Critical Studies Faculty
Mark Anderson
Abby Armstrong Check
Michael Aschenbrenner
Emily Blaser
Elaine Bohannon
Royal Griggs Brevvaxling
Alexia Brunson
Helen J. Bullard
Maureen Chavez-Kruger
Cheryl Coan
Paul Engevold
Leslie Fedorchuk
Laura Fuller-Cooper
Devlin Grimm
Anna Hillary
Chelsea Holton
Tamara Johnston
Julia Kirchner
David Lawson
Emily Leonard
Ashley Luchinski
Kathleen Mulhern
Maurizio Murru
Stephanie Rhyner
Joshua Rutherford
Gregory Sadler
Justin Schumaker
CJ Scruton
Lauren Simmons
Joshua Steffey
Ishani Synghal
Chris Szczesny-Adams
Donna Tanzer
Andy Turner
Valerie Vespalec
Valeria Volante
Isabelle Von Sturm-Day
Janna Wrench
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).