College of Arts and Sciences

Cristina Albu came to UMKC in 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on interconnections between contemporary art,...

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Ricky Allman came to UMKC in 2007 after graduating with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design. His landscape and architecturally based paintings investigate...

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Barry Anderson’s art and research interests are in the areas of video animation, multi-channel (surround sound) audio, photography and installation art. He...

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Robert Cohon’s research focuses on Roman sarcophagi, issues in authentication, problems in Roman metrology, the naming and ordering of Muses in Classical and...

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Professor Connelly teaches courses on modern European art of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular interest in the intersection of art history and anthropology....

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Elijah Gowin has been teaching at UMKC since 2002. He teaches both chemical and digital photography with a focus on experimental tools and methodologies.

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Joseph R. Hartman has lectured and published widely on modern/contemporary Latinx and Latin American art, architecture, and experience. Hartman’s first book,...

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Hoard, is a Professor of Fine Art and Black Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Hoard previously served as Professor of Art and Art Education,...

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Mary Allison joined the Department of Art & Art History in 2017 after working in the UMKC Department of Political Science. She received her BA in Spanish...

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Hyeyoung Shin joined the Dept. of Art & Art History since 2013 as the Assistant Professor of Print Media, and her art work seeks to create space for sharing...

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In her creative research, Professor Toivanen explores personal history and narrative through imagery, objects and installations. She often incorporates elements...

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Paul Tosh has been teaching at UMKC since 2001, and after 12 years in academia, he still has a southern accent. Along with teaching a full range of graphic design...

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Maude Wahlman teaches traditional and contemporary African, African American, Meso-American, and Native American art history, and American folk arts, as well...

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Originally from Morgantown, West Virginia, Davin Watne has taught at UMKC since 2002. Watne’s work includes a wide range of mediums and approaches to artmaking,...

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Born in New York City and educated in NY, Oberlin (OH), Dublin (Ireland), Chicago, and Cambridge (MA), Prof. Ziskin joined UMKC in 1994, after a brief sojourn...

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