Columbus College of Art & Design Faculty and Staff

Julie Abijanac

Professor

Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts

jabijanac@ccad.edu

Jeff Accursi

Adjunct Faculty

Industrial Design

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

valexander.1@ccad.edu

Alisha Alexander-Bolton

Associate Registrar, Senior Student Services Associate

Registration

aalexander-bolton@ccad.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Professor Emeritus

Dean Emeritus

raschenbrand@ccad.edu

Sierra Austin

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

saustin@ccad.edu

Jeremy Baker

Assistant Professor

Animation

jbaker.4@ccad.edu

Gail Baxter

Senior Data Supervisor

Enrollment Management

gbaxter@ccad.edu

Jordan Bell

Assistant Director of Career Services, Adjunct Instructor

Career Services, Institutional Engagement, CORE Studies

jbell@ccad.edu

Charlotte Belland

Chair of Animation, Professor

Animation, Game Art & Design

cbelland@ccad.edu

David Bennett

Associate Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design, CORE Studies

dbennett@ccad.edu

Curtis Benzle

Professor Emeritus

cbenzle@ccad.edu

Brittany Bergamo Whalen

Alumni Engagement Coordinator

Development

bbergamowhalen.1@ccad.edu

Joshua Bodman

Chair of Advertising & Graphic Design, Associate Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design

jbodman@ccad.edu

Beth Bollenbacher

Adjunct Faculty

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Dr. Carol Boram-Hays

Assistant Professor

History of Art & Visual Culture

cboram-hays@ccad.edu

Casey Bradley

Facilities Manager - Fine Arts, Facilities Manager - SMAC

cbradley.1@ccad.edu

Alissa Breakiron

Admissions Counselor

Enrollment Management

Olivia Brown

Admissions Counselor

Admissions

obrown@ccad.edu

Kristen Brown

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

kbrown@ccad.edu

Steven Brown

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Erica Brumbaugh

Adjunct Faculty, Science and Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

ebrumbaugh@ccad.edu

Brice Bunner

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

bbunner@ccad.edu

Suzy Bureau

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Kat Bureman

Admissions Counselor

Admissions

David Burghy

Professor

Industrial Design, CORE Studies

dburghy@ccad.edu

Mark Burleigh

Associate Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design

mburleigh@ccad.edu

Dr. Joshua Butts

Dean of Faculty, Associate Professor

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

jbutts@ccad.edu

John Cairns

Assistant Professor

Illustration, Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

jcairns.1@ccad.edu

Craig Campbell

Assistant Professor, AICAD Fellow

Comics & Narrative Practice

ccampbell@ccad.edu

Jeff Carlisle

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

jcarlisle@ccad.edu

Tricia Carlos

Associate Professor

Fashion Design

pcarlos@ccad.edu

Maria Carluccio

Assistant Professor

Illustration

Tessa Carrel

Adjunct Faculty, Science & Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

tcarrel@ccad.edu

Morgan Carver

Senior Admissions Counselor

Enrollment Management

Rachel Cass-Kauser

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

rcass-kauser@ccad.edu

Robert Cennamo

Adjunct Faculty

ecennamo@ccad.edu

Nicole Chain

Associate Academic Advisor

Advisement

Wendy Chrisman

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

wchrisman@ccad.edu

Babette Cieskowski

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

BCieskowski@ccad.edu

Nella Citino

Chair of Film & Video

Film & Video

ncitino@ccad.edu

Mike Compton

Assistant Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design

President

Adjunct Faculty

Chair of Fashion Design, Professor

Fashion Design

scotton@ccad.edu

Dr. Catherine C Cupps

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

ccupps@ccad.edu

Kasey Daniel

Director of Advising & Learning Support

Student Affairs, Academic Advising

kdaniel@ccad.edu

Kristen Davis

Director of Student Engagement & Inclusion

Student Engagement, Student Affairs

kdavis.4@ccad.edu

Tom Davis

Adjunct Faculty, Music

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

tdavis.4@ccad.edu

Anita Dawson

Professor Emeritus

Ashley Deal

Admissions Counselor

Enrollment Management

Michelle DeBellis

Assistant Director of Counseling and Wellness

Counseling & Wellness

mdebellis@ccad.edu

David Del Bianco

Adjunct Instructor

CORE Studies

DDelBianco@ccad.edu

Zachary DeMarsh

Enrollment Services Technologist & CRM Administrator

Enrollment Management

zdemarsh@ccad.edu

Kelly DeVore

Chair of Interior Architecture & Design, Associate Professor

Interior Architecture & Design

kdevore@ccad.edu

Maggie DiVito

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

mdivito@ccad.edu

John Donahue

Adjunct Faculty, Science & Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

jdonahue@ccad.edu

Thomas Dotson

Chief Financial Officer

Operations

Elizabeth Douglas

Adjunct Faculty, Science & Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video

