Social Practice Faculty
Program Head & Associate Professor, Fine Arts, Studio Arts program; Undergraduate Advisor BA & BFA, Fine Arts
Michele Carlson is a multidisciplinary practitioner working across the fields of art, writing, publishing, and collective practice.
Program Head, Design; Assistant Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Exhibition Design
Andrea Dietz is an architect, curator, and writer. Her creative and scholarly practice is focused on “architecture(s) of and on display” – or the translation and exhibition of the built environment. Andrea has worked in architecture research and exhibition design with Bestor Architecture, Chu + Gooding Architects, and independently. Read More
William Wilson Corcoran Visiting Professor of Community Engagement
Eric Gottesman teaches, organizes, writes, and makes artworks with other people. His work addresses nationalism, migration, structural violence, history and intimate relations. His projects question accepted notions of power and, by engaging communities in critical self-reflection and creative expression, propose models for repair. Read More
Program Head & Associate Professor of Music (History & Culture)
Loren Kajikawa is an associate professor of music. His main area of research and teaching is American music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with special attention to the dynamics of race and politics. Read More
Professor, Theatre; Advisor, Classical Acting
As a scholar, she has been trained to apply the theoretical lens of performance to everyday practices and so, while her methodology is consistent, the subjects of her work vary wildly—from, for example, end of life health care to contemporary dramatic literature to the American Presidency. Read More
Associate Professor Sculpture and Spatial Practices, Studio Arts Program; Graduate Advisor, M.F.A. in Fine Arts and Social Practice
Maria del Carmen Montoya is a multidisciplinary artist and collaborative creative professional who explores the intersection of art, community, and human connection.Read More
Assistant Professor; Faculty Advisor (undergraduate and graduate), Interaction Design
Kevin Patton is a designer, musician, and creative technologist whose projects often include novel approaches to physical and computational interaction in expressive contexts. His research interests include expressive technological systems, automation and agency, visualization, musical thinking, and human centered design.Read More
Associate Professor, New Media Studio Arts Program
Siobhan Rigg is Associate Professor of Studio Arts and currently also serves as Program Head of Design. Rigg is a multidisciplinary artist, teacher, and writer whose creative and research interests center on social and environmental micro-histories.
Assistant Professor of Music (Electronic & Computer)
Heather Stebbins is a composer, technologist, synthesist, and educator based in Washington, DC, where she is Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Music at George Washington University.Read More