At GVSU, the professors are dedicated to their roles as teachers, artists, and scholars. We value our place as educators to help ready students for their professions and lives after graduation.

Small class sizes, academic advisors who are faculty in the art department, and energetic collaboration between different emphasis areas means that professors know you as a person and a student. All of our majors and minors benefit from working with faculty members who are professionally active in the scholarly and creative communities. Why should this matter to students? The questions and ideas that fuel the faculty’s research efforts translate into enthusiasm for the material that they teach, respect for inquiry, and an awareness of diversity in current practices.

Faculty

• 
• Collin Bradford
• Visual Studies and CPS Foundations
• bradfoco@gvsu.edu

• 
• Geoff Burd
• Art 101 
• burdg@gvsu.edu

• 
• Anna Campbell
• 3D Foundations, CPS Foundations, Visual Studies and Sculpture
• campbean@gvsu.edu

• 
• Hsiao-Ping Chen
• Art Education
• chenh@gvsu.edu

• 
• Blair Clemo 
• Ceramics
• clemoa@gvsu.edu

• 
• Brett Colley
• Printmaking and Drawing
• colleyb@gvsu.edu

• 
• Sigrid Danielson
• Art History
• danielsi@gvsu.edu

• 
• Jill Eggers
• Painting
• eggersj@gvsu.edu

• 
• Tim Fisher
• Drawing and Painting
• fishert@gvsu.edu

• 
• Chitra Gopalakrishnan
• Graphic Design
• gopalakc@gvsu.edu

• 
• Dellas Henke
• Printmaking
• henked@gvsu.edu

• 
• Bill Hosterman
• 2D Foundations, Drawing, Printmaking
• hostermw@gvsu.edu

• 
• Michael Ingold
• Drawing, 2D and 3D Foundations
• ingoldmi@gvsu.edu

• 
• Virginia Jenkins, Chair
• Drawing and 2D Foundations
• jenkinsv@gvsu.edu

• 
• Ann Keister
• 2D Foundations 
• keistera@gvsu.edu

• 
• David Keister
• Printmaking and 2D Design
• keisterd@gvsu.edu

• 
• David King
• Graphic Design 
• kingdav@gvsu.edu

• 
• Susan Klein
• Painting and Foundations
• kleinsu@gvsu.edu

• 
• Hoon Lee
• Ceramics
• leeho@gvsu.edu

• 
• Steve Peters
• Art 101 
• peterss@gvsu.edu

• 
• Beverly Seley
• Metalsmithing
• seleyb@gvsu.edu

• 
• Kirsten Strom
• Art History
• stromk@gvsu.edu

• 
• Lorelle Otis Thomas
• Illustration and Drawing
• thomasl@gvsu.edu

• 
• Norwood Viviano
• Sculpture, Assistant Department Chair
• vivianon@gvsu.edu

• 
• Matthew Walsh
• Graphic Design
• Walshmat@gvsu.edu

• 
• Richard Weis
• 2D Foundations and Painting
• weisr@gvsu.edu

• 
• Paul Wittenbraker
• CPS Foundations, and Visual Studies
• wittenbp@gvsu.edu

• 
• Ed Wong-Ligda
• Illustration
• wonglige@gvsu.edu

• 
• Katalin Zaszlavik
• Art Education
• zaszlavk@gvsu.edu

• 
• Renee Zettle-Sterling
• 3D Foundations, Sculpture, and Metalsmithing
• zettlesr@gvsu.edu