Department of Visual Arts Faculty & Staff

Department Heads

Jennifer Graff
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Department Head

Phone678-717-3693

jengraff.com

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1601, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics

Yanfei Zhu
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Associate Professor

Phone706-867-2818

Office locationHansford Hall, 219, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese Painting, Art History, East Asian Studies

Campus Contacts

Cheryl Lea
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Administrative Assistant IV

Phone706-867-2832

Office locationHansford Hall, 212, Dahlonega

Dia Webb
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Visual Arts Operations Specialist

Phone678-696-2692

Office location Gainesville

Art Education

Chris Dockery
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Professor

Phone706-864-1425

Office locationHansford Hall, 222, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Art Education


Art History

Victoria Cooke
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Director of Art Galleries

Phone678-717-3438

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1703, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: 18th and 19th century European art and architecture, Northern and Southern Baroque Art and Architecture, Contemporary Art, Art of the American South

Elissa Ferguson
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Lecturer

Office locationHansford Hall, 217, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture, 19th Century European Art, Mesoamerican art

Michael Kemling
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Lecturer

Office locationArt & Technology Building, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ancient Roman art and architecture; 14th-, 15th-, and 16th-century Italian and Northern European Art and Architecture

Jeff Morehead
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Senior Lecturer

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1901, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Art History

Ana Pozzi
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Senior Lecturer

Phone706-867-2746

http://www.apozziharris.com

Office locationHansford Hall, 217, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Modern Latin American Art, Modern European Art, Global Contemporary Art

Yanfei Zhu
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Associate Professor

Phone706-867-2818

Office locationHansford Hall, 219, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Chinese Painting, Art History, East Asian Studies


Digital Arts

David Clifton
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Lecturer

davidaclifton.com/

Office locationChoice St Arts Complex D, 125, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Two-dimensional/Three-dimensional Design and Animation; Three-dimensional modeling and texturing; virtual reality/digital Illustration, digital photography

Daniel Johnson
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Associate Professor

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Office locationChoice St Arts Complex D, 128, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Digital Arts, Adobe Creative Cloud, Visual Effects, Animation, Illustration


Graphic Design

Tiffany Joy Prater
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Associate Professor

Phone678-696-2629

https://linktr.ee/tjciprater

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 2303, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Visual Communication, Experiential Graphic Design, Typography, Type Design, Motion Graphics, Branding, Editorial Design, User Interface, letterpress, hand-lettering, Design Practices.

Seth Scofield
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Part Time Faculty

Office location

Area(s) of Expertise: Graphic Design, Photography, Cinematography, Acting

Noah Dickson
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Limited Term Faculty

https://noahdickson.squarespace.com/

Office locationArts & Technology Building, 1903, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Adobe Creative Cloud, Visual Communication

Jin Young Lim
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Assistant Professor

Office locationChoice St Arts Complex, D14, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Visual Communication, Experiential Graphic Design, Typography, Motion Graphics, Editorial Design, Branding, User Experience and User Interface, Design Practices.

Uttam Kokil
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Lecturer

Phone706-867-3255

Office location Dahlonega


Painting & Drawing

Alyssa Hood
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Limited Term Faculty

Office location Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing

Daniel Kornrumpf
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Lecturer

danielkornrumpf.com

Office locationHansford Hall, 217, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting, Drawing, Furniture Design, Textiles

Vivian Liddell
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Associate Professor

Phone706-867-2832

vivianliddell.com

Office locationArt Annex Hamp Mill, 102, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting & Drawing, Craft Media, Feminist Theory in Contemporary Art

Erin McIntosh
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Associate Professor

Phone678-717-3926

erinmcintosh.com/

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1702, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design

Dylan Weiler
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Lecturer

dylanevansweiler.com

Office locationArt & Technology, 1708, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Figurative Painting, Digital Illustration

Craig Wilson
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Associate Professor

Phone706-867-2832

www.craigwilsonart.com

Office locationArts & Technology Building, 1502, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing

Kate Windley
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Associate Professor

Phone706-310-6327

katewindley.com

Office locationFaculty Center, 710, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Painting and Drawing, Three-Dimensional Design


Photography

Christopher Dant
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Associate Professor

chrisdant.com

Office locationNix, 208, Dahlonega
Art & Technology Building, 2007, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Digital Photography, Film Photography, Digital Printing and Output, Darkroom Printing and Film Developing, Studio Lighting, Alternative Photographic Processes, Photographic History

Paul Dunlap
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Professor

Phone706-344-7570

Office locationNix, 205, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Film Photography, Digital Photography, Darkroom Processing, Studio Lighting, Alternative Photographic Processes, Photographic History.


Printmaking & Paper Arts

Allison Johnson
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Assistant Professor

allisonraejohnson.com

Office locationNix, 212, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking


Sculpture & Ceramics

Alison Burnette
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Part-Time Faculty

Office location Dahlonega
Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Two and Three-Dimensional Design, Sculpture

Angel Estrella
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Part Time Faculty

Office locationArts & Technology Building, 1903, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics, Three-Dimensional Design, Sculpture

Jennifer Graff
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Department Head

Phone678-717-3693

jengraff.com

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1601, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics

Alex Kraft
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Professor

Phone706-867-2832

alexkraftart.com

Office locationChoice St Arts Complex, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics, Three-dimensional design

Kengel Maysonet Baerga
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Limited Term Faculty

Office location Gainesville

Jon Mehlferber
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Professor

mehlferber.atspace.com

Office locationChoice St Arts Complex A, 105, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, 3D Printing, Digital 3D Design, Art Theory, Art Criticism, Graphic Design

Gary Pearce
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Lecturer

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1903, Gainesville
Student Resource Center, 594, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Jewelry and Metalwork

Jeffrey Repko
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Associate Professor

jeffrepko.com

Office locationArt & Technology Building, 1707, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Three-D Printing, Digital Three-Dimensional Design, Digital Fabrication

Ethan Snow
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Part Time Faculty

www.ethancsnow.com

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 594, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics


Textiles

Kim Barge
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Part-Time Faculty

Office location Dahlonega
Gainesville

Jess Self
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Lecturer

Office location Dahlonega

Support Staff

Camren Gober
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Studio Assistant

Office location Oconee

Scott Lacey
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Part-Time Studio Equipment Assistant

Office location Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Sculpture, Painting

Dia Webb
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Visual Arts Operations Specialist

Phone678-696-2692

Office location Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics