About: Deans, Division Chairs, and Department Heads
About SAIC
A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to over 3,200 students from across the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC's educational philosophy is built upon a multidisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with renowned faculty who include many of the leading practitioners in their fields.
Deans and Division Chairs
Location: 37 S. Wabash, suite 821
Front desk phone: 312.899.1293
Fax: 312.899.1461
Lisa Wainwright, Dean of Faculty
Molly Scranton, Assistant to the Dean of Faculty: 312.899.1236
Rebecca Duclos, Dean of Graduate Studies
Werner Herterich, Graduate Division Chair
Michal Lynn Shumate, Administrative Assistant, Graduate Division: 312.629.6523
Tiffany Holmes, Interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Beth Wright, Undergraduate Division Chair
Kellie Romany, Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Division: 312.759.1495
Amy Honchell, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Amy Dane Falkowski, Associate Dean, Budget and Administration
Shanna Linn, Director of Academic Administration
Jaclyn Jacunski, Assistant Director of Academic Administration: 312.899.1291
Nia Easley, Administrative Assistant, Academic Administration: 312.899.1223
Department and Program Heads
Academic Year 2012/2013
AIADO: Director, Graduate Architecture and Interior Architecture
Carl Ray Miller, cmille@saic.edu
312.629.6676
AIADO: Program Director, Undergraduate Architecture and Interior Architecture
Cindy Coleman, ccolem@saic.edu
312.629.6673
AIADO: Director, Designed Objects
HM Nugent, hnugent@saic.edu
312.629.6650
Art Education
John Ploof, jploof@saic.edu
312.899.7481
Art History, Theory, and Criticism
David Raskin, draskin@saic.edu
312.345.3769
Art and Technology Studies
Peter Gena, pgena@saic.edu
312.345.3564
Art Therapy
Randy Vick, rvick@saic.edu
312.899.7467
Arts Administration and Policy
Rachel Weiss, rweiss@saic.edu
312.899.1232
Ceramics
Xavier Toubes, xtoubes@saic.edu
312.443.3831
Contemporary Practices
Brian Sikes, bsikes@saic.edu
312.899.5180
Fashion Design
Anke Loh, aloh@saic.edu
312.629.6710
Fiber and Material Studies
Joan Livingstone, jlivin@saic.edu
312.899.5166
Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
Jon Cates, jcates@saic.edu
312.345.3827
Historic Preservation
Anne Sullivan, asullivan@saic.edu
312.629.6680
Liberal Arts
Paul Ashley, pashley@saic.edu
312.345.3751
New Arts Journalism
Jim Yood, jyood@saic.edu
312.345.3772
Painting and Drawing
Michelle Grabner, mgrabner@saic.edu
312.345.3594
Performance
Roberto Sifuentes, rsifuentes@saic.edu
312.443.3782
Photography
Barbara DeGenevieve, bdegen@saic.edu
312.443.7277
Printmedia
Peter Power, ppower@saic.edu
312.857.7117
Sculpture
Carolyn Ottmers, cottmers@saic.edu
312.443.3349
Sound
Nic Collins, ncollins@saic.edu
312.345.3633
Visual Communication Design
John Bowers, jbowers@saic.edu
312.629.6505
Visual and Critical Studies
Terri Kapsalis, tkapsalis2@saic.edu
312.345.3789
Writing
Sara Levine, slevine1@saic.edu
312.899.7447
