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
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Kwame Nkrumah University, 2013
Akleman, Ergun, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992
Andreassen, Mayet Maria, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, School of Animation and Visual Effects, 2006
Armstrong, Carisa, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Case Western Reserve University, 2002
Ball III, James R, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, New York University, 2012
Bedford, Diane, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, The Florida State University, 2010
Bergeron, Christine, Clinical Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Florida State University, 1998
Bieber, Susanne C, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Freie Universitat Berlin, 2012
Bologan, Anatol, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University, 2018
Boone, Jessica, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, The University of Utah, 2023
Budzise-Weaver, Tina, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MLS, University of North Texas, 2012
Bujnoch, Emily J, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University, 2022
Campbell, Matthew, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The Ohio State University, 2019
Cardoso De Cardoso, Leonardo, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013
MMU, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Cartwright, John, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, The Ohio State University, 2023
Chin, Abby, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023
Connor III, William Klugh, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Royal Holloway University of London, 2012
Cook, Meg, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University, 2019
Dexter, Rayna M, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Kent State University, 2009
Donkor, David A, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Northwestern University, 2008
Figueiredo, Virginia, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of California, LA, 2009
MMU, California State University, Fullerton, 2006
Finch, Krista S, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2000
MFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 2000
Galanter, Philip, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, School of Visual Arts, 1999
Gayk, Michael, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Washington, 2001
Gibson, Elijah, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013
Guerra, Merli, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, 2021
Honeycutt, Amanda J, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University Commerce, 2020
House, Felice L, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Howard, Benjamin, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Florida State University, 2020
Humphrey, Daniel, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Rochester, 2006
Kattari, Kimberly A, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011
MMU, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Kicklighter, Caleb L, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University, 2018
Klein, Barbara J, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Texas A&M University, 2019
LaFevers, Cory, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Texas at Austin, 2018
MMU, University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Lafayette, Carol J, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Buffalo - The State University of New York, 1991
Leiderman, Daniil M, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Princeton University, 2016
Li, Xin, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Stony Brook University, 2008
Marini, Francesca, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
DLS, University of California at Los Angeles, 2005
McLaughlin, Timothy D, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MS, Texas A&M University, 1994
McNamara, Ann M, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Bristol, UK, 2000
Misemer, Sarah M, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Kansas, 2001
Morris, Jeffrey M, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of North Texas, 2007
Perez, Francisco, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Kentucky, 2018
MMU, University of Kentucky, 2015
Pooley, Alexandra, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance, 2019
Pugh, Rebecca, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2015
Ramadan, Hadeel M, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Virginia Tech, 2014
Regan, Martin P, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2006
Rojas-Munoz, Edgar, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Purdue University, 2020
SIMMS, MICHELLE, Lecturer
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2011
MFA, Regent University, 2015
Schuld, Dawna L, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The University of Chicago, 2009
Seo, Jinsil, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Simon Fraser University, 2011
MFA, School of Visual Arts, 2004
Spalink, Angenette Marie, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Bowling Green State University, 2014
Starrett, Courtney, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Temple University, 2005
Sullivan, Patrick, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Rochester, 2022
Tao, Jian, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008
Tassinary, Louis G, Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
JD, Boston College, 2003
PHD, Dartmouth College, 1984
Thomas, Andre, Associate Professor of The Practice
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Laguna College of Art and Design, 2017
Tong, Wai, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The Hong Kong University of Science & Techology, 2023
Uchacz, Tianna, Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, University of Toronto, 2016
Walsh, Michael, Associate Professor of the Practice
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, University of Southern California, 2001
Wilborn, David F, Associate Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Woodfin, Samuel, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Visualization & Performance Arts Department
MFA, Laguna College of Art and Design, 2018