Art Department

Faculty

Professor of Art and Director of Urban Studies
MA, Harvard University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
A portrait of a person with dark hair and glasses looking at the camera.
BFA, University of North Texas; MFA, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of Art and Director of American Studies on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair
BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
Caroline Culp Portrait - Woman with glasses standing in front of a garden
BA, Wake Forest University; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Professor of Art on the Agnes Rindge Claflin Chair
BA, University of Arizona; MA, University of California-Los Angeles; PhD, Yale University
Associate Professor of Art
Pictured: Yvonne Elet - A white woman with glasses in front of stone wall.
BS, Yale University; MA, PhD, New York University
Assistant Professor of Art
Gordon Hall
BA, Hampshire College; MFA, MA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Adjunct Professor of Art
BA, Harvard University; PhD, Yale University
Assistant Professor of Art
BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
BFA, Pratt Institute-Main
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Portrait of a woman with glasses and a blue blazer smiling
BA, Beijing Normal University; MPhil, Leiden University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Art
BA, New College of Florida; MA, Williams College; PhD, University of Delaware
Professor of Art on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair
BA, Vassar College; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Professor and Chair of Art
BFA, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
BA, Bryn Mawr College; MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
Woman with long golden brown hair smiling
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art; MFA, Yale University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
BA, Vassar College; MFA, Yale University
The Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Lecturer in Art
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
BA, University of Maryland; MA, MPhil, PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Assistant Professor of Art
BA, Renmin University of China (中国人民大学); MA, Peking University (北京大学); PhD, University of Chicago

Staff

Jordan Etzel
Administrative Assistant
jetzel@vassar.edu
(845) 437-5220

Mark Briscoe
Sculpture Studio Technician
mabriscoe@vassar.edu
(845) 437-7216

Emeriti

Peter Charlap , MFA
Associate Professor Emeritus of Art (1979–2022)
Christine Havelock , PhD
Professor Emerita of Art History (1953–1990)