Spring Schedule 2011: The School of Liberal Arts
The School of Liberal Arts is focused on enabling fine artists, designers, art historians, and writers to
clarify and articulate thought and emotion, and on equipping these future world-citizens with what
they need to lead productive, meaningful, and examined lives. The mission-focused goal is threefold: (a) impart knowledge, (b) teach students the methods and the tools with which they may assess
and analyze that knowledge, and (c) deliver the pedagogical environment that best allows students to
develop their abilities to articulate those analyses in both the spoken and written word. These
requirements, the curriculum and the mission are all reflected in the learning outcomes used to
assess the college’s success in providing students with a deeply functional liberal arts education. The
learning outcomes are: 1) the student demonstrates the ability to express thoughts clearly and
effectively, 2) the student is able to analyze and critically assess issues and ideas, and 3) the student
has the capacity to address art, artistry, and aesthetics from the position of cultural, historical,
political, and philosophical awareness and understanding, in both the written and spoken word.
These learning outcomes are based on three tenets: knowledge, critical analysis, and
communication.
The School of Liberal Arts provides the general studies courses for all students pursuing a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree, but the school also offers two majors: one in art history and the other in studio
art with an emphasis in creative writing. Students entering these programs may choose to doublemajor in their studio discipline and art history or creative writing, which requires 15 hours of liberal
arts courses beyond the standard 45 credit hours; or students may choose to major in art history or
creative writing, with a minor in a studio discipline. A studio minor includes 63 credit hours of
studio versus the 81 credit hours required for a major. Students not pursuing a major in a liberal arts
area must fulfill 45 credit hours of general studies requirements, all of which are writing-intensive
courses. Twelve credit hours are required freshman courses in art history, writing and Western
Thought. A three-credit-hour second Western Thought course is required in the fall of sophomore
year. The other 30 credit hours are in art history, history, literature, philosophy, science, and social
science, and 15 of those 30 hours must be taken at the 3000- and 4000-level. Another avenue of
learning occurs through the professional internship program, in which students pursue professional
experiences at sites that include galleries, museums, studios, and other arts-related venues, as well as
scholarly studios and archives where students contribute to writing and research projects.
Liberal Arts Curriculum
Required Freshman Year Courses
Writing Workshop
Western Art I
Western Thought I
Western Art II
Fall
3
3
Required Sophomore Year Courses
Western Thought II
Fall
3
Spring
3
3
Across the sophomore, junior and senior years, students must complete the following general
education requirements, with at least 15 of 30 credit hours taken at the 3000- or 4000-level:
Art History (9 credit hours)
History (3 credit hours)
Literature (3 credit hours)
Philosophy (3 credit hours)
Science (3 credit hours)
Social Science (3 credit hours)
Two electives from the above categories (6 credit hours)
Liberal Arts classes
ART HISTORY
ARTHI 1001 Western Art I
3.0 credit hours
This course provides an introductory survey of the art and architecture of the Western world from
prehistoric times through the medieval era. Because of the extensive time range and number of
civilizations being examined, we will focus on those art objects and monuments most representative
and significant for each art historical period. In the course we will study a broad range of art forms,
including architecture, sculpture, ceramics, paintings, textiles and metalwork. In order to understand
the meaning and importance of these monuments and art objects for the people who created them,
our study will approach these artworks in terms of their cultural and historical contexts, with
reference to pertinent political, social, religious, and cultural institutions.
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Giannino
EB 203
TR 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
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TBA
TBA
TBA
ARTHI 1002 Western Art II
3.0 credit hours
This course examines the art of the Western world, from the Renaissance to the advent of
Modernism in the last half of the 19th- through the 20th- centuries. Particular emphasis is placed on
art since 1945.
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Cromwell
Rislow
Cromwell
Rislow
Dickson
S. Anderson
Geschwind
Geschwind
Rose
Rose
EB 203
IB 116
EB 203
IB 116
EB 203
EB 203
IB 116
IB 116
IB 116
IB 116
TR 9:00 am-10:20 am
TR 9:00 am-10:20 am
TR 10:30 am-11:50am
TR 10:30 am-11:50am
MW 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
MW 5:30 pm-6:50 pm
MW 7:00 pm-8:20 pm
ARTHI 2615-01 Survey of Chinese Art
3.0 credit hours
[Global/Comparative]
In this course we will examine the art of China, from its emergence in the Neolithic period to
modern times. We will discuss the great burial finds of such periods as the Shang, Qin and Han
Dynasties, see the development of art related to Buddhism and Taoism, and explore the variety of
paintings and ceramics produced in the Song Dynasty and the periods that follow. Paintings,
sculptures, bronzes, ceramics, jades and lacquer ware will be examined both chronologically and
thematically. We will take into consideration the various social, religious, and cultural contexts
under which the art was produced.
Kennedy
BH 102
TR 10:30 am-11:50 am
ARTHI 2619-01 Survey of Native Art of the Americas
[Global/Comparative]
3.0 credit hours
This course explores the arts of the native Americas, including the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs of
Mesoamerica, the Nasca, Moche and Inca of South America, and North American cultures of the
Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, Plains and Northwest Coast regions. Students will have the
opportunity to learn about a diverse range of prehistoric to contemporary Native American art
forms—monumental earthworks; sculpture and masking; clothing and adornment; basketry and
ceramics; drawing and painting; and dance and ritual. We will investigate the role of native arts in
traditional social and ritual life and explores such topics as the politics of collection and exhibition,
and the dynamics of commoditization and tourism. The goal of this course is to teach recognition
of objects from the Western Hemisphere and place them in a cultural context, resulting in a better
understanding of historical and contemporary cultures, promoting greater awareness and sensitivity
to issues of diversity, respecting different viewpoints, appreciating new concepts and expanding on
an understanding of the world and the meaning of art.
Dickson
EB 203
MW 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
ARTHI 3200-07 Topics in Renaissance & Baroque Art: Constructing Identity in Renaissance and
Baroque Art, 1380-1680
3.0 credit hour
[Global/Comparative]
This course will look at examples of painting, sculpture, architecture and printmaking to investigate
the strategies artists and patrons adopted in constructing identity in light of the radical ideological
shifts enacted by Humanism, the Protestant Reformation, exploration of new worlds and
breakdown of the social order of feudalism in the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The course will
chart hallmark examples of individual and group portraiture in painting and sculpture, the expression
of self and family in architecture for both the aristocracy and increasingly powerful middle class. We
will trace issues related to the visual description of physiognomy and personality, costume and
accoutrements, setting, materials and display as integral to the construction and perception of
identity.
