Faculty & Staff
Faculty members at the Corcoran School are leading experts in art and design with ties to the most prestigious museums and art institutions in the world. They are dedicated educators who are also practicing artists plugged into Washington, D.C.'s vibrant international art scene. Students benefit not only from our faculty's extraordinary expertise and experience, but also from their connections and access to many of the world's great collections of art treasures.
Administrators and Main Faculty Contacts
(By Program Area)
Program heads
CLASSICAL ACTING: Alec Wild [email protected]
- PA Emily Whittaker [email protected]
ART HISTORY: Barbara von Barghahn [email protected]
DESIGN (GRAPHIC DESIGN/INTERACTION DESIGN/EXHIBITION DESIGN): Siobhan Rigg [email protected]
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE: Stephanie Travis [email protected]
MUSEUM STUDIES: Suse Anderson [email protected]
MUSIC: Loren Kajikawa [email protected]
STUDIO ARTS (FINE ART/PHOTOJOURNALISM/NMPJ/SOCIAL PRACTICE): Dean Kessmann [email protected]
THEATRE & DANCE: Carl Gudenius [email protected]
Faculty advisors
ART HISTORY:
- Undergraduate: Alexander Dumbadze [email protected]
- Graduate: Mika Natif [email protected]
CORCORAN INTERDISCIPLINARY (CORX Courses): Jodi Kanter [email protected]
DANCE: Maida Withers [email protected]
DUAL BA IN FINE ART AND ART HISTORY: Allyson Vieira [email protected]
EXHIBITION DESIGN: Andrea Hunter Dietz [email protected]
FINE ART:
- Graduate: James Sham [email protected]
- Undergraduate: Allyson Vieira [email protected]
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Aasawari Kulkarni [email protected]
INTERACTION DESIGN:
- Undergraduate and Graduate: Kevin Patton [email protected]
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE:
- Undergraduate: Melina Misri [email protected]
- Graduate MA: Douglas Crawford [email protected]
- Graduate MFA: Catherine Anderson [email protected]
MUSIC: Eugene Montague [email protected]
MUSEUM STUDIES:
- Suse Anderson [email protected]
- Laura Schiavo [email protected]
- Max van Balgooy [email protected]
- Schillica Howard [email protected]
- Mary Coughlin (Online Certificate Program in Collections Care) [email protected]
PHOTOJOURNALISM/PHOTOGRAPHY:
- Undergraduate (Photojournalism/Minor in Photography): Matt Eich [email protected]
- Graduate (New Media Photojournalism): Susan Sterner [email protected]
SOCIAL PRACTICE: Graduate: James Sham [email protected]
THEATRE:
- Carl Gudenius [email protected]
- Graduate (Classical Acting): Alec Wild [email protected]
Featured Faculty:
Astrid Riecken
Professor Astrid Riecken won a Pulitzer Prize as part of the multimedia team for the Washington Post for their coverage of January 6. Astrid has taught at Corcoran since 2016 and her work has been published by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time Magazine, The Guardian, and Die Zeit, among many others.
Design
Undergraduate Graphic Design
Undergraduate / Graduate Interaction Design
Graduate Exhibition Design
Undergraduate Fine Art
Undergraduate Photojournalism
Graduate Fine Art
Graduate New Media Photojournalism
Graduate Social Practice
