Faculty and Staff

Meet our Distinguished Faculty

Colby Parsons, headshot, January 2024

Colby Parsons, MFA
Head, TWU Division of Visual Arts;
Professor, Ceramics and Digital Craft

Phone: 940-898-2531
Email: cparsons@twu.edu 
Office: ART 107A

Website: colbyparsonsart.com 

Portrait of Assistant Professor, Christine Adame

Christine Adame, MFA
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design & Foundations

Phone: 940-898-2540
Email: cadame4@twu.edu 
Office: ART 204

Website: christineadame.com

Meg Griffiths, headshot

Meg Griffiths, MFA
Associate Professor, Photography

Phone: 940-898-2537
Email: mgriffiths1@twu.edu
Office: ART 303E

Website: meggriffithsphotography.com

Headshot of Dr. Sara Ishii-Bear, taken in January 2024

Sara Ishii-Bear , PhD
Assistant Professor, Art History & Visual Culture

Phone: 940-898-2535
Email: sishii@twu.edu
Office: ART 102A

Website: saraishiiart.com

Headshot of Julie Libersat, taken in January 2024

Julie Libersat, MFA
Associate Professor, Art, Design, and Technology

Phone: 940-898-2386
Email: jlibersat@twu.edu
Office: ART 304

Website: julielibersat.com

Headshot of Dr. Laura Lee McCartney, taken in January 2024

Laura Lee McCartney, PhD
Assistant Professor, Art Education

Phone: 940-898-2632
Email: lmccartney@twu.edu
Office: ART 304

 

Headshot of Sheli Petersen

Sheli Petersen, MFA
Professor, Graphic Design

Phone: 940-898-2543
Email: mpetersen1@twu.edu
Office: ART 106B

Website: spetersenillustration.com

Tanya Synar, from "Alchemie & Skulptur" exhibition at the Mönchskirche in Salzwedel, Germany.

Tanya Synar, MFA
Associate Professor, Sculpture

Phone: 940-898-2481
Email: tsynar@twu.edu
Office: ART 008

Website: tanya-synar.com

 

Headshot of Giovanni Valderas, 2023

Giovanni Valderas, MFA
Assistant Professor, Painting & Drawing

Phone: 940-898-2539
Email: mvalderas@twu.edu
Office: ART 204B

Website: giovannivalderas.com

Meet our Esteemed Staff

Portrait of Sigrid Hartmann

Sigrid Hartmann
Administrative Assistant, Visual Arts

Phone: 940-898-2440
Email: shartmann@twu.edu
Office: ART 107

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Cher Musico, MFA
Operations Manager, Visual Arts

Phone: 940-898-2533
Email: cmusico@twu.edu
Office: ART 108

Website: chermusico.com

Headshot of Kristina Smith

Kristina Smith, MFA
Multi-Media Marketing Coordinator, Visual Arts

Phone: 940-898-2442
Email: ksmith28@twu.edu
Office: ART 100

Website: kristina-smith.com

Advisor

Heather Evans
Academic Advisor I
Phone: 940-898-3331
Email: hevans7@twu.edu
Appointments: https://go.oncehub.com/casadvising
Business hours: M-F, 8-5

Page last updated 3:38 PM, February 3, 2025