Giannino
EB 203
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
ARTHI 3400-07 Topics in Modern Art: Constructivism and the Bauhaus
3.0 credit hours
[Modern]
This course will deal with the utopian experiments in art and theory to emerge from the Russian
Constructivist movement and the German Bauhaus academy in the years between the two World
Wars. In both Constructivism and The Bauhaus, one finds some of the most influential ideas on the
integration of art and everyday life in history—affecting our world to this very day—which we will
study through the objects and writings created by the artists associated with each. Since the course
deals as much with history as with art, we will also be exploring the different historical events,
artistic media and philosophical theories that inform the artworks presented in the class.
Dahl
EB 203
MW 7:00 pm-8:20 pm
ARTHI 3400-12 Topics in Modern Art: Pablo Picasso
3.0 credit hours
[Modern]
Few artists have had as far-reaching of an influence as Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). This course
examines the numerous significant stylistic shifts in Picasso’s career, including multi-media works
from his early academic training, his short-lived “Blue Period,” the “Rose Period,” Pre-Cubism,
Analytic Cubism, Synthetic Cubism, Surrealism, Neoclassicism, primitivism, his self-portraits as the
“minotaur” and his other late-career styles. Artworks from these various phases will be considered
chronologically as well as within the context of recent research about then-contemporary
political/social events. But Picasso’s artwork also will be considered in light of recent research
about what it reveals about his various, ever-tumultuous relationships with family members, patrons,
art dealers, friends, rival artists and artistic and romantic partners.
Belden-Adams
EB 217
TR 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
ARTHI 3504-04 Topics in Film History: American Films of the 1970s
3.0 credit hours
[Global/Comparative]
Many film critics have dubbed the decade of the 1970’s as the Hollywood Renaissance. It was this
decade that spawned or nurtured the careers of directors such as John Cassavetes, Robert Altman,
Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen,
et al. This course will critically examine prominent films of the period, with respect to their
significance within cultural and film history. Emphasis will be placed on film as a narrative and
visual art form.
Cromwell`
EB 203
T ONLY 6:00 pm-8:50 pm
ARTHI 3612-01 Topics in African Art: Egyptian Art
3.0 credit hours
[Ancient/Medieval/Global/Comparative]
This course examines the painting, sculpture, architecture and crafts of the Egyptians which vividly
portray their complex mythology, belief in the afterlife, and their rich history from Neolithic times to
the end of the New Kingdom.
Komp
BH 101
T ONLY 1:00pm-3:50 pm
ARTHI 3614-01 Topics in Asian Art: Asian Ceramics
3.0 credit hours
[Global/Comparative]
In this course, we will examine the history of ceramics in China, Japan and Korea. We will study the
simple to complex forms of Neolithic pottery produced by the Yangshao and Jomon cultures to
refined examples of celadons from the Chinese Song and Korean Koryo Dynasties. Our concerns
will range from an understanding of the elegantly defined Ming Dynasty porcelains and the market
for them, to effects of sakui in the rustic Bizen tea ware of Momoyama period Japan. We will also
consider how contemporary ceramists respond to tradition or experiment with technical innovations
and new styles. Discussions will focus on examining historical contexts, materials and techniques,
aesthetic concerns, and utilitarian to expressive, spiritual functions.
Kennedy
BH 102
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
ARTHI 3614-02 Topics in Asian Art: Asian Animation
3.0 credit hours
[Global Comparative]
In this course we will examine, through viewing and discussing various animations, the development
and relative popularity of animation in Asian countries, particularly in China and Japan. We will
consider differences in political and social conditions that had an impact upon animation in these
countries as well as influences from the west. The nature of animation before and after the Cultural
Revolution in China will be addressed, noting the dominance of Japan’s animation production in
more recent times. We will discuss the place of animation within the culture of post-war Japan and
the shifting societal perspectives that affect the content and style of animation. Issues of identity,
sexuality and gender within the Japanese anime subculture will also be explored.
Kennedy
BH 102
W ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
ARTHI 3625-01 Topics in Art & Gender: Gender in Japanese Art
3.0 credit hours
[Global/Comparative]
In this course we will use gender as a point of departure for examining works of art in the Japanese
tradition. We will address a variety of theoretical approaches and will consider the varying
interpretations of gender through time and across cultures, as well as issues associated with applying
contemporary gender theory to pre-modern works. Topics will include, but are not limited to:
Buddhist ideas of the feminine, voyeurism in Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints), moga (modern girls), and
contemporary pop culture.
Miller
BH 101
W ONLY 5:30 pm-8:20 pm
ARTHI 3702-01 Topics in Design: History of Graphic Design
3.0 credit hours
[Modern/ GD Majors Req’d]
Graphic design pervades our day-to-day existence and although it is influenced by a variety of
cultural forces, it has also come to shape the world in which we live. Utilizing a thematic framework,
this course will introduce students to some of the major developments, movements, and
practitioners associated with the history of graphic design.
Anderson
DSB 101
TR 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
ARTHI 3726-02 Topics in Art & Religion: Art and the Apocalypse
3.0 credit hours
[AH Elective]
This course will analyze the theological perspectives and social functions of the apocalypse as seen
throughout Western art traditions. Students will study the various artistic interpretations of the
apocalypse, especially the mystical and theological variations on the biblical narrative. The course
will also examine the use of the apocalypse by artists as religious “prophets.” By the end of the
semester, students will be familiar with the content of many different apocalyptic writings and be
able to interpret apocalyptic art from Dürer to Kiefer. Eastern apocalyptic traditions will be
introduced for the purpose of comparative study.
Kauten
IB 116
MW 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
ARTHI 3726-05 Topics in Art & Religion: The Art of India, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia
3.0 credit hours
[Global/Comparative]
This course is a focused study primarily on the sacred arts of Buddhism and Hinduism. Painting,
sculpture, architechture and the decorative arts are studied as works of art and reflections of culture.
Kauten
IB 116
MW 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
ARTHI 3728-05 Topics in Art & Society: Braies-to Boxers-The History of the Undergarment from Ancient
to Modern Times
3.0 credit hours
[AH Elective]
This course will explore the history of the undergarment in the West—both men’s and women’s—
from ancient to modern times. We will study the development of the undergarment, over time-their cultural, historical, and psychological significance, as well as their basic construction, materials,
and functionality. This reading-intensive course will rely on the student’s ability to use primary
source material to research a project of their choosing.
Dahl
EB 203
MW 5:30 pm-6:50 pm
ARTHI 3728-06 Topics in Art & Society: Art-Making and Celebrity Culture
3.0 credit hours
[Contemporary]
Inspired by the popularity of the recent reality-television show, “The Work of Art,” this course will
examine the role of the media, myth-making and celebrity culture upon the art practices of a
selection of representative twentieth- and twenty-first century artists. Specific case studies include
not only the participants in the reality-show series, but the intersections of art and life in the work of
Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Longo, John Waters, Yoko Ono,
Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, among others. This class will contextualize these artists’ use of
persona with respect to the history of twentieth-century Hollywood celebrity culture and the
publicity surrounding figures such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Mae West and Marilyn
Monroe. But it also will consider the artistic aspirations of established celebrities and historical
figures including Adolf Hitler, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Marilyn Manson,
Muhammad Ali, Martin Mull and Sylvester Stallone, and will address the role of famous collectors
such as Peggy Guggenheim and Steve Martin, and artists whose work represents celebrities, such as
Warhol, “Cynthia Plaster Caster” and Elizabeth Peyton. As a final project for the course, students
will be asked to write about the role and relevance of celebrity and public persona in their own art
practice.
Belden-Adams
EB 217
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
ARTHI 4035-08 Art History Seminar: American Art, the 1930s
3.0 credit hours
[Modern/AH seminar]
The 1930s was one of the most fertile decades in the history of American Art The decade opened
with the United States plunged into an economic depression, compounded by catastrophic climatic
changes. The decade closed with the New York Wrold’s Fair proclaiming that the country stood on
the brink of “The World of Tomorrow.” American artists, supported in large part by
unprecedented government patronage of the arts, documented this historic time period in countless
paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, and films. Whether they relied on the native strain of
American Realism or chose to embrace aspects of European modernism, American artists produced
an incredibly rich and diverse body of work that gives shape and definition to this momentous
decade.
Anderson
BH 103
F ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
ARTHI 4035-09 Art History Seminar: Italian Futurism
3.0 credit hours
[Modern/Art History Seminar]
At about one-hundred years’ distance, Futurism appears both understudied and remarkably prescient
in its bombastic, energized ideas about tradition, ephemera, and the revolutionary role of art and
artists in society. This seminar addresses Futurism in its multiple iterations and interdisciplinary
reach – as a movement that encompassed the visual arts, gastronomy, performance, music, literature,
political propaganda, cultural strategy, and gender politics. It will also delve into the Futurist legacy
in Dada, New Realism and Fluxus, and into the complex relationship between Futurist Modernism,
Fascist politics and World War I. This seminar will conclude with a consideration of the relevance
of Futurism in contemporary studio-art practice.
Belden-Adams
BH 103
W ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
HISTORY
HIST 3000-01 Topics in Art as History: Film & the Holocaust
3.0 credit hours
More than any other medium, film has undoubtedly become the enduring image of the Holocaust as
we struggle in our attempt to remember, understand, and come to terms with its lessons in the 21st
century. Yet, if we cannot imagine the unimaginable, how can the cinematic image render justice to
this definitive event? In this class, we will ponder this question and so much more as we view and
analyze the works of some of the most accomplished directors from Europe and the United States,
including Stephen Spielberg, Marcel Ophuls, Louis Malle, Francois Truffaut, Claude Lanzmann,
Vittorio De Sica, Lina Wertmuller, Sidney Lumet, Michael Verhoeven, and, most recently, Roberto
Bernini as they employ their creative talents to inform, educate and sensitize millions of people all
over the world to the socio-political implications of the Holocaust and the ethical questions it raises
on what it means to be a human being.
Katz
BH 103
T ONLY 1:00 pm-3:50 pm
HIST 3000-02 Topics in Art as History: African-American History in Film
3.0 credit hours
As one of the most important sources of American popular culture, films not only reflect the social,
political, and psychological perceptions of people towards our African-American minority, but also
possibly serve as a powerful source of progressive social change. As cultural historian Donald Bogle
has written, “African American films can liberate audiences from illusions, black and white, and in
so freeing can give all of us vision and truth.” From Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind, to the
latest works by directors Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, Paul Haggis, Denzel
Washington, and Will Smith, this course will reveal the ways in which the depiction of AfricanAmericans in Hollywood movies have changed, and, the equally important ways they have remained
the same. Required readings include Donald Bogle’s 2001 book, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and
Bucks: An Interpreted History of Blacks in American Films.
Katz
BH 103
R ONLY 1:00 pm-3:50 pm
HIST 3000-04 Topics in Art as History: Prints of Persuasion
3.0 credit hours
This course will focus on a wide variety of material that was meant to persuade: advertising posters
(including circus material, fruit labels, ads, baseball cards, and rock posters) and a host of other
printed materials. Special attention will be given to political posters in the 1920s and 1930s in
Germany, Italy and Russia with a special emphasis on photomontage. Chinese, North Korean, and
Vietnamese posters as well as American political posters (especially the posters of Barack Obama)
will deal with the visual language of propaganda. You will be deluged with images. Paper required.
Wert
BH 102
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
HIST 3616-01 Topics in Global/Comparative Studies: History of Japan I
3.0 credit hours
This course is a reading, writing, and occasional discussion course within a lecture format. The goal
is to familiarize students with the events and personalities of traditional Japan, the rise and
dominance of the Samurai class, so that you will come to better understand a non-western culture.
The West did not arrive in Japan until the 16th century, but that event had a profound effect on
Samurai warfare and upon Japan more generally. This tour through Japanese history should be a
fascinating trip, one that stimulates your imagination and adds to your intellectual development. I
guarantee that if you learn the material well and are able to regurgitate it with interest, you will no
longer be invited to dinner parties.
Wert
BH 102
TR 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVES
LAEL 2015-40 Chinese Language and Culture I
3.0 Credit hours
Enjoy learning Chinese. This ancient tongue has been spoken for more than three millennia and is
the oldest surviving language in the world today. The primary language of over one billion people,
Chinese is the most spoken tongue on the earth. During this course, students will learn Chinese
characters and daily conversational skills including speaking, listening, reading, and writing standard
Mandarin Chinese. The course also incorporates relevant topics related to Chinese arts and culture
from the past to present.