ddyer@ccad.edu

Ellen Ellis

Director of Admissions

Admissions

eellis@ccad.edu

Irmak Ertuna Howison

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

iertuna@ccad.edu

Jennifer Evans

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

JEvans@ccad.edu

Lori Faist

Director of CORE Studies, Associate Professor

CORE Studies

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

jfergus-jean@ccad.edu

Laura Ferguson

Adjunct Faculty

lferguson@ccad.edu

Jacquelyn (Jacs) Fishburne

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

Katheryn Fisher

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

kfisher.2@ccad.edu

Jeffrey A. Fisher

Emeritus staff

Sonya Fix

Director of Liberal Arts, Department Head of ESL, Assistant Professor

Liberal Arts, English as a Second Language, Master of Fine Arts

sfix@ccad.edu

Charlene Fix

Professor Emeritus, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts

cfix@ccad.edu

Brenda Foster

Archivist

Library & Information Technology

Tim Frank

Adjunct Faculty

Advertising & Graphic Design

Adjunct Faculty

Associate Professor

CORE Studies

afrenz@ccad.edu

Andy Friz

Associate Professor

Animation

afriz@ccad.edu

Erika Gable

Associate Vice President for Development

Development

egable@ccad.edu

Eileen Galvin

IT Help Desk Manager

Library & Information Technology

egalvin@ccad.edu

Elena Gamova

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Carl Garant

Dean Emeritus

cgarant@ccad.edu

Matt Gardzina

Chief Information Officer

Library & Information Technology

mgardzina@ccad.edu

Tom Gattis

Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Professor

Industrial Design

Adam Gellings

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Emi Gennis

Associate Professor

Comics & Narrative Practice, Illustration

egennis@ccad.edu

Melanie Gillman

Adjunct Faculty

Comics & Narrative Practice

mgillman@ccad.edu

Quintin Gleim

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

Thom Glick

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

tglick.2@ccad.edu

Gavrilo Gnatovich

Associate Professor

Animation

ggnatovich@ccad.edu

Liz Gordon-Canlas

Director of Residence Life and Housing

Student Affairs

lgordon-canlas@ccad.edu

Shawn Green

Facilities Manager, Film & Video, Photography

sgreen@ccad.edu

Emily Greenberg

Adjunct Faculty

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

egreenberg@ccad.edu

Carol Griffith

Professor

Fine Arts

cgriffith@ccad.edu

David Groff

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

dgroff@ccad.edu

Robin Gulcher

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video

rgulcher@ccad.edu

Joel Gundlach

Professor Emeritus

Interior Architecture & Design, Industrial Design

jgundlach@ccad.edu

Veronica Halfacre

Admissions Counselor

Enrollment Management

Dr. Katherine Hammond

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

khammond@ccad.edu

MS Harkness

Adjunct Faculty

Comics & Narrative Practice

mharkness@ccad.edu

Andy Havens

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Advertising & Graphic Design, Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

