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Faculty

Frank Cronk – interface design, information design
Frank Cronk teaches Interface and information design. He focuses on interdisciplinary projects involving designers and professionals in the sciences. He coordinates an external advisory board of design professionals who work with our students on multi-disciplinary projects. He also teaches with Sally Machlis in our online MAT degree program.

title: Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-5020
e: fcronk [at] uidaho.edu
office: Ed 211-A
campus zip: 2471
www: course sites...
skype: frankcronk

Jason Ferguson – sculpture
Jason Ferguson teaches all levels of sculpture. He is an experimental artist that utilizes research, collaboration, and scientific protocol to develop conceptual intent. His recent approach applies the procedures followed in autopsy, dissection, taxidermy, and geological data collection to domestic objects. His work has been featured in numerous one-person and group exhibitions on a national level. He is in the process of developing work for upcoming one-person exhibitions at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, IL and at West Chester University in West Chester, PA.

title: Assistant Professor of Art & Design
v: +01 (208) 885-4581
e: jason [at] jasonjferguson.com
office: AAS 122B
campus zip: 2471
www: http://www.jasonjferguson.com

David Giese – painting, mixed media, collage, senior studio
David Giese teaches painting and mixed media. His current work includes massive concrete laminated and mold-formed depictions of ruins from the “Villa Bitricci.” These “ruins” combine various period architectural detailing in humorous ways to represent the “rise and fall of taste” in design history. He has exhibited his work in over 180 group shows and over twenty one-person exhibitions. His work is in numerous private and public collections in the U.S., Canada, and Germany. In the last few years he has been working on private commissions in the Las Vegas area. He is represented by the OK Harris Gallery of Fine Art in New York City and the Gail Severn Gallery in Sun valley, Idaho. David Giese on HGTV

title: Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-5890
e: dgiese [at] uidaho.edu
office: AAN Loft
campus zip: 2471

Lynne Haagensen
Lynne Haagensen teaches printmaking and drawing. An active artist, she is particularly interested in the interface between new and traditional media. Her quilt size photocopy collages have been exhibited in national and international solo exhibitions. Her enthusiasm for foreign languages makes her a good advisor for the B.A, Degree in Art which emphasizes breadth in the humanities and includes a foreign language requirement.

title: Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-8952
e: lynneh [at] uidaho.edu
www: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~lynneh/
office: AAN 307
campus zip: 2471

Delphine Keim - Campbell – graphic design, foundations
Delphine Keim-Campbell coordinates the graphic design area and is the current director of the foundation studio courses. Her scholarly activity includes designing for interdisciplinary grant projects and the creation of award-winning graphic design for her clients.

title: Associate Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-9066
e: delphine [at] uidaho.edu
office: AAN 305
campus zip: 2471

Sally Machlis – art education, drawing, foundations
Sally Machlis coordinates the art education program including the on-line MAT. She provides an important link between the department and the community and public schools through a variety of projects including a statewide high school art exhibition and serving on the Idaho Commission on the Arts. She also teaches Art 100, the art appreciation course for the college and university core. Her current creative research is in the area of mixed media painting and collage.

title: Associate Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-6976
e: sallymac [at] uidaho.edu
office: AA 112
campus zip: 2471
www: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~sallymac/index.html
MAT online: http://www.uidaho.edu/artdesign/mat/index.html

Greg Turner-Rahman, philosophiae doctor, Ph.D. visual culture – visual culture, digital imaging
Gregory Turner-Rahman teaches Visual Communications and Digital Imaging. Much to the dismay of friends and family, he spends vast amounts of time thinking, researching, and writing about free culture, online design communities, and new media narrative. Previously, Greg worked professionally as a graphic designer, art director, and interface designer – all jobs that pale in comparison to a summer job he once had counting aphids. He holds a BFA (industrial design) from the University of Washington, a MS in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Culture of New Media from Washington State University.

title: Assistant Professor
v: +01 (208) 885-6526
e: gtrahman [at] uidaho.edu
office: AAN 306
campus zip: 2471
www: http://www.metasurface.net

Bill Woolston – photography, digital imaging
Bill Woolston teaches Photography and Digital Imaging. His current creative focus on panoramic landscapes created by the Glacial Lake Missoula Floods and design of 3D presentation techniques. Bill is the Dean of the College of Art & Architecture and a Professor in the Department of Art & Design. He has been with the UI for over thirty years. He has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Bill serves as the Chair of the Department of Art & Design.

title: Professor of Art & Design, Dept Chair
v: +01 (208) 885-7837
e: woolston [at] uidaho.edu
office: AA 204B
campus zip: 2471

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Susan Treu, Administrative Assistant
Susan is Master and Commander of the Department of Art & Design office providing friendly assistance to students, faculty, and visitors. She is responsible for office administration and performs a multitude of administrative support tasks such as proofreading and editing materials, compiling information for special reports, coordinating the class schedule and maintaining department files, supplies and equipment. Whether you are trying to find a class, make an appointment, looking for a part-time job in the department or trying to change your schedule Susan is often the end of the line. If she doesn’t have the answer, she’ll help you find out how to get it.

title: Administrative Assistant
v: +01 (208) 885-6851
e: streu [at] uidaho.edu
office: AA 202
campus zip: 2471

Jay Pengilly, Director, Technical Shop
Jay Pengilly is the master craftsman that directs our technical shop. Together with his crew of highly trained helpers Jay helps hundreds of students each year to plan and complete class projects. He provides training sessions for students in all disciples in the College of CLASS and overseas the Department of Art & Design’s technical facilties in sculpture and the Graduate Art Studios (G.A.S. House).

title: Director, Technical Shop
v: +01 (208) 885-7272
e: pengilly [at] uidaho.edu
office: AAN Annex
campus zip: 3154

Roger Rowley, Director, Prichard Art Gallery
Roger Rowley has 18 years experience in museums and not-for-profit galleries. Most recently he was curator of exhibitions/collections manager for the Museum of Art/WSU. Previously he worked at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester NY, where he rose to the position of Exhibition Program Coordinator. He has an MFA in photography and artist books from VSW and a BFA from the University of Colorado.

title: Director, Prichard Art Gallery
v: +01 (208) 885-3586
e: rrowley [at] uidaho.edu
office: Prichard Gallery
campus zip: 4405