Faculty

Our faculty are not only talented teachers, but tremendous artists – passionate about helping students see the world in a more artistic way.

Kristin Callahan
Position: Department Chairperson
  Assistant Professor
Education: 2006 M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology
  2002 B.A., Northern Illinois University
Phone: (815) 836-5419
   
Leslie Colonna
Position: Instructor of Art/Part-time
Education: B.S. in Art, Skidmore College
  M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
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Simon Dai
Position: Assistant Professor of Interaction Design
Education: MFA, Industrial Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  HCI, Human-computer interaction graduate certificate, Indiana University
  BID, Industrial Design, Auburn University
   
Jennifer Hardin
Position: Instructor of Art/Adjunct
Education: B.A., ¶¶Òõ»ÆÉ«app
  Graduate course work from Governor’s State in Printmaking
   
Joe LoPresti
Position: Instructor of Art/Adjunct
Education: M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  B.A., ¶¶Òõ»ÆÉ«app
   
Jeff Mishur
Position: Assistant Professor/Adjunct
Education: MA., Northern Illinois University
   
Dr. Michelle Paluch Mishur
Position: Assistant Professor/Adjunct
Education: Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
   
Mark Swain
Position: Professor of Art/Tenured
Education: 1995, M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  1993, B.A., ¶¶Òõ»ÆÉ«app
Phone: (815) 836-5043
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