ahavens@ccad.edu

Hiroshi Hayakawa

Professor

Photography, CORE Studies

hhayakawa@ccad.edu

Jessica Heitzenrater

Lab Tech

Printmaking

D. Jean Hester

Vice President for Enrollment Management

Enrollment Management

Amanda Ho

Adjunct Faculty

aho.1@go.ccad.edu

Helen Hoffelt

Professor Emeritus

Photography

hhoffelt@ccad.edu

Eric Homan

Assistant Professor

CORE Studies

ehoman@ccad.edu

Joshua Hostetler

Adjunct Faculty

Interior Architecture & Design

jhostetler@ccad.edu

Emily Houlis

Senior Graduate Admissions Counselor

Admissions

EHoulis@CCAD.EDU

Caleb Howell

Associate Academic Advisor

Academic Advising, Student Affairs

chowell@ccad.edu

Steve Hubbard

Associate Professor

Animation

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

Director of Library Services

Library, Library & Information Technology

ljankowski@ccad.edu

Dr. Lesley Jenike

Professor, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Game Art & Design

kjones@ccad.edu

Danielle Julian Norton

Professor

Fine Arts

djulian-norton@ccad.edu

Stephanie Kang

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

skang@ccd.edu

Susan Kannenwischer

Associate Vice President of Financial Aid and Registration

Financial Aid

Dr. Sophia Kartsonis

Professor, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

skartsonis@ccad.edu

Negesti Kaudo

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

NKaudo@ccad.edu

Elizabeth Keegan

Assistant Professor

Animation, Game Art & Design

ekeegan@ccad.edu

Michael Kellner

Associate Professor

CORE Studies, Master of Fine Arts

mkellner@ccad.edu

Joanne Kesten

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

jkesten@ccad.edu

Nama Khalil

Adjunct Faculty

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

nkhalil@ccad.edu

Michele Kibler

Registrar, Director of One-Stop Student Services

Emma Kindall

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

EKindall@ccad.edu

Walter King

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Robert Knotts

Assistant Professor

History of Art & Visual Culture

rknotts@ccad.edu

John Kortlander

Professor

Fine Arts

jkortlander@ccad.edu

Joe Kovach

Associate Professor

Illustration

jkovach@ccad.edu

Dr. Jeannine Kraft

Chair of History of Art & Visual Culture, Professor

History of Art & Visual Culture

jkraft@ccad.edu

Shefali Kumar

Admissions Counselor

Admissions

Professor Emeritus

Dean Emeritus

Advancement Coordinator

Advancement

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video

wlee@ccad.edu

Elizabeth Leidy

Adjunct Faculty

Interior Architecture & Design, CORE Studies

eleidy@ccad.edu

Nikki Lemon

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

nlemon@ccad.edu

Anastasia Leptak

Executive Assistant to the Provost

Academic Affairs

Robert Loss

Associate Professor, Department Head of Writing, Literature, and Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

rloss@ccad.edu

Pete Luckner

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

pluckner@ccad.edu

Elaine Luttrull

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math, & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Master of Fine Arts

eluttrull@ccad.edu

James Lutz

Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design

jlutz@ccad.edu

Kelly Malec-Kosak

Professor, Chair of Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts

kmalec-kosak@ccad.edu

Celeste Malvar-Stewart

Adjunct Faculty

Fashion Design

CMalvar-Stewart@ccad.edu

Christine Mannix

Instruction Librarian

Library, Library & Information Technology

cmannix@ccad.edu

Dan Mayer

Adjunct Instructor

Interior Architecture & Design

dmayer@ccad.edu

Lakisha Mays

Financial Aid Counselor

Financial Aid

financialaid@ccad.edu

Andrew McCauley

Director of CORE Studies, Assistant Professor

CORE Studies

amccauley.1@go.ccad.edu

Laurenn McCubbin

Associate Professor, Chair of Comics and Narrative Practice, Chair of Illustration

Comics & Narrative Practice, Illustration

lmccubbin@ccad.edu

Kathy McGhee

Professor, Chair of Fine Arts

Fine Arts

Professor Emeritus

Chair of Photography, Associate Professor

Photography, Master of Fine Arts

dmiller.6@ccad.edu

Rachel Miller

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies, Comics & Narrative Practice

rmiller@ccad.edu

Matthew Mitchem

Assistant Professor, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

mmitchem@ccad.edu

Matthew Mohr

Associate Professor

Advertising & Graphic Design

mmohr@ccad.edu

Nicole Monahan

Director of Corporate & Community Projects, Adjunct Faculty

Academic Affairs, Master of Fine Arts

nmonahan@ccad.edu

Terry Monnett

Adjunct Faculty, Science and Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

tmonnett@ccad.edu

Jill Moorhead

Vice President for Marketing & Communications

Marketing & Communications

Ludwin Mora

Adjunct Faculty

Industrial Design

Danielle Moses

Therapist

Counseling & Wellness, Student Affairs

Jason Mowry

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

Carolyn Mullenix

Financial Aid Assistant

Financial Aid

Chris Mundell

Vice President for Institutional Engagement

Institutional Engagement

Aviva Neff

Director of Youth & Community Learning

Continuing & Professional Studies at CCAD

Teresa Neill-Green

Adjunct Faculty, Science & Social Science

Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

tneill-green@ccad.edu

Tyler Newby

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

tnewby.1@ccad.edu

David (Dai) Newman

Cataloging & instruction Librarian

Library, Library & Information Technology

dnewman@ccad.edu

Audrey Nicolas

Assistant Professor

Fashion Design

Dean Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video

knyarko@ccad.edu

Carmen Ostermann

Graduate Gallery Assistant

Beeler Gallery

Greer Pagano

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

gpagano@ccad.edu

Henry Park

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Dan Parra

Director of Facilities

Operations

Adjunct Faculty

Professor Emeritus

Assistant Professor, MFA Thesis Advisor

History of Art & Visual Culture, Master of Fine Arts

apetten@ccad.edu

Evangelia Philippidis

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

ephilippidis@ccad.edu

Joseph Pigg

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math, & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

