Full-Time Faculty
 | Alyson Beaton Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Office Hours: Tuesday + Thursday, 9:30-11:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 E Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7685 abeaton@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Audrean Been Associate Professor, Fashion Design Audrean Been has been full-time faculty in the Fashion Design program since 1989. Her current projects include the creation of art pieces for interdisciplinary fashion events. Professor Been graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA, concentrating in fashion design in 1979, and from Columbia College Chicago with an MA in Teaching in 2005. Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00-1:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 700 C Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7733 abeen@colum.edu | ||||||
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McArthur Binion Associate Professor, Fine Art McArthur Binion, a visual artist based in Chicago, has been full-time faculty in Fine Art at Columbia College since 1993. He has exhibited widely in solo and group contexts, including shows in New York, Detroit, Chicago, and Italy, among many others. His work is in major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Detroit Institute of Art, and several other private collections. Office Hours: Tuesday + Wednesday, 12:30-2:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 I Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7589 mbinion@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Adam Brooks Associate Professor, Fine Art Adam Brooks, full-time faculty in Fine Art, is an artist, curator, and educator. His work explores issues of language, power, information, socio-politics, and communication. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, as well as many private collections. He co-founded the collaborative project "Industry of the Ordinary" with Mathew Wilson in 2003. www.industryoftheordinary.com Office Hours: Thursday 8:30-12:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 P Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7869 abrooks@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Dennis Brozynski Associate Professor, Fashion Design Dennis Brozynski is full-time faculty in the Fashion Design program. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from DePaul University. Dennis created, developed and merchandised his own designer label collection of sportswear for several years. He has worked as a fashion designer, costume designer, graphic artist, illustrator, visual artist, lecturer, consultant, stylist, and educator. Office Hours: Monday, 3:00-5:00 Tuesday 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 700 A Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7374 dbrozynski@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Ivan Brunetti Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Ivan Brunetti was born in Italy and moved to Chicago at age 8. He has worked as a dishwasher, janitor, proofreader, web designer, editor, cartoonist, and teacher, among a host of other less glamorous occupations. He recently edited a second volume of An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories for Yale University Press. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:00-5:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 718 Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7113 ibrunetti@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Mario Castillo Associate Professor, Fine Art Mario Castillo, full-time Fine Arts faculty, was born in Mexico and received his BFA from SAIC and his MFA from Cal Arts. He studied with Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Jules Engel, and Morton Subotnick. He has shown in various art museums from coast to coast, and is one of Chicago’s pioneer muralists. His first mural painting was at Lane Tech in 1964. Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30 - 5:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 D Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7590 mcastillo@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Tim Cozzens Associate Professor, Interior Architecture Tim Cozzens, full-time faculty in the BFA Interior Architecture Program, is President of Workshop/Cozzens, Inc., a design-build studio specializing in custom retail environments, showrooms, cabinetry, furniture and lighting. He has 25 years of professional practice at private firms and has taught at other schools including School of the Art Institute of Chicago; University of Notre Dame; Penland School of Crafts; and Northern Illinois University. Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-5:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 602 Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8525 tcozzens@colum.edu | ||||||
 | John Dylong Associate Professor, Advertising Art Direction John Dylong, full-time faculty in Advertising Art Direction, holds a master's degree from the University of Chicago and completed his undergraduate degree from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Besides consulting with business, he has written Living History 1925-1950 and Spirituality of Work-The Visual Artist. During his most recent sabbatical he created a pictorial document and traveling exhibition for L’Arche USA. Office Hours: Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 Thursday, 12:30-3:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900K Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7683 jdylong@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Joan Giroux Assistant Professor, Fine Art Joan Giroux is an interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator. She has received awards and grants, performed and exhibited in the US and abroad, and has been invited to several international symposia on arts and the environment. Giroux received her MFA at Bard College, and BFA at Parsons School of Design, and studied with Shinkichi Tajiri at Berlin’s Hochschule der Künste. Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30-5:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 U Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-6881 jgiroux@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Carol Haliday-McQueen Associate Professor, Fine Art Carol Haliday-McQueen is a painter and colorist with degrees from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of Illinois, Urbana. She teaches painting, drawing, design and color. Her mostly abstract paintings are color field works with movement. Art history, music, dance, literature, and film are important influences. She is a faculty advisor for the student fine arts group, the Arts Community. Office Hours: On Sabbatical through Fall 2009 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 F Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7358 chaliday@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Kay Hartmann Associate Professor, Graphic Design Kay Hartmann in full-time faculty in Graphic Design and also specializes in advertising and information design. As a grant recipient, she has taught in design programs in Germany and Italy, and coordinated a 3-year program for international students at Columbia. Recent projects include working in Cabo Verde, Africa on branding graphics for sustainable tourism. She is currently finishing a graphic novel about a Kurdish immigrant. Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-4:00 Wednesday 12:00-1:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 M Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7641 khartmann@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Virginia Heaven Assistant Professor, Fashion Design Virginia Heaven joined Columbia College as full-time faculty in fall 2007. She received a BA in Fashion/Textiles from Middlesex University, and her Masters is from DePaul University in Adult Education. Virginia's main focus as an educator is to deepen and balance the educational experience while providing an outlet for creative expression and facilitating skills for the job market. Office Hours: Thursday 10:00-2:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 700 B Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7339 vheaven@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Kevin Henry Associate Professor, Product Design Kevin Henry is the founding faculty member for the Product design program and served as the coordinator for ten years. He has a MFA in Time-Based art from The Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA in Industrial Design at The University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a practicing industrial designer and design activist. Office Hours: Monday 11:00-1:00 Wednesday 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 H Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7381 khenry@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Tao Huang Assistant Professor, Product Design Tao Huang, is full-time faculty in the Product Design program. She earned her PhD in Architecture + Design Research from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. She holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Industrial Design from Beijing Institute of Technology and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts respectively. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:00-5:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 G Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7471 thuang@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Craig Jobson Associate Professor, Graphic Design Craig Jobson has transformed 22 years of art directing books and magazines into a passion for teaching publication arts. He teaches two levels of typography, Introduction to Graphic Design, Book Design and Publication Design. For further biographic information go to his class web site at: http://work.colum.edu/~jobson. For information about his Lark Sparrow Press go to: http://www.larksparrowpress.com. Office Hours: Monday, 10:00-12:00 Tuesday, 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 H Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7826 cjobson@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Friedhard Kiekeben Associate Professor, Fine Art Friedhard Kiekeben's works of art take form as digital wall drawings, etched and printed metal friezes and sculptures, and sequences of original prints. His projects often include tailor made and site-specific installations - such as 'cascade' - and are exhibited internationally in private and public galleries and museums. He is full-time faculty in the Fine Art program at Columbia College. Web Sites: www.nontoxicprint.com; www.FriedhardKiekeben.com Office Hours: Tuesday, 9:00-1:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 G Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-6880 fkeikeben@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Chris Koules Associate Professor, Graphic Design Chris Koules, full-time faculty in Graphic Design, is a photographer and graphic designer who received his MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign in 1984. His teaching focus is technology and photography as applied to design communications. His current photographic work explores graphic identity and signage systems and their impact on architecture and landscape. Office Hours:Tuesday 12:00-1:00 Tuesday 5:00-6:00 Wednesday 11:00-1:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 J Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7191 ckoules@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Anna Kunz Assistant Professor, Fine Art Anna Kunz is a painter and installation artist. She received her MFA from Northwestern University, and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, and Northwestern University. Her colorful abstractions and installations have been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally, and she has been the recipient of many prestigious nominations and awards. Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:00-5:00 and by appointment 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 S Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8796 akunz@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Bill Linehan Associate Professor, Graphic Design William Linehan is full-time faculty in Graphic Design. He received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA from the University of Notre Dame. Recent accomplishments include the design and implementation of a “Digital Textures” workshop at the 2007 FATE Biennial Conference in Milwaukee, and inclusion in the A+D faculty exhibition, Work In Progress in fall 2007. Office Hours: Monday, 11:30-12:30 Tuesday, 12:30-2:30 Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm 900 Q Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7833 blinehan@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Marlene Lipinski Associate Professor, Graphic Design Marlene Lipinski is full-time faculty in Foundation and Graphic Design. She served as the Coordinator of Graphic Design and Advertising programs from 1978-2000. Ms. Lipinski earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in Painting and Drawing and has published, designed, illustrated and printed Memory Effects, a limited edition set of Roald Hoffmann poems. She has also published “Cowboy Heaven,” a short story in Tomboys, amongst many other accomplishments Office Hours: On leave through Fall 2009 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 L Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7682 mlipiniski@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Duncan MacKenzie, Full-Time Lecturer Assistant Professor, Fine Art Duncan MacKenzie is a multi-platform artist, critic, and podcaster. He has interviewed Rodney Graham, Kerry James Marshall, Jeff Wall, and Gavin Turk for his contemporary art podcast, Bad At Sports, which he co-produces. Duncan has also been a correspondent for Proximity, Octopus, Lumpen, New City, and Time Out. He has exhibited in Canada, Australia, USA, New Zealand, Estonia, and England. Office Hours: Tuesday, 10:00-12:00 Thursday, 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 C Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7632 dmackenzie@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Annika Marie, Full-Time Lecturer Assistant Professor, Art History Annika Marie is a lecturer in Art History in the Department of Art + Design at Columbia College Chicago. She received her master’s degree in art history from Columbia University and finished her doctorate in art history at the University of Texas, Austin. She has curated, served as visiting critic, and written art criticism and essays for exhibition catalogues. In 1990, she was a Marie Walsh Sharpe Fine Arts Scholar and, in 2001, she was a Core Critical Studies fellow at the Core Program, Houston. Currently, she is working on a book, The Most Radical Act: Working Towards a Materialist Aesthetic in Harold Rosenberg, Barnett Newman and Ad Reinhardt. Office Hours: Tuesday, 3:10-3:30 Wednesday, 3:10-3:30 + 6:20-7:00 Thursday, 3:30-5:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 T Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7077 amarie@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Amy Mooney Associate Professor, Art History Amy Mooney’s scholarship and teaching interests focus on identity politics in art and visual culture. Dr. Mooney received her doctorate from Rutgers University in Modern and African American art. Fellowships from the ACLS, Smithsonian, and the Terra Foundation supported the research and publication of her book Archibald J. Motley, Jr. She is currently at work on her second book, Portraits of Noteworthy Character. Office Hours: On Sabbatical through Fall 2009 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 F Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8512 amooney@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Fred Nelson Associate Professor, Illustration Fred Nelson, full-time faculty in Illustration, joined Columbia’s faculty in 1989. Before Columbia, Fred practiced illustration and design in both Los Angeles and Chicago. His clients included Playboy Publishing, Kraft Foods, Universal Studios, United Airlines, Capital Records, Princess Cruise Lines, etc. He has won over 60 awards for illustration, design, art direction, and photography including four gold medals, a silver and a bronze. Office Hours: On Sabbatical through Fall 2009 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 I Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7684 fnelson@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Joclyn Oats Associate Professor, Interior Architecture Joclyn Oats received her BA in Interior Design from Michigan State University and her Masters of Architecture from University of Illinois at Chicago. Academically, she is working on developing the sustainable design programs in Architectural Studies and Interior Architecture. Professionally, she is looking at concrete as a sustainable building material and the role it can play in residential housing. Office Hours: On Sabbatical through Fall 2009 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 615 Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7446 joats@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Sabina Ott Associate Professor, Fine Art Ms. Ott received her BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She has taught at the Art Center of Design in Pasadena in California, and has received grants such as the National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artists Grant as well as a series of residencies. Ms. Ott’s work has been exhibited at museums and galleries nationally and internationally. Office Hours: Thursday, 1:30-5:30 and by appointment 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 O Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8685 sott@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Debra Riley Parr Associate Professor, Art History / Associate Chair, Art + Design Debra Parr received her Ph.D. from Boston University. Her current research concerns the impact of design practices in youth cultures—from hip hop to skateboarding. Other projects include investigation into the intersection of design and art, especially focusing on how the history, assumptions, and prevalence of design assist both designers and artists in articulating meaning during moments of cultural transformation and crisis. Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30-11:30 Wednesday 3:30-4:30 Thursday 10:30-11:30 Thursday 3:30-4:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 721 A Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7887 dparr@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Corey Postiglione Associate Professor, Art History + Fine Art Corey Postiglione received his BA in Studio Arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Masters Degree in Art History and Critical Theory from the School of The Art Institute Chicago. He has had over twelve solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous group shows. His critical writing has been published in Artforum, The New Art Examiner, and Dialogue. Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 Thursday 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 1004 Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7190 cpostiglione@colum.edu | ||||||
| Petra Probstner Assistant Professor, Interior Architecture, Art + Design Office Hours: Wednesday, 10:00-12:00 Thursday, 10:00-12:00 623 S. Wabash, Rm. 609 Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 369-7155 pprobstner@colum.edu | |||||||
 | Gary Rozanc Assistant Professor Graphic Design After working in the design industry since 1996, Gary decided to be creatively true to himself. Beginning in 2005, he traded in the 9 to 5 work-a-day life for one that blends clients and students. This metamorphosis gave Gary the ability to focus on civic-minded projects such as Stories That Soar, Pavement Memoirs, and useaconcept.com, as well as getting published in A Designer’s Research Manual. http://www.useaconcept.com Office Hours: Monday, 1:00-3:00 Thursday, 4:00-6:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 A Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7378 grozanc@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Raél Salley Assistant Professor, Art History Raél Jero Salley is a visual artist, theorist, art historian, and Ph.D. candidate (at The University of Chicago), who has exhibited internationally. It all started in a kitchen in Pennsylvania, where his mom hung his drawings on the refrigerator. Salley still loves art, especially contemporary art and culture. He thinks most about the work made by artists of African descent living in diaspora. Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00-1:00 Wednesday 12:00-3:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 720 Chicago, IL 60605 rsalley@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Arti Sandhu Assistant Professor, Fashion Design Arti Sandhu is full-time faculty in the Fashion Design program, primarily fashion studio courses - covering illustration, design process, conceptualization for fashion, range development and portfolio preparation. She studied fashion design at NIFT Delhi (India) and has a Masters in Fashion and Textiles from Nottingham Trent University (England). Prior to teaching at Columbia, she lectured in fashion design, history, and theory at Massey University, New Zealand. Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30-4:30 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 700 Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7607 asandhu@colum.edu | ||||||
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 | Paul Vaccarello Associate Professor, Illustration Paul Vaccarello, full-time faculty in Illustration, joined Columbia faculty in 1995. Prior to becoming an educator, he practiced illustration where he served a diverse roster of clients throughout North America and received numerous awards. Along with his duties as an educator, Paul maintains an active studio experimenting with a variety of media. He graduated from Layton School of Art in 1968. Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00-1:00 Thursday 11:00-1:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 800 E Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-7357 pvaccarello@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Jay Wolke Associate Professor, Fine Art / Chair, Art + Design Jay Wolke, photographer, was born in 1954 and raised in Chicago, IL. He has been an educator since 1980 and is serving as Chair of the Art + Design Department. Books published: All Around the House, 1998 and Along the Divide, 2004. His work can be found in collections at: the Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Art Institute of Chicago; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 717 E Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-6968 jwolke@colum.edu | ||||||
 | Richard Zeid Associate Professor, Graphic Design As Richard Zeid Design, www.rzdesign.com, Richard serves a range of clients from not-for-profit theatres to Fortune 500 corporations. Richard was the corporate senior designer for Morton International, Inc. from 1994 - 1999. He has received recognition from: Creativity; Art Direction Magazine; American Corporate Identity, Graphic Design: USA; Logos: Making a Strong Mark, published by Rockport Publishing, and most recently LogoLounge 4. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:00-5:00 623 S. Wabash Ave., Rm. 900 R Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8589 rzeid@colum.edu | ||||||