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Critical Studies Faculty

Mark Anderson

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Abby Armstrong Check

Interim Full-Time Instructor, Adjunct Associate Professor

Michael Aschenbrenner

Adjunct Associate Professor

Emily Blaser

Adjunct Instructor

Elaine Bohannon

Interim Full-Time Instructor

Royal Griggs Brevvaxling

Adjunct Faculty

Alexia Brunson

Assistant Professor

Helen J. Bullard

Adjunct Instructor

Maureen Chavez-Kruger

Adjunct Professor

Cheryl Coan

Adjunct Faculty

Paul Engevold

Adjunct Professor

Leslie Fedorchuk

Professor, Writing & Humanities

Laura Fuller-Cooper

Adjunct Faculty

Devlin Grimm

Adjunct Instructor

Anna Hillary

Assistant Professor

Chelsea Holton

Associate Professor

Tamara Johnston

Adjunct Associate Professor

Julia Kirchner

Adjunct Professor

David Lawson

Adjunct Instructor

Emily Leonard

Adjunct Instructor

Ashley Luchinski

Associate Professor, Chair of Writing and Humanities

Kathleen Mulhern

Adjunct Faculty

Maurizio Murru

Professor

Stephanie Rhyner

Interim Full-Time Instructor

Joshua Rutherford

Adjunct Instructor

Gregory Sadler

Adjunct Professor

Justin Schumaker

Adjunct Faculty

CJ Scruton

Assistant Professor

Lauren Simmons

Associate Professor, Chair of Art History and Science

Joshua Steffey

Adjunct Professor

Ishani Synghal

Adjunct Instructor

Donna Tanzer

Adjunct Associate Professor

Andy Turner

Adjunct Instructor

Valerie Vespalec

Adjunct Instructor

Valeria Volante

Adjunct Associate Faculty

Isabelle Von Sturm-Day

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Janna Wrench

Adjunct Assistant Professor

News

“Women’s Rights are Human Rights” features student posters

As part of “Women’s Rights are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination,” students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) were invited to submit their own posters reflecting their interpretation of the exhibition.

MIAD student finds strength, community in activism

Despite frigid temperatures on January 19, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design senior Lizzie Wahlen (Communication Design) joined in Milwaukee’s “The People’s Rights and Progressive Policies March,” which she co-organized with a friend.

MIAD Animation professor’s short film to premiere at SXSW

This March, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Professor Lou Morton’s short film “MINE!” makes its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. Last March, Morton’s animated music video “Born Days: How to Disappear” received a Juror Award at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.

Keith Negley: Award-winning illustrator and writer

When award-winning illustrator and author Keith Negley ’00 isn’t completing projects like his most recent book of “forgotten trailblazers,” he’s creating portraits of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Emma Stone and Chelsea Clinton, and doing editorial illustrations on topics like neurodivergence, organ transplants and the opioid crisis.

Two MIAD alumni named Mary L. Nohl Fellows for 2025

Two alumni from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) have received Emerging Artist fellowships from the 2025 Mary L. Nohl Fund for its 2025 cycle: Margaret Griffin ’23 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice) and Open Kitchen, co-founded by Rudy Medina ’12 (Integrated Studio Arts).