Kansas
Office: Art Building 414K
Office Phone: (815) 753-3802
bgiesevella@comcast.net

Aleksandra Giza
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Fine Arts Academy (Katowice, Poland)
Office: Art Building 314G
Office Phone: (815) 753-7869
agiza@niu.edu

Debra Grall
Associate Professor, Drawing
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Office: Art Building 414G
Office Phone: (815) 753-8315
dgrall@niu.edu
Artwork and Resumé

Larry Gregory
Assistant Director, Associate Professor, Photography
M.F.A., Ohio University
Office: Art Building 216E
Office Phone: (815) 753-7856
lgregory@niu.edu

Manuel Hernandez
Associate Professor, Metals & Jewelry
M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 318
Office Phone: (815) 753-7888
mhernandez@niu.edu

Rebecca Houze 
Assistant Professor, Art History
Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts
Ph. D., University of Chicago
Office: Art Building 201F
Office Phone: (815) 753-1320 
rhouze@niu.edu

Barbara Jaffee 
Associate Professor, Art History
Modern Art and Critical Theory
Ph. D., University of Chicago
Office: Art Building 203G
Office Phone: (815) 753-7876 
bjaffee@niu.edu

Katie Kahn
Associate Professor, Painting
M.F.A., Yale University
Office: Art Building 414F
Office Phone: (815) 753-8398
E-mail: kahnkatie@aol.com
Artwork and Resumé

Jeff Karl Kowalski 
Professor, Art History
Mesoamerican Art and Architecture
Ph.D., Yale University
Office: Art Building 201G
Office Phone: (815) 753-7877 
jkowalsk@niu.edu 

Frank Kulesa
Associate Professor, Time Arts
M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 314C
Office Phone: (815) 753-8393
fkulesa@niu.edu

Yih-Wen Kuo
Professor, Ceramics
M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 107D
Office Phone: (815) 753-4702
ykuo@niu.edu
Artwork
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Andy Liccardo
Assistant Professor, Design
M.F.A., Texas Tech University
Office Phone: (815) 753-7388
liccardo@niu.edu

Christine Lofaso
Professor, Fiber
M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Office: Kishwaukee Hall
Office Phone: (815) 753-1007
c.lofaso@att.net
Artwork and Resumé

Lilly Lu
Assistant Professor, Art Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: Art Building 203C
Office Phone: (815) 753-7874
lflu@niu.edu

Kim Martens
Associate Professor, Illustration
M.A.M.S., University of Illinois-Chicago
Office: Art Building 414K
Office Phone: (815) 753-3803
kmartens@niu.edu

Ron Mazanowski
Professor, Ceramics
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Office: Art Building 107D
Office Phone: (815) 753-8389
rmaz@niu.edu
Artwork and Resumé

Helen Nagata
Assistant Professor, Art History
Ph.D., Stanford University
Office Phone: (815) 753-7863
hnagata@niu.edu

Ashley Nason
Assistant Professor, Printmaking,
M.F.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office: Art Building 414F
Office Phone: (815) 753-7892
anason@niu.edu
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Jamie Obermeier
Assistant Professor, Metals and Jewelry
M.F.A., Indiana University
Office: Art Building 402A
Office Phone: 753-7890
obermeier@niu.edu

Mary Quinlan 
Associate Professor, Art History
Italian Renaissance Art
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Office: Art Building 201C
Office Phone: (815) 753-7875
mquinlan@niu.edu

Steve Quinn
Associate Professor, Design
B. ENVD., University of Colorado
Office: Art Building 314
Office Phone: (815) 753-3805
steve@quinndesign.com
Website

Catherine Raymond
Associate Professor, Art History
Southeast Asian Art
Ph.D., La Sorbonne Paris
Office: Art Buliding 201A
Office Phone: (815) 753-0512 
craymond@niu.edu

Nina Rizzo
Assistant Professor, Painting
M.F.A., University of Texas, Austin
A132725@wpo.cso.niu.edu

Charlotte Rollman
Professor, Painting
M.F.A., University of Illinois-Champaign
Office: Art Building 414B
Office Phone: (815) 753-7893
crollman@niu.edu
Vita
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Kurt Schultz
Associate Professor, Time Arts
M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 319
Office Phone: (815) 753-1567
kurt@niu.edu
Website

Lee Sido
Associate Professor, Sculpture
M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 113A
Office Phone: (815) 753-4703
lsido@niu.edu
Artwork and Resumé

Deborah Smith-Shank 
Professor, Art Education
Ph.D., Indiana University
Office: Art Building 201D
Office Phone: (815) 753-7880
debatart@niu.edu
Website

Frank Trankina
Associate Professor, Painting
M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Office: Art Building 414J
Office Phone: (815) 753-7868
ftrankina@niu.edu
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Ann Van Dijk
Associate Professor, Art History
Early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Art
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Office: Art Building 201B
Office Phone: (815) 753-7872
avandijk@niu.edu
Graduate Seminars

Shei-Chau Wang
Associate Professor, Art Education
Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Office: Art Building 213G
Office Phone: 753-7878
scwang@niu.edu

Harry Wirth
Professor, Design
R.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Office: Art Building 314K
Office Phone: (815) 753-0298
hwirth@tds.net
Website