jpoliti@ccad.edu

Jaclyn Pounds

Director of Operations

Admissions

JPounds@ccad.edu

Ron Price

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

Melody Rahaman

Bursar

Registration

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math, & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

jrawls@ccad.edu

Kristina Rawson

Annual Giving Specialist

Development

Nate Ricciuto

Adjunct Faculty

Fine Arts

nricciuto@ccad.edu

Keith Richner

Adjunct Instructor

Illustration

KRichner.1@CCAD.EDU

Mark Riedy

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

mriedy@ccad.edu

Tim Rietenbach

Faculty Director of Galleries

Master of Fine Arts

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Mandy Root-Thompson

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration, CORE Studies

mroot-thompson@ccad.edu

Cierra Russell

Residential Community Coordinator

Student Affairs, Residence Life

Ron Saks

Professor Emeritus

Film & Video

rsaks@ccad.edu

Athena Sanders

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students

Student Affairs

asanders@ccad.edu

Stephanie Sang Delgado

Adjunct Instructor

Interior Architecture & Design

ssangdelgado@ccad.edu

Jennifer Schlueter

Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor

Master of Fine Arts

jschlueter@ccad.edu

Marlise Schoeny

Adjunct Faculty

Fashion Design

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Ann Shifflet

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture

ashifflet@ccad.edu

Gloria Shows

Adjunct Faculty

Fine Arts

Raj Shroff

Adjunct Faculty, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

Liberal Arts

Adjunct Faculty

Associate Vice President for Administration & Operations

Operations

Sapna Singh

Department Head for Business, Math, & Entrepreneurship, Assistant Professor

Liberal Arts, Business, Math & Entrepreneurship

SSingh@ccad.edu

Uko Smith

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

usmith@ccad.edu

Duncan Snyder

Professor

Photography

dsnyder@ccad.edu

Robin Sohnly

Financial Aid Counselor

Financial Aid, Student Services

financialaid@ccad.edu

Leah Spellman

Director of Communications

Marketing & Communications

lspellman@ccad.edu

Tiffany Sperring

Director of Career Resources

Career Services, Institutional Engagement

tsperring@ccad.edu

Cheryl Steele

Adjunct Faculty

Fashion Design

csteele@ccad.edu

Lexie Stoia

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video, CORE Studies

Adjunct Faculty

Department Head of Science and Social Science, Assistant Professor

Liberal Arts, Comics & Narrative Practice, Science & Social Science

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Provost

Professor

Fine Arts

ktakada@ccad.edu

Pablo Tanguay

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature, & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

ptheodotou.1@ccad.edu

Beverly Thomas

Director of Human Resources

Human Resources

Eric Thompson

Security Services Manager

Operations, Safety & Security

ethompson@ccad.edu

Andrew Thompson

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

Jamarr Threatt

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

jthreatt.1@go.ccad.edu

Greg Thune

Chair of Industrial Design, Associate Professor

Industrial Design

gthune@ccad.edu

Ben Towle

Assistant Professor

Illustration, Comics & Narrative Practice

Liz Trapp

Assistant Professor

History of Art & Visual Culture

etrapp@ccad.edu

Allie Vanaman

Adjunct Faculty

Animation

avanaman@ccad.edu

Ernest Viveiros

Professor

CORE Studies

eviveiros@ccad.edu

Erin Vlach

Director of Counseling & Wellness

Counseling & Wellness, Student Affairs

evlach@ccad.edu

Matt Vojacek

Adjunct Faculty

Advertising & Graphic Design

mvojacek@ccad.edu

Samuel Wagner

Adjunct Faculty

CORE Studies

Jessi Walker

Director of Career Education

Continuing & Professional Studies at CCAD

jwalker@ccad.edu

Terrance Wedin

Adjunct Faculty, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

Liberal Arts, Writing, Literature & Philosophy

TWedin@ccad.edu

Lara Alsoudani Weeks

Adjunct Faculty

Advertising & Graphic Design

Alfredo Weeks

Adjunct Faculty

Advertising & Graphic Design

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct Faculty

Film & Video

sgreegor@ccad.edu

Suzanne Westrick

Adjunct Faculty

Fashion Design

swestrick@ccad.edu

Claire Wiedman

Adjunct Faculty

History of Art & Visual Culture, Photography

cwiedman.1@ccad.edu

Brian Williams

Adjunct Faculty

Illustration

Adjunct Faculty

Assistant Professor

Industrial Design

jyouger@ccad.edu

Faculty & Staff Bios