Art History & Visual Arts

People

Regular Faculty

Eric Frank, chair

Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University

Linda Besemer

James Irvine Distinguished Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., B.F.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art

Allison De Fren

Assistant Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Broderick Fox

Associate Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Ph.D., USC

Mary-Beth Heffernan

Associate Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.F.A., Boston University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

Amy Lyford

Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Linda Lyke

Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., M.F.A., Kent State University

Louise Yuhas

Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts; Affiliated Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures

B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

On Special Appointment

Grainne Godfree

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A. Harvard, M.F.A. Columbia

Carole Kim

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

Ari Laskin

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., University of Victoria; M.A., York University; M.A., University of California, Irvine

Leta Ming

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A. Yale, M.A. Hunter College, Ph.D U.S.C.

Jocelyn Pedersen

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, M.A. U.C. Santa Barbara

Melody Rod-Ari

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A. Boston University, M.A. Boston University, Ph.D U.C.L.A.

Ross Rudel

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A. Montana State University, M.A. U.C. Irvine

Linda Stark

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.A., UC Davis; M.F.A., UC Irvine

Kamil Turowiski

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

M.A. University of Lodz, M.A. American Film Institute

Arun Vir

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts; Directing Workshop for Women Award Recipient; The American Film Institute, ADD, National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England, Hill Lane College, England

David Weldzius

Adjunct Instructor, Art History and the Visual Arts

B.F.A. University of Illinois, M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts

  • Phone: 323-259-2749
  • Email: bdillon@oxy.edu
  • Location: Weingart 109