Hsu
BH 300
W ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
LAEL 4015-40 Chinese Language and Culture III
3.0 Credit hours
This course is a continuation of Chinese Language & Culture II for upper-level Chinese language
learning. The curriculum will focus on bringing the student to a higher proficiency level in listening,
speaking, reading and writing Mandarin Chinese. The course will concentrate on increasing
students’ repertoire of characters, increasing students’ ability to form extended ideas through writing,
and students’ ability to accomplish more complex communication tasks than were learned in
Chinese Language & Culture II. Relevant Chinese arts and culture will also be taught. [Pre-requisite:
LAEL 2015-40 and 3015-40 or permission of the instructor]
Hsu
BH 101
F ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
LAEL 2016-40 Japanese Language and Culture I
3.0 Credit hours
This is an intensive introduction to the Japanese language, designed to develop proficiency in
speaking, listening, reading and writing. The Japanese writing scripts Hiragana and Katakana will be
covered and Kanji will be introduced. Cultural awareness through the language will also be
explored. A variety of resources will enhance the classroom immersion experience, including video,
audio, and other source material.
Whiting Kipper
DSB 103
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
LAEL 3016-40 Japanese Language and Culture II
3.0 Credit hours
This is the second in a sequence of courses in the intensive study of the Japanese language, designed
to develop proficiency in speaking, listening, reading and writing. The Japanese writing scripts
Hiragana and Katakana will be covered and Kanji will be introduced. Cultural awareness through
the language will also be explored. A variety of resources will enhance the classroom immersion
experience, including video, audio, and other source material. [Pre-requisite: LAEL 2016-40, or
permission of the instructor]
Whiting Kipper
DSB 103
TR 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
LITERATURE
LITR 3615-02 Topics in Global/Comparative Studies: Modern Chinese Narrative in Translation
3.0 credit hours
This class will study works of Chinese literature from 1918 to the present, written by authors from
the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. Discover how individual Chinese writers endeavor to
develop their own artistic voice amidst the country’s struggle to establish and develop its national
identity. This course brings together some of the best and most historically significant works of
fiction in 20th century China, written by important figures such as Lu Xun, Mao Dun, and Shen
Congwen. In addition, we will be studying Su Tong's Raise the Red Lantern, excerpts from Yu
Hua's To Live, and works by Chinese women writers such as Ding Ling and Xiao Hong. The class
will discuss how the fictional works reflect and offer critical commentary on social, political, and
economic events and trends in contemporary Chinese history. Students will read and study
examples of Chinese literature from various genres including short stories, novels, and reportage
literature. Viewing of Chinese films and readings of current literary criticism will also support study
of the works. No prior knowledge of Chinese language or history is required.
Lim-Midyett
EB 217
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
LITR 3703-02 Fiction Workshop II
3.0 credit hours
In this reading- and writing-intensive workshop you will improve your short fiction in three ways.
First, you will learn by doing. Writing stories strengthens both your imagination and your command
of the language. Second, you will learn by reading. This class will look for models among some of
the world masterpieces of short fiction, as well as in work by contemporary writers. Third, you will
learn by discourse. The workshop structure of the class facilitates an extended conversation about
your own work and the work you are reading, which will both demand and develop critical
intelligence.
Console
BH 102
F ONLY 2:30 pm-5:20 pm
LITR 3703-03 Minute Fiction
3.0 credit hours
This reading-intensive course will consider the form of the short-short A (does it have one?) and
its history (ditto). We will read Barthelme, Borges, Calvino, Kafka, Udall, and Unferth, and a
multitude of other classic and contemporary writers. Students will present their own short-shorts on
a weekly basis, the end product being a book of 36 pages of minute fiction--after the manner of Italo
Calvino’s Invisible Cities, Eduardo Galeano’s The Book of Embraces, or The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
Moore
BH 300
T ONLY 4:00 pm-6:50 pm
LITR 3704-02 Poetry Workshop II
3.0 credit hours
Each student will write poems and then bring them to class for discussion. The assumption is that
intense attention to a person’s writing helps deepen the writer’s concentration, focus, and selfcriticism. The poet discovers how people move about in the world of his poem, how the poem
survives inside another person. This course is specifically intended for those students who have
already had some experience writing poems. Readings will be in contemporary American poetry. It
is suggested, but not required, that Poetry Workshop I be a pre-requisite.
Boyer
DSB 104
R ONLY 9:00 am-11:50 am
LITR 3705-01 The Literary Magazine
3.0 credit hours
We will explore the history of small press publishing and the role of literary magazines, past and
present, in creating culture. We will study the rise of the small magazine, the mimeo revolution,
and the ‘zine movement, as well as alternative methods of literary publication, including new media,
installation, performance, and sound. This class will culminate in the publication of the fifth edition
of the national award-winning, KCAI-based magazine, Sprung Formal (formerly, Spring Formal).
Spring Formal won the 2008 AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) National Program
Directors’ Prize for Undergraduate Literary Magazines for design.
Stempleman
BH 300
W ONLY 6:00 pm-8:50 pm
LITR 4035-02 Seminar: From the Beast to the Blonde
3.0 credit hours
This reading-intensive course is devoted to the study of the historicity, the psychology, and the art of
the fairy tale. We will study the differences between the oral tradition (transcribed by the Grimms)
and the literary tradition (produced by Perrault). We will consider contemporary treatments of the
tales in fiction, poetry, film and art. A midterm, a final, and two research papers are requirements
for this course.
Moore
BH 300
T ONLY 1:00 pm-3:50 pm
PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 3200-02 Topics in the History of Philosophy: From Socrates to Sartre
3.0 credit hours
This course is an introduction to Western philosophy, presented and interpreted through its history.
The course will begin with the ancient Greeks, briefly survey the medieval period, examine the early
modern era, and end with the 20th century. We will focus on a number of major thinkers and will
read one (or parts) of their most important contributions to philosophy. Our focus will be on the
following thinkers: the pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato, Seneca, Aquinas, Galileo, Locke, Ayer, and
Sartre.
Waldschlagel
BH 103
W ONLY 5:30 pm-8:20 pm
PHIL 3500-02 Topics in Philosophy & Ethics: Environmental Ethics
3.0 credit hours
Environmental problems can be incredibly complicated, in moral as well as in economic, political
and biological terms. It is easy to oversimplify the problems, and the solutions. When it comes to
environmental issues, what are we responsible and accountable for as individuals? How are our
responsibilities affected by the fact that we act in, create, and support institutions? What do we owe
to ourselves, to each other, and perhaps to the biosphere itself? In this course, we will study the
moral relationship between human beings and the environment. We will be particularly interested in
understanding relevant ethical principles and values that should define this moral relationship. We
also study the value and moral status of the environment and its contents—animals, plants,
ecosystems, etc. These are some of the many topics we will consider: animal rights; the morality of
animal experimentation; preserving endangered species; pollution control; management of
environmental resources; the significance of beauty in nature; the idea of the intrinsic value of the
natural world; deep ecology; eco-feminism; environmental justice; and our obligation to future
generations.
