Faculty & Staff

Art Office
Robert Hower Chair rhower@uta.edu
Mary Peterson Robert Hower's Assistant marypeterson@uta.edu
Leighton McWilliams Assistant Chair leighton@uta.edu
Nick Velarde Office Assistant velarde@uta.edu
Khushboo LaSure Graduate Advisor Assistant khush@uta.edu
Nancy Palmeri MFA Program Director npalmeri@uta.edu
Advisors
Matt Clark Academic Advisor matthewclark@uta.edu
Michelle Dulock Academic Advisor mdulock@uta.edu
Jessica Rose Academic Advisor II jsrose@uta.edu
Technical
Francis Giampietro Department Research & EHS Officer francisg@uta.edu
Rene Trudeau Computer Technician rtrudeau@uta.edu
Professional Staff
Benito Huerta Gallery Director bhuerta@uta.edu
Patricia Healy Assistant Gallery Director phealy@uta.edu
Rita Lasater Director of the Visual Resource Commons rlasater@uta.edu
Art Certification
Dr. Amanda Alexander Assistant Professor FA-296 amandaa@uta.edu
Art History
Dr. Melia Belli Assistant Professor FA-297 meliabelli@uta.edu
Dr. Benjamin Lima Assistant Professor FA-2101 blima@uta.edu
Dr. Mary Vaccaro Professor & Area Coordinator FA-299 vaccaro@uta.edu
Dr. Beth S. Wright Professor of Art History & Dean, College of Liberal Arts UH-210 bwright@exchange.uta.edu
Jessica Hurd Adjunct Professor
Cheryl Mitchell Adjunct Professor FA-333 cherylm@uta.edu
Clay
Nicholas Wood Professor & Area Coordinator SAC-141D/E nwood@uta.edu
Janice Melito Adjunct Professor SAC-141D janicem@uta.edu
Drawing
Stephen Lapthisophon Visiting Assistant Professor FA-297 stephenl@uta.edu
Carlos Donjuan Senior Lecturer FA-281 cdonjuan@uta.edu
Chaitra Linehan Adjunct Professor FA-281 chaitra1@uta.edu
Film/Video/Screenwriting
Gyorgy Beck Senior Lecturer FA 158 gyorgyb@uta.edu
Mark Clive Senior Lecturer & Area Coordinator FA-163 mclive@uta.edu
Ya’Ke Smith Assistant Professor FA-159 yake@uta.edu
Bart Weiss Associate Professor FA-160 bart@uta.edu
Gabriel Duran GTA gabriel.duran@mavs.uta.edu
Brendan Feltrup-Exum GTA brendan.feltrupexum@mavs.uta.edu
Jorge Garza Adjunct Professor FA-162 jorge.garza@mavs.uta.edu
Patty Newton Adjunct Professor FA-162 pnewton@uta.edu
Anthony Smith Adjunct Professor
Noah Zisman Adjunct Professor FA-161 noahz@uta.edu
Foundation
Fred Miller Visiting Assistant Professor FA-281 fjmiller@uta.edu
Tore Terrasi Assistant Professor FA-298 toreterrasi@uta.edu
Erik Tosten Senior Lecturer FA-280C etosten@uta.edu
Paul Benero Adjunct Professor FA-148 benero@uta.edu
Morgan Chivers GTA morgan.chivers@mavs.uta.edu
Matt Clark Adjunct Professor FA-333 matthewclark@uta.edu
Stephanie Clark Adjunct Professor FA-281 saclark@uta.edu
Kate Colin Adjunct Professor FA-281 kcolin@uta.edu
Caleb Dulock Adjunct Professor FA-333 caleb.dulock@mavs.uta.edu
Elizabeth English GTA
Jeff Gibbons GTA FA-281 jeffrey.gibbons@mavs.uta.edu
Kate Helmes Adjunct Professor FA-281 mary.helmes@mavs.uta.edu
Nick Hutchings Adjunct Professor
Angela Kallus Adjunct Professor
Mike Mazurek Adjunct Professor FA-281 mazurek@uta.edu
Janet Morrow Adjunct Professor 333FA janet.morrow@mavs.uta.edu
Soyla Santos Adjunct Professor ssantos@uta.edu
Helen Schenck Adjunct Professor
Alison Starr GTA
Glass
David Keens Professor & Area Coordinator SAC-146B dkeens@uta.edu
Jean Fernandes GTA jean.fernandes@mavs.uta.edu
Justin Ginsberg Adjunct Professor SAC-146 ginsberg@uta.edu
Christine Heimerman GTA
Neal Paustian GTA neal.paustian@mavs.uta.edu
Painting
Sedrick Huckaby Assistant Professor FA-287 shuckaby@uta.edu
Benito Huerta Professor/ Director and Curator-The Gallery at UTA FA-171B bhuerta@uta.edu
Marilyn Jolly Associate Professor & Area Coordinator SAC-121B mjolly@uta.edu
Photography
Bryan Florentin Senior Lecturer FA-352 bryan@uta.edu
Scott Hilton Senior Lecturer FA-379B shilton@uta.edu
Leighton McWilliams Associate Professor & Assistant Chair FA-347C leighton@uta.edu
Kenda North Professor & Area Coordinator FA-369D kenda@uta.edu
Andrew Ortiz Associate Professor FA-342 ortiz@uta.edu
Jesse Barnett Adjunct Professor FA-333 barnett@uta.edu
Jackson Echols GTA jackson.echols@mavs.uta.edu
Printmaking
Nancy Palmeri Professor & Area Coordinator, and MFA Program Director FA-335 / SAC-124B npalmeri@uta.edu
Emily Nicastro GTA emily.nicastro@mavs.uta.edu
Sydney Webb GTA sydney.webb@mavs.uta.edu
Sculpture
Francis Giampietro Adjunct Professor SAC, #D161D francisg@uta.edu
Darryl Lauster Assistant Professor SAC-104/105 dlauster@uta.edu
Visual Communication
Ben Dolezal Assistant Professor FA-287 dolezal@uta.edu
Lisa Graham Professor FA-369B graham@uta.edu
Tuan Ho Assistant Professor FA-283 tuanho@uta.edu
Robert Hower Professor & Chair FA-369D rhower@uta.edu
Pauline Hudel-Smith Senior Lecturer FA-379A phudel@uta.edu
Seiji Ikeda Assistant Professor FA-369C seiji@uta.edu
MiHyun Kim Senior Lecturer FA-298 mihyun@uta.edu
Shaban Al-Refai GTA shaban.al-refai@mavs.uta.edu
Gladys Chow GTA glady.chow@mavs.uta.edu
Matthew Heller Adjunct Professor FA-281 mheller@mavs.uta.edu
Andrew Klein Adjunct Professor FA-347B ajklein@uta.edu
Maryam Rezaei GTA maryam@uta.edu
Josh Wilson GTA joshua.wilson@mavs.uta.edu