Art & Design Program Head
FA 312B
mccombsr1@nku.edu
(859) 572-5562
Retention Specialist
FA 330
vanloverec1@nku.edu
(859) 572-1521
B.F.A., in Photography and Electronic Media,
University of Cincinnati, 2002
M.A., Art Education with Teacher Certification in Art,
University of Cincinnati, 2004
Academic Advisor
FA 333
mcmanusc3@nku.edu
(859) 572-7907
Courtney McManus is an interdisciplinary artist who was born and raised in Ohio, but will forever and always call Florida home. Despite her early love of art, Courtney was convinced she couldn’t be an artist since she was terrible at drawing. She then discovered photography in high school and saw the error in her conception of artists (this did not however, eliminate the pain of drawing classes in college). She earned her BFA in New Media and Photography from University of Toledo in 2008, and her MFA from Florida State University in 2014. Her work incorporates photography, performance, video, and anything else she feels like in the moment. Within her works, Courtney explores themes of anxiety, perfectionism, failure, and identity, while seeking ways to involve and activate the audience.
Ironically, while she is both a photographer and a performance artist, she hates having her picture taken.
Programs and Production Assistant
FA 205
deatona3@nku.edu
(859) 572-6362
Events and Publicity Manager
FA 313
endresr1@nku.edu
(859) 572-5433
Shop Technician / Project Coordinator
Sculpture / Ceramics
CS 104
huberb1@nku.edu
(859) 572-6941
Director of Galleries and Outreach
FA 327
kangs5@nku.edu
(859) 572-5148
Sso-Rha Kang is an educator and curator based in Cincinnati, OH. Her research interests delve into areas of institutional critique, blankness, and aesthetic experience which are rooted in her penchant for banal, slow, and reductive art. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Art History at the University of Cincinnati (Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning) and has curated exhibitions for the Meyers Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), The Carnegie (Covington, KY), Wave Pool (Cincinnati, OH), Pearlman Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), and is currently working with The National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington, DC).
Associate Professor
Art History
FA 417
kattus@nku.edu
(859) 572-5641
Associate Professor
Photography
FA 406B
banksr2@nku.edu
(859) 572-5910
Senior Lecturer
Foundations
FA 300A
bonnern@nku.edu
(859) 572-5909
Visiting Lecturer
Animation
FA 400A
capizzit1@nku.edu
(859) 572-6693
Tom Capizzi is an Art director, CG Supervisor, Modeler and Lighter in the animation and film industry with over 34 credits to his name. Some of the films include The Hunger Games, X2: X-Men United, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Garfield and Stuart Little and Scooby Doo. Tom received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from University of Cincinnati. In addition to industry experience, Tom has taught at the Art Center in Pasadena, the Art Academy of San Francisco, Santa Monica Academy of Digital Media and Eastern Michigan University with courses 2D animation, 3D character animation, Fur and fabric look development, and Visual Effects for Media.
Assistant Professor
Visual Communication Design
FA 300
carpenterm3@nku.edu
(859) 572-5848
Assistant Professor
Spatial Arts - Ceramics
CS 103
leej24@nku.edu
(859) 572-5425
JeeEun Lee, born and raised in South Korea, has been an exhibiting artist for twenty years. She received her B.F.A. & M.F.A. in Sculpture at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea and moved to the U.S in 2010, where she earned a second M.F.A degree (2013) at Syracuse University, New York.
Lee has exhibited solo exhibitions in the U.S., Korea, and Japan as well as numerous group exhibitions. Her work focuses on elements of nature, exploring how nature influences her sense of self and making a wide range of relationships between nature imagery/symbols and human experiences such as memory, movement, time and encounters with life and death. “These elements have provided protection, strength, and sustenance throughout our evolution and existence, and a magical connection to nature,” Lee says.
While clay is her primary medium, her work includes large-scale installations with mixed media, sculpture, public art, and functional objects.
