College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts

General Statement

The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts is the home of the visual and performing arts at Texas A&M University. The college offers students the opportunity to prepare for careers in creative practices and to develop intellectual responsiveness to the problems, questions, and values that will confront them in their professions and as lifelong learners.

The faculty of the college includes artists, computer scientists, designers, historians, performers, creative technologists, and critical theorists. At the foundation of the college’s academic programs is an interdisciplinary approach to exploring where art, science, technology and theory combine through dance, music, theater, and visual art and design. 

Graduate degrees include the Master of Arts in Performance Studies, Master of Fine Arts in Visualization, and Master of Science in Visualization. Graduate certificates are offered in Film and Media Studies and in Popular Culture.

Adinku, Grace, Senior Lecturer
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PHD, Kwame Nkrumah University, 2013

Akleman, Ergun, Professor
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PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

Andreassen, Mayet Maria, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, School of Animation and Visual Effects, 2006

Armstrong, Carisa, Associate Professor
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MFA, Case Western Reserve University, 2002

Ball III, James R, Associate Professor
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PHD, New York University, 2012

Bedford, Diane, Clinical Associate Professor
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MFA, The Florida State University, 2010

Bergeron, Christine, Clinical Professor
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MFA, Florida State University, 1998

Bieber, Susanne C, Associate Professor
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PHD, Freie Universitat Berlin, 2012

Bologan, Anatol, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University, 2018

Boone, Jessica, Lecturer
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MFA, The University of Utah, 2023

Budzise-Weaver, Tina, Associate Professor
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MLS, University of North Texas, 2012

Bujnoch, Emily J, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University, 2022

Campbell, Matthew, Lecturer
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PHD, The Ohio State University, 2019

Cardoso De Cardoso, Leonardo, Associate Professor
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PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013
MMU, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010

Cartwright, John, Lecturer
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MFA, The Ohio State University, 2023

Chin, Abby, Lecturer
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MFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023

Connor III, William Klugh, Lecturer
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PHD, Royal Holloway University of London, 2012

Cook, Meg, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University, 2019

Dexter, Rayna M, Instructional Associate Professor
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MFA, Kent State University, 2009

Donkor, David A, Associate Professor
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PHD, Northwestern University, 2008

Figueiredo, Virginia, Instructional Associate Professor
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PHD, University of California, LA, 2009
MMU, California State University, Fullerton, 2006

Finch, Krista S, Instructional Assistant Professor
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2000
MFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 2000

Galanter, Philip, Associate Professor
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MFA, School of Visual Arts, 1999

Gayk, Michael, Instructional Associate Professor
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MFA, University of Washington, 2001

Gibson, Elijah, Lecturer
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MFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013

Guerra, Merli, Assistant Professor
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MFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, 2021

Honeycutt, Amanda J, Instructional Associate Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University Commerce, 2020

House, Felice L, Associate Professor
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MFA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Howard, Benjamin, Lecturer
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MFA, Florida State University, 2020

Humphrey, Daniel, Professor
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PHD, University of Rochester, 2006

Kattari, Kimberly A, Associate Professor
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PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011
MMU, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005

Kicklighter, Caleb L, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University, 2018

Klein, Barbara J, Instructional Associate Professor
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MFA, Texas A&M University, 2019

LaFevers, Cory, Lecturer
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PHD, University of Texas at Austin, 2018
MMU, University of Texas at Austin, 2012

Lafayette, Carol J, Professor
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MFA, University of Buffalo - The State University of New York, 1991

Leiderman, Daniil M, Instructional Assistant Professor
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PHD, Princeton University, 2016

Li, Xin, Professor
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PHD, Stony Brook University, 2008

Marini, Francesca, Associate Professor
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DLS, University of California at Los Angeles, 2005

McLaughlin, Timothy D, Associate Professor
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MS, Texas A&M University, 1994

McNamara, Ann M, Professor
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PHD, University of Bristol, UK, 2000

Misemer, Sarah M, Professor
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PHD, University of Kansas, 2001

Morris, Jeffrey M, Professor
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PHD, University of North Texas, 2007

Perez, Francisco, Instructional Assistant Professor
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PHD, University of Kentucky, 2018
MMU, University of Kentucky, 2015

Pooley, Alexandra, Assistant Professor
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MFA, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance, 2019

Pugh, Rebecca, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015

Ramadan, Hadeel M, Instructional Associate Professor
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MFA, Virginia Tech, 2014

Regan, Martin P, Professor
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PHD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2006

Rojas-Munoz, Edgar, Assistant Professor
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PHD, Purdue University, 2020

SIMMS, MICHELLE, Lecturer
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PHD, Texas A&M University, 2011
MFA, Regent University, 2015

Schuld, Dawna L, Associate Professor
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PHD, The University of Chicago, 2009

Seo, Jinsil, Associate Professor
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PHD, Simon Fraser University, 2011
MFA, School of Visual Arts, 2004

Spalink, Angenette Marie, Assistant Professor
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PHD, Bowling Green State University, 2014

Starrett, Courtney, Associate Professor
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MFA, Temple University, 2005

Sullivan, Patrick, Instructional Assistant Professor
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PHD, University of Rochester, 2022

Tao, Jian, Assistant Professor
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PHD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008

Tassinary, Louis G, Professor
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JD, Boston College, 2003
PHD, Dartmouth College, 1984

Thomas, Andre, Associate Professor of The Practice
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MFA, Laguna College of Art and Design, 2017

Tong, Wai, Instructional Assistant Professor
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PHD, The Hong Kong University of Science & Techology, 2023

Uchacz, Tianna, Assistant Professor
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PHD, University of Toronto, 2016

Walsh, Michael, Associate Professor of the Practice
College of Perf Vis Fine Arts
MFA, University of Southern California, 2001

Wilborn, David F, Associate Professor
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PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Woodfin, Samuel, Instructional Assistant Professor
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MFA, Laguna College of Art and Design, 2018