Waldschlagel
BH 103
M ONLY 5:30 pm-8:20 pm
SCIENCE
SCIE 3400-01 Topics in Environmental Science: Human Ecology
3.0 credit hours
This course examines the relationship of humans to their physical biological environment. Strong
emphasis is on the damage the planet is incurring due to the activities of humankind and what needs
to be accomplished to counteract environmental damage.
Examples of topics include
overpopulation and resource depletion, global warming, energy, pollution, industry, and natural
resources, as well as cultural patterns and their effect on the environment.
Pagano
EB 217
T ONLY 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm
SCIE 3800-01 Topics in Physical Science: Anatomy & Physiology
3.0 credit hours
You live with it all day, every day. You walk around in it, touch it, and use it to communicate-whether that's through your eyes, your mouth or your art. But how well do you really know it? This
class is intended to increase your understanding of the structure (anatomy) and function (physiology)
of the human body--your body. Over the course of the semester, we'll investigate the cardiovascular,
respiratory, nervous, and musculoskeletal systems, among others. In addition to lecture, this class
will involve a number of hands-on activities, including everything from anatomical drawing to
performative actions.
Lindholm, Paul
EB 217
W ONLY 5:30 pm-8:20 pm
SCIE 3900-01 Topics in Math: The History & Principles of Mathematics
3.0 credit hours
Charles Darwin once remarked that, "mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new
sense." It has been called the "queen of the sciences" because of its remarkable powers of discovery
and deduction, while still retaining all of its mystery and allure. The history of mathematics contains
some of the greatest ideas of humankind—and its principles are full of wonder and elegance. But
have no fear! This class will be much less about crunching numbers than it will be about learning
how to think abstractly about the way we see the world around us. No mathematical propensity
required.
Lindholm, Kate
EB 217
MW 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCI 3000-04 Topics in Anthropology: Mexican Art & Culture
3.0 credit hours
For many, the cultures of contemporary Mexico are enigmatic: children joyfully eating white sugarcandy skulls to celebrate the Day of the Dead; music that melds elements as disparate as German
accordions, African drums, and native American flutes – with lyrics in Spanish, of course; and
bullfights and commercial wrestling (luchar Libre) that constitute a theater of violence. This class
begins with a survey of the pre-Hispanic cultures of Mexico and continues with an account of the
contemporary arts and culture of Mexico.
Anderson, Richard
DSB 104
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
SOCI 3300-01 Topics in Sociology: Peace and Conflict Resolution
3.0 credit hours
This course helps students understand and appreciate that peace is not the opposite of war, but a
positive state made up of attitudes, values and habits of thinking that can be learned, assimilated,
analyzed, and built upon a little at a time. Peace is not the absence of conflict but a way of
responding to conflict. Conflict resolution, the technology of peace, is therefore an integral part of
any peacemaking process. A variety of techniques enables students to both understand and analyze
peacemaking and conflict-resolution skills, including presentation of major concepts, reading,
discussions, films, skill demonstrations, and practice.
Katz
BH 101
TR 9:00 am-10:20 am
SOCI 3500-01 Topics in Gender Studies: Human Sexuality and the Construction of Gender
3.0 credit hours
The easy question with regard to human sexuality is, “Who does what, and with whom?” By looking
at other epochs of Western civilization and especially by taking into consideration some of the
cultures that anthropologists have studied around the world, the broad range of human variation can
be mapped in some detail. But other questions remain to be answered, and they are considerably
more challenging: why do particular cultures set the sexual and gender boundaries they do? and
why are such boundaries usually obeyed and why sometimes challenged? Pursuing such issues will
require us to read extensively and think intensively.
Anderson, Richard
DSB 104
TR 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
WESTERN THOUGHT
WESTH 1001 Western Thought I
3.0 Credit hours
Requires Writing Workshop
This course studies texts significant to the development of the Western culture, including the
Hebrew, Greek, Christian, and humanistic traditions. Important literary, historical, scientific, and
philosophical texts written before the 20th century are studied in historical context, in relation to
contemporary culture, and as insight into the nature of individuals, society, nature, and the cosmos.
This is a reading/discussion course in which the development of critical thinking and writing ability
are emphasized. Required are readings in the work of: Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Descartes,
Hume and Kant. Optional: Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Galileo, Kepler, Montaigne, Spinoza,
Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Smith, Montesquieu, Burke, Vico, Wollstonecraft, and the Federalist
papers.
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Wert
BH 102
TR 9:00 am-10:20 am
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Jones
BH 103
MW 9:00 am-10:20 am
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Jones
BH 103
MW 10:30 am-11:50 am
-04
Holko
BH 101
MW 10:30 am-11:50 am
-40
Boyer
DSB 103
TR 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
-41
Holko
BH 101
MW 1:00 pm-2:20 pm
-42
Jacobs
BH 101
MW 2:30 pm-3:50 pm
-43
Jacobs
BH 101
MW 4:00 pm-5:20 pm
-80
Blocksome
DSB 103
MW 5:30 pm-6:50 pm
-81
Blocksome
DSB 103
MW 7:00 pm-8:20 pm
WESTH 2001 Western Thought II
3.0 credit hours
Requires Western Thought I
This course examines texts which were written (or assumed their importance) in the 20th century,
and which contributed to the formation and understanding of our contemporary cultural milieu.
The texts may be philosophic, literary, aesthetic, psychological, historical, or scientific. They will be
looked at independently, as well as for their intellectual, psychological, social and political
ramifications for our time. Required are readings in the work of: Darwin, Nietzsche, James, Marx,
Freud, and Derrida. Optional: Hegel, Mill, Wittgenstein, Einstein, Dewey, Heidegger, deBeauvoir,
Sartre, Camus, Foucault, Barthes, Said, and Kristeva.
-80
Dopf
BH 102
MW 5:30 pm-6:50 pm
-81
Dopf
BH 102
MW 7:00pm-8:20 pm
WRITING WORKSHOP
WRIT 1001 Writing Workshop
3.0 credit hours
This is an intensive practicum in essay writing, meant to sharpen students’ critical thinking,
reasoning, and writing skills. Four major essays are required, one of which is a research paper.
Students will learn how to present a reasonable argument, with a clear thesis, supported by concrete
evidence and specific details. Logical fallacies, evaluation of sources, and proper citation of sources
will be learned. Shorter weekly writing assignments, draft evaluations by peers, and one-on-one
personal conferences with the instructor are also requirements for this course. This is a required
course for all KCAI students.
