Art Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Joe Cornett, M.F.A., Professor

(B.F.A., Arizona State University; M.F.A., California State University–Long Beach 1980)

Jewelry, metalsmithing

NAU 1980

Jason Hess, M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.A., Beloit College; M.F.A., Utah State University 1996)

Ceramics

NAU 2001

Helaine M. McLain, M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., M.F.A., Otis Art Institute 1970)

Foundations

NAU 1996

James C. O’Hara, M.F.A., Professor

(B.F.A., M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1970)

Foundations

NAU 1975

Brian Painter, M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., Arizona State University; M.F.A., University of Arizona 1992)

Sculpture

NAU 1998

Clayton E. Peterson, M.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., M.A., Arizona State University 1972)

Interior design

NAU 1981

Paula J. Rice, M.F.A., Professor

(B.S., University of Michigan; M.Ed., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., University of Wisconsin–Madison 1979)

Ceramics

NAU 1987

Pamela Geiger Stephens, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.F.A., Midwestern State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Texas)

Art education

NAU 2003

David Williams, M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., Northern Arizona University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts–Amherst 1996)

Printmaking

NAU 1998

Franklin Willis, M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., Corpus Christi State University; M.F.A., University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 1990)

Painting

NAU 1994

Faculty Emeriti

Donald Bendel, Ed.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.S., M.S., Winona State College; M.F.A., Wisconsin State University–Milwaukee; Ed.D., Arizona State University 1975)

Ceramics

NAU 1970 (retired 2001)

Ellery L. Gibson, M.A., Professor

(B.F.A., University of Colorado; M.A., University of Northern Colorado)

Painting

NAU 1954 (retired 1982)

Bruce W. Horn, M.F.A., Professor

(B.F.A., Miami University; M.F.A., Ohio State University 1970)

NAU 1972 (retired 2003)

Guy Monthan, M.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., Syracuse University; M.A., California State College–Los Angeles)

Visual communications, photography

NAU 1969 (retired 1991)

Winthrop Williams, Jr., M.F.A., Associate Professor

(B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Kansas 1961)

Sculpture

NAU 1961 (retired 1995)