Faculty and Staff
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Email: art@stcloudstate.edu
In person: Stewart Hall 257
Faculty and Staff
Our faculty work across many creative fields and media in local, national, and international art and cultural venues.
Meet the faculty who have received support and recognition for their creative research from an impressive range of sources including the Ansel Adams Fellowship, Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, Jerome Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist Grant, McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship, Sundance Institute New Voices Fellowship, Visual Arts Fund, and numerous Artist Initiative Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Peter Happel Christian
- Department Chair
- Professor
- Art Gallery Director
- M.F.A. 2003 University of Oregon
- B.F.A. 1999 University of Iowa
SH 257C
pmhappelchristian@stcloudstate.edu
http://www.peterhappelchristian.com
Amanda Klauck
- Associate Professor
- M.A. University Minnesota
Haeinn Lee
- Associate Professor
- M.F.A. 2006 Iowa State University
SH 245
Typographic Design, Information and Interface Design, Kinetic Typography, Interaction Design, UX Design
Keisuke Mizuno
- Professor
- on leave Fall 2026
- M.F.A. 1997 Arizona State University
Celi Merchant Monroe
- Assistant Professor
- on leave Fall 2026
- M.F.A. 2021 Maryland Institute College of Design
Justin Quinn
- Professor
- M.F.A. 2000 University of Iowa
- M.A. 2001 University of Iowa
- Certificate in Book Arts 2001 University of Iowa
- B.F.A. 1995 University of Wisconsin-Superior
SH 240
Drawing, Printmaking, Interdisciplinary Studio, Professional Practices
Rosemary Williams
- Professor
- M.F.A. 2005 Hunter College CUNY
Adjunct Faculty
Sarah Bavelli
- Adjunct Instructor
- M.A. Art History University of Delaware
Niki Grangruth
- Adjunct Instructor
- MFA, Columbia College Chicago
https://www.nikigrangruth.art/
Nick Chatfield-Taylor
- Adjunct Instructor
Ali Yager
- Adjunct Instructor
- M.F.A. Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- B.F.A. St. Cloud State University
Emeritus Faculty
Bill Gorcica
- Professor Emeritus
- M.F.A. 1992 Rutgers University
- M.A. 1990 Monclair State University
- B.S. 1982 Virginia Tech
Job Opportunities
The Art Department at St Cloud State University renews its pool of part-time faculty in all program areas every two years:
- Foundations (Foundation Drawing, 2D Materials & Processes, 3D Materials & Processes, Digital Materials & Processes, Lens Materials & Processes)
- Studio Arts and New Media (Ceramics, Drawing, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video, Digital Tools, and Digital Tools for Artists)
- Graphic Design
- Art History
- Art Education
Apply online to be considered in our department's pool of adjunct faculty.