-80
Stempleman
BH 101
T ONLY 6:00 pm-8:50 pm
-81
Bauman
TBA
TBA
FACULTY BIOS:
DR. REED ANDERSON received his Ph.D. in American art from the University of Kansas; one
of his areas of specialization is late nineteenth-century art. He earned his M.A. in art history from
the University of Washington in Seattle. He has organized several important and successful
exhibitions in the Kansas City area. His publications include American Etchers Abroad, 1880-1939, the
catalogue which accompanied the 2004 exhibition of the same name at the Spencer Museum of Art
at the University of Kansas. Along with art history courses in American Art, including a seminar in
Outsider Art, Dr. Anderson teaches the History of Graphic Design, a required course for all KCAI
graphic design majors, as well as The Artist's Role in Society, a required course for students seeking
the certificate in Community Arts and Service Learning at KCAI. Dr. Anderson, together with his
colleague Dr. Jan Kennedy delivered a presentation entitled “Art History at a Fine Arts College:
Pedagogical Practices and Curricular Enhancements,” in Indianapolis for the 2008 Mid-American
College Art Association. Dr. Anderson organized the first Paris Study Abroad program for KCAI in
the summer of 2009, a program which continues each year. If you have any questions about his
courses, please e-mail Dr. Anderson at [email protected].
ROBERT BAUMANN expects his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Kansas in
December 2010. He received his B.A. in English, Summa Cum Laude, from Carroll College in
Waukesha, Wisconsin in 2003. He has published poetry in 3:AM Magazine, DIAGRAM, Abraham
Lincoln, Whose Voice in the Mirror (anthology), Fell Swoops, Gam, Boo Journal, and Shampo and fiction in
robotmelon. If you have questions about his course, please e-mail him at [email protected].
REBECCA BLOCKSOME is an artist, writer and cultural theorist currently based in the Kansas
City area. Previously she lived and worked for seven years in Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and
Herzegovina. She holds an MS in philosophy and theory of visual culture from the University of
Primorska in Koper, Slovenia, and a BFA in art, emphasis graphic design, from Fort Hays State
University in Hays, Kansas. Her research interests center on art and social space, especially the area
of intercultural encounter and conflict.
ANNE BOYER is the author of a book of poetry, The Romance of Happy Workers (Coffee House
2008), and a novel, JOAN, forthcoming from Bloof books, as well as several chapbooks of poetry,
prose, and conceptual work including Anne Boyer’s Good apocalypse (Effing Press 2006), Selected Dreams
with a Note On Phrenology (Dusie, 2007), Art is War (Mitzvah, 2008), and a forthcoming prose
poem/web opera, The 2000s. She is co-editor, with K. Silem Mohammad, of the poetry journal
Abraham Lincoln. She also curates a reading series in Lawrence which has brought to the area many
exciting younger writers, among them Tao Lin and CA Conrad. She is currently at work on a set of
critical essays about Flarf, conceptualism, the self-institution, and other obsessions of the ultracontemporary. Her teaching interests include experimental literature, critical theory, digital culture,
and the history, theory, and practice publishing. If you have any questions about her courses, please
e-mail her at [email protected].
CYRUS CONSOLE is working on his Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of
Kansas in Lawrence. He received his M.F.A. in Writing from Bard College in 2004, where he was
awarded a Bard Fellowship in 2002 and in 2004. He earned a B.S. in Organismal Biology in 2000 at
the University of Kansas. His book of poems, Brief Under Water, was published in 2008 by Burning
Deck Press. His poems and his criticism have appeared in NO: a journal of the arts, First Intensity,
Skanky Possum, Boston Review, Modern Review, Octopus Magazine, Critical Quarterly, and Lana Turner,
among other places. He has been awarded the William Herbert Carruth Poetry Award twice (2006
and 2007), the Victor Contoski Award in Poetry twice (2006 and 2007), and in 2008 he was honored
with a Fund for Poetry award. He teaches at the University of Kansas and at the Kansas City Art
Institute. If you have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at [email protected].
STEVE CROMWELL is Associate Professor of art history at KCAI. He is an exhibiting artist and
teaches the history of film, contemporary art and aesthetics, as well as 20th-Century Latino Art. If
you have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at [email protected].
ERIN DAHL earned her Master’s in the History of Art from the University of Kansas in 2009.
Prior to receiving her B.F.A. in Fiber and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2007,
she spent a fruitful summer studying painting and art history at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Her studio background in printmaking, painting and fiber adds a further dimension of
understanding to her academic interests, which include political art, feminism and material and
cultural studies. If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at [email protected].
DEBORAH DICKSON earned her M.A. in art history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
She has taught global arts for more than ten years in Kansas City area colleges and universities. She
has written over one hundred locally-published art reviews and has experienced art and culture on
four continents.
If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at
[email protected].
AARON DOPF is at work on the completion of his Ph.D. in Philosophy at The University of
Kansas. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy with a minor in Religion at The University of Iowa in
2001. His areas of specialization include 19th-century continental philosophy, Nietzsche, and
existentialism. He has been awarded the Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year by KU’s
Department of Philosophy in 2004; he was awarded by the KU Graduate School “Outstanding
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year in 2005. KU’s Department of Philosophy also chose him
for the Robinson Essay Contest winner, both in 2003, and again in 2007. He received a Graduate
Direct Exchange Scholarship to the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany for the
2005-2006 school year from the KU Graduate School. If you have any questions about his courses,
please e-mail him at [email protected].
RACHEL GESCHWIND is a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at Case Western Reserve University,
and is currently at work finishing her dissertation. She received her M.A. in Art History from the
University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is an alumnus of KCAI with a B.F.A. in art history and
painting. Rachel’s interests include Renaissance and Baroque art, fashion history, American
photography, and Catholic theology. Her forthcoming dissertation focuses on images of Mary
Magdalene and prostitution reform in early
modern Venice and Rome. If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at
[email protected].
DENISE GIANNINO is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the University of Kansas, specializing
in the art of the 17th-century Dutch Republic. She earned her M.A. in Early Modern Art History
from the University College London, as well as an M.A. in Renaissance/Baroque Art History from
Florida State University. She earned her B.A. in Literature and Art History from Providence
College. She has taught courses on the survey of western art history and art of Northern Europe
(1400-1600). Areas of academic interest include: Dutch family and marriage portraiture, early
modern print culture, and artistic exchange between Japan and the Dutch Republic. She teaches
Northern Renaissance art history. If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at
[email protected].
MICHAEL S. HOLKO is a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University (NY). He is currently
completing his dissertation "An Ambiguous Consolation: Pessimism and Poetry in Late-Victorian
Britain." A native of Miami, he holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in English from Florida
International University. If you have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at
[email protected].