Associate Professor
Drawing/Painting
FA 303
leonem1@nku.edu
(859) 572-6012
Full Professor
Visual Communication Design
FA 302
mader@nku.edu
(859) 572-5670
Schiff Professor of Art
Associate Professor
New Media, Animation
FA 312B
mccombsr1@nku.edu
(859) 572-5562
Lecturer I
New Media
FA 333
mcmanusc3@nku.edu
(859) 572-7907
Courtney McManus is an interdisciplinary artist who was born and raised in Ohio, but will forever and always call Florida home. Despite her early love of art, Courtney was convinced she couldn’t be an artist since she was terrible at drawing. She then discovered photography in high school and saw the error in her conception of artists (this did not however, eliminate the pain of drawing classes in college). She earned her BFA in New Media and Photography from University of Toledo in 2008, and her MFA from Florida State University in 2014. Her work incorporates photography, performance, video, and anything else she feels like in the moment. Within her works, Courtney explores themes of anxiety, perfectionism, failure, and identity, while seeking ways to involve and activate the audience.
Ironically, while she is both a photographer and a performance artist, she hates having her picture taken.
On sabbatical for 22-23 academic year
Full Professor
Painting
FA 419
muentek@nku.edu
(859) 572-5450
Lecturer
Printmaking & Screen Printing
FA 102A
plowmane@nku.edu
(859) 572-6116
Randel Plowman received his M.F.A. in printmaking from University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.F.A. from Northern Kentucky University. He has exhibited in solo and juried exhibitions throughout the United States; in addition, his work appears in many public and private collections in North America and abroad, his work has been cited in numerous publications, including The New York Times and USA Today; been featured in The Paris Review, How Design magazine, Artist Magazine and Somerset Studio. He is the author of two books, Masters: Collage, and The Collage Workbook: How To Get Started And Stay Inspired, voted Best Art Instruction Book of 2012 by the Library Journal.
Website: www.randelplowman.com
Visiting Lecturer
Foundations, Printmaking, Drawing
FA 332C
roebuckj1@nku.edu
(859) 572-6945
Josie Love Roebuck (b. 1995) is an interdisciplinary artist from Chattanooga, TN. Roebuck received her M.F.A from the University of Cincinnati (2021). She received her B.F.A with an emphasis in drawing and painting, from the University of Georgia (2019). Roebuck’s process addresses the contemporary complexity of identifying as biracial through symbolizing pain and triumph, exclusion, and acceptance. The act of Roebuck sewing together portraits has allowed her canvas to become her paper and her needle to become her pen, in order for Roebuck to draw upon the past and present to convey a story of her experiences and her family’s experiences. She has exhibited her work internationally at Denny Dimin (HK) forthcoming and Kunstheille Krems Art Museum (AUT) forthcoming and nationally: Phillips Auction House (NY), Charlie James Gallery (LA), Kavi Gupta Gallery (IL), Expo Chicago (IL), Akron Art Museum (OH), Ann Arbor Art Center (MI), New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art partnered with University of Southern Indiana (IN), Denny Dimin Gallery (NY), Roy G Biv (OH), Christie's at Rockefeller Plaza in collaboration with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (NY), NADA House (NY), LatchKey Gallery (NY), Contemporary Arts Center (OH) Portrait Society Gallery (WI), Dutoit Gallery (OH), Untitled Art Fair with Denny Dimin Gallery (NY/online), Yeiser Art Center Gallery (KY), Site: Brooklyn Gallery (NYC), BSB Gallery (NJ/online), Tabula Rosa (OH), Lupin Gallery (GA), Strohl Art Center (NY), and Fowler-Kellogg Gallery (NY).
Associate Professor
Visual Communication Design
FA 301
schellhash@nku.edu
(859) 572-7740
Assistant Professor
Spatial Arts - Sculpture
CS 120
sczerbanig1@nku.edu
Gary Sczerbaniewicz was born in Upstate NY, received his BFA in Sculpture from Alfred University and his MFA in Sculpture & Installation from the University at Buffalo in 2013. Gary Sczerbaniewicz is a 2016 NYFA Fellow in Architecture/ Environmental Structures / Design from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has completed artist residencies at Yaddo (2017), the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts (2016), and Sculpture Space (2013).
Sczerbaniewicz recently served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Notre Dame from 2017-2020. In 2022 Gary was recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant for his exhibition Folie a’ Deux at Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, and attended the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, SD as SURF Artist in Residence.
