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.

Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Visiting Professors

Staff Corcoran Academic Committee Faculty Search By Program Area Faculty Published Works

Administrators and Main Faculty Contacts

(By Program Area)

Program heads

CLASSICAL ACTING: Alec Wild awildshakespearetheatre [dot] org (awild[at]shakespearetheatre[dot]org)

ART HISTORY: Bibiana Obler boblergwu [dot] edu (bobler[at]gwu[dot]edu)

DESIGN (GRAPHIC DESIGN/INTERACTION DESIGN/EXHIBITION DESIGN): Andrea Dietz ahdietzgwu [dot] edu (ahdietz[at]gwu[dot]edu)

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE: Stephanie Travis stravisgwu [dot] edu (stravis[at]gwu[dot]edu)

MUSEUM STUDIES: Max van Balgooy (Interim) mvanbalgooygwu [dot] edu (mvanbalgooy[at]gwu[dot]edu)

MUSIC: Loren Kajikawa kajikawagwu [dot] edu (kajikawa[at]gwu[dot]edu)

STUDIO ARTS (FINE ART/PHOTOJOURNALISM/NMPJ/SOCIAL PRACTICE): Dean Kessmann kessmanngwu [dot] edu (kessmann[at]gwu[dot]edu)

THEATRE & DANCE: Holly Dugan hdugangwu [dot] edu (hdugan[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Faculty advisors

ART HISTORY:

- Undergraduate: Alexander Dumbadze dumbadzegwu [dot] edu (dumbadze[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Graduate: Mika Natif mmn215gwu [dot] edu (mmn215[at]gwu[dot]edu)

CORCORAN INTERDISCIPLINARY (CORX Courses): Jodi Kanter jikantergwu [dot] edu (jikanter[at]gwu[dot]edu)

DANCE: Anna Kimmel anna [dot] kimmelgwu [dot] edu (anna[dot]kimmel[at]gwu[dot]edu)

DUAL BA IN FINE ART AND ART HISTORY: Michelle Carlson michelecarlsongwu [dot] edu (michelecarlson[at]gwu[dot]edu)

EXHIBITION DESIGN: Melina Misri mmisrigwu [dot] edu (mmisri[at]gwu[dot]edu)

FINE ART:

- Graduate: Maria del Carmen Montoya carmengwu [dot] edu (carmen[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Undergraduate: Michelle Carlson michelecarlsongwu [dot] edu (michelecarlson[at]gwu[dot]edu)

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Aasawari Kulkarni akulkarnigwu [dot] edu (akulkarni[at]gwu[dot]edu)

INTERACTION DESIGN:

- Undergraduate and Graduate: Kevin Patton kevinpattongwu [dot] edu (kevinpatton[at]gwu[dot]edu)

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE:

- Undergraduate: Nadia Volchansky nvitalievagmail [dot] com (nvitalieva[at]gmail[dot]com)

- Graduate MA: Douglas Crawford dcrawfordgwu [dot] edu (dcrawford[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Graduate MA + MFA: Catherine Anderson catandgwu [dot] edu (catand[at]gwu[dot]edu)

MUSIC: Eugene Montague eugene_mgwu [dot] edu (eugene_m[at]gwu[dot]edu)

MUSEUM STUDIES:

- Laura Schiavo lschiavogwu [dot] edu (lschiavo[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Max van Balgooy mvanbalgooygwu [dot] edu (mvanbalgooy[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Schillica Howard schillica [dot] howardgwu [dot] edu (schillica[dot]howard[at]gwu[dot]edu)

PHOTOJOURNALISM/PHOTOGRAPHY:

- Undergraduate (Photojournalism/Minor in Photography): Matt Eich matteichgwu [dot] edu (matteich[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Graduate (New Media Photojournalism): Susan Sterner ssternergwu [dot] edu (ssterner[at]gwu[dot]edu)

SOCIAL PRACTICE: Maria del Carmen Montoya carmengwu [dot] edu (carmen[at]gwu[dot]edu)

THEATRE:

- Holly Dugan hdugangwu [dot] edu (hdugan[at]gwu[dot]edu)

- Graduate (Classical Acting): Jodi Kanter jikantergwu [dot] edu (jikanter[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Faculty Search By Program Area

Art History

Undergraduate / Graduate Art History

Design

Undergraduate Graphic Design
Undergraduate / Graduate Interaction Design
Graduate Exhibition Design

Interior Architecture

Undergraduate Interior Architecture /
Graduate Interior Architecture

Museum Studies

Graduate Museum Studies

Music

Undergraduate Music

Studio Arts

Undergraduate Fine Art
Undergraduate Photojournalism
Graduate Fine Art
Graduate New Media Photojournalism
Graduate Social Practice

Theatre and Dance

Undergraduate Theatre
Undergraduate Dance
Graduate Classical Acting

Corcoran Faculty PUBLISHED WORKS

Studio Arts

Matt Eich - Seven Cities

Allyson Vieira - On the Rock

Kerry McAleer-Keeler - Boiling Points (art book - self printed) - Recently shown in Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Oct 21, 2023 - Oct 20, 2024 • Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm) - National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), 1250 New York Ave NW

Interior Architecture