VALDA HSU is a native Chinese born in Taiwan. She earned her B.F.A. in Illustration Design and
Fine arts through Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She currently teaches
Chinese brush painting for adults at the Kansas City Art Institute, the Nelson Atkins Museum, the
Confucius Institute at KU and Adults Continuing Education for persons with Developmental
Disabilities (ACED) through UMKC and Longview Community College. Each year, the Nelson
Foundations she is invited to do a Chinese brush painting demonstration in the Nelson Atkins’
Chinese art gallery in the museum during their annual Chinese New Year’s celebration. She is the
special programs instructor for Chinese Language and Culture for the Confucius Institute at the
University of Kansas, and is currently the Chinese Language teacher at St. Paul’s Episcopal Day
School. Her frequent visits to China and Taiwan have inspired her to teach Chinese to visual artists
in order to promote the understanding of its culture and its timeless, authentic art form through the
language. If you have any questions about her courses, please contact her at [email protected].
DR. ANTON K. JACOBS earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Notre Dame. He
received his M.A. from the University of Louisville and his B.A. from the University of Missouri,
M.Div. from Eden Theological Seminary. His book, Religion and the Critical Mind: A Journey for
Seekers, Doubters, and the Curious, was published by Lexington Books in September of 2010. He has
worked as a car hop, truck driver, freelance writer, teacher, newspaper editor, college administrator,
and pastor, and has taught in various colleges and universities. He has published articles in social
theory, sociology of religion, the political imagination in literature, and urban history; written a
neighborhood newspaper column for several years on the interface between religion and culture; cotranslated a classic work in sociology; and is currently working on several book projects, among
which are a text in the philosophy of religion and a monograph on the sociology of conflict. If you
have any questions about his courses, please e-mail Dr. Jacobs at [email protected] or at
[email protected].
CHLOÉ COOPER JONES is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literary
Theory at the University of Kansas. She received her B.F.A. in Writing, Literature and Publishing at
Emerson College in 2004 and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of
Kansas. She is primarily a short story writer; however, she is currently completing a novel, a chapter
of which is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review. Quote: "The writing and reading of fiction is the
strongest passion I hold and the primary priority in my life. Translation: I will totally geek out
about fiction in this class. Students beware!" If you have any questions about her courses, please email her at [email protected].
DR. MILTON KATZ teaches courses at KCAI in American studies. He received his Ph.D. from
St. Louis University. Dr. Katz has been the recipient of numerous grants and research awards from
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Missouri Humanities Council, the Mellon
Foundation, the Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, as well as the Kansas City Regional
Council for Higher Education; he received a Fulbright-Hays grant to study and research art of the
Holocaust in Poland and in the Czech Republic. Dr. Katz has received all three of the highest
awards KCAI offers its faculty: in 1998 he received the KCAI Special Projects Award; in 2001, he
received KCAI’s Excellence in Teaching Award; and in 2008 he received KCAI’s Distinguished
Achievement Award. His latest book, Breaking Through: John F. McClendon, Basketball Legend and Civil
Rights Pioneer, won the 2008 William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction. He consults, presents
conflict management workshops, and is a visiting professor at the Institute for Creative Conflict
Management at Syracuse University. He worked with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
in its “Witnesses to the Holocaust” project, and is a member of its speakers’ bureau, serving on its
Board of Governors. He has presented lectures on art of the Holocaust in educational and religious
institutions and Holocaust museums through the U.S. and Europe. If you have any questions about
his courses, please e-mail Dr. Katz at [email protected].
HEATHER KAUTEN is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the University of Kansas,
specializing in art from the Second World War and the Holocaust. She earned her M.A. degree in
Art History from the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Kauten received her B.A. degree in Art
History, Germanic, and Religious Studies from Chapman University in California. Her research
involves the study of religion, mysticism, and politics throughout history. Ms. Kauten wrote and
created educational material for the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library, and is
currently co-authoring a book on the iconography of Jewish art. She is a member of the Jewish
Studies Association, College Art Association, Midwest Art History Society, and the “1939” Club. If
you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at [email protected].
DR. JAN KENNEDY earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, specializing in Northern
Baroque Art, with minor areas of study in 16th-century Venetian painting and Japanese art of the
Edo period. While in Amsterdam, she received the Friends of Mauritshuis Fellowship for research
associated with the Mauritshuis Royal Cabinet of Paintings in The Hague. After teaching as a
graduate instructor at KU, she was Adjunct Assistant Professor at Washburn University for three
years. She has been teaching at KCAI since 2002. If you have any questions about her courses,
please e-mail Dr. Kennedy at [email protected].
KAREN KOMP is an Anglo-Kansan who has now lived in Lawrence, Kansas for longer than she
has in her home country of England. Karen has degrees in anthropology and art history from the
University of Kansas, and has been teaching art history part-time for 10 years. Her graduate work
focused on renaissance and baroque art, but she has also developed courses in British art and
Ancient Egyptian art. She has taught at KU, UMKC, and on several study-abroad programs, but
enjoys teaching at KCAI best. She has travelled extensively, most recently touring Egypt and
Jordan. If you have question about any of her courses, please email her at [email protected].
DR. ELEANOR LIM-MIDYETT earned her Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Modern Chinese
Fiction from Yale University. She has taught a wide range of classes at KCAI, including
Contemporary Chinese Narrative, Asian American Literature, and Modern Chinese History. She
was a senior contributor to Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture and
has written articles for aMagazine: Inside Asian America. Dr. Lim-Midyett has taught at the Kansas
City Art Institute since 1994. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Georgetown
University. If you have any questions about Dr. Lim-Midyett’s course, please e-mail her at [email protected].
KATE LINDHOLM earned her M.F.A. in Art and Technology from the School of the Art
Institute in Chicago, where she was awarded a full scholarship to the Performance Art Department.
Before attending SAIC, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry and thinks of herself
as a sort of OCD Renaissance woman. Research obsessions have included ants, enzymes, Facebook,
American performance art, and the proof of zero, just to name a few. She is a practicing artist and
works collaboratively with her partner to investigate questions of identity and truth within the artistaudience relationship, the body as art object, and the practice of art as an exploration and critique of
everyday life.
PAUL LINDHOLM received his M.F.A. in Art and Technology from The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, where he was also awarded a full scholarship to the Performance Art
Department. Before attending SAIC, he graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy and
History in 2005. He works collaboratively with his partner of 12 years and has performed live at
venues including the Bridge Art Fair in New York City, the University of California-Los Angeles and
the Chicago Cultural Center. Their object-based art has been exhibited both nationally and
internationally and they have lectured at Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern University. They have
received numerous grants and awards for their work and most recently operated Fishbowl, an
experimental performance space in downtown Chicago.