Lecturer
Foundations
FA 332A
sebastianj4@nku.edu
(859) 572-6946
Julia Sebastian is a Cincinnati-based artist who received an MFA from the University of Cincinnati, DAAP and a BA from Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. In 2015, Sebastian held a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada. Sebastian’s studio work of predominantly drawing with a mixture of sculpture and installation has been shown nationally and abroad. Sebastian has taught at the University of Cincinnati and Antioch College, and is currently a Professor of Visual Arts in Foundations at Northern Kentucky University.
Lecturer
Photography
FA 406D
smithchris@nku.edu
(859) 572-5423
Lecturer
Visual Communication Design
FA 304
tittelm1@nku.edu
(859) 572-6659
Michael Tittel is an educator, a veteran creative leader and a practitioner of both design and photography. Michael earned a BFA in Photography from Ohio University in 1992. After being a commercial photographer and touring musician, a career change into art direction, design and advertising coincided with the advent of digital marketing and the internet. A 21 year journey across every facet of creative advertising, design and marketing led him to the building of the global ad agency gyro. A ten year run as Executive Creative Director saw him working with numerous Fortune 500 business brands where he helped tell global creative stories. As a creative leader he led teams, worked with the famed HyperIsland School in Sweden and helped develop a global creative culture for the agency. His experience in creating strategic ideas, and campaigns for B2B brands has shaped a lot of his design philosophy. His creative ideas and design have won accolades and awards in AdAge, B2 Awards, Drum, Effie, Graphis, Addys, Print and the Webby Awards. As a photographer his work has appeared in Leica Magazine, Fotofocus, Ain’t Bad and aCurator.
Senior Lecturer
Writing for Visual Artists
FA 330
vanloverec1@nku.edu
(859) 572-1521
B.F.A., in Photography and Electronic Media,
University of Cincinnati, 2002
M.A., Art Education with Teacher Certification in Art,
University of Cincinnati, 2004
Visiting Lecturer
Painting
FA 419
wellbrockd1@nku.edu
(859) 572-5450
Denise Wellbrock Ayers is a northern Kentucky visual artist and educator. She has earned an MFA from Clemson University in South Carolina and a BFA from Northern Kentucky University. Her work has been exhibited in places such as the Cincinnati Art Museum, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Manifest Gallery, and at the 10th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition in Asheville, NC. Denise has received multiple awards and scholarships during her undergraduate and graduate studies and beyond as a practicing artist. Most recently Denise was honored with an Award of Excellence for her piece "A Tally per Blue Scar" as a part of the 2020 Artist of the Upstate Juried Exhibition in Greenville, South Carolina. Denise is the 2022-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor in Painting at Northern Kentucky University. She currently resides in Kentucky with her husband, son, and two cats.
Lecturer
Art Appreciation
FA 413
widemanp@nku.edu
(859) 572-6061
Brian Harmon
Foundations
harmonb@nku.edu
Yuling Huang
Art History
huangy5@nku.edu
Rachel Linnemann
Foundations
linnemannr1@nku.edu
Joshua Maier
Spatial Arts - Sculpture
maierj2@nku.edu
Julie Morrill
Foundations/Writing for Artists
morrillj1@nku.edu
Cody Schriever
Foundations/Drawing
schrieverc1@nku.edu
Hannah Smith
Foundations & Sculpture
smithh41@nku.edu
Charlie Thacker
Foundations
thackerc5@nku.edu
Carolyn Wagner
Photography
wagnerc5@nku.edu
Christina Wald
Illustration/Sequential Art
waldc1@nku.edu
Lindsey Whittle
Art Appreciation
whittlel2@nku.edu
Eileen Yanoviak
Art Education/Art History
yanoviake1@nku.edu
Barry Anderson, Awarded Emeritus Status 2011, 35 years of service
Ana England, Awarded Emeritus Status 2016, 30 years of service
Steven Finke, Awarded Emeritus Status 2021, 33 years of service
Barbara Houghton, Awarded Emeritus Status 2015, 23 years of service
Lisa Jameson, Awarded Emeritus Status 2021, 25 years of service
Donald R. Kelm, Awarded Emeritus Status 2002, 23 years of service
Thomas F. McGovern III, Awarded Emeritus Status 2021, 19 years of service
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