Director: Lauren Onkey
Deputy Director: Mary Coughlin
The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design bridges the University’s academically robust programs in the arts with Corcoran’s creative and inspired scholarship. Part of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the Corcoran functions as an incubator for artists and practitioners in arts-related fields, and it serves to enrich students who are taking classes in other areas of the University. As such, Corocan provides a platform for engagement that bridges creative expression and practical application with the breadth and depth of the larger liberal arts education.
Program Heads:
Suse Anderson – Museum studies
Carl Gudenius— Dance and theatre (including classical acting)
Loren Kajikawa— Music
Dean Kessmann— Studio arts, including fine art, new media photojournalism, photojournalism, and
social practice
Siobhan Rigg— Design, including undergraduate graphic design and interaction design and graduate
exhibition design and interaction design
Stephanie Travis— Interior architecture
Barbara von Barghahn— Art history
Faculty Advisors:
Susan Anderson— Museum studies*
Catherine Anderson— Interior architecture (MFA program)
Mary Coughlin— Museum studies online certificate program in collections care
Douglas Crawford—Interior architecture (MA program)
Andrea Hunter Dietz— Exhibition design
Zan Dumbadze – Art history (undergraduate)
Matt Eich— Photojournalism and photography (undergraduate)
Carl Gudenius— Theatre (undergraduate)
Schillica Howard – Museum studies*
Jodi Kanter— Corcoran interdisciplinary courses
Aasawari Kulkarni— Graphic design
Melina Misri— Interior architecture (undergraduate)
Eugene Montague— Music
Mika Natif— Art history (graduate)
Kevin Patton— Interaction design (undergraduate and graduate)
Laura Schiavo— Museum studies*
James Sham— Fine art and social practice (graduate)
Susan Sterner— New media photojournalism (graduate)
Max van Balgooy— Museum studies*
Allyson Vieira— Fine art, dual BA in fine art and art history (all undergraduate)
Melina Misri— Interior architecture (undergraduate)
Alec Wild— Classical acting (graduate)
Maida Withers— Dance
*Co-advisors in museum studies.
Visit the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design website for additional information.
Faculty
Visit the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design website for a list of current faculty.