ALISON MILLER earned an M.A. in East Asian Art History (2008) and an M.A. in Museum
Studies, with honors (2004) from the University of Kansas. Her B.A. was earned at Northern
Illinois University in 2001 in Art History and she earned another B.A. in Anthropology, cum laude
from Northern Illinois University, with minors in Studio Art and History in 2001. Besides teaching
at KCAI, she is presently a graduate research assistant in KU’s department of art history,
occasionally substituting for upper-division Japanese painting courses and honors Japanese Art and
Culture courses. In 2008-2009, she was an Assistant Language Teacher in the JET Programme for
the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education in Ono, Hyogo, Japan. She has presented papers to
various entities and organizations on topics such as: “Oka Seiichi’s Search: The Relationship
Between Meiji Buddhism and Yōga Painting,” “Woodcuts and Water Vessels: The Artistic
Relationship of Japan and the United States in the Late 19th Century,” “Artistic Encounters: Japan
and France in the late 19th Century,” “Meiji and Taisho Prints,” “Onnagata and Actor Prints of the
Edo Period,” and “Buddhist Art in Japan.” If you have questions concerning her course, please
contact her at [email protected].
DR. PHYLLIS MOORE earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Her collection of short stories, A Compendium of Skirts, was published by Carroll & Graf in 2002.
She has taught literature and writing for 29 years. Her poems and short stories have appeared in The
Georgia Review, Tri-Quarterly, Chelsea, Redbook, The Mississippi Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review. Her
short stories have been listed in both The Best American Short Stories and in The Pushcart Prize
anthologies. Chicago Works, a collection of short stories by Chicago authors, anthologized her short
story “Big Pink and Little Minkie.” She has received numerous art council grants from the states of
Illinois and Florida. If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail Dr. Moore at
[email protected].
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BIAGIO PAGANO is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received his
Master's degree in Public Health with a focus on Community Health and Environmental
Epidemiology. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of public and environmental health.
Since the beginning of his career, he has worked with various public health institutions, including the
East Side Health District in East St. Louis, Illinois; the St. Louis County Health Department; and
the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in Topeka, Kansas. He is presently working at
the Unified Government Public Health Department in Kansas City, Kansas, where he is the
STD/HIV Prevention Counselor. Most of his work has focused on improving local environmental
quality through education and technical assistance, and educating local citizens on ways to reduce
the risk factors associated with infectious and chronic diseases. If you have any questions about his
course, please email him at [email protected], or telephone him at work, 913.573.6772 M-F,
8:30am-5pm.
MADELINE RISLOW is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art at the University of Kansas in
Lawrence. She earned her M.A. in the History of Art there in 2004 and Her B.A. in 2002 from
Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota where she majored in art history and history and minored
in art studio. She has taught Italian Renaissance Art History as well as Intro to Art History, Modern
Art, and she has taught Art and Architecture in Florence and Paris on KU’s Study Abroad Program.
If you have any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at [email protected].
PAULA ROSE is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the University of Kansas; her
concentration is Modern and Contemporary European and American Art with secondary interests in
Contemporary Japanese Art and Medieval Art. She is also enrolled in the Graduate Certificate
Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She earned her M.A. in art history at the
University of Kansas in 2008. She received her B.F.A. in Art History and Painting at KCAI. In her
scarce free time she enjoys cooking, photography, knitting, and Medieval re-enactment. If you have
any questions about her courses, please e-mail her at [email protected].
JORDAN STEMPLEMAN earned his M.F.A. at the University of Iowa from the Iowa Writers'
Workshop, where he was a Leggett Schupes Fellow in Poetry. He is the author six books of poetry:
Their Fields (Moria, 2005), What’s the Matter (Otoliths, 2007), Facings (Otoliths, 2007), The Travels
(Otoliths, 2008), String Parade (BlazeVOX, 2008), and Doubled Over (BlazeVOX, 2009). He is also the
Associate Editor of The Continental Review: a video-only forum for contemporary poetry and poetics. If you
have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at [email protected].
MATTHEW WALDSCHLAGEL is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Kansas.
He holds an M.A. degree in philosophy from Kent State University in Ohio and a B.A. degree in
philosophy from the University of New Hampshire. He is the recipient of two prestigious awards
for excellence in teaching at the University of Kansas. He teaches courses in ancient Greek
philosophy, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of science, and the history of philosophy.
His paper, “The Question of the Self-Refuting Character of Protagorean Relativism in the
‘Theaetetus’” was published in Auslegung: A Journal of Philosophy in early 2006. He is writing a
dissertation in moral philosophy on the ethical issues surrounding apology, forgiveness and revenge.
If you have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at [email protected].
DR. HAL WERT is the author of Hoover: The Fishing President, published in 2005 by Stackpole
Books. He was a finalist for the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Literary Excellence for this
book, which was chosen by The Kansas City Star as one of the 100 notable books of the year. He has
appeared on C-Span’s Book TV series “Public Lives,” and in May of 2007 he was interviewed on the
C-Span Book TV Bus. Forthcoming books include: Hoover, Roosevelt and the Specter of Starvation:
American Aid for Europe 1939-1941 and Aiming at the Heart of America: The Relief Posters of World War II.
In addition, Dr. Wert has written innumerable book reviews published in The Journal of Military
History and the Military Review. Just this month, February of 2009, Dr. Wert was awarded a $10,000
Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grant. Dr. Wert received his Ph.D. from the University of
Kansas. If you have any questions about his courses, please e-mail him at [email protected].
TRACIE WHITING KIPPER teaches Japanese Language and Culture Lecturer at KCAI. She
earned her B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University where she majored in Global Studies with a
Japanese emphasis, and studied at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan. Following
graduation, she was recruited by the Japanese government to serve as Coordinator for International
Relations for Nagano Prefecture, assigned to the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee for the
XVIII Olympic Winter Games as the English Manager of the Nagano Olympic News Agency. Her
duties included editing official Olympic publications, management of the English side of the intranet system Info'98 used by journalists, and liaison for the Official Documentary by Emmy-winning
director Bud Greenspan and the Official IMAX Film by Oscar-winning director Keith Merrill.
Following the Nagano Winter Olympic Games, she came to Kansas City to work for the Consulate
General of Japan as their economic analyst and Coordinator of the Japan Exchange and Teaching
(JET) Program. She was trained as a Japanese instructor by the Japanese Ministry of Education and
has taught on television, online, and in the classroom. If you have any questions about her courses,
please email her at [email protected].