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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Celeste A. Brusati |
1991 - 2019 | Professor of History of Art & Professor of Art and Design |
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Albert J. Weber |
1955 - 1986 | Professor of Art |
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Albert P. Mullen |
1956 - 1983 | Professor of Art |
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Alfred Hinton |
1977 - 2007 | Professor of Art |
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Alfredo Montalvo |
1973 - 1996 | Associate Professor of Art |
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Alicyn Warren |
2001 - 2007 |
Assistant Professor of Art and Design Assistant Professor of Music |
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Allen J. Samuels |
1975 - 2009 |
Professor of Art Dean of Art & Design |
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Beth N. Diamond |
2005 - 2013 |
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architcture Assistant Professor of Art & Design |
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Billy Lee |
1973 - 1980 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Bruce I. Meader |
1982 | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
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Bryan L. Rogers |
2000 - 2013 |
Professor of Art Dean of Art & Design |
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Carl Michael Rodemer |
1996 - 2020 | Professor of Art & Design |
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Carol Ann Carter |
1988 - 1995 | Associate Professor of Art |
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Carol S. Jacobsen |
1995 - 2021 | Professor of Art & Design, Women's & Gender Studies |
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Charles M. Dwyer |
1983 - 1984 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Chauncey F. Korten |
1967 - 1984 | Professor of Design |
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Christopher J. Burke |
1987 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Dale R. McCullough |
1966 - 1980 | Professor of Wildlife Management |
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Danielle J. Abrams |
2007 - 2010 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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David Henry Reider |
1947 - 1982 | Professor of Art |
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Denis Lee |
1969 - 2000 | Professor of Art, Medical and Biological Illustration |
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Dennis A. Miller |
1996 - 2005 | Associate Professor of Art |
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Donald B. Kersten |
1964 - 1994 | Professor of Art |
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Duane M. Palyka |
1989 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Edward West |
1989 - 2015 | Professor of Art |
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Elizabeth Ann Youngblood |
1980 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Emil Weddige |
1937 - 1974 | Professor of Art |
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Eric S. Rabkin |
1970 - 2014 |
Professor of English Language & Literature Professor of Art & Design Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Eugene M. Pijanowski |
1978 - 2002 |
Professor of Art Associate Dean of Art & Design 1985-2000 |
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Evan Maclyn Maurer |
1981 - 1996 |
Professor of History of Art Director of Museum of Art Professor of Art |
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Frank Cassara |
1947 - 1983 | Professor of Art |
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Frank David Reif |
1980 - 1981 | Associate Professor of Art |
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George Bayliss |
1969 - 1984 |
Professor of Art Chair of Department of Art Dean of School of Art |
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Georgette M. Zirbes |
1977 - 2008 |
Professor of Art Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Gerald Hodge |
1955 - 1987 | Professor of Art, Medical and Biological Illustration |
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Gerome Kamrowski |
1946 - 1984 | Professor of Art |
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Guy J. Palazzola |
1957 - 1978 | Professor of Art |
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Hiroko S. Pijanowski |
1978 - 2003 | Professor of Art |
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Irene B. Tejada |
1952 - 1989 |
Assistant Professor of Art Assistant Professor of Education |
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Irving Kaufman |
1956 | Associate Professor of Art |
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Jack Arthur Garbutt |
1952 - 1959 | Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting |
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James C. Steward |
1998 - 2009 |
Director, Museum of Art Professor of Art Professor, History of Art |
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Janice C. Paul |
1995 - 2016 | Professor of Art & Social Work |
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Jeanne A. Snyder |
1971 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Jennifer Robertson |
1991 - 2019 |
Professor ofAnthropology & Women's Studies Professor of Art & Design |
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Joanne Leonard |
1978 - 2011 |
Professor of Art & Women's Studies Diane M. Kirkpatrik & Griselda Pollock Distinguished University Professor |
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Joel L. Cressman |
1977 - 2015 |
Professor of Art Professor of Residential College |
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John H. Stephenson |
1959 - 1994 |
Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art Dean of the Art School |
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John N. Bowers |
1992 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Jon N. Rush |
1962 - 2006 | Professor of Art |
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Judith A. Moldenhauer |
1983 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Julia Woods Andrews |
1962 - 1985 | Professor of Art |
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Julie Ellison |
1980 - 2021 | Professor of American Culture, English & Art |
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Karl Daubmann |
1999 - 2016 | Professor of Architecture and Art and Design |
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Kendall L. Walton |
1965 - 2011 |
Professor of Philosophy Charles L. Stevenson Collegiate Professor Professor of Art & Design |
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Kenneth W. Baird |
1982 - 1996 | Professor of Art |
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Kevin M. Donahue |
1988 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Leonard Zamiska |
1956 - 1976 | Professor of Art |
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Lewis L. Sadler |
1977 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Loretta N. Staples |
1996 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Louis F. Lomonaco |
1996 - 2004 | Clinical Associate Professor of Art |
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Louis M. Marinaro |
1981 - 2021 | Professor of Art & Design, Women's & Gender Studies |
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Mararete Baum |
1959 - 1995 | Professor of Art |
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Marion E Jackson |
1968 - 1991 | Associate Professor of Art |
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Marjorie Levy |
1985 - 1993 |
Professor of Art Dean of School of Art |
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Mary Ann Olson |
1976 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Matthew C. Kenyon |
2011 - 2016 | Associate Professor of Art & Design |
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Matthew Daniel Price |
2004 - 2009 |
Assistant Professor of Art & Design Assistant Professor of Residential College |
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Michael McQuaid |
2005 - 2011 |
Assistant Professor of Art & Design Assistant Professor of Information |
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Mignonette Yin Cheng |
1963 - 1996 | Professor of Art |
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Myra G. Larson |
1967 - 1996 | Professor of Art |
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Patricia J. Olynyk |
1999 - 2007 |
Associate Professor of Art Research Associate Professor, Life Sciences Institute |
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Paul L. Stewart |
1973 - 1998 | Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art |
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Philip Charles Davis |
1948 - 1986 | Catherine Heller Distinguished Professorship of Art |
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R. Dwayne Overmyer Jr |
1978 - 2014 | Professor of Art |
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Ralph Insinger |
1988 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Richard Evan Isaacson |
1978 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
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Richard H. Wilt |
1947 - 1981 | Professor of Art |
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Richard Hall Jennings |
1958 - 1963 |
Associate Professor of Art Assistant Professor of Naval Science & Tactics 1945-46 |
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Richard Lee Sears |
1965 - 2005 | Professor of Art |
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Richard Raiselis |
1983 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Robert Inglehart |
1955 |
Professor of Art Chairman Department of Art |
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Ronald A. Sekulski |
1989 - 1996 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Sallyann Payton |
1976 - 2012 |
William W. Cook Professor of Law Professor of Art & Design |
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Seth Ellis |
2009 - 2016 | Assistant Professor |
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Steven K. Canine |
1992 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Art |
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Sudashi Inuzuka |
1996 - 2014 |
Professor of Art Arthur F. thurnau Professor of Art |
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Takeshi Takahara |
1983 - 2006 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Art |
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Theodore K. Ramsay |
1965 | Professor of Art |
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Thomas J. Larkin |
1953 - 1985 | Professor of Art |
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Thylias Moss |
1993 - 2015 |
Professor of Art & Design Professor of English Language & Literature |
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Tobin Siebers |
1986 - 2015 |
Professor of Art & Design Professor of Comparative Literature Chair, Program of Comparative Literature 2001 |
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Vincent E. Castagnacci |
1973 - 2008 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Art |
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Wendel Ward Heers |
1961 - 1987 | Professor of Art |
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William A. Lewis |
1957 - 1986 |
Professor of Art Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning |
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William Alexander |
1971 - 2016 |
Professor of Art & Design Professor of English Language & Literature |
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William Shaun Jackson |
1994 - 2013 |
Professor of Architecture Professor of Art & Design Professor of Operations & Management Science |
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William T. Carter Jr. |
1964 - 